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

ment, the other question of personnel
somewhat follows: Taking
situation its probable and it's constituency what fields
ought the institution to cultivate? What the
bites of the college, and what its limitations? This
educational policy fundamental and the solution that
controls greater smaller all other acts that
the college performs.
question college solve is: Having decided
the field in which work. how scholarly and able
do the work?
College boards college place
questions in the foreground AS rule those who administer the
college deal with details They add chair here department there
and meet the competition of nearby institution by parallel
study The process like that organ
zaon by accreon, not by natural growth
shedding of atrophied members.
The these fundamental questions particular
tuition be worked by those who responsible it. No
outside do it, The best that agency
give point of the outsider This it's advantages
it's disadvantages The outside point of view at least nterested
oveooks the whole field 1t by
Influences On the other hand cannot the aspirations the
hopes the rvngs of community of stae and educational
institutions take into those things that
but of the things that Educational institutions
neglect sentiment than religious institutions the
other hand sentiment must not be allowed with sound
Judgment following general observations therefore, upon these
two fundamental TOPICS they relate themselves the three YER
mont colleges presented from the standpoint of the educational
student who recognizes the value of sentiment and who willing
questions the cold
in a spirit of educational sympathy.
attempting policy
versy of Vermont will take account first of all it's situation
It stands in cultured and interesting community small city of
than usual aaceness. Such city ought to afford distinct
advantages of social sort both to the members of faculty and
student body and Of the problem of those who direct such
institution would be to make the most of these advantages
purely the development College
Of Arts and Sciences Of the university would be it's first
greatest duty This college the oldest branch of the university
Whatsoever of sentiment and tradition has clusters about
it, Here university seeks to do two things to give liberal ed-
cation those who to complete college their formal stude
and liberal foundation to those who will seek preparation
for the professions here elsewhere To accomplish these
strong in the huanes and in the necessary.
The student looks toward law toward medicine
should find here thorough fruitful foundation
profession.
The second obvious and pressing duty the University of YER
mont the development of the State Agricultural College fruit
full and efficient educational having stimulating relation to
the industries of the state The obligation do this all the stronger
because the university has accepted from the state this
has received through the state endowment from the
hona is question less of educational consistency
than educational honor that this college should be made
fruitful before the the spent for other
purposes.
In the third place the university at Burlington fitting and suit
able place for the development of engineering school of moderate
The state has large interests not touched which
develop college of engineering having real and vital contact
with these growing interests clearly within the possibilities and the
opportunities of the university
In the fourth place. graduate school would probably the natural
order of things slowly out the undergraduate instruction.