Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-19
,hev could to second the spirit Of Gov

,;ons which had become so general,
caIled up w. R. Mills, ECO, of New Or
leans. who said that the influences of such
class and society reunions could not be
exaggerated. The class of '49 to which
he belonged had occasion for sadness In
having lost one who had been the bright
est light of their meetings, LOOMS. He
thought that although literary and scien-
tific and culture were not to be desplsed,
yet too little thought had been given to-
the influence Of the secret societies, which
he believed did more than almost any
thing else to cement and perpetuate the
love of students for their college and
their mates.
Pres Angel then called, in very COM
plimentary terms. upon Prof DIman.
Prof Oman of Brown Universlty,o elne
present spoke IA follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT,
I am deeply grateful tor your KIND al
Iusion to what | said Il day or two ago,
and none the less so because, as am more
than half Inclined to believe, your favor
able es,im ,te is due to old and intimate
personal ties Indeed it may be prdoned
for recalling, before this company, tram
of thought int, which l was iriesi-tibly
led while sitting in the church this morn
iny. As | looked up to the platform and
saw the array Of grave, baid-htaded men
nv memory went back to the time when
A. a freshman, entered college, and had,
for the first-time, pointed out to me the
fair-haird. blue-eyed boy, hardly out OF
his round jacket, the leader ot his class,
and favorite of the whole College, even
oil ~ Inv
nersonal magnetism which you have since
felt-and as | saw him, III the exer-
else of his academic omnipotence, raising
Maior Generals To the rank or Doctor
of laws. | began to have feeling of
Middle Ages,-not exactly Italian = Ii
gives me unaffected pleasure to be here
to-day because though not. IN the hteral
sense, "A graduate of the nlverslty, am
A pupil, in the broader sense OF having
gained some of my best lnteliectuhl lm
pulses from the writings OF the late 1res
Idrnt NJ trsh. Since | came here L nave
heard AN anecdote of ~ Vermont farmer
who. when applied to for help III found
inp the college, said that he had no money
+ tut would give the labor of his oxen tol
four DAVIS. With such founders the col
L. ". must prosper. Not Oxford. with he1
f.hled descent from Alfred, nor Naples
with her proud charter from the see"nt
Frederic. eau boast a lineage more lofty
than his college from that honest farmer
Aud nov, sir, in Conclusion, persona
word to you. Since have been here
have h,rrl often called to admire the sur
utssif- beauty nf the lake and distan
mountains. have travelled also through
the West Let me tell you, sir, tina
while Like Michigan Is much larger THAI
Lake ChanpiAlp II il 10y no means >
beautiful
\. G. Ballard Esq, OF the class Of 81
in r,a.pnf~,. rna call Ia SAY word for hi
clns.. who Tins year celebrated their DE-
crnnitl, said That a. he had sat there u
YEAR gone 10y and heard the severe
Alumni tel of what they were doing ia
the world and the world tor them, he ha
locked forward To tn" time when he 10
could return and lay biz honnr- AZ III
. f.rt Of bis Alma Mater. But now he ha
been called on too soon, h. had ~ ye
"tFathing but lravcs' tu bring. thong
l,ud ho scare" could rrnlize The iactl
wa- ten years to-day since be left III
, University Yet, brief the time Ia
been, it wts long enough "a -uatch fror
their number oncfith Of the class. |
fitting aud eloquent terms he referred
the iour who had gone before F. Hal
: Swa~cy. n rrrz aud Trrrill To-day hnI
r. four ,y,r. prc-.ut The re,.t w,r, seal
tered from Maine to California, bat h
doubted not but what they were eac
thinking Of what was passing here to-day
! aud that thcy were here IN spirit II n
b in truth.
n Mr. Geo II Bi4low wa- next called %
:. who vrry harui-unicly acknowledged n
call. r.u-ing bis remarks by beautltt
tribute, to those brothers who had 50 nohl
and Gladly laid down their lives on III
, battle ti,d. aud who, III thus honorin
themselves. had honorsd their Ain
F.. Mater. Il III, Spalding, aud Wood ware
o. noble sons Of ), noble mother, had uot ii.
u III vain.
Pr -idrnt Angel, referring to the kin'
:, ness md announcement which b" h
y received from the residents OF thus CIT
t. WIN were. not Alumni of the tmSer~It
II called upon + J Phelps, Ed. who in
h few wei chosen words, briefly replie
I closing with an expression ot'hnpe that
d would not br many years before he Shout
:. zee his Alma Mater LMiddleburyl and Il
a University Joined together III ties md
i soluble, and that they might be.
1t they should always have been, one Tn
= ver-ity.
% Capt. J. T. Drew Of Washington, d. {
e here arose. and rendered IA subscription
l. one tenth of the sum still necessary
Il complete the present subscriptions II
President heartily excused the, interrul
= tion. and trusted such interruption
d might occur frequently during the NEE
le ing. The Captains offer was receive
d with rounds OF applause.
N o IL kile, Glass of '63. invited
II speak for the Younger Alumni of Il
J. College. said that he believed it was Ma
+ thew Arnold who intimated that In mut
d of the best English literature might
10 discovered "note OF provinciallty.
( among the best Alumni of the best ua
to versitie- might sometimes be heard Il
i note of croaking. Among all the mar
= congrntulatory remarks which he b;
~ heard since the L. V. NJ. passed under
At present management, he had been able
m discover but two or three times the d
II. NAL voice of the eroaker, and the su
" and substance. of it all had been, 9 tn
L., are making "a good many changes there
,e don't feel ut home when | go back to t
~ reunions" Mr.. Kile thought that if t
of homrsick ones could have been at the Oh
~ ner Yesterday. when the ladies of t
I'd Alumni graccd the occasion by tn,
of presence, they would have felt gu
an AZ ease. for that was certainly
of most domestic reunion ever held uno
il. the auspices of the I. " NJ. They wor
MT have been able to discover MANN
wv apron-string,' and possibly to get hold
re it. He was gratitied to see these chans
Ia they betokened Improvement, cult,
quite up TO the requirements OF the tim
Id What was we'll ten years ago, may not
cir now No men We're more fully alive
ny this great truth than our accomplish
of President, and his able assistants, and I
at changes which they have inaugural
Ike have been simply the recognition of alb
be lnte necessities, and the cheerful meeti
Id of them. A distinguished Senator VIII
as the people of Vermont delight to hon
ed who loves to hear many things bet