The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-02


t.oa Ia eKpeud upon higher educa
tioa what = justly required for tn
over schools is not oniy unIus,iiaa
s-e morally and from the standpoint
~ public pohcy. but Il II again
ne int rest oI the collaee Itself
since the coAege can flourish oai!
n the t1undat on of Efficient genera
gdueat on aud broad public prosper
lity.
/ u ma.utain. thercfore,thM stat'
ana ap,laslots. Al granted al AL
anus, De oaly partial and probably
a nnuor source % support OF highe
...csi.D.t IA Vermont The chief a.
.hnee of the college must be pri
'ate philanthropy | do not need l.
aud any arguments as TO the conten
l.F ol the report that the eolleg.
'staad upon practically oommoI
.aS4 %. latt, aud that none ol
thom Is state institution" tp, l56 ,
entitled 10 state aid TO the exclusion
| I others, or in preference TO euhei
of them. assume that il the state
Us 10 cooperate with private philan
thropy in the encouragement OF high
s.r education. II must be on the
ground OF worth Of higher eduea-
ton TO the state and the edueational
service which the college can render
90 the state, and Of che justice "a
the claims OF Vermont youth to som
measure OF public encouragement Il,
their effoIts TO fit themselves foa
leadership, and on the ground fur
ther, that Vermont has too much sell
.espect to leave provision for college
training entirely to the charity OF
friends beyond her borders.
Accepting therefore, the pri
Piles that the first obligation Of tht
state is to general education and
that aid to the college must be sub
stantlated on the ground OF the ser.
vice which the college alone can
render, | maintain that II is an un-
necessary assumption of the Carne-
gle report that the state must sever
all relation to higher education in
order TO do its duty by the common
schools, The report contains no
study OF the financial resources OF
Vermont, no comparison OF the
amount Vermont Is expending for
education, higher and BOWER, with
the expenditures of other states OF
about the same income.t is simply
assumed without examination that
Vermont has fixed sum to spend
on education, and is likely to have
40 more. Further II is assumed
with no attempt at estimate, that
the proposed reorganization would
cost the amount the state now ap-
proprates to the college plus what
IS already expended for state ad
ministration There is no calcula
ton of this amount, and II is frankly
.tated that Il can not be estimated
In advance tp. 1922 The statement
therefore, that the state needs the
present appropriations for higher
ducation for the proposed board OF
education can be called only guess
"As matter of fact the state ex-
pended for state administration In
1913, $9,591.25 and $1,000 was ap-
propriated in 1913 to the present
board of education, largely for new
work Not far from $l5, 600, there
fore, is at present available for state
administration The report suggests
a commissioners salary of $4,000,
and four deputies, with much larger
office force. While one may hesitate
to estimate where experts have not
iared IL is difficult 10 see how more
than $4,000 would be required
even for generous support OF the
recon mendations as TO state organ
zation, and this is less than the In
,rease this Year OF the receipts from
.axation OF the savings banks alone,
since the Carnegie neport
was published. II rs mere assump-
ion. therefore and contrary TO fact.
hat Vermont can not afford the
needed educational reform without
Ise OF money heretofore expended
or other purposes.
IL Is maintained In the Carnegie
'eport that Vermont is stopped
rom any form OF cooperation with
he colleges of the state because OF
he character OF their Organization.
he suggestion means that our
dth'iS nave pia'fu inc urdu hdbh
pon us, In their sincere endeavor tol
rovide for college education accord
ng to their best ability and the best
light OF their times. and brought I
bout such situation with refer 4
nee to higher education In Vermont I
rat we are precluded from doing :
hat all other states are doing. viz, 4
assistance in some form 10 q
iucation."
THAT in. state which has already h
rganized and ls In possession OF its a
yn agency for higher education, n u
nclal cooperation with other inst 81
tions might be rnwise. may be n
eely admitted; but to assume from ~
at fact that state which does not ci