University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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Bresihents of the Ttttnihersitp nf Eermunt ELECTED RETIRED 1800 Rev. Daniel Clarke Sanders, D.D., A.M. 1814 1815 Rev. Samuel Austin, A.M., D.D. . . 1821 1821 Rev. Daniel Haskell, A.M. . 1.824 1825 Rev. Willard Preston, D.D. 1826 1826 Rev. James Marsh, D.D. . 1833 1833 Rev: 'John Wheeler, D.D., A.M. . 1849 1849 Rev. Viforthington Smith, D.D. 1855 1855 Rev. Calvin Pease, D.D., A.M. . 1861 1862 Rev. Joseph Torrey, A.M., D.D. . 1866 1866 James Burrill Angell, A.M., LL.D. . . 1871 1871 ,Matthew Henry Buckham, A.lVl., D.D., LL.D. . 1910 1911 Guy Potter Benton, A.M., D.D., Litt.D., LL.D. l- i,Bre5it1ent Benton Doctor Benton is of New England ancestry. He was born in 1865 at Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. He was a member of the Class of 1886, Ohio Wesleyan University, where he pursued the Classical course. After graduation he taught for some years and later took graduate work at the University of Wooster and the University of Berlin. ln addition to his degree, Baker Uni- versity in 1893 conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts in course. His honorary degrees are as follows: A.M., Ohio Wesleyan in 19059 l..itt.D., Norwich University, 19169 D.D., Baker University, 1900, and Ohio Wesleyan University, 19155 LL. D., Upper lowa University in 1906, University of Vermont in 1911, Middlebury College in 1912, University of Mississippi, 1915, and Miami University in 1916. President Benton traveled and studied in Egypt, Palestine and Europe and has specialized in History. He published The Real College, 1909, was President Southeast- ern Kansas Teachers' Association in 1892, member Kansas State Board of Education in 18993 Pres- ident Ohio College Association in 1904, Chairman Committee on An Educational Policy for Ohio in 19055 President of The Conference of Ohio College Deans and Presidents in 1905. He was Principal of the High School and, later, Superintendent of city schools, Fort Scott, Kansas, for seven years, Assistant State Superintendent of Public lnstruction in Kansas for two yearsg Professor of History in Baker University for three yearsg President of Upper lowa University for three years: President of Miami University for nine years, and is in his sixth year of service as President of the University of Vermont. He was Chairman of the Vermont Library Commission during 1912-13 and Chairman of The Vermont State Board of Education in 1914. He has been an Elector of The Hall of Fame since 1910 and is now President of The National Association of State Universities. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Kappa Alpha. ' 15

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A ww .fm AAA AA Ill Ill Ill Ill Ill -,-QQni.1Qn-w 00 11 12 :iz The College was chartered in 1791, but actual instruction was started only after ten years of toil and anxiety. In 1800 the Rev. Daniel Sanders was appointed President, and the next year a class of four was accepted and instruction began in the University of Vermont. President Sanders carried on the entire instruction of the first three classes, until 1807, when a Tutor was appointed to assist him. The first Professor appointed was James Dean, Prof. of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in 1809. Two more professors were added to the faculty in 1811, another in 1813, and two more in 1821. Then came a period of hardship and calamity . Much opposition Was met and to top it all, in 1825, the one college edifice was con- sumed by fire. But in 1826 things turned for the better. James Marsh became President, subscriptions were raised, and the future of the University was assured. President Marsh was a true scholar and brought the course of study and habits of discipline of the Uni- versity to a near degree of perfection that, for that day, was recognized as such by the ripest scholars of the country. The system of instruc- tion organized by him was more perfect in fundamental views, more thorough in its practical studies, and more comprehensive in its pur- pose than thenexisted in the U. S. He comprised all the courses that Were then offered, into four departments: Department of English Literature, Department of Languages, Department of Mathematics and Natural Science, and Department of Political, Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. Until 1866, the instruction given in these departments composed the single course of study offered by the University to its students, with the exception of that of Medicine, which Was, during this an- I7