The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-28
THE SEMINARY.

Ab Will 10 seen lAJer on In tnlB COM
munication there IL already assured q
generous increase OF students at the Semin-
ary the coming school year. But there Is
still large number OF young people of both
sexes, most OF them from towns where there
Is no high school or academy, who ought to
nave an education, and who lDdnt an euuca-
tion. The majority Of these young people
are poor, coming from the small farms on
the vermont hillside5 whe o u dollar comes
slowly and with much toll, and where every
penny Is counted twice before it IL spent.
Many OF them would come IL they could
have a little help. In most instances IL is
not gift OF money which they wish; they
have spirit of sturdy Independence ard
prefer to earn'the money with which to pay
their way. But what they do wisu is a
chance In town TO earn part of that money
while they are in attendance at the school.
Aud they are willing to do any kind OF
honest work which can be done without
material Interference with their school du-
ties. Any moving Of lawns, shoveling OF
paths, taking care OF furnaces, digging Of
potatoes or cutting of corn, care of horses,
running OF errands, harvesting or care Of
gardens,-snything that is honest ana
winch will bring in q fair return. For in-
stance, one farmer has guaranteed enough
work TO come to dollar week, on the av-
er8ge, for the fall term, the price to bs paid
beiDg twelve and nt-half cents an hour.
Now wha. Is desired IL that people who
have work to be- done should give it to
these students when IL can be done with
Injury to no one else, and they may be
guaranteed adollar u week TO, a certain
specified amount OF work. IL one family
had not enough work to come TO that, two
adjacent families could combine and use
the same boy, he living AZ the Seminar
and going to the homes only when he is
needed
If people could only realize what it means
10 young man to have such chance Of
fered him, II they could take in the truth
that 1t often means all the difference be-
tween staying at home with ambition slow
ly strangled, thirst for knowledge dying
for lack of nutrition and continually mar
rowing round OF duties, and getting out
into the world, developing the faculties
given by nature, preparing ones self for the
strenuous activities and competitions OF
tomorrow, and getting ready to act the part
OF symmetrical and well rounded man in
the arena Of the FUTURE they would be more
ready to respond to such an appeal as this.
Will those who can give work to such
young men please communicate with the
Principal at once? There is a long line of
worthy young men waiting for just such
chance; it may be to them the opportunity
OF a lifetime.
That the Seminary has reason for ts
existence is seen by the fact that there now
are, and always will be, so many towns In
the State with no high school. Look at
Washington county, for example. In Mid
GIe,eA, worcester, motetown, rayston,
Waitsfeld, Warren. Roxbury, East Mont
pelier, Plsintield, Marshfeld, and the like,
there is no full fiedged high school now
and no immediate probability that there
will be one In the near future. Young peo-
pie from these places need just such
school as this in which to get their secon-
Diary education. That the Seminary is do
ing just this kind Of work for this and other
sections may be seen by the fact that
students are already enrolled from twelve
of the fourteen counties Of the State, and
correspondence is being had with prospect
i've students in the other two counties. In
proportion AZ the school is becoming known
it is being patronised by the young people
of the small towns over the State.
That it also has a mission to the towns
which already have high school may be
seen by the fact that, among the students
already registered for the coming school
year, are former students OF the high
schools at Bellows Falls, Windsor, White
River Junction, Bethel, Northtield, Barre,
Montpelier, Waterbury, Enosburg Falls,
Barton Landing and Rochester, and corre-
spondenCe Is being had with those who
wish to come from the high schools at Hard
wick and Swanton. Young people who
have been attendants at the academies at
Chelsea, Thetiord and Lyndon and at the
Normal School at Johnson are also among
those who have announced their purpose to
attend school at the Seminary the coming
| year. These students come for one OF two
| purposes: To take some studies not found
in the curriculum of their own schools, like
music, art, elocution, shorthand or busi-
ness; or to spend one or two years OF the
| last part OF their course before going to col
lege. Six additions have already been
made to the senior class Thus the school
has a recognized standing with the other
secondary schools OF the State as place
where young people Can get that which
proves increasingly attractive.
The coming term opens on Tuesday, Sep.
tember 3 The number Of those who have
registered for rooms for the coming term
exceeds the number occupying rooms last
term by seventy five per cent, the number
| OF boys being one hundred per cent larger
than last term. Some few Of these may
| drop out at the last moment; on the other
hand new ones may yet come. And this IS
almost entirely aside from the attendance
of day students who come from home each
| day, and whose number cannot be known
in al vance. SO that Montpelier people
have reason to be proud Of the school which
is located in their city, and which is doing
such an excellent work for the youth of the
State. Help is now asked in the form Of
honest work for other young people who
need and desire an education.