Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-05


tural college. To the Morrill, act we owe
our courses in engineering. chemistry and
agriculture. and also our literary scientific
course, many of the subjects in which
came with the new department.
On the 1st of August, 1866 James y. An
gell was inaueuratcd as president of the
university. TO his difficult position. which
was made harder by problems arising from
the union of the university and the agri-
culture college, he brought vigor and saga
city, large business ability, tact in devcl-
oping plans and quick insight into human
nature. Under Mr.. Angels administra-
| ton the university was placed on firm
basis. The college owes him much 1t
was a matter of regret when broader
| field opened to call him away.
! At the meeting of the corporation in
| 1871, Prof Matthew II. Bucliham was
| appointed president. DR. Buckham was
graduated from the university in 1851 and
was the second of her sons to be elevated
to the presidency. The success of his al
| ministration Is SO we'll known that any a.
| tailed comment Is supcrfiuous The rndi-
! cal change which made the college co-edu-
cational was Instituted at the same meet
| ing of the trustees that elected Mr.. Buck
| ham president
| If we are to measure success by Stats
| tics the present administration has had
| an unqualified success. The number or
| students enrolled in 1870 was ca at pres
cnt the number is BAL There has been
steady gathering Of resources and expah-
sion of influence during the last 30 years.
/ During the 10 years from 1856 to 1896 every
important building on our campus was
either built or remodellcd.
| ANY sketch of the history of the col
legc would be incomplete without some
mention of the methods of teaching,
which have been in vogue and the par
ticular contribution the college has made
to education. The curriculum in the
early years, strange as 1t may SEEM
was more comprehensive than that or
Harvard or Yale The courses In mathe-
mates and science were unusually COM
, plctc and we'll handled, Spiritual phil
osophy was introduced into American
education and fine arts into the world s
education by President Marsh. Brown,
Princeton and Dartmouth made contri-
!. buttons both to the charter and to the
curriculum. The first great advance from
the conventional curriculum was made
by Marsh Briefly he divided the col
, lego course into four departments:
, l. English literature.
.. Languages
3. Mathematics and physics.
r 4. Political, moral and intellectual
, philosophy.
Special courses were suggested even at
that day but they were not encouraged.
The main difference of to-day is the
r elective system. made necessary by the
: thoroughncss with which all branches
/ nave D'tn investigated anu NV 'bllS'-
o quent increase in the number of courses
r offered.
Glorious is our college. her Erea test
r glory is the character of her children.
FOR more than a century now her build
e ings have crowned the stately eminence
that overlooks the lake, a beacon to every
seeker after truth. while beneath her
e heaven pointing spirc the best that is
In teacher has grappled with the best
; that is in student. and all the calm
e grandeur of the blue old mountains has
woven itself into the souls of her sons. A
- hundred years,-a good old age! No. q
strong and vigorous youth! Long may she
live loyal he her sons, broad and mighty
, her influence. our Alma Mater of the
! Green mountains
: After a song by the choir and student:
a Capt. II. o. Wheeler, of the class Of 81
= gave the Grafton. Mr.. Wheeler spoke upor
. The College Graduate as n Reformer.'
His words were in part as follows:
+ THE COLLEGE GRADUATE AS A RE
;. FORMER"
The motives which lead young men anC
+ women to college course of study arr
@ numerous and various. While doubtless
d many attracted to college halls b,
the prospect of four years of freedom
q from care and Of pleasant fellowship. We
h consciously or unconscously the underly
: ing reasons are i'll the main worthy ones
= Possibly it may be Il fact that "A sort o
. spiritual law OF gravtation tends con
: stantly to carry human nature downward
Il and that if men would rise they mus
n overcome this law. But even if this b
true it is also fact that kind of sofa
: attraction is in operation. and that mel
" | are constantly being drawn upward. The,
+ are filled with ambitions and hopes. Will
q asniratonS and longings for better con
9 dltion fov themselves and for an improve
- order Of society. These experiences ar
l. stronger in the growing, formative perio
+, OF lf" than IL any other. And young PEG
-. pie wish to know more and to do NOR,
- or. rathcH they wish to know more in or
y, der that They may do more, and this de
~ sire recognized or unrecosnizcd lmpel
hi, them to seols the higher institutions o
w learning.
:, 1t used to be the theory that Il collce
T., course would broaden a man. Poss bl
g that theory has been modified somewhd
>, by the present tendency to specialize. Bu
> in either case the power of vision is II
- creased; il may bo given a wider Scoop
y or it may be made more far-rcachng. III
- effect is growth and expanded power
,! Fortunate is the young man or youn
III woman who has college advantages, an
1t thrice fortunate if those advantages Al
appreciated and improved. In most case
- sooner or later the appreciation Will com
III But whether il comes or not. the bcn"l
l is received. and the posscssor Is bett,
" fitted for the experiences of life than /
~ would have been without his college tran
-. nH
IN The object of this training is the disco'
VI cry of truth and the pursuit of this obJc'
ed leads to the cultivation of the power
rs distinguish between truth ana error II
IL power to recognize Truth.
re In pursuing their Investigations ST.
e. dents learn to discriminate between M
e tcrials which make only temporary, an
er those which make permanent structures
It. between those forces which weaken an
81 lau nj those which = 10 "A