Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.

A Western View Of the Appeal Of the
Institution for a Permanent Endowment
Fund.
We had visit few days ago from
representative of the good old state of
Vermont, which stirred the cookies of
our heart more than such interviews are
wont to do. He brought with him a Whit
of the ozony atmosphere Of that small
but noble state of which to have been
born In is here, in the Middle West,
kind Of patent of nobility. A good share
of the original-and the best-blood of
this Middle West came from Vermont
Take out of our own state Of Wisconsin
what Vermont has done for her in intel
lect, in education, in Jurisprudence, in
democracy, in social and political virtue,
and our state would be poorer in all that
makes the real wealth of a state. Take
from the nations history what has been
done by such men as Collamer and Ed
munds and Morrill, in the Senate, Marsh
and Phelps in diplomacy, Raymond and
Spaulding in journalism, and a hundred
others better known to the world as
great men than as Vermonters, and what
a loss there would be Of acts and events
we are proud of To single out one of
the men Of Vermont to whom we owe
lasting obligations, how many millions of
material dollars, and how many of the
highest products of mind which dollars
cannot measure, does the nation owe to
the founder of the College OF Agriculture
and the Mechanic arts, Senator Morrill, Of
Vermont?
All this is, we think. germane TO
situation which seems to call upon the
Western states, and Wisconsin among
them, to recognize the debt owed to the
East, and especially to Vermont. For
a half century and more Vermont has
been giving a large share of her best
blood and her best life to enrich the West
and with infinite sacrifice to herself The
opportunity now presents itself for wis
consin to return a small part of what
she owes to the mother state. The Uni
versity OF Vermont, after a century OF
noble struggle with poverty and hardship
In the service of higher education, is en-
deavoring to raise an endowment fund
which will enable her to keep her rank
in the stern competition of the twentieth
century. The university cannot raise the
needed amount at home or among her
own alumni. She must interest in her
behalf all Vermonters wherever found
in all states OF the Union. She must call
upon men OF wealth who see in her appeal
the opportunity to invest money which
will be educationally productive. The
old New England stock. nowhere purer
II anywhere else so pure. affords the best
material for education to be found any
where. The standard Of scholarship is
high; the scale OF expenditure is moder-
ate; the social advantages of Burlington
are unusual; the style of character de-
veloped is sturdy. independent, democrat
ic, public spirited. patriotic.
The institution retains the old classical
training in full faith and courage and has
added the new professional and technical
courses in medicine, engineering. chemist
ry, agriculture. commerce and military
science. 1t has 90 instructors and 500 to
500 students. Its site is one of the finest
by some called the finest-for a univer-
sity in America. Its buildings are ample
and beautiful. But its endowment is
totally inadequate to its needs and OPP
portunities.
We have presented these facts and we
join in this appeal. under the confident
belief that there are among our readers
many who will be glad to know that the
University of Vermont is striving to
maintain her old dignity and power, and
some who will deem IL at once an obliga-
ton and a privilege to help her and to
help the old, honored and beloved state
whose name she bears to meet her re-
sponsibilities and her opportunities in the
coming century.-tFrom the Evening
Wisconsin, Milwaukee.