The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-03

call the American college type 1900 the twenty
sixth institution of higher education to be established in the United
States It's sngy free from UNCONVENTIONAL state
requirements looking state oversight being that
the the college shall be laid before the legislature
required be repealed disaowed by the
legislature legislative has been exercised
legislature authorized the president and fellows of Middle
College establish institution for the higher ed
The growth the woens college has been sg
cant since that date the number of women having increased from SO
students form nearly onehaf
of the student body.
The college in village Mddebury population
At the beginning of the last century, when the college
was organized had population approximately considerably
larger that time than the population of Burlington The town is
railroad between New York and Montreal attrac
tive somewhat isolated small
government college twentyone pepetuat
trustees the alumni accordance with resolution of the board
nominating three candidates for each alternate At
present all OF the trustees except four are alumni The board meets
regularly Commencement and in January There few special
meetings The prudential committee composed of the Mdebury
ber frequently committee consisting mainly of
the New York members of the board meets call in New York
City, The committee instruction spends about week at the college
each year and presents reports Inc BOARD acVe
and able body bill for state board visitors similar to that of
Norwich University passed the last House Representatives but
withdrawn in the Senate
college the
nary the smaller colleges The president superves the
general college, correspondence approves
pendtures money FORMS most institutions the connection
the college and the public The other officers of admin
on consist of the dean the registrar the dean the women
college, superintendent of buildings The introduce
college would compcate the problem of admnsra
the fact that the registration place. the faculty
is the and instruction the classes except where these
large that they must be divided into sections
ample campus thirty given 1870 there has
added the hrtyv and the Porter
Athletic Field eighty in 1912 The buildings of the
college of the periods which they erected
Hail. domtoy built 1884, the chapel 1886; and
Hail. dormitory, 1861 These all structures of
digned architecture The Library 1900
$5000 the Warner Science Hall cost $4,000 1901 Pearsons Hail.
dormtory $4,000 in 1911 and the Mccullough Gym
completed in 1912, at of $51 900. and
quite elaborate building chemistry costing $0000
completion The value the buildings grounds
$70000 been practically doubled the last
the energetic of the president Office AS
the buildings arranged they would with slight add
tons afford accommodations well adapted to moderaezed college
The library additional reading
The endowment which had been little $40OOOo had
cab growth until within during which has been increased
productive $4,000 additional
being sought
The financial of the institution therefore represent at
the time approximately $00000 Of this $3S000 has been
during President among the
being Education which oneourh of
$20000 and Dr. K Peaons who oneurth of 100000
The income of the college for the 1928 amounted to little
with $3 result
the the the president Of the
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