Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-24
COLLEGE APPEAL
TO YERMONTERS
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Of the money will be spent IN Vermont
and approximately one half our stud
ents are from Vermont and always have
been,
Under these circumstances am / not
justified in appealing particularly to
our friends in Vermont for at least a
major part Of the $4,000 necessary TO
complete this fund aud validate the
subscriptions already made;
Middlebury Is a Vermont college 1t
was chartered by the Legislature OF
Vermont in 1900 and is FIRST Trustees
were without exception citizens OF Yer
mont, The support Of the institution
for many years was derived almost eX'
clusively from Vermont During the
us years Of It's life Middlebury has
certainly educated is full share Of Yer
mont youth and contributed It's quota
Of those men Of signal ability and high
character whose production has been
the chief glory Of our Green Mountain
Commonwealth,
Our College is certainly an asset 10
Vermont, an educational instrument OF
value to her young people, tie To the
home State for many who have left her
borders, and one Of the institutions
which increase the good name OF Yer
mont in the world outside In recent
years especially Middlebury College has
been the means Of bringing to Vermont
contributions OF large value from friends
whose homes are outside the State.
Among them may be cited; Warner
Science Hall, from Mr. Ezra ], War
ner, Chicago, $4,000; Starr Library,
from Mr., Egbert Starr, New York,
$4,000 Hepburn Hall, from Mr.. A,
Barton Hepburn, New York, $4,000,
Within a few weeks the gift OF Mr., Viii
liam H. Porter, New York, Of $4,000
for hospital for Addison County and
an infrmary for the college has been
announced Other buildings have been
erected largely by contributions from
citizens of other States and the adj
ditions to our endowment funds have
come in no small measure from the
same sources,
/ would not minimize the very gen
erous and substantial gifts that have
come to us from NermonterS, such as
the Mead Memorial Chapel from EX.
Governor John A, Mead, the McCul-
Tough Gymnasium from Ex-Governor
John c. Mccullough, and the requests
of the late Joseph Battell The point
wish to make is merely that our col
legc, located in Vermont and naturally
serving primarily the youth of Yer
mont, is the means OF bringing to Yer
mont from time to time gifts of great
value which we may assume would not
come to our State except for Middle
bury College Is it not good policy for
Nermontcrs to help sustain the college
which is thus beneiiting their State?
The honor and good name of any
State are bound up in no small degree
with her educational institutions. II
they are weak, the State which allows
them to remain weak suffers in general
public opinion, If they are strong, the
presumption OF intelligence and enter
prise attaches to the State which assists
them to prosper The foundation has
been laid at Middlebury for one of the
best and strongest colleges in the en-
tire country, Of the type that has been
the distinctive glory OF American edu-
cation, and it would be a pity not to
continue the good work so well begun.
If Middlebury College is to go for
ward, the completion of our 100000
fund is essential, If we fail in this en-
deavor, we are not likely to have so ia
vorable an offer again. Failure is quite
possible. The subscriptions we have
received thus far, with few exceptions,
are conditional upon the pledging of the
entire amount before July l.
We have employed no agents and
paid no commissions Every dollar re-
ceWed will be put into permanent trust
funds Middlebury College has never
lost dollar of trust funds Its invest
ments are carefully safeguarded by an
able Finance Committee of its Trus-
tees. None of its securities are in de-
fault and no interest is in arrears. The
college is not in debt and has no ac-
cumulated obligations to wipe out.
1t does not take a millionaire to give
to college. So many rich men have
given i'll large amounts to colleges that
an impression naturally has been made
that colleges seek only such gifts. Moth
ing could be farther from the truth.
College was founded by
plain Vermont pioneers, not rich man
among them, On the first subscription
paper the largest amount was $3.50. Far
mers, tradesmen, mechanics all helped
as they could.
| would like to see our present fund
in the same way, by the par
ticipation of large number of Vernon
tiers, those Of modest ability as well as
those more favored. Any gift or sub
in any amount, payable at
once or in three annual installments,
will be most gratefully received and
acknowledged. appeal most earnestly
to my fellow ermonters to assist me
in safeguarding Middlebury College in
these times of war by giving a little
over $4,000 which will bring in ten