Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-09
commencement, at Burlington.
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT AssRLL.

Alter the cOnlerrlng OF degrees on
Commencement Day, the venerable Prof
Joseph Torrey, Acting President of the
University since the resignation of the
lamented Pease, introduced Prof. James
Angel, of Providence, rs the President
elect of the university of Vermont and
State Agricultural College"
Gov. Dillingham; then advanced and
administered the oath of Office aud of
allegiance to the State of Vermont and
the United States, to the new President,
and also placed in his charge the keys of
the University.
Prof Torrey then in most admirable
and fifty chosen language welcomed Pres
ident Angel to the University, pledg-
ing him the hearty support Of the Fac.
ulty.
The rising of the new President to re-
spond to this welcome was the signal for
spontaneous and long-continued APP
plause on the part of the alumni and au-
dience. His response was q most fitting,
elegant and genial one, strengthening
his hearers says the Timee, in the be-
lief that the right man in the right
place" had at last been found for presl-
dent of the College, Chiefly noticeable
in it were a kind and noble tribute to
Prof Tory, truthful eulogy of James
Marsh, and an eloquent allusion to the
noble part which the sons of the Uni
versity had taken in the war for the
| Union.
THE CORPORATION DINNER.
After the exercises at the Church
came the corporation dinner at the Amer
lean House, of which some 200 partook.
Gov. Dillingham; presided and grace said
by Rev. DR.. Bacon of Connecticut. At
ter all had done justice to the viands,
happy speeches were made by President
Angel, Rev. DR.. Shedd, Hon VIM Hig.
| by Of California Hon E. D. Culver of
Brooklyn, n. Y, late minister TO Yene-
! zuela Prof. Alexis Caswell Of Brown Uni
versity, Judge C. L. Benedict of New
| York, Homer n. Hubbard of Chicago,
Rev. DR.. Bacon of Connecticut, and J.
| S. Adams, Esq, Of Burlington. Hon.
| Robert S. Hale of Elizabethtown, n. Y,
acted as Master Of Ceremonies, at the re-
quest OF Gov. Dillingham;, and did it in
his usual Eelicitous style. The singing
Of the doXology closed the pleasant re.
union.
THE COLLEGE LEyEE.
The annual College Levee took place
on Wednesday evening at the public
rooms of the University, which had been
handsomely decorated with evergreen
for the occasion. President Angel and
| his lady were present. The Quintette
Club enlivened the evening with their
excellent music, and altogether the levee
OF the U. Y. NJ. and the S. A. c. was
very excellent affair.
THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNI
Judge Hale presided at the annual
| meeting Of the Associate Alumni on
Wednesday. Carolus Noyes, in behalf
of the Committee Of the Alumni to con-
fer with the corporation, presented the
! following resolutions:
Resolrcd, By the Associate Alumni Of
the University Of Vermont, that We de
| sire on this occasion to renew the eX-
| preston OF our deep interest in the vel
fare Of the University in its new relation.
Resolred, That we hereby tender to the
President, Faculty, and Corporation ofIhc
| Vermont University and State AgriCultu-
! raj College the earnest assurance of QUIZ
confidence and respect; that we will bOta
| collectively and individually actively
| co operate with them in all proper ways
| and by all proper means to build up and
! sustain the institution to widen the
! sphere Of its usefulness and influence:
! andtO make it under the blessing Of God,
! more effective instrument in the work
! Of sound Christian culture and more
active agent for Liberty aud Learning
for our State and people,
CARoLUs MOVES
". G. T. SHEDD,
E. H. BYGNGToN, Con-.
GEO. H. BIGELOw,
AUSTIN HAzEN.