Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
MlDDLEBURY COLLEGE. y
Ex-ooV. STEWART TELLS OF ITS WORK
AND PROSPECTS.
From the Rutland Herald. !


Mddlebury college, and talked interest
ingly of the plans and prospects of the
institution last evening.
One of the points on which Mr. Stew
art dwelt was the advantages which the
college offers to women. Out of a fresh
man class of rs entering this year there
are seven young women, which shows that |
these advantages are fairly well appreci- |
ated. Women are admitted to all the |
privileges of the institution; they may |
take the full course and graduate with |
degree. Girls who have graduated |
have uniformly stood well at the front !
In the last graduating class several young
ladies took prizes. The fine house
bought from the estate of DR.. kitchell
few years ago Is DEVOTED this year to the
use of the young ladies, in charge of
matron. 1t is a pleasant house, well
situated and furnished, and its equipment
is complete. The system is similar to
that at Smith college and Wellesley. The
Young ladies can obtain as thorough an
education as the college affords to any
young man; that is, a thorough training
in Latin and Greek, French and German,
mathematics, rhetoric, English litera-
ture, natural science and metaphysics.
The instruction is given at very moder-
ate eXpense-about one-third of the eX-
pense of a course at Smith college.
Speaking of the general work and pros
poets of the college, Mr.. Stewart said
that it started on the college year with
better prospects and better equipment
than ever before. The endowment fund
is not as ample as is desired, still 1t is
nearly enough to pay the running eX-
penses that is, the income from invested
funds is sufficient to pay the running eX-
penses, barring the necessary eXpend-
lures for repairs or renewals. larger
endowment would be of great help to the
college. In this connection Mr.. Stewart
said that the college was older than Will
liams or Amherst, which have the adj
vantage of large endowments from veal
thy men. The colleges in Vermont, Mr..
Stewart said, suffered from the same gen
eral cause which affects the business of
the State; that is, the emigration of 50
, many Nermonters to other States, whose
educational and other interests become
identified with the States where they live
Vermont, not being commercial or mah-
ufacturing State. comparatively few
large fortunes are accumulated here. On
the other hand, IN Connecticut and New
York large number of wealthy men
have made liberal endowmepts.
Mr.. Stewart spoke with considerable
a enthusiasm of the progress which the
) college has made, and of its present
= equipment. There have been some
changes in the faculty which he spoke of
+ favorably. The professor of Latin is Mr..
Y James, formerly principal of the Middle
. bury high school. Mr.. James is gradu-
!, !, ate of Boston university. Mr. Stewart
equipped for his work. lie has been sue
Z cessful as a teacher, and has what Mr..
= Stewart called "the gift of teaching,
Y which, as he put it, was born in man,
y metaphysics and kindred subjects is taken
, by President Brainerd. The chair of ply
. sizes is taken by Prof. Merriman of Rut'
+ gers, a man of long experience, very well
5 equipped, and good teacher in the nat.
n ural sciences.
t Mr.. Stewart spoke of the life in Mid
6 dlebury as tending to produce good re-
). suits in college work. The students en-
l. ter into the social life of the town, which
affords all the needed social advantages
u without any of the designations of big
;. college town. There is enough healthfu
e relaxation from study and there is moth
$ ing to take the attention from the neces
:. sary work of the college.
n The roll of alumni since the college
II was founded in 1900 includes many
! names distinguished on the bench, at the
a bar and in the pulpit, in all the profes
y sions and in public life. Mr.. Stewar
J. quoted the statement at the last alumni
!, dinner by Prof. Blanchard, for many
$ years president of Wheaton college, tina
IL lie never dllclicu u commencement
J, where the public performance of thu
4 graduating class eXcelled that of thu
re class which graduated last year.
a Speaking of the present and the future
> Mr.. Stewart said that the college had re
he ceived new impulse and had an enlarg
N ed promise for the future. Its friends
y, " were very much encouraged.
ct In conclusion Mr.. Stewart said "Th
college affords an opportunity for very
thorough discipline, such as should en-
. able a man to think clearly and correct.
le and Judge wisely in regard to all ques
IS tons of public interest, and there neve
Oh was time in the history of the countr.
- when there was more need for recruit
e. in that class of men,