Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19

sister States in the treatment of the land
grant colleges.
Among many wants of the Vermont
University and State Agricultural College
the most pressing Is an increased endow-
ment fund. And | earnestly hope that
the Legislature of the State will respond
by endowing a professorship in one of the
Industrial branches with a fund of not
less than $4,000 The institution needs a
hall for military drill and gymnastc eX-
ercses, which the State might well pro-
vide; and an annual appropriation OF
$4,000 to aid the worthy and needy young
men, to be selected by the State senators
would give their tuition and a start in
life to GO young Vermonters, who would
repay the aid in honor to the State and
worthy service to the community.
Senator Morrill, concluded by making a
strong appeal to the Legislators present to
make liberal appropriation for the sup
port of the State Agricultural College. He
was cordially applauded as he took his
seat. He was followed by Hon. II. Henry
Powers of the State Supreme Court, who
was introduced by Gov. Dillingham; as an
alumuus of the State University and an
ornament to its Supreme Court. Judge
Powers received welcome of hearty APP
plause and spoke for 90 minutes with
great earnestness and effect.
JUDGE PowERs's REMARKS.
He said that nothing so exalted the wis
dom of the forefathers of our common.
wealth as the provision they made for
education. In 1901 Vermont chartered her
State University. 1t was her own child,
born in lawful wedlock She could not
largely endow it, and for many years 1t
was supported chiefly by the pluck and
self-sacritice of the men who had charge
OF it. Gradually its numbers and means
of Influence increased and it did a noble
work. Judge Powers went on to recount
the enactment by Congress of the Morrill,
Agricultural College bill the acceptance
of the land grant by the State; the fruit
less efforts to establish separate Agricul-
tural college the final appeal of the
State to the University to save the fund by
permitting the union of the Agricultural
College with the University The State
thus went formally into partnership with
its child, the University. The latter gave
to tn State equal ownership in all its
property in buildings, land and funds, and
an equal voice in the management aud
control of the institution. 81 insist said
the Judge" that by this.prcceeding the
State Incurred Il legal and moral oblga-
ton which demands something at our
hands. This partnership has continued
with increasing benefit to the State, which
shares equally in the princely benetactions
Of John Z. Howard, john n Pomeroy and
Frederick Billings. Congress, as our hon
ored senator has told us, expected each
State to do something on its part in aid
of the purposes of the congressional grant.
Our own State, almost alone among the
States, has hitherto done nothing. If there
were good reasons for this in tine past they
no longer exist. The time has come
when 1t should do something worthy of
its own credit for its University and Agri-
cultural College, and | hope to live to see
the day when all can say that Vermont is
not only agood State to be born in /; but a
State.as good as the bestito be educated in.
Judge Powers was warmly applauded,
and his remarks with those of Senator
Morrill, undoubtedly gave most of the
members present new and better view
than they bad ever mad of the relations
of the State to its University and Agricul-
tural College, and of the just claim of the
latter upon the generous assistance of the
State.