Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-10-15
MiddIebury ColIeqe.

numbers 9S, 80 men and 4S women. The
total registration is 263, all regular stu
dents and candidates for the degrees OF
ABB. and BIS. The entering class shows
gain of 90 over last year, and the total
attendance is al larger than year ago.
President Thomas has just issued his
first annual report, in which he takes the
public fully into his confidence as to the
endowment of the college, the receipts
from tuition and other sources, and the
needs of the institution. 1t appears that
Middlebury has plant valued conserva-
lively at 1895, 900, and resources of $557,-
900, of which $40, 900 will be expended
in the erection of a new building the
coming year The income last year was
$36 900. of which $l1,095 was received
from students. The gain in income the
first year of President Thomas's admin
istration was over $4,000. The college
has no debt and the Treasurer's report
shows Efficient business management
The gifts of the past year were over
$l4O 900. larger amount than for many
years.
The increase in students, which has
been steady for the past six years, taxes
the buildings to their capacity, and new
recitation halls, laboratories. and dormi-
tories must be provided. The report
proposes $500, 900 expansion fund, to
include $75, 900 for new building for
men and $4,000 for new gymnasium,
which it is proposed to place in charge
of a college officer who would give in
structions in physiology and hygiene md
have charge of athletics. Middlebury is
much better off in scholarships for stu
dents than in Professorships. and the en-
dowment of other chairs in adequate
amounts is urged
During the past year two Deans were
appointed to assist the President in keep
ing in close touch with the students.
Professor Walter E. Howard was made
Dean of men and Miss Rhoda M. White
Dean Of women. Miss White, who holds
the degree OF Doctor of Philosophy from
the University Y of Wisconsin and whose
specially is Sociology, is the first woman
to hold official position in Middlebury
The interests of the women students are
her special charge and she will have gen.
eral oversight of all their enterprises
Six new Professors are added to the
Faculty this year, and the instructing
staff now numbers 10.
The Summer Session is declared to
have been great success. 81 students
were registered. of whom IS were
teachers and - Vermont teachers.
The work of the students was of
exceptionally high quality, and the 10y
atty of Mddebury Professors and alum
nj is shown by the fact that II of them
gave six weeks instruction at the Sum
ner Session without pay.
The report shows that Middlebury is
making rapid and substantial progress,
along wise lives. During the year Pres
ident Thomas made over 100 actresses
outside of Middlebury in the interests of
the college. The principal achievements
were the raising of the Pearsons Fund of
SlOO,OOO in exactly years time, the
securing of an annual appropriation of
ST, 900 from the State for the establish.
ment of Department of Pedagogy for
the training of teachers, and the increase
of income from students to four times
what it was the year previous. With
the attendance this year over 40 what it
was last, the outlook for Middlebury's
future is indeed bright
President Thomas closes mis- report
with these words: II believe in Middle
bury Collegee. in its past and in it's fu-
ture. am persuaded that we have a
duty to American education, and to a
large number of interesting and promis-
ing young men and women. Our prob
lens, especially as to the co ordinate
education of men and women in a long
established eastern college, are unique,
and our attempts at their solution will be
observed widely. Our sixty-five acres
OF Campus, compact and on the edge of
thriving village, supplies us already with
that which many institutions find their
severest obstacle, an adequate sit, for the
large equipment which modern higher
education finds necessary. We have an
opportunity to do something new and
distinctive, and we need for the work
plentiful amount of common sense, to-
gether with grit, patience, and faith"