Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-02

LTTLENESS OF SPIRIT FATAL TO GREATER VERNON
Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston, told Vermont number
of unpatabe truths have already stated but they
needed Indeed there other things the people
of Vermont whole should seriously consider,
to become what the of the Hub indicated greater
Vermont and part of a greater New England.
We have only to glance at the educational situation in
Vermont to-day get nkng of that pcayune spirit
which is causing the commonwealth to shrivel up, until
Mr. Fitzgerald said Vermont showing greater decrease
children Of five years of than other State in the land
while towns have lost population in the past seventy
years than have gained population Mr. Fitzgerald rightly
said Something evidently is wrong here"
Look at the agricultural school sitcaion Theodore N
Vail gives the State great estate and agricultural school
combined at Lyndonve Randolph has another agricultural
school, No both operation under State auspices
than Kilkenny fight begins between the friends of the
institutions. Each tries to discred the other Men are
elected the Legislature this Kilkenny fight The
Neither the efficient handling and aid should receVs
Local pride and local eaousies allowed to interfere with
tons together do not do the work one rstass institution
should do and the whole result is perpuaton of bitterness
Of verons farms in such schools for the development Of
Vermont.
come will be that the Lyndonvie property will ultimately
vert to Mr. Val or his estate as the deed PROVIDES and Mr.
feet and enjoying the splendid home he is erecting in New
Jersey
prolonged struggle for existence in much the way
the agricultural schools only The effort which
training Of teachers has been largely diverted and dsspated
in fight very existence Whether this struggle has end
Take the State university and agricultural college as
other illustration number of ago the writer helped
getting the service from the State university they
porting that they should receive We showed how other
sending their young men to the Morrill, land grant
institutions and how the State institutions thus
What was the result? President Buckham personally
thanked the writer for the series of articles then written
measures suggested then later instituted The work
had hardly begun however before controversy started
in different directions to whether this really State
university be used such and the whole
up over the question The devoted good
Sss would have accomplished much for the States
To educated outside of the State the whole thing
peared to be tempest in teapot makes little real diff
ference what you call institution provided it is doing the
work was intended to do and people whole helping it
As stSrss have anybody explain
State agricultural college, Which is Enthusiastically State
institution and the University of Vermont
vember 9 1885, any part Of it is Estate Institution it
is all State institution, for the two made
when Of that s't the St
Der of trustees should be twenyegh ten of whom shall
ing the present session. also provided that gov
OF this State the president of the university for the
time being shall have authority call meeting Of the cor
poraton whenever in the opinion either Of Them shall
be necessary or expedient."
Picture the governor being authorized to call meeting
OF the board OF body not State institution and recognized
as such The charter and subsequent of egs
outset, THE University of Vermont"
the charter provided THAT the governor be empowered
10 call the nrst meeting OF the corporation That
person holding place of profit trust in any other unver-
% college or seminary should be eligible to the corporation
that the trustees of the university when required by the
isatre lay before them the state and condition of the funds
OF said university together with all appropriations made
IN 1910 the Legislature having been asked by the
tees Ito take said institution under their immediate
patronage and the mode Of eectng trustees did
But supposing the word Estate" does not belong in the
title OF the University of Vermont and State agricultural
lege and not State institution of what avail is it for
every little taking up the time of the whole
State haggng eternaly this whole question
or even conflict of interests? Mddebury and Norwich are
not really affected the other and all have work
to do We need more educational work and not less