Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-02-04

years. the general college that offered
which students obtain grounding in those cultural subjects that
make intellectual training and spiritual development The offering
throughout the undergraduate of the university
fair and honest although the of nearly all colleges,
these have expanded at least by title to meet wants that
apparently felt Of the announced the cata-
ogue for exclusive of medicine Cor S per cent? were
actually Of these for the 100 students
neerng and 81 for the 70 students agriculture showing
perhaps than needed Such
expanded offering leads in institutions elsewhere large
number Of classes. Of the 2 classes held in 19123 81
had Students per 10 49, 10
cent had from 20 to 49, and IL cent had no. Thus
than of the below what be called the point
OF economic efficiency
COLLEGE ENGINEERING
The College Engineering three cu1icua of study each
four One civil engineering mechanical
neerng engineering The schedule of studies
quite closely schedule engineering
the better schools Of the country including the basis of the physical
the first followed by applications during the
last two years. The faculty of the school of engineering
numbers the which undertakes to but the instruction
earnest and sincere and the laboratory facilities the whole
fair The department need Of better quarters the present
SMALL inadequate nconvennt In the character of the
opportunity laboratory the school
well with similar schools Of engineering other Institutions
do it's best by the students who still additional
pay professors comparison with
that paid by the better engineering Schools and comparable
with that which the trained obtain the practice their
professions.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
The Vermont State Agricultural College the result the
Congress Of July 1862 usually named after it's author Justin
Morrill, for thirtyfve and United States
senator from Vermont By the morrill, Act" received
the public land for each of the each the three
representatives which then entitled The sold this
for little ninety cents and 1868, attempted
unite the University of Vermont Mddebuy College,
University two of them, into institution which
should be joined college Of agriculture supported by the interest
the $135500 grant This
attempt to unite the Vermont colleges having failed the legislature
in 1864 made provisional organization of Vermont Agr
cultural College, the actual existence of the college depen
dent the subscription by citizens of Vermont sufficient
supplement the income of the federal grant AS subscriptions
pirate money from the state treasury to agricultural education the
alternative adopted of establishing state college Of agriculture
at the University of Vermont By approved
new corporation formed entitled The University
State Agricultural College, governed by board of trustees consisting
the of Vermont the president of the university
ate and nine efperpeuatng trustees already described
10 this corporation has been the
1862 the annual from the United government
authorized by subsequent legislation This income including
that for the Experiment Station amounts $880OO
The College of Agriculture is thus correatve Jniver-
s Of Vermont with its faculty DEAN who also director
OF the Experiment Station The faculty eight professors
three instructors and nonresident lecturer are paid
from to $780, instructors about Students