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and surgical services for the poor of
| the State.
| FREE SERVICE OVER 500. o0

ana surgical services for the poor of
the State.
FREE SERVICE OVER $500. 1000.
Some idea of the amount Of th,s
gratuitous service may be had by STUDY
Ing the hospital report During the past
year. 1911, the total number Of days OF
gratutous treatment OF all patients in
the Mary Fletcher hospital aggregated
25Oc6 days. Assuming that these patients
were seen by a physician or surgeon
every day and that the fee Of the physi-
clan or surgeon be computed at the rate
OF 81 visit, Cless than the fee of the
general country practitioner, the amount
OF this gratuitous service would be $25, COG.
There were 2.sa5 operations done at the
Mary Fletcher hospital last year. Assume
ing that the fee for these operations
would average $50, ian amount much less
than the surgeons fee for comparatively
simple operation, the amount of this
gratuitous service would he sll9,65o. In
addition to this there have been over a
thousand patients treated IN the out
patient deps rtment. This service includes
medical treatment. minor surgical opera
tons dressing OF wounds. etc Many Of
these patients return many times for
treatment or surgical care.
Assuming that this service would
| average 81 for each OF the Los patients,
the service would amount to 81, 415, max
ing a total of sl5O,1,1 Of gratuitous serv-
Ice at this one hospital for one year.
Add to this the gratuitous service done
at the Fanny Allen hospital and YOU
would have an annual grat,iity amount
ing to between s200Oo0 and $4,000 which
/
sibc for the poor people of the state.
If the college OF medicine Is dscon-
tinued there will be no clinics and the
gratuitous work at the hospitals in Eur
| lington will become what il is in the
other hospitals of the State, practically
nothing
rs this service Of an annual gratuitY
of S2'"."~ TO the poor of the State worth
continung?'
Professor Notey said the university had
three main objects in asking for state
assistance for engineering, every one of
which If for the direct benefit of the
State. The first of these is to furnish
instruction facilities for the better train
Ing OF our young engineers to meet in
modern demands on the engineering pro-
fession especially along the lines of high
| way engineering, water power develop
ment and manufacturing development
The second object is to extend the action
| OF the university in the development of
I the resources of the State so that more
| or our men may find opportunities for
! their life work in Vermont instead Of
leaving us for other States. The third
object is to assist in advancing in ma
ter,al prosperity of the STATE by promotion
on the work of highway improvement.
the development of the water powers and
the mineral resources of the State. This
assistance Is also asked to enable the
university to investigate the materials and
the problems connected with the con-
struction OF modern roads In Vermont.
| 1t is also asked in order to assist in in
vestigation and carrying out of plans in
connection with waterpower develop
ment. This is equivalent to assisting in
the growth and extension Of Vermont
manufacturing interests. The engineering
college is continually experimenting to
determine the nature of the mineral pro-
ducts of the State, to find new uses for
! them and to discover new uses for waste
products.
AGRICULTURAL CO1LEGE
q. l..
Agriculture spoke on sections = and J
of the bill. He stated that the wo"H
was one of public service; that the
State university. cnild of the state
controlled by the state through Its
state appointed board Of trustees, con-
ceivcd it's mission 10 be state wide;
that its College of Agriculture having
no State funds could not do Its full
duty since national funds could not be
used for work away from burlington
and that it sought an appropriation
that II might work adequately AM
fulfill It's mission, both to thost
who came to 1t, and to those to whom
IL it is to reach them at ALL IT must
go.
Touching section 2, providing for 81
scholarships for Vermont boys, HI
; pointed out that in all the other States
freedom from tuition was accorded &c
agricultural students through stat
bounty; that Vermont was unique
among the states in making no ap
preparation to the State College e
Agriculture; that the trustees of thei
own grace had freed from tuition
charges all agricultural students {,
over 90 years to the extent of owe
. SIS 900: and that their numbers wer'
increasing so rapidly that the burdei
, Twas getting too great He stated tina
, three out of four graduates We're en-
gagged in agricultural work. that tn
. present number of undergraduates u
|. the four-year course was nearing tn
i lOO-mark. and that the appropriation
J.; would he used in training Vernon
:, lboys for effective service for Vernon
i agriculture.
=, Touching section 2. providing for agri
), cultural extension, be stated that thi
:, contemplated n line Of public service al
q ready IN vogue IN every State bu
+ Wyoming Nevada and Vermont. dircc
It unconstitutional work by means Of NOV
!. able schools, permanent demonstrations
II plots. the placing in the field OF loca
@ advisors or field agents. the establish
- ment Of correspondence courses. readin
courses, boys and girls corn clubs. tn
: conduct Of AGRICULTURAL surveys of val
o ious sorts and other kindred enterprise:
II lie stated that the State Grange an
II the Vermont Dairymen's association ha
; passed resolutions favoring state ar
IL propriation. that the president and tn
secretary OF the latter both Of them ir
= structcd by the association to aid III
State university in it's campaign, wer
!" respectively in New Orleans and in Bos