The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-04-02


10 assume the > insiVs finau
support ~ such an institution mus
ever completely ts relation 60 hlgl
er schools. is a wholly unwaTants'
disregard Of local conditions rha
difficulties and abuses have arise
under the system OF cooperation be
tween the state and its existing col
leges does not argue that such GO
operation is impossible. or even un
wise. but rather that those diffIeul
ties aud abuses should be correct
ed That they may be eorreeted
(hdwn clearly by the example O
successful cooperation between tn
state aud educational corporations
which shall hereafter cite
THAT the dietum that Vermont u
confined to the dilemma, eithe
tors going all public alliance viii
n gher education or managing ans
supporting such education excla
siveN by its own ways aud means h
not warranted in fact, ts proved by
tlpe practice OF the state la othel
spheres,
no pass over the practice oi
our own state for the past 30 years
the example OF Dartmouth College
IA New Hampshire, self-supportine
corporation with an annual appro'
riation OF S20,000 from the sta't
may be cited Other Well known es-
amples are Cornell, Syracuse, St
lawrence, and Alfred University In
s,- state OF New York; the Unlyer-
, II I'ennsylvania and the univer-
sly OF Pittsburg In the state
Pennsylvania; Johns Hopkins Univer
sity In Maryland, which recently re-
eeiyed from the state grant oi
,ovo, 900 for its medical school,
ia sachusetts Institute OF Tech
,oiogy, which notwlthst anding its
..ts appropi iation of 100000 has
seent received gifts amounting TO
.yer 100000; Brown University
sently granted $4,000 for depart
.nsLd OF education very similar to
mat at Middlebury Connecticut
IS the only state IN New England
which has not recently contributed
or is not now contributing, to insti-
tJas which stand in precisely
the same relation to the state as
Iiddlebury College stands TO the
state of Vermont to-day
The examples ! have cited prove
hat the fsar lest state cooperation
nay dry up the springs OF private
philanthropy is unwarranted. Such
measure OF prosperity as has come
to the colleges of Vermont has
been achieved almost entirely since
the state began to take an interest
in them, and to remarkable degree
the amount of benefactlons from
outside has kept pace with the
amount OF cooperation from the
state. When Middlebury College re-
eo.yed It's first state appropriation, 1t
was struggling, starving institu-
ron. with "a students, three old
buildings, no laboratories, lib
fary In dark and dismal den, and
weak and inefficient
college"
I'm presenting the need of state
ssho arships, President Thomas said
/ ask you TO realize my position a
faw years hence II the recommends
ton of the Carnegie foundation as
TO- the withdrawal Of all state
should be put In force
would be Obliged 10 reply to let
ters from such applicants. which
,ome to me by the score from every
,orner OF the state, My boy. | am
very sorry. hut cannot help you.
Ishe state OF Vermont has thought
)est to withdraw all assistance from
,oung men desiring a higher educa
lon. III you were a citizen OF New
could recommend you
o Dartmouth College, where New
provides $4,000 annual
y for scholarships for New Hamp-
hire boys II you were resident
" New York. | could suggest 10
'on one OF the 5000 scholarships
which the Empire State makes
yailable for her youth. leaving
hem free to select any institution
Within her borders. But you have
be misfortune to live IN Vermont,
nd can do nothing for you II
ou lived In New Mexico or Arizona,
GU could get a higher education al
be expense OF the state. II you
we'd In any other state OF the
nion except this Green Mountain
you would find
,mething done for you TO help You
,ward college education. But
Du had the misfortune to be born
Vermont and you must fight II
1T alone"
II believe the considerations ]
i've advanced TO your commission
'e reasonable and fair. have
'ged nothing extreme, nothing y
by doubtful historic argu-
ent desire nothing that ! have X
Id 10 stand in the way OF the exc II
tion OF those wholesome improve b