Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-04

educated upon condition that he will take
his place in the ranks of the industrial
class, but is educated for his own sake.
This view of the act of 1862 lifts it above
the criticism that unthinkiug men have
sometimes levellcd at it and gives to it a
nobility of standing in the educational. ad-
vanComent of the century.
Tho donation of land - to the States. II
they accept it. they take il clothed with ~
trust. They assume the duty of admins
terinE the trust so to make it answcldblo
TO the high purpose of its creation. How
has this trust been administered in our
own State? In 1862 the Legislature accepted
the donation by authorizing the sale of the
land scrip coming to Vermont and author
izcd the governor to accept any donations
OF lands, buildings or funds that might lie
offered None were offered In 1868 haV-
ing waited a year in vain for hoped for
charity the Legislature tried its hand at
the practical work of establishing the COL
lege contemplated in the Land Grant act.
II created corporation under the rame
OF the Vermont State University and AS
sociate Colleges and PROV ided that the
University of Vermont Middlcbury college
and Norwich University. or either of them.
might come into the aggregation provided
they would transfer all their property.
franchises and privileges to il They were
to lose their own identity, their property,
their name and their fame and thence
forward become associate Colleges" Of
the oVcrshddowtns central figure called
the Vermont State University. The State
did no. give to the new creation a dollar
in money except the fund supplied by the
Land Grant Act. The scheme fell from
its own weight The existing colleges
would hardly sec the wisdom of transfer
ring their franchises and property, and
taking u subordinate place when no coun-
torValliag advantages WerG offered. The
~ If a : inn
that betrays conspicuous merit was the
concluding one, tina: tho charter should
de on the first day OF the following No
vembcr If the existing colleges should re-
sist the temptation held out. In 1864 the
Legislature took Il new departure. 'The
Vermont Agricultural College" was char
tered for the purposes specified in the
Land Grant Act. THIS institution was au-
thorized to begin business provided SUBJ
SCriptions in money to the amount of S!0>,
900 should be made by NOV. 18th, 1850, fail
ing which tho corporation should cease 10
exist. The State did not give this corpor-
alton a dollar of money and charity failed
to respond. ~ 1865 the state having fail
ed to amalpamatr the three existing col
lcgcs, and having failed in its scheme to
support a college by subscription papers,
came to the University of Vermont and
offered its hand in wedlCCk. The act i'll
cooperating the University Of Vermont and
State Agricultural College Was passed and
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