Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-25

students. with the beginning OF each
year, pay, In connection with other fixed
charges, medical fee which without ad-
ditional charges guarantees them medi-
cal service whenever needed and also
hospital privileges when required. A fee
of s. a year from each student would pro-
duce a fund of more than $1,000 which
could be used in the employment of a
university physician and It would also
provide medicine and hospital service as
needed. There can be no question but
that many students who now neglect
themselves to their great hurt might be
kept in health and saved for lives of use
fulness II they were privileged on the
first suggestion of illness to confer with a
physician at no additional personal ex-
pense. | am inclined to believe that the
entire student body would be benefited
by such an arrangement and 1 commend
this suggestion to your thoughtful con-
sideration.
The standards of scholarship. I am hap
py to report. are improving. The MEN,
bers of the educational staff are insisting
upon 1t that our students shall regard
the requirements of the class room and
laboratory as their first obligations. A
smaller number of failures than usual
was recorded at the end of the first half
year of 19l3-19I4. We are seeking to i'm
press upon our students that devotion to
everyday duty In college life Will be the
best possible prepa ration for efficiency
and success in the outside world
Moral standards have not been neglect
cd. We havc cndsavorcd to lay en-
pnnsi' Jpn ny. ''"s,
aries to the highest individual happiness
and the greatest social efficiency.
While the University of Vermont Is not
In any sense OF the word a military
school, the requirements of the federal
government which must be observed by
! all land-grant colleges have been met in
tho spirit of the law during the past year.
Under the direction of Capt. Ira L..
Reeves of the United States army. COM
mandant and professor of military tao
tics. the students Of the freshman and
sophomore classes have taken the pre-
scrihed military drill seriously and the
good effect of this discipline is apparent
in the physical, intellectual and moral
lives OF our young men, a number OF
our upper classmen without any other
compulsion than that of real interest in
the subject have continued their mill
tary work throughout their college
course We are fortunate indeed in hav-
ing the services of a man of the high
ideals of Captain Reeves. He commands
the respect of all his students and COL
leagues and | am happy to report that
he will remain indefinitely in the service
of the university.
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All proper recognition is given to col
lege athletics. Football, track, and base
ball are all encouraged by the university
authorities. The records during the past
year, however have not been such as to
startle the outside world, though we have
! a moderately good baseball team and our
greatest distinction in intercollegiate
| athletics has been won on the track. The
purpose of athletics. though, when con-
Quoted under college auspices should be
! not so much athletic records as to pro-
vide each particular student with tho OPP
| portunity for the exercise and recreation
for which he is best fitted and which he
| most needs. 1t Is pleasing to report that
| the young women of the university, even
| though much handicapped have reflect
| ed high credit on the university by their
splendid accomplishments In physical
| culture under the direction of their most
| capable instructor Mrs. Frederick w.
| Stone.
| The many outside activities Of the stu
dents have given some anxiety to the
faculties. In all American institutions of
| higher learning the tendency to multiply
incidental M nf rID