The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-05-07
LYNDON INSTITUTE
4 Near II Hand description From
The Pen Of Arr Bro~nson ef
Arlington

ter, one- bali mile from Lyndunyili
which is The railroad station Lynau
Center Is about the sire of Arlingt0
street. An on one straight road Lyr
dunyille is AS large as Manchestt
Center ard Depot together and cover
about the same territory The prif
cipal industry is the Boston q Main
repair shops and foundry This
quite a large establishment includin
a round.ho for Ia engines, machin
shop. foundry, paint shop. They en-
ploy about 800 TO 400 men. Their
are several smaller plants, kow kur
factory for veterinary medicines, nov
city works, electro plating shop, an
a saw mill Lyndon Center is jus
residences and the school.
In regard TO the school, will say, JUS
word about Mr. Walls relation 10 il
Mr.. Vail is President Of the New Eng
land Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany and is probably worth severa
million dollars. He owns lot OF pro
pcrty here. lie has a home farm o.
about l 900 acres and several smaller
ones and buildings worth half mil
lion dollars. He keeps brown Swiss
cattle and Welch ponies besides q LOT
of draft horses. He has a private
electric light plant down the river
(Passumpsic) about A miles, which
supplies his farm and the school. The
farm and school are very closely re
lated Will try and show you how,
Lyndon Institute or Thompson Hall
was founded by S. S. Thompson about
1867 as a day school for students
who lived or stayed around the town.
II was run as | understand il, in con
neetion with an academy at Lyndon
Ga small town one and onehalf miles
SOUTH. He established the Institute
on a better basis and the attendance
came up rapidly. He goes on the
principle that if there is only one stu
dent left to graduate he shall be the
right kind. They don't care whether
there is one student or twenty to grad
uate. If you don't keep up to stan
dard and behave yourself it is get
out.
AT the same time he established the
department, which con
sisted of the Dormitory (for agricul-
tural students only farm near the
Dormitory and one floor Of the Insti-
tute for class work. For the first two
years this department was entirely
from the Institute proper,
but they are becoming more closely
related every year. The Institute
teachers now teach the academic sub
iects in our course. All Institute boys
are required to take carpentry or
in our shops and we
nave our chapel exercises and social
with them. Otherwise we
ire separate schools as far as manage
nent is concerned In our Depart
nent most of the boys are on the
work payment" system and work out
expenses on the school farm. During
he past year a girls dormitory has |
been built for Institute girls. Some |
,oarcs themselves and others have a |
work payment system similar to ours, |
md others pay cash The Institute |
,oys live in town or within driving |
distance with the exception of four or
i've who live in cottage with one Of
he professors and take their meals
t our dormitory. As Mr.. Vail is fur
fishing the money he makes most Of
he plans and carries them out, but
ominally it is under the control of
he trustees like any endowed institu-
ion, and the money for the Institute,
agricultural Department, and Mr..
yail's own farm all comes from his
ocket, everything is very closely re-
ated. Will begin by telling about the
agriculture. The dormitory is a
ow called "The Lyndon School of
agricultural" The dormitory is a
hree story building, 10 feet long and
2 feet wide, with two story l. con
aiming dining room, kitchen and
latron's quarters. 1t is equipped
nth shower baths, electric lights and
furnished We have a re-
option ROOM office, telephone, piano,
II newspapers printed in Vermont
nd the leading Boston and New York
apers and magazines. The boys do
Il the chore work under direction Of
head matron, janitor work, walters,
ash dishes, errands, and the heavier
'ork of the culinary department. The
latrons look after mending and wash
~ which is done at st. Johnsbury % .
lilies SOUTH. There are two instruc-
)rs in the office to answer questions,
eep order and answer the telephone
pretty often, so they have
ne at the girls dormitory). Our
oss C14) is trying a system of stu
ent government where the class coun-
1 decides all questions Of manage
lent We do not have to keep study |
ours like freshmen or let the instruc- (
,rs into our rooms. II we keep up
} our studies and keep order in the |
we are as free as at home
, go and come where and when we
ave mind to. Makes il worth while
,r fellow TO behave and study when {
e is in the dormitory.
The farm and buildings are about ,
10 feet from the dormitory. The !
Iain barn or hay barn is about 40xG0
.et and has new T. or dairy barn !
)x40 feet. The stable is sealed with [
,uthern pine, vanished, has concrete ]
oors, London iron stanchions, litter
irrier, electric lights, running water, /
ap drains, etc. We have about 30 /
Fad of cattle just now. Ii
The horse stable is not quite so ella I
)rate, but it has electric lights like
] the buildings. The carpenter shop {
I'd blacksmith shop are in one build '
&. We have 10 forges, a water r
,wer for carrying out smoke and i
vt, and a large equipment Of small
OILS. Since have been here we have d
tilt manure pit 20x30 Ii
Lyndon Institute Is a three story d
ick building 100 feet long and 60 o
ct wide Our recitation rooms are d
the third floor. These recitation u
oms, labratory, and directors Office b
d library arc equipped with tele-
one. etc. We also have large soils o
Doratory in the basement. The rest a
the building is occupied by the aca- D
mic department. The whole Is al
uipped with electric clocks and elec- Il
c lights. There Is a we'll equipped il
ysics labratory besides the two we n
We, and d large cooking laboratory pl
kitchen for the girls, equipped with "a
nges, oil stoves. sinks, tables. hot III
ter boiler and all dishes, etc. Of o
'dern culinary department They ~
o have sewing room with sewing nt
chimes. drafting tables. etc. The ma
Ineipal has an Office and telephone in
the first floor 0e