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

'HAONh Out Uy CendtOr E1munus tndL per
, haps the University had not fulfilled the ex-
5 pectations of the people of the State and re-
; pelled 1t, saying that if the State had fulfill
ed its duties towards the University, 1t would
have had no cause to complain of it ; and he
proceeded to enforce again the duty of the
State to provide for the higher Institutions Of
!. learning.
The President, after referring to the eE
feet upon the University of the breaking out
of the rebellion, which called half Of her stu
dents away, mentioned the fact that two Of
the Graduating class had gone 5hro' the war
one through the - battles of the VI. cayal-
~, once wounded and left for dead but vet
preserved to speak to Us today, and one who
had spent SIX months in the deadly pens of
Andersonville prison. He called upon Zen.
Washburn to respond to the following:
The Soldier Sons Of the L. J.. .M-With
their swords they have inscribed on the pages Of
/ history their own names, and the name Of their
Alma Mata, IN characters which will endure for
ever.
Gen. Washburn in bis remarks said that
as far as the war was concerned tile history
Of the Alumni and students Of the Uniycr-
sity was the history oftbe State TIA, ;here
was not roster Of a Vermont regiment
which did not contain the names Of some Of
the Alumni or students, and there was
scarcely a battle at which Vermont troops
were present at which the University was
not worthily represented. l, had been said
that the number Of the Alumni Of this Uni F.
versity was small, but he did not believe .
that it could be said Of other lists Of Alumni /
as It could of this, that one in seven had, at
their coun,rY's call come forth to serve her |
on the field of battle.
President Angel then spoke Of the cmi-
grafton Of the Alumni from the State, and
then OF those who had collected in the cityof
New York, and called upon r. D. Benedict
Of that cItY, to respond.
Mr. Benedict after some dcsultory IT.
marks referred to the subscription, ard told
the story Of the two darkeys at the South,
the wheel Of whose wagon getting sunk in
a rut, one took hold to lift i. out, while the
other stood by giving suggestions where
upon the first one stepped and asked o.. sam
bo, does you expect to 20 to heaven o.
" Well yes, hope SO, Cufee, says Sambo.
3. Den Sambo," retorted Cufee, Why
don't yo, take hold and Ef?"
He said though hchad done s5methingon the
subscription already, yet he had seemed to
hear all through the czcrcises Of the occasion
a voice saying Co him " Why don't You take
hold and lift, and be would accordingly /
say what he had to say on the suiiec; Of tn C
subscription, by asking The Committee TO
double the amount which he had subscribed.
Mr.. Angel further referred % those Of the
Alumni who were engaged in other Univer-
sities, and called upon Professor Cutting u
respond, and also to the class meetings, G.
pecially that of the class If 1872, which as
be said, celebrated this year their silver we'd
ding, and, he called on c. F. Dayey Of New
York, to respond.
Both Of these gen ilemcn made eloquent
and effective speeches. for which however we
have no space and the hour being late The
exercises were closed as usual Boy singing
Old Hundred
The day closed With the customary Levee.
For tins the house and grounds OF ex-Prgf
G. ". BENEDICT were thrown open. \
large and pleasant gathering of cur citizens
of both sexes and of friends Of the Univer-
sity. were present, and were received by
Mr.. and Mrs Benedict and by Pres. Angel
and his accomplished wife It may not be
trencbiug on private matters too much TO
say that interest was added 70 the even
ing by the fact that it was the 2jth an
niversary Of the wedding Of the host and
hostess. and that the occasion was marked
by many kind congratulations. and BY a
numter Of beautiful and tasteful tokens Of
remembrance from relatives, old pupils, and
esteemed fellow citizens and friends.
SUCCESS OF TIE ALUMNI SUBSCRIPTION.
The Alumni Subscription, 70 eud5w the
Marsh Proressorship OF Intellectual and No
raj Philosophy, which on Tuesday last hck-
cd seven or eight thousand dollars OF the
sum needed to make the subscription bind
Ing, was by Thursday evening COM
ple,ed to the bipding pom: OF S2j,OOO. 1t
will doubtless be increased by future sub
scriptions to at least thirty thousand dollars,
THE SOCIETIES.
At the annual meeting Of the Phi Beta
Kappa. & 6. Benedict was elected Prcsi-
dent Of the society, in place Of G. W. Bsne-
diet, resigned Leonard Marsh, Vice Pres.
NJ. H. Buekham, Register; J. E. Goodrich,
Corresponding Secretary; and &. N Alb
bott, Treasurer. The members Of the gradu-
ating class, who received the honor Of mem
bersLip, were Messrs. W. p. Smith. II. o.
Wheeler and 4. PHELPS.
The secret societies held their customary
private celebrations. The Sigma Phi sat
down to very handsome supper at the
American on Wednesday evening. r. d.
Benedict, Of New York presided an ora
tion was delivered by Judge Jameson, Of
Chicago, and number Of very witty and
happy speeches were made.
The lambda Iota, held their celebration
at the Lake House on Tuesday evening,
where Henry Clark, Of Rutland delivered the
Grafton. and J. 5, D. Taylor, Of 5; Adams
poem on Genus. Speeches were made By
William g. Shaw. Of Burlington. Jcdi p.
C. Cottrill, Of New York City, Wm. ".
Blodgett, BroYidence Col Il c Benton, and .
John W. Newton, O' st. Albans
The Delta Psi fraternity celebrated their l