University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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President marsh -.------ ' AMES MARSH, a name held in highest veneration by the Alumni, the Hfth president of the University of Vermont, was born in Hartford, Vermont, July 19th, 1794. He was the son of a farmer, Daniel Marsh, who is described as a man of 'plain good sense, and the same native sincerity and candor which formed so beauti- ful a trait in the character of his son. The grandfather of James, Joseph Marsh, Esq., was one of the early settlers of Vermont. He came from Lebanon, Connecticut, and established himself at Hartford about the year 1772. He became prominent in political affairs and was a member of the convention at Westminster which declared the inde- pendence of Vermont, and, upon the organization of the government in 1778, was chosen the first Lieutenant-Governor. In the house of his grandfather, in the valley of the Otta Quechee River, James Marsh was horn. For the first eighteen years of his life he followed the occupation of his father, and it was intended by his parents that he should remain a farmer , but his elder brother, who was destined for college, relinquished his purpose, and James took his place. After brief preparatory studies he entered Dartmouth College in the fall of 1813, at the age of nineteen. The maturity of mind and the habits of industry which he brought with him inclined and enabled him to make the utmost of his opportunities. An eager' student, enterprising and ambitious, in a noble sense, he manifested at that early period the same desire for breadth and comprehensiveness in learning which dis- tinguished all his subsequent career as a scholar. During his college course a deeper experience in his religious life quickened and expanded his intellect, and thereafter he devoted himself with redoubled ardor to his studies. lt gave also a new direction to his life. In November, 1817, Mr. Marsh entered the Theological Seminary at Andover with the view of preparing for the ministry. But after remaining there about a year he was offered and accepted the position of tutor at Dartmouth College. This ofiice he held for two years. The opportunity for 5