Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-27
Measure Advanced in Senate
Amended to Provide $1,000
Annually for Medical Depart
ment Students Only
OLEO BILL REJECTED
|Om mittees on Penal Institutions Rec
omn,end Combining Rutland and
Windsor Institutions and building
Hcformn tory for Women

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,r a majority of the committee on edu-
ltiona institutions. 1t was reported fav-
Fably as originally drawn by Senator
Has for minority of the committee.
he majority report recommended that
he bill be amended to limit the proposed
cholarships to medical students only and
reduce the amount to be expended from
1000 to 5000 annually.
After spending the last 40 minutes OF
he morning session and more than an
our OF the afternoon session on the
heasuro, with various proposals OF
fnendment to the amendments Which
ere all rejected, the Senate finally sent
le Bill to thlrd reading as amendea
the committee, by vote of 10 to :.
When the bill came up IN me senate
Ills morning Senator Kingsley explained
ne amendments recommended ny the
Pmmittee, and said that 1t was telt that
ne state could not AFFORD the sum calieu
pr in the original hlli'
senator pahlels IN speaking 1aVorapi!
the pliI SAID senators hao received
l Applications 1'r scho!arshlp" at the
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Villas Defends ORIGINAL BILL
Senator Villas, who introduced the bill,
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oon. lie referred to the Scholarships
ow being given by the university to
onor graduates of high schools in the
tate and said that he did not think
hese should be reckoned in the appro-
riation made by the Stale He thoutht
hat the sum appropriated ought to he
sed in both the academic and medical
apartments, rather than having II con
med TO the medical denartnen+ 4lono
nd offered TO amend the hill ~ tho co,,-
ittee amendments were rejected cbanr.
he the augmentation from SO ooo tc
COO. the money to he used for scholar.
hips in both departments
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senator Ballou was opposed to any in
rcase in the states appropriation fol
be university. but thought that more Of
be money already appropriated ought tC
used Tor scholarships for needy
tudents, rather than having so much o.
used for the college itself Senator
lngsleE opposed this idea for the rea
pm that it was an expensive propositio,
run medical college, and they needed
very cent of the money expended fol
bat department.
SPEAKS FOR MIDDI,ERTrRy
sor..or IoE,a,r .,,o, .u,., 49,.
"rider" to the bill to annronrate III,
nm of $500 for 60 extra scholarships 70
iddlebury College. In a long discourse
be senator from Addison played con
antly upon the term fair play" AM
ent into the old argument that the Uni
ty Of Vermont is not a state institution
nd, therefore, should not receive ali
hich the other colleges of the State d
Ot receive. lie warned against any dis
Elimination
After Senator Kingsley had declare
nat the committee on educational inst
ition was not playing ;svorites and tn
aFleur amendment had been vigorousl
pposed by Senators Daniels Belknap an
ilas. who maintained that the senate
-om Addison had missed the mark in hi
[atements, his amendment was rejecte
lmost unanimously.
Senator Villas came forward with ar
ther amendment, proposing to exten
be appropriation of 5000 to the academi
well as the medical department, bl
lis amendment was also rejected, 10 to
blowing little tilt between Senator
ilas and Kingsley.
Senator LaF'leur called for the yeas an
ays on the third reading of the BILL q
nended with the result above noted
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