The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-08-14
OF THE ALUMNI.

Alumni was heldat about 8 o'clock We'd
nesday morning. Officers for the year
were elected as follows
President-Hon. l.. b. Englesby.
Vice-President- Hon. Mathew Hale.
Secretary. H. Worcester, jr.
Treasurer-C. ]. Alger, Esq.
Executive Committee-M III. Buck
ham, J +. Goodrich, f.. II. Bington,
w. G. shaw, E. Allen.
The appointments for the celebration
Of the Alumni next year were made as
follows:
Orator - Frederick Billings, Esq.
Substitute, Rev. +. II. ByingtOn. Poet
Rev. q. J. Bard, of DumbartOn, n H. I;
Substitute, b. l.. Benedict, Esq, of Bur
lingtol.
The procession then moved from the
University to the Church, where an able
Grafton was pronounced by Judge John
A. jameson, of Chicago.
The exercises over at the Church, the
Alumni proceeded to the American
House 20 discuss an excellent dinner.
Speeches were made by President An
CELL, Judge jameson, Judge 4. o. Adds,
Prof. F. Benedict. Prof. Patterson. Prof.
G.. W. benedict, Senator Edmunds, and
Hon. Matthew Hale, of ElizabethtOwn,
Ny. ]. ;. d. Taylor being called on,
responded with the following verses
| received a note the other day from
L. V. VI. in which there first met my
eye come 10 Alumni dinner, Aug. 9th.
SO much ! read and said, III go
As sure as Pm sinner.
Thro' dust or mud knee-deep or so,
I'll be there at the dinner.
You krow my forte, my friend thought |
MY speciality is eating,
From FIRST To last, from soup 10 pie
And hence you sent me greeting.
I'll 60 l said, be sure I'll CO.
Half fare or whole, no matter
The thought sets every nerve aglOw,
l feel I'M growing fatter.
Choice spirits viii be there no doubt
In spite of Prohibition,
And '.t.ow Of soul" put cares to rout
Twill be an hour Elysian.
| fancicd | could plainly hear
The emptying trenchers rattle,
AND scent the toothsOme, bOunteOus
] cheer,
As war horse scents the battle.
But highest tide has lowest ebb,
White heat shivering zero.
Sad fai ures from lifes wool and web,
As witness fiddling Nero.
Nv every hair stood each from each,
My heart went family beating,
On farther reading make d speech
At the Alumni Meeting,
AS lightner OF our gastric load,
Like spiritual heaven;
To raise u on our upward road
Two fOrty-wise towards heaven.
Oh, no. my friend, OH! ten times no.
I'll sit right down and write him
It's awful hot, engaged, can't 60.
And, yes, another item.
I've chronic pains in chest and head,
Drink only mineral water,
have live on Graham bread,
AT least | 'spOse | ought ter.
And more, Pm pledged, come sun or
shade,
Tho Hopes dim lamp should flicker,
And Fortune prove tickle jade,
will not 90 and liquor.
But when | thought of Beauty's smile
How exquisite tho fieeting,
That | might chance 10 catch mean
while,
And also of the meeting
With cherished friends ofother days,
So many gone forever;
The few yet left soon silver greys,
| vow'd my best endeavor,
To join right hands for old Lang Syne"
In spite of wind and weather,
And talk about the rain and shine
Since we were boys together.
And if cannot dodge the speech,
Must toe the mark, I'll toe it;
And tho I'm not fit TO preach,
I'll play that | am poet
For fear, beyond question
There'il be loud talk about bore
And pains from indigestion.
To-day may have its need of praise,
Tomorrow be more glorious
But yesterday is day of days,
Fort | am uprOarious.
For youth returned, Hurrah Hurrahi
I've slipt my two score tether,
A truce to Preaching, Teaching Law,
We're boys once more together.
Earth does not wear her snowy locks,
Her saddened face and cherries
But half the time, and then forth walks
The youthful pure and peerless.
While nature is as gay as flowers,
Aud sunshine well can make her,
Who can regard the duty ours
To be her undertaken.
Once more let's have pleasant time,
If pleasures gastronomic
Or if she wear the robes OF rhyme,
And be a trifie comic.
Or If she don serious air,
Befit ing halls scholastic,
With eioquence or music pair,
Or wit bit sarcastic.
The mortal and immortal both
Shall have blissful season,
Or will say, il under oath,
/ cannot tell the reason.
Unless it be our bachelor state
O! tempora, D ! mores,
That froters e'er should congregate
Without the dear sorores.
1t is a fact, too sad for mirth,
That science sheds no rays on
That A Ina Mater can't bring forth
But those of "male percussion"
Aforetime wisdom ope'd her gates,
Her seven fold pillared palace,
And sent forth maiden graduates
Think you it was in malice?