Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-20
PRESIDENT HAS AN OFFICE
University of Vermont Affairs to
Be Directed from Medical College.
set OF Greenhouses to he Placed in the
Rear Of morrill, Hail, and Used for
Instruction and Invea.
diEation.

FOR the present the administrative
offices of the University of Vermont
are to be in the medical college build
Ing. and this arrangement will con-
tnue until suitable provision for the
business detail Of the Institution is
made, either by alteration of some ex-
listing building, or by the construction
Of new Offices.
The rooms on the street floor of the
college of medicine a the southeast cor
ner have been taken for this purpose.
The room at the right of the nam en-
trance, which has formerly been used
rs general Office by the medical de-
partment. will be known officially "a
the Office of the presidents secretary,
and will be occupied by Laurence War
dell Swan who has been appointed to
this position.
The private Office of President Ben
ton is the room at the corner OF the
] burldinE. used hitherto as a committee
room for the faculty of the medical
college. Access to the presidents Of
fee is obtained through corridor
leading from the office of the secre-
II tary.
4 suitable office furniture, including
modern files and business conveniences,
Il has been ordered This equipment will
he finished in weathered oak in keep
ing with the woodwork of the building.
Tuesday the glass in the various
doors leading to the offices was prop
erly lettered.
\ moving principle of the now adj
ministration is to be 100 cents worth
Of education for every dollar of in
vestment," and these preparations are
being made with a view to business
like and economical administration of
college affairs. President Benton be-
lieves that college education should
not be commercialized. and that
proper balance should be maintained
between the demands of the practical
| and the purely cultural elements In
university training. But lie also holds
that college. which is a corporation.
should be organized and managed by
modern methods, aiming. like a we'll
conducted business or manufacturing
concern. at the highest possible effici-
ency, with the least possible waste Of
tine effort and money.
EASY OF ACCESS.
Another advantage of the new ar
ranEement is ease of access The new
administrative Offices are situated d.
rectly upon Pearl street. and within
easy reach by electric cars. Further
more DR.. Benton feels that the loca-
ton which has been chosen will en-
able him to keep more closely In touch
with all departments OF the university,
IN the natural course of things, he will
have occasion daily to meet the pro-
fessors, instructors and students Of the
academic and engineering courses ct
chapel exercises and elsewhere; but TO
have his Office in the medical building
will bring him into closer contact with
the men of the medical side"
Mr.. Swan. the presidents secretary,
is an honor graduate OF Miami Univer
sity. in the class Of 1907, and Phi
Beta Kappa man. Since completing
his college course. he has been Or.
Renton's secretary, and for the past
two years he was. in addition, business
director of Miami University. his work
in this capacity being to relieve the
president of routine detail In the adj
minstration of the university. Con-
siderable responsibility was attached
to this position.
NEW GREENHOUSES
The university broke ground Tuesday
for the erection of set of greenhouses,
to be placed in the rear of Morrill, hall.
These houses are TO consist Of a two
story head house co by 25, and three even
span greenhouses, each 20 by 60. The plant
will be used jointly by the university for
instruction and by the experiment station
for investigation. Much Of the class work
In horticulture, plant physiology, and
certain phases of plant pathology will be
done hereafter In this new plant
The experiment station greenhouse for
twenty odd years at the experiment farm
will be dismantled and the south house
Of the tier # three in the new structure
will be used solely for experimental pur-
poses. The head house was designed by
F. l.. Austin, the architect. and the
structures are to be erected by +. A.
Deyette. The greenhouse material has
been supplied by the greenhouse con-
struction firm, John c. Moninger com
pany of Chicago. The house will be heat
ed by low pressure steam, 1t Is expected
that the new plant will be ready for use
by or shortly after the opening of the