Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-06-06

Occurred at the Medical College, Thurs
day last. The Lecture room, Mt tho usual
hour showed a larger collection than usual of
students and others interested in the college,
drawn thithcr apparently by some special mo-
tive. This was explained when Prof. CoNANr,
stepping forward, presented in the name of
the class, to DR.. s., W. TnAYGR Jr., Professor
of Anatomy, and Dean Of the Mcdicaltaculty,
a beautiful and costly gold hunter watch,
addressing him at SAINT time with the fol-
lowing words
PRorEsson TnlYrn i have been requested bv
the students Of the Medical Department Of the Uni
vcisity of Vermont, to meet them on this occasion.
ana IN their behalf to present you this token of
friendship, and of their high esteem for the social,
moral and intellectual worth Of their Teacher in
Anatomy and Physiology. And | take the more
pleasure in the Performance Of this duty. when |
know that 1t is not an individual thing, but the
unanimous expression Of the entire class. MAY it
strengthen your hands and encourage your heart,
and when in future years, you look back upon the
class Of 1896, may it be a. upon a band of brothers.
upon whose friendship you can rely. and upon
whose intellectual strength you can gaze with feel
ings Of satisfaction and of pride. Accept this then.
ana as a colleague and in behalf of all your col
leagues, allow me TO congratulate you. and rs the
moments pass, as days, months and years are roll
ling by, may this be Il remembrance, that time is
rapidly carrying Us all on to our long last home
AS IRON day to day you watch its ever changing
dial, and feel the beating, throbbing pulse If those
lansuishing in pain upon beds Of sickness and
death, may you be reminded of the goodlv feeling
which prompted this gift. and be ENCOURAGED 10
greater exertion for their relief and restoration to
health. This is our heart, felt wish, and we have
the utmost confidence that our highest anticipations
will be more than realized.
DR.. Thayer replied with emotion as fol-
lows
GENTLEMEN OF THE MEDICAL CLASS;
| was very much surprised when inf rmed that
you were to present me with this token OF rcspect;-
an act of generosity and kindness which had no
reason to expect, and which | am unconscious of
having meritcd and feel that the most clonue, I
acknowledgement that | could make Of my obliga.
tions to you for this favor, would be to remain ST.
lent. 1t is with feelings Of deep emotion and graf
itude that | accept this magnificent Gold Watch as
a voluntary gilt from you, and you may be assured,
gentlemen, that | fully appreciate its worth-itl
'nirnSlr worth; although that ! regard as a trifc, in
comparison with the value | attach to it az a testi.
monial Of your respect for me, and for the manner
in which the duties Of the Chair of Anatomy have
been discharged during the course Of Lectures now
approaching To a close. You could not have chosen
a period of my life in which such a specific act of
kindness could tave been more gratifying to me
than the present, nor could you have selected n elf
more acceptable than this watch. | shall ever kecr
it as a memcnto Of the Medical Class Of 1856 in the
/. vcrSity of Nermont.t towards each member Of which
l entertain feelings OF the highest respect and esteem.
not alone tor this manifestation Of gcncrous impulse
but Tor that gcutlcnanly department that ha.
universally characterized you in your intercourse
with each other, your teachers, and the community
in which You have temporarily resided.
tender my sincere thanks for this contribution
to the already accumulated pleasures Of our mutua'
acquaintnnce. Please accept my best wishes for voui
individual success, prosperity and Lappiuess in thi.