St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-08-19

mont, about 66 pages being devoted
to a careful review of the founding
and history of the institution in de-
termining whether it is a public or
private institution.
After considering the brief submit
ted by the university, the commission
concludes that Ira Allen was the per
tlclent founder of the institution and
not the state. IL finds a parallel in
the Dartmouth case, in which that
corporation was held by Chief Justice
Marshall to be a private eleemosy-
nary institution.
Old Law Quoted.
1t finds that the kings preroga-
tive" doctrine, taken from English
Jurisprudence and invoked in the
pref or the university is not recog-
nized IN this country and finds sup
port for this conclusion in the fact
that during the war of 1912 arms
were stored in the university build
ing and soldiers quartered therein,
the corporation settling directly with
the national government for rental
thereof.
1t also cites the case of President
John Wheeler who claimed exemption
from taxation because that right was
originally conferred by the state and
could not be revoked for the season
that the university was a private cor
poration. The ST. Johnsbury acad-
envy cases are also cited.
Use OF Federal Appropriation.
AS to the misuse OIL federal appro-
priation, the commission finds that
the appropriations received under the
first Morrill, act (1S62) Tor agricuI-
tural experiment stations have not
been improperly expended, but that
under the acts OF Congress of 1890
and 1907, "a dlspropOrtlonately small
part thereof has been applied to
agriculture, Vermont's predominant
ing industry of life"
1T also tnds that the college of
medicine in U. v. M. does not per-
form public service sufficient to
warrant It's receiving a state appro-
priation, calling attention to the en-
tering class of Is in 1913, only eight
of whom were from Vermont!
The commission lays great stress
on Vermont as an agricultural rather
than an Industrial state and quotes
literally from United States census
reports, which show that although
there are more persons engaged IL
manufacturing more capital is in
vested in farms and more value is
added to products by agriculture than
by other manufactures. 1t deplores
the tendency of the schools to draw
children away from the farm.
Capitalization of Schools.
1t reiterates that sufficient stress
is not placed in our schools on me
needs of the pupil as member of
society, rather than as a future stu
dent in some institution of advanced
learning and deplOres the tendency
toward cultural education alone.
Admitting some of the evils of the |
consolidated rural school, the report |
urges that they will tend to crystal
lie rural society about the CONSOLE |
dated school as CENTER as well as |
tend toward greater efficiency.
Emphasis is placed on the Carne-
gle FOundatiOn's plan for a six-and- |
six course, a siX-year course in the |
course in the high schools, thus |
bringing the pupils into the junior
high school at the ages of II to Is, n
rather than marking time" in the l
{ tn and Sth grades as is the case
with the eight-and-four system. 1t
IS held that this will induce many
pupils to enter high school who
would drop out at the end of the eIe-
nentary school period under the
present system, and more naturally
divides the courses according to the
pupils adolescence.
Cost of Education.