Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-26

The Late Hon. Eossi" --.-,
prxrFAcroR OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF VERMONT


THE BENEFAcToR OF THE Univ h''''''
OF VERMONT. -,
r,doa Edwin Flint, who recently ol .ai
=. Mason city. Iowa, leaving by ms WIZ
sba snm Of $4,000 to the University -
Wsrnoont was born in Braintree, Oranse
1919, VI NAV "a. 1918. He was tine son
If Phineas and Abigail Weld Fnnt. %
His father died when Edwin was Du. -
Years old He worked upon the iaL ILL., ~ -
Iii he was 10 and then went 10 Man@ 81 the
lee learn the printer's art in the once OF snt
Vermont Yer Chronicle. A year later ne WEN =,
70 huntington where he was employees ~
tba office Of Chauncy Goodrich, primer
en VA loot publisher. He fitted here lor
ooIiage having his way in the pruning
office. entered the University IN loSS 30, anu
and was graduated in the class OF 1000.
He soon after went south ana oeSai Ten
teacher in Virginia, Kentucky ana zen.
voaon Ne was for some time a tutor In
| the family of Gov. Shelby OF hehtuGn2,
who is supposed to have been the orlsi.
rai ~ shelby in Mrs. Stoves uhcie
Touis Cabin" During the years OF leach
mo voung Flint devoted his spare nouIS
| to reading law, and in 1910 he was au nv
ted ia the bar at Lafayette, Ind, ana sl.ei
brief time went to jackson, ndlcn,'
s.hore he nractised his profession until
| is41 when he returned South Tor ms
health Returning north in lS4s, he Wens
| ~ Fon du Lac Wis, where ne p1acliSou
law for three years. be removed W
| Crosse Wis. in 1851 and in 1867 was eject
ed district attorney and, the same yea ,
president of the board OF supervisors ~
| that city. In 1851 he was elecIeu ~ W.
Stata Senate of Wisconsin, serving one
Term and in 1862 was elected circul. Juuge
~ The sixth judicial district OF Wisconsin /,
which nosition he filed with credit lot
ei~ wears. In 1876 he retired from tne
practice OF law. loo
In 1859 he settled at Mason City, where
] he lived until his death. broJher' non
/ w. s. Flint OF Nashua, Lloyd county, la.'
and an aged sister survive INN WIN sesei =
| oil neDbeWs and nieces, among wnom 10
/ Victor /. Spear Of Braintree, member OF
1 the Vermont Board OF Agriculture; re
| was never married and lived quiet ne ~
4 bis home. where his aged mother hyen
with him till she died In 1874. He Prac-
tised close economy, giving to good oo-
jects, but spending little money on MN
self, preferring to save 1t in order 20 Drns-
fit his native State and to SHOW ms grasl-
tnde 10 his alma mater to whose training
| he owed so much. His will shows that ne
orig inally intended to endow a Marsh
professorship OF intellectuallphilosoph IN
| the University; and in providing LOT thls
! he expressed hope that Benedict pro-
| fessorship might also be founded, in nom
or OF his old instructor. Learning ~ la.Ii
years that the Marsh professorshlp was az
ready endowed, he changed bis will so as
TO found the eFlint professorship OF math-
ematical and technical science;
Judge Flint was a good scholar in math-
ematics and in all branches OF philosophy
and literature. Few men had better al
round mental training and DEVELOPMENT
He was a man of positive and independ-
ent views, yet courteous to those OF oppo-
site views and highly respected by his OPP
moments. He was an aren't Republican,
but disagreed with his party on the poll
CIV of prohibition in Iowa.
Judge Flint was recognized in his pro-
fession as an able lawyer, learned in the
original sources OF the law, aud well read
in legal lore. He was an honest man ano
a good citizen. While he kept to himself
his beneficent purposes, his will proved
what indeed was known before, that be
was loyal son OF our State university,
and his generous example may well DC
commended to other OF her sons.