Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-02
TINES THURSDAY

of industry" and which rendered very val
liable service during the war. and the de-
partment of commerce and economics
whose graduates are readily sought for
by large corporate interests, have long
been substantial departments of this col
legc.
While primarily the l0rger duty of this
college will always be to educate within
college walls, yet there still lies the duty
| outside. Men in the college of arts and
sciences are peculiarly fitted to render
service in State affairs that deal directly
with problems of administration and gov
eminent; municipal affairs that consider
the treatment of all phases Of city, town
and village life. and social welfare where
a closer relationship obtained through
| family and child welfare, labor prob
lens, social research, and service and
community work. Lectures on all of these
subjects as we'll as the history of art.
mythology, Greek AND latin history,
French cathedrals, botany and Vermont
history and civics all will contribute to
| the education of our citizens.
This work has been undertaken spas
medically, but unless we show our read
mess to cooperate at all times with the
people of the State in this extra mural
service, we will soon find the field occu-
pied by other agencies and our opportu-
| nifty will be lost.
| Once year there should be held at
| the university a conference on State prob
| lens, and both men and women, irrespec-
| tive of political or religious affiliation,
should be invited to attend. At this con-
ference let us in a good old fashioned way
discuss our problems, as to how we can
cooperate with the State board Of edu-
cation to improve the school system; the
highway department. to bring about bet
ter roads; the State board of health, to
remedy health conditions; the depart
ment of Justice, to expedite court proce-
dure and to lessen crime; with the de-
partment Of agriculture In the study and
control Of plant diseases. and in educa-
tional work among creamery and dairy
men.
| few years ago men had their polit-
! ical conventions which primarily were
! devoted to the selection of candidates,
| but one Of the most valuable indirect re-
suits was the opportunity it gave to
men to meet their fellow citizens from
other municipalities, and to discuss State
problems. Vermonters do not know YER
mont and their fellow Vermonters as they
should. From now on our women are to
be factor in the States progress. Wom-
ans suffrage, with its added responsible
tiles, has given the women Of Vermont n
new field. At one of our State confer
ences part of the program should be
devoted to n discussion of woman's du-
ties and her legal rights Representatives
OF the various political parties should be
/ permitted to appear and expound the
principles which they represent. In fact.
any service that we can render our cit
liens which will enable them better to
play their part in Nermont's progress is
we'll worth while.
A director Of rural and other State
problems whose duty it shall be to carry
from the university to the people, and
from the people to the university the
facts about the many-sded problems
with which the average Vermont COM
munity is troubled. could render most
valuable service. The university must
function more with the State and it's in
terests. All of it's endeavors should event
ually articulate in some way with the
welfare of Vermont and her citizens.