University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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■ AAA ZZZI ZS library of one hundred volumes and a ' Turlington library valued at $500. The astronomical and philosophical apparatus included a telescope, planetarium, quadrants, two sets of twenly-four-inch globes: also $700 worth of instru- ments purchased of ' ■ ' Rev. ' Dr. Prince of Salem, lass., and deposited by indi- viduals in the ' Philosophical Chamber for student use. It is said that the appa- ratus was more complete than m any of the colleges of ew Cngland except Harvard and Yale. In August, 1808. the trustees directed that three public examinations should be held and three members of the corporation were desig- nated to assist in this work. TV ' HE tuition at this time was $12 per year and covered all demands of the cor- poration. ' T ' resident Sanders estimated that a poor student by teaching school four months each winter at $16 per month, the average salary, could pay all his college bills, including board, and leave college with thirty-two dollars in his pocket. lioard was furnished in Commons at $1 .42 per week. resiitient erbesf in !3U Capacities; 3N October, 1800, the President had been authorized to secure a tutor, but on January 13, 1801. he reported that no sufficiently qualified and respect- able character was to be obtained in the State of Vermont. President Wheeler says that with a single exception for a few days President Sanders carried on alone all the teaching for the first three years, and as the classes increased he often employed six, eight and ten hours a day in personal recitations. With the exception of the services of dUphalet ' B. Coleman as tutor for one term in Seventeen

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. . . ► of his historical address, delivered on the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation ► of the first University class, dx- ' J ' resident ohn Wheeler wrote that the plans for the first University building were presented by governor Tichenor, and were modelled after one of the buildings of ' Princeton College, the alma mater of the Qovernor. The work of construction was begun in the spring of 1801. For the time and place the building erected was a large and an imposing struc- ture. It was built of brick, four stories in height, 160 feet long (lacking only ten feet of the length of the present College of iMedicine building) , 75 feet wide in the central part and 45 feet wide in the wings. The building was carried as high as the third story the first season. The next year the fourth story was added. There was a chapel in the edifice, seven large public rooms and forty- five chambers for students. The building was not completed in all its details for several years. 0lii Mil ?ieU rotjefi a (Jloob 0nt (7t corporation meeting held August 21, 1805, T)avid ' Russell reported A that a contract had heretofore been made by certain citizens with one ' Joseph Miller for finishing the College edifice for the sum of $5,000. Tresident Sanders, writing liev. Leonard Worcester of Teacham on July 22, 1805, said a contract was about completed for the entire finishing of the college edifice. ' cAbout $5,000 had been raised chiefly by the people of Turlington. cA bell had t just been brought from ' Boston, purchased with cash subscribed by the ladies of this town, amounting to about $150. Writing again to S r. Worcester, on une 24, 1806, President Sanders said: The college edifice is nearly glazed. The tower is finished and painted on the dome. The vane and lightning rod are up. The bell proves a good one. The masons are at work and all the chim- neys will probably be finished before Commencement . i Snsitruction Pegun in 1801 Tlr ' HE University corporation on January 13. 1801, appointed President San- ' ders a committee to form a system of by-laws, determining the admiss ion and qualification of the students, the times of holding commencements, the periods of examinations, exhibitions and vacations, regulating the behavior of the students, comprehending all those rules and regulations which are usual in other universities, or which may be deemed useful in this. President Sanders and T)avid 1{ussell were authorized to purchase books and parts of a philosoph- ical apparatus according to their best discretion to the amount of $1,000. In- struction in college subjects began in 1801. Curriculum t afeen iWainlp from ilarbarD RESIDENT Wheeler is authority for the statement that the course of study ' IT ' was as extensive as in any of the S ew England colleges, and was taken mainly from Harvard University. It will be remembered that Tresident San- ders was a Harvard graduate. Chemistry and anatomy, subjects not usually taught at that time, were added. Tiev. Samuel Williams of %utland, Vermont historian and editor, and noted for his scholarly attainments before he left Massachusetts, for two years gave courses on astronomy and natural philosophy, j which Tresident Wheeler supposes to have been the first of the kind delivered in S ew £ngland. There was a college library of one hundred volumes, a society Sixteen

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1804, ' President Sanders gave all the instruction until 1806, and continued as pastor of the Congregational church of Turlington until 1807. In addition to preparing the course of study, superintending building operations and giving attention to matters of discipline, he solicited funds and looked after rents from college lands. In the winter of 1807 he travelled extensively throughout the state, collecting unpaid rents. iWatijematicss rofefisior Vottt a alarp of $348.71 IDNEY WILLARD, a Harvard graduate, was a tutor in 1806 and ames ' Dean, a Dartmouth man, was tutor from 1807 to 1809. On September 11, 1807 , it was voted to provide a salary of $348.7 1 for a professor of mathe- matics and natural philosophy, but apparently SMr. Dean performed the work of the department as tutor, until cAugust 17, 1809, when he was selected pro- fessor of mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy , a position which he held until 1814, returning later (1822-24). MWtioni to t|)e Jf acultp Jfounb i tecesisiarp (i N January 2, 18 1 1, a committee composed of Hon. lioyall Tyler and Hon. William C- Bradley recommended the election of a professor of the learned languages: a professor of law, to receive no salary but to be compensated by reasonable fees; and, when funds permitted, a professor of belles lettres and cr professor of chemistry and mineralogy. ' R.eu. ason C amberlin of Quilford was elected professor of chemistry and of Latin and Qreek, serving from 1811 to 1814, and Hon. T{,oyall Tyler, one of ' Vermont ' s most famous, brilliant and versatile man, was made professor of law. On cAugust 17, 1809, Dr. ohn T ' omeroy of ' Turlington had been ap- pointed professor of physics, anatomy and surgery. cA resolution was adopted providing that any person who has been licensed to practice physic by any medical Society established by law and has attended two courses of lectures de- livered by the professor of physic, anatomy and surgery of the university and shall deliver an inaugural dissertation on some subject proposed by said pro- fessor, shall be considered a proper candidate for the degree of ' bachelor of ' Physic and may be examined by the ' President of the University and the professor in such manner as they may judge proper, and on their recommenda- tion may be admitted to such degree. 3ra !3Uen Waxni gainsit encroachment on College lanb£! HERE were some encroachments on the college lands. Soon after Qen. Ira cAllen returned from Surope he warned certain persons who were preparing to erect buildings that these lands have been appropriated for a public green, to contribute both to the convenience, elegance and use of the University of Vermont. He adds: SMy long detention in Europe, no doubt predicated on the part I early took in the liberties and independence of this and the United States, ought not to operate as an injury to a place made beautiful in the forma- tion of the earth, and by art may be useful to this in future genera- tions. One notes here a tone of pathos, together with that appreciation of scenic beauty which led to the selection of this site of Turlington and probably to the location of the campus. Ira aAllen attended most of the corporation Eighteen