St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-11-09

its possessor has taken a classical
course, embracing both Latin and
Greek, it is evident that the univer-
sity or college making this depart
ure in effect says to the students,
IF you come to US, we will certify
that you have taken the course in
Greek, even though you do not
study it."
The University of Vermont has not
only not lowered it's standards of
admission and graduation, but it has
repeatedly increased its requirements
and broadened its courses, so that to
be graduate of any of the colleges
embraced in the University of YER
mont means more at the present
time, both as to general scholarship
and special efficiency, than ever be-
fore.
The University of Vermont is also
faithful to the idea of a State uni
versity in fulfilling the function of
an institution doing service for the
interests of Vermont. Now the State
might do it's part toward maintaining
a State university and discover that
the money it was appropriating for
this purpose was serving largely to
educate young men and women of
other States instead of it's own. Any
body who will take the trouble to
be found in the back of the registers
of most colleges will find that
gratifyingly large number of
students at the University of Yer
mont are from our own State,
and that, therefore, the insti-
tuition is fulfilling it's function
as State university with
reference to our own coming men
and women. AS we remember it,
fully three-fourths of the students
of the university are from Vermont,
and if any of our readers are curious
to compare this percentage with that
of other New England colleges they
will be strikingly impressed by the
many contrasts to be noted on the
part of institutions supported in
part by taxpayers.
Another measure of the faithful
ness of the University of Vermont
to the State university idea is to be
found in the results of it's service.
We desire to speak at this time of
the high grade of efficiency on the
part of the university's instructors,
which is not appreciated by any
means here in Vermont. By way of
illustration, we will refer to the case
of Prof. l.. R. Jones. Here was
modest but enthusiastic educator
who came to the Uniyer-
sity of Vermont as young
man. and developed into
man whose reputation extended even
to the broad West. Some of our peo-
pie may not have realized the great
value of his service, but the State
University of Wisconsin was so i'm
pressed by his worth that it offered
him a large sum to go there and ac-
cept carte blanche as to measures
to develop one Of it's chief depart
ments. Many young man and young
woman, throughout Vermont, who
are striving for higher ideals and
better work in their respective COM
munities, can testify to the value of
the example and influence of Profess
sor Jones, and our State will always
be the better for his period of serv-
ice with the University of Vermont.
The University of Vermont is con-
tinually losing splendid men in this
way to institutions of greater fnan-
cial resources with which it is thus
forced to compete actively, but it is
also showing it's grand powers of
recuperation and self-reliance by de-
veloping just as good men to take
their places.
We might speak of the success
which has crowned the efforts of
numerous graduates of the Uniyer-
Slty of Vermont to improve conditions
within our own State as well as the
service of the agricultural college for
host of farming and other indi-
vidual interests outside of the univer-
sity proper, but we believe we have
cited sufficient evidence to show that
the University of Vermont and State
Agricultural college Is faithful to the
State university idea in it's work and
influence as well as in it's organiZa-
tion.-[B Burlington Free Press.