The dormitories accommodate 50 pupils each, and the rooms are so arranged that the sun shines into every room during some portion of the day. These buildings, as well as the public rooms, are heated by steam, and they are also supplied with pure spring water brought from the hills in pipes.

The location of the school is excellent. Saxtons River is 44 miles west from Bellows Falls, an important railroad junction, yet closely connected therewith by telephone, telegraph, and stage.

The landscape about Saxtons River is agreeably diversified with hill and dale, field and forest, and is restful to the eye and brain, when wearied from study.

Two regular courses of study are provided, covering four years each: First, the college preparatory or classical course, which prepares students to enter any of our colleges; second, the academic course, designed for those who do not contemplate a subsequent course of study and which embraces a broader range of subjects than the classical course. All colleges which admit students on certificate admit applicants in this manner from Vermont Academy. Students who are unable to pursue either of these courses may take selected studies, and a preparatory course is provided for those who choose to enter the school before they are sufficiently advanced to enter either of the regular courses. French, drawing, painting, vocal and instrumental music, and elocution, receive special attention, each of these departments being under charge of specialists.

Once a week the whole school meets for discussion of "current topics."

Among the aids to the instruction of the class room are the following: A well-selected and constantly increasing apparatus for the illustration of the natural sciences, history, and geography; a library consisting of about 1,500 volumes; a reading room containing about 50 papers and periodicals; occasional lectures and concerts by first-class speakers and singers.

Three literary societies are sustained by the students-the Pi Beta Phi and Athenæum by the boys and the Kappa Pi by the girls. A periodical is published by the Pi Beta Phi twice a term, entitled the "Vermont Academy Life," which compares favorably with other school publications of its kind.

Pecuniary aid is furnished deserving students from the income of seven scholarships of $1,000 each and from private benevolence. Some of the pupils earn a part of their expenses by work.

Tuition is free to the children of all pastors and of all deceased pastors of Vermont of whatever denomination.

But it is not the sole aim of Vermont Academy to furnish opportunities for mental culture. There is a trinity in man--body, mind, and soul—and this fact is recognized in the instruction given at this institution.

For the sake of health and physical development the boys receive drill in military tactics and the girls in light gymnastics three times a week. The military department is now under the charge of Lieut. George W. Gatchell, Fourth Artillery, U. S. A., a graduate of West Point in the class of 1887. He is detailed to Vermont Academy by the United States Government. The new tactics are already in. use.

Special regard is had for the Christian culture of the pupils. The school was founded as a Christian school. The avowed aim of the leaders in its management and its board of instruction is to make the school a center of Christian culture and influence. The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. have flourishing branches, and the girls also sustain an organization of the King's Daughters.

The motto of the academy seal is "Discere verba et opera Dei” (to learn the words and the works of God). The traditions of the school and the spirit of its management have been in harmony with this motto, and while the academy is not sectarian in spirit or in teaching, it is maintained that in every true, well-rounded education the religious element is essential.

The present board of teachers consists of the principal, George A. Williams, A. M., Ph. D., who has classes in Greek, and the lady principal, Miss Frances L. Davis, who has the department of psychology and literature, assisted by 11 teachers in the different departments.

THE VERMONT EPISCOPAL INSTITUTE.

The Vermont Episcopal Institute was founded by the Right. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., first bishop of Vermont, and incorporated by the legislature November 14, 1854. John H. Hopkins, Charles B. Marvin, Thomas H. Canfield, Edward J. Phelps, and Albert L. Catlin constituted the first board of trustees. The property held by the corporation consists of a tract of land 100 acres in extent, on Rock Point, distant about 2 miles from the Burlington post-office, directly across the bay and within view of the city, possessing advan tages of extraordinary attraction in point of healthfulness, pure air, and beautiful scenery. In point of scenery, especially, the location is unexcelled. Rock Point itself is well known for its wild, picturesque aspect; but the lovely view it affords of the lake, the city, the Green and Adirondack mountains, surpasses its own picturesqueness, and situated also, as it is, in the midst of an historical region, the site is a peculiarly advantageous one for a school and seminary of learning. The institute is a large stone building, erected from varieties of marble found upon the place, 125 feet long, 57 feet wide at the north end, and 66 feet wide at the southern end, in which is a beautiful chapel, complete, for the accommodation of 150 persons, and equipped with all appurtenances for a first-class boarding school, which will accommodate 75 pupils, with the principal and his family. The style of

architecture is the collegiate Gothic, of the same general character as prevails in the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The building itself, with its deeply recessed windows and doors, tall, projecting tower, and walls flanked with buttresses, presents an appearance which is universally considered grand and impressive. The school has been in operation twenty-four years, the first twenty years in charge of Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins, a son of the late bishop. Mr. Hopkins was succeeded by Henry H. Ross, A. M., an experienced teacher, well fitted for maintaining and increasing the high standard of instruction established by his predecessor. The school year at the institute is forty weeks, generally beginning about September 1, and closing on the first Wednesday in June. The best of opportunities exist for outdoor exercise. The varied grounds form a pleasant place for boys to ramble in the woods, and a well-prepared playground affords opportunity for football and baseball. During the past few years extensive improvements have been made in the buildings and a new gymnasium has been built. Boys are trained for any American college or scientific schools or prepared at once for business.

BISHOP HOPKINS HALL.

(The diocesan school for young ladies at Rock Point.)

On the 5th of August, 1885, the late John P. Howard bequeathed $20,000 as an endowment for the young ladies' school at Rock Point, provided suitable buildings should be erected therefor by the trustees of the Vermont Episcopal Institute, or the sum of $40,000 be raised within one year after his death for such buildings. Mr. Howard died October 10, 1885, and before October 10, 1886, the trustees had raised the $40,000 as required. In 1887 the executive committee, after a full consultation with the architect, agreed upon all the details of the plans, selected a site, and authorized Mr. Canfield to proceed forthwith to execute the plans and erect the buildings.

The school is of a high standard, preparing for entrance to Wellesley, Smith, or Vassar colleges by those who desire to enter them, or to carry forward those who do not to a more advanced and finished education.

The handsome educational edifice is 124 feet long and 62 feet wide. It is built of stone quarried in the immediate neighborhood and is 4 stories in height. The style of architecture is a collegiate or academical gothic, with steep roofs, gables, a cupola, and central tower over the stair projection, treated in forms of massive basement stone walls, principal story stone walls with corners laid in a whitish stone in regular bond. The tower is arranged so that a very extensive and beautiful prospect can be viewed from it for miles in every direction. Looked at from either side, the drive or lawn or lake, the building will ever be taken for just what it is, a church educational edifice.

For the sake of health and physical development the boys receive drill in military tactics and the girls in light gymnastics three times a week. The military department is now under the charge of Lieut. George W. Gatchell, Fourth Artillery, U. S. A., a graduate of West Point in the class of 1887. He is detailed to Vermont Academy by the United States Government. The new tactics are already in. use.

Special regard is had for the Christian culture of the pupils. The school was founded as a Christian school. The avowed aim of the leaders in its management and its board of instruction is to make the school a center of Christian culture and influence. The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. have flourishing branches, and the girls also sustain an organization of the King's Daughters.

The motto of the academy seal is "Discere verba et opera Dei" (to learn the words and the works of God). The traditions of the school and the spirit of its management have been in harmony with this motto, and while the academy is not sectarian in spirit or in teaching, it is maintained that in every true, well-rounded education the religious element is essential.

The present board of teachers consists of the principal, George A. Williams, A. M., Ph. D., who has classes in Greek, and the lady principal, Miss Frances L. Davis, who has the department of psychology and literature, assisted by 11 teachers in the different departments.

THE VERMONT EPISCOPAL INSTITUTE.

The Vermont Episcopal Institute was founded by the Right. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., first bishop of Vermont, and incorporated by the legislature November 14, 1854. John H. Hopkins, Charles B. Marvin, Thomas H. Canfield, Edward J. Phelps, and Albert L. Catlin constituted the first board of trustees. The property held by the corporation consists of a tract of land 100 acres in extent, on Rock Point, distant about 2 miles from the Burlington post-office, directly across the bay and within view of the city, possessing advan tages of extraordinary attraction in point of healthfulness, pure air, and beautiful scenery. In point of scenery, especially, the location is unexcelled. Rock Point itself is well known for its wild, picturesque aspect; but the lovely view it affords of the lake, the city, the Green and Adirondack mountains, surpasses its own picturesqueness, and situated also, as it is, in the midst of an historical region, the site is a peculiarly advantageous one for a school and seminary of learning. The institute is a large stone building, erected from varieties of marble found upon the place, 125 feet long, 57 feet wide at the north end, and 66 feet wide at the southern end, in which is a beautiful chapel, complete, for the accommodation of 150 persons, and equipped with all appurtenances for a first-class boarding school, which will accommodate 75 pupils, with the principal and his family. The style of

architecture is the collegiate Gothic, of the same general character as prevails in the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The building itself, with its deeply recessed windows and doors, tall, projecting tower, and walls flanked with buttresses, presents an appearance which is universally considered grand and impressive. The school has been in operation twenty-four years, the first twenty years in charge of Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins, a son of the late bishop. Mr. Hopkins was succeeded by Henry H. Ross, A. M., an experienced teacher, well fitted for maintaining and increasing the high standard of instruction established by his predecessor. The school year at the institute is forty weeks, generally beginning about September 1, and closing on the first Wednesday in June. The best of opportunities exist for outdoor exercise. The varied grounds form a pleasant place for boys to ramble in the woods, and a well-prepared playground affords opportunity for football and baseball. During the past few years extensive improvements have been made in the buildings and a new gymnasium has been built. Boys are trained for any American college or scientific schools or prepared at once for business.

BISHOP HOPKINS HALL.

(The diocesan school for young ladies at Rock Point.)

On the 5th of August, 1885, the late John P. Howard bequeathed $20,000 as an endowment for the young ladies' school at Rock Point, provided suitable buildings should be erected therefor by the trustees of the Vermont Episcopal Institute, or the sum of $40,000 be raised within one year after his death for such buildings. Mr. Howard died. October 10, 1885, and before October 10, 1886, the trustees had raised the $40,000 as required. In 1887 the executive committee, after a full consultation with the architect, agreed upon all the details of the plans, selected a site, and authorized Mr. Canfield to proceed forthwith to execute the plans and erect the buildings.

The school is of a high standard, preparing for entrance to Wellesley, Smith, or Vassar colleges by those who desire to enter them, or to carry forward those who do not to a more advanced and finished education.

The handsome educational edifice is 124 feet long and 62 feet wide. It is built of stone quarried in the immediate neighborhood and is 4 stories in height. The style of architecture is a collegiate or academical gothic, with steep roofs, gables, a cupola, and central tower over the stair projection, treated in forms of massive basement stone walls, principal story stone walls with corners laid in a whitish stone in regular bond. The tower is arranged so that a very extensive and beautiful prospect can be viewed from it for miles in every direction. Looked at from either side, the drive or lawn or lake, the building will ever be taken for just what it is, a church educational edifice.