Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-08-16

Ifesiuent ansell WtiCOmel tuo AluHu
on their annual return to the University
assuring them that though sixty three year
had passed over her head she was still yOunl
and fresh in life, retaining what was in tn
past, but determined to attain yet more an,
better things for the future, and feeling tha
she belongs to the present and is dong be
work in the year 1867. He said that las
year the announcement was made to th,
Alumni that she was entering upon a new
path, and it was proper that this year a re
port should be made Of what had been don'
during the year. The Academic course had
been carried on ; the Scientific course was at
work and was to be carried still farther for
ward, and she had been also engaged in fill
ing up her treasury. II had been dcteTmin.
ed to raise fund Of 100000, and of this
sum Darlington had been called on to con-
tribi'. $4,000, or if possible $40 600, and
be vs. happy to announce that there had
been raised in Burlington with greater ease
than on any previous application S33, 200,
and be had no doubt but that the whole sum
would be raised. It had been determined
to raise among the Alumni the sum Of $25,
600, to endow an Alumni Professorship,
Of which sum $1,000 had been raised. and
the rest must be secured during the day to
make It binding.
1t would be, be SAID, proper FOR them to
ask what the University means to do with
the funds, and he answered that she means
,rork. Next year. if the subscription lists
were filed, he would sit down with Brother
Marrs ahd drink in the inspiration Of POcsy,
but this year he meant trork. It was pro-
posed to perfect the buildings, to beautify
the park in front Of the college, to lay out a
play and parade ground behind It; to con
struct new recitation rooms which they
would not be ashamed to exhibit. to remove
the museum to the rooms prepared for it; to
increase the corps Of teachers and to give
them more adequate remuneration. 70 that it
could no longer be said that a man whose
fame was known over two continents to-day
should actually receive less remuneration
l1r his labor than the common bricklaYer.
In all these particulars the University
planned Work for the coming year, and she
ookcd to her Alumni for aid aud encourage
neat.
lie gave accordingly the following sen,i-
nent
Tte C1iytrsify Of Term0Hfaa Sflfe .4gri- /
.ulfural Coueye-A noble aspiration will be .
atisfei, if she proves herself worthy Of the .
State, whose name she bears and whose hcuc- /
actions she acknowledge
Pr. len; Angel SAID that be had hoped .
20 have been able to call upon Gov. DillIng-
IAN to respond to this sentiment, but in
lis absence he would call upon Senator FL
minds
Senator Eimund- in response spoke brief
y and eloquently upon what the State ex-
,ectcd Of the University, raising the question
whether 1t had not at times come short Of /
hat expectation and held itself too much .
loot from what were the necessities and iu- .
ercsts of the time saying that be trusted /
hat the day was not far distant when the /
whole world woulI know that whatever /
vas best and highest in culture should not I
N that account separate itself from the daily /
interests Of life, BIT mingle with and thus
elevate and bless them This it was the du .
Y Of the Alumni to DO, and whenever they .
hould do 50, they might be sure that the .
world would move.
President Angel then briefly bu; ieelingly .
eierrcd to the generosity Of the citizens Of /
Burlington and proposed the following SEN
iment, calling upon Mayor Wales to res
,ond to it.
The Cih-sns Of BurlingfoH.-Their large
iesrted generosity to the University entities .
hem to the gratitude Of every friend Of the H.
titutioa.
TIE Mayor said it was 80 years since he /
Iad been connected with the Unlversity and |
With Burlington that Burlington had al
yays been interested in the University, and
( she had shown a stronger attachment and
iai given more lately, it was because the
.itizens felt that it was certainty that the
college was going to be successful. They
we're satisfied that we had a Presidcn; who
would DO all that could be done to secure
that success. Burlington would certainly
Ill up that subscription, and would do all
hat ought to be required Of her for the
University.
President Angel then referring to the
necessary dependence Of a University upon
It's Alumni, proposed the following senti-
nent.
The Alumni; a mother with such dev otei
children as they, cannot long lack any good
him.
J this he called on Mr.. Byington to res
pond, as having been by his labors made IA
niliar with the feelings Of the Alumni.
Mr., Byington disclaimed being able to re-
present the Alumni, but sand that as the
President had referred to the work that was
at present most pressing, be would refer to
the Alumni subscription. lie did not think
the Alumni had done their full share IN re-
ference to the University, and he urged them
very strongly to take vigorous measures to
secure the subscription. They had resolved
yesterday that the spirit Of the Universi;Y
should be kept up. How could that be
done, if they failed in this way to provide
for The Philosophical Chair? He referred to
the debt which the Alumni owed to the
University, and made a strong appeal to them
to secure the subscription at once,
mentioning that one gentleman had offered
to double bis subscription, and that one
minister receiving but $500 sllary, but de-
sirous to help on the work, had subscribed
S25.
President Angel then. referring to the spe-
cial pleasure with which the University
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