Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-02

throughout New England, not because
1t Is remarkable farm but because the
farm is to be operated in connection with
an Institution for secondary education.
The farm has 30 acres, Is of which are
in cultivation and II in pasture. The
water supply is abundant. All the DO
tatoes and other vegetables, fruits, poul-
try, eggs and other things needed for
the tables will be produced there and the
boys of limited means will be given an
opportunity to pay their way BY work
on the farm. Now this excites interest
In two classes, first the educators, be-
cause they have been accustomed to think
that farming was not part of their bus
mess, and second, among farmers, be-
cause they have thought that the schools
of this grade had taken the ideas of the
young men away from the farm. If Col.
Fuller has soved the problem which has
confronted the educational and agricul-
tural worlds for years, he deserves the
thanks Of both.
The present year so much time has
been devoted to putting up buildings
that comparatively little has been done
In the way of farming proper. There
are now four acres Of potatoes, four of
corn, one of garden, and grass and oats
on the rest of the land. There
are now horses, cows, sheep, pigs and
hens as we'll as boys and girls at Yer
mont Academy. The farm buildings are
on plan proposed by Peter Henderson
or New York. The barns are built on
the four sides of hollow square with
roofs all sloping outward, so that everv
thing is arranged in the most convenient
manner possible.
the rpUnlQr nf OF,
the college preparatory or classical pre
pairing students for all colleges. and the
academic course, designed for those who
do not contemplate further study, and
embracing wider range of subjects than
the classical. All colleges which admit
students on certificates will admit those
from Vermont Academy. Students NAV
select their studies if for any reason they
cannot pursue either one of those men
TONED and preparatory course is pro-
vided for those who enter the school be-
fore they are sufficiently advanced to
take up either of the first two courses.
In addition to these are drawing, paint
ing, vocal and instrumental music, and
elocution which receive special attention,
The art exhibition showed how thorough
the instruction is in drawing and paint
ing and the music rendered by the stu
dents during commencement week proved
that the musical education is something
more than name. Once each week the
school meets for the discussion of cur
rent topics. The instruction of the class
room is made more thorough BY well
selected apparatus for illustrating the
natural sciences, history and geography:
library of 1000 volumes or more, a
reading room containing SO papers and
periodicals and occasional lectures by
first class speakers. Pecuniary aid is
furnished deserving students from the
income of seven scholarships of $1,000
each and some pay portion Of their ex-
penses by work, opportunities for which
are much enlarged by the addition of
the farm. Three times a week the boys
receive instruction in military drill and
the girls in light gymnastics.
But not alone in all these directions is
Vermont Academy exerting a powerful
influence, but in the way of Christianity
and morality. The social nature is cul-
tivated, too, and the boys and girls in
structed in the manners of polished
ladies and gentlemen. The influence Of
the school is ever widening and the bows
and girls who 60 out are extending its
work all over our broad land.
The faculty is an exceptionally good
one and consists of:
Principal, George A. Williams, A. M,
Phi. D., Greek.
Lady Principal, Frances L. Davis.
Sciences, Prof. Ellery.
Greek, Latin and German, Hermann
A. Liebig, G. Phi.
Mathematics and military drill, Major
Walter O. Cartwright, A. B., (fall and
winter), Major Will r. Howard, B. s.,
(spring).
French, Rev. L. Charles Roux, A. M.
History and librarian, Miss Ella F.
Prout.
Latin and English, Miss Alice Butler.
Latin and English, Mrs. Alice Temple
Liebig.
Painting and drawing, Miss Julia E.
Goodwin.
Vocal music, Miss Josephine Hogs.
Piano, Miss Margaret D. Scarburgh
Qall and winter, Miss Katherine P. Nor
ton (spring).
Elocution and physical culture, Miss
Fannie R. Kingsley.
Steward, Rev. w. N. Wilbur.
MatrOn, Mrs. S. J. Kendrick.
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