A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Norwich University, Northfield, Vt, thorough military, classical and scientific courses. Whenthe general government called for men to suppress the greatrebellion, the student body responded with such unanimitythat for two years the University did not have any law provides that the corps of cadets may be enlistedin the militia of the State of Vermont as a battery of afti
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Norwich University, Northfield, Vt, thorough military, classical and scientific courses. Whenthe general government called for men to suppress the greatrebellion, the student body responded with such unanimitythat for two years the University did not have any law provides that the corps of cadets may be enlistedin the militia of the State of Vermont as a battery of aftil- Present Conditions 303 lery, company of signal corps and company of institution contributed 525 commissioned officers to thecountry in the Mexican and Civil Wars. The whole num-ber of its past cadets is 1529, and of its graduates 809up to 1914. Ninety Norwich University men were in theSpanish-American War, and the institution has 47 men inthe regular Captain Alden Partridge, born at Norwich in 1785; founderof Norwich University 19. The Vermont Colleges.—In accordance withlegislative enactments of 1884 and 1888 the State offersthirty scholarships in each of her three colleges. A scholar-ship pays at least the tuition of a student. Candidates maybe appointed to these scholarships by the State senators ofthe several counties, or, if these fail to make appointments,the appointments may be made by the trustees of the severalcolleges. In 1912 the colleges were extensively subsidizedand provision for extension work through the agriculturalcollege was made. 20. Educational Tendency.—A few facts indicatethe tendency of recent educational movements in this most significant are the support of the public schoolsentirely at the public expense, the multiplication of free high 304 History of Vermont schools, the effort to improve all commion schools by thebetter preparation of teachers, the opening of the colleges-to women, the est
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