Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
Busy at Annual University Bud
get-Medic Requisites Raised.
Two A. II. Years Starting January I
101S-Unprecedcnted Entering
Glasses Expected in Fall
321 in Summer school.

With a total Of 1927 registered in the
summer school to date and more still com
Ing. and the unprecedented number of 1876
! in the entering class of the institution,
the University of Vermont has good cause
to shake hands with itself "Unprece-
dented' is right in the latter case, time
of year considered. That was the num-
| her up to Thursday. according to Dean
ii. G. Tnkham of the medical college. 1t
Is significant to him because 1t means tho
college is likely to have an entering class
quite ~ big as was hoped. and has recov-
cred from the slump which followed the
raising of the requirements so as to in
| Clude year of academic work Now the
requirements are to he put UP n peg
| higher still Beginning January |, 1915
! the dean announces, two years instead of
one Of academic or liberal arts work pre-
CedinC The regular medical course will be
part of tho requisites for an NJ d The
new step has positively been determined
upon. and sub-sib-freshmen who are
thinking of studying medicine had better
govern themselves accordingly The COL
lcgc Of medicine thereby puts itself on n
par with such institutions as the Harvard
medical school. the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Columbia University.
| Yale, etc, in other words, with all A.
grade medical schools throughout the
country, which aren't many but will be
increased within the next year or two.
The changed requirements, that is, will be
general
Dean rinkham has received word that
II. l.. White. who for several years taught
chemistry in the university and for four
or five years past has been professor Of
chemistry in the agricultural college OF
the University of North Dakota, has ac-
copied an offer of fellowship in agricul-
tural chemistry in the University of Wis
Consn.
The executive committee OF the board Of
trustees met Mt $3.50 Friday in an
nual session to consider the university
/ budget. The committee comprises: Presi-
dent Guy Potter Henton. Judge F. C.
Mower Of burlington, Elias Lyman of
burlington, Secretary of State Guy W.
Bailey of Essex. Robert Roberts Of Bur-
lington, Warren r. Austin of St. Albans
and Newman K. Chaffee of Rutland.
GIFTS TO LIBRARY.
The number Of hook" in Filings library,
incluoing accessions not yet put upon the
shelves. comes close TO 10000 The libra
rian. Miss Helen Il. Shattuck announces
the following gifts during the year end
ing July |: 800 books from the general
, library Of the estate Of the late Charles
y. Catlin of Providence, r. l., a trustee
of the university mp to the time OF his
death; the original manuscript. worth
Iabout 5000 Of Daniel Clarke Sanders
fifth president of the university. of his
History of the Indian Wars with the
First Settlers of the United States, Par
tcularly New England" and many books
/ from the library of the late y. +. Merrill,
former professor of chemistry for several
years. The publication of the History
of the Indian Wars was halted by the
author, after a few copies had been issued,
because of his anger over unfair criticism
The work IS authoritative The library
added 1,15S books during the year, exclu-
sive of these gifts, and has a total with
out them of 9i,35s books.
SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES.
l.. ]. Levin of the Devereux company Of
New York, has arranged with the director
to give three plays here August and g.
Shakespeares ''rwefth Night" and
| comedy of Errors and Goldsmith's
she Stops 20 Conquer are the PLAYS
chosen. This company was selected in
place of the Cchurn players of other
wears. It comes here from Harvard. and
Dartmouth will see them after Vermont
Prof. W. s Monroe's lecture on the
Balkans at tho Williams Science hall
Thursday ni-ht was illustrated with 1Oo
slides. The speaker explained Bulgaria's
M CHI
she was practically forced to side with
the central powers of Europe in the great
war. college graduates were tolerahly
common in Bulgaria. he said, and the peo-
pie We're unusually intelligent. Many were
graduated from American institutions.
THE NEW STUDENTS.
OF the total of 1927 students in the
summer session 27S are Vermonters.
The newly registered since July II are
as follows:
Miss Catherine Callan, Aurora, ILL.,,
primary teacher. East Aurora.
Miss Theo Hendrix. Westneld. grade
teacher.
Sister Mary Peter. city. ST. Marys
Academy.
Sister Mary Rose. city. ST. Mary's
Academy.
Sister Mary Benedcta, city. st.
Marys Academy.
Sister Mary Cecilia. city. st. Mary's
Academy.
Mary F. Muldoon. city, teacher fourth
grade
Mary Tierney. city. Nazareth school.
Edith Barnes, Barre. teacher Beeman
Academy.
Sister Mary Bertille. city. ST. Mary's
Academy.
Hanna Blake, st. Adams, district
school. Swanton.
Elizabeth Buckley, city.
/" NJ. Darling, Canaan. superintend-
ent Essex district.