Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-18
Commencement Week at Middlebury.

Sunday.
Commencement Week at Middlebury.
Midilsbury is 8 town Of proud association,
aad for many years has based its pretentions to
notice upon these. Generations sgo it was rated
as enc Of the most important and aoarishing
towns in the Safe, bat yea after year i; stood
still while many other towns in all psrts Of the
State were thriving, until at last it dropped in
to kind Of respectable de,sy, and, lulled by
the continuous music of her waterfall, she sat
beside Ter shining river through the long decsl-
es and liyei in dreams Of the past. II wa a
sleepy, quiet old place, slowly going to seed,
ami seeGiugly quite comfortable at the prospect.
Once q year she awoke from the sleep, shook
her limbs, gathered her children from all the
parts of the earth TO which they were scattered.
had grand jubilee, week Of carnival and re-
j3;c,ny, and then, with a rather tired and sleepy
" Col speed you - TO the last class going forth
from her College Halls, sank back to sluuler
around sgsin until the next commencemenl
Bat Midlieoury saw another sight. She saw all
along her beautiful river the quarries Of shining
marble opened She saw mills and factories aul
beautiful private residences going mp, ami her
slumber was disturbed by the " real whistle 80
which now calls her many laborers to their work,
sad by the ringing sounds Of life, labor and en-
terprisa, until finally the old town seems to have
given Up 81 attempts to continue hey slumber as
hopeless job, anl today there is scarcely
more busting and s,,i7e village Of its popula-
iiou in the State.
Commencement Is the grand event OF the year
90 the true N.illeburyite, for then he sees o'i
faces that were familiar TO him years ago long
professions march through its streets for once
in the year the music Of brass band rings
though the shady walks Of the college grounds,
AMI down along the OLD course goes the long
train of FACULTY Alumni and students as he has
seen them 90 every year since be wss little
hoy ami &c followed the band" Every day and
evening furnishes up its sariei programme Of
amusement and instruction and his heart sweiis
with pride 10 see the remarkable dIgniiaries AMI
notable mcl and women Of tie land gathering 10
DO honor 10 his little tovn AMI his Oh college
while the farmers from all the aljiceut country
never I'll. 10 90 hiiih up ana - 20 10 commence
neai as regularly as that anniversary Ie'ara''
AID perhaps manages TO turn q shreWl penny
Ply taking along a basket Of ripe tomatoes or
fresh ."eet corn aaI realizing 'ae un'e.d
-'y o. 90 extra h,A penny 10 the ear
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and better test than those Of the University.
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rhs-, is not dirty street. AMI hardly one
rui.sus tuub.e-lavn building in the r'ace-if
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house Is scsuoalldreI TO be tn, h,ulsomest
buiIl-as 20. It's kai in Vernon Wei may
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ANA VINO were '-''e' i'r '1'.' '''' "''N ia '-'-
nA-'s .' ''-il-e'u'y college, VINO 'n'' year GU
eofa'e Che -e7eaty first anniversary o. her 'ii'h-
day and most pleasant anil satisfactory c'.e-
hra'ion has !. been
Accounts OF the Commencement exercises have
already been given in the FREE Pass Asp
TINES, but few general statements and re-
marks concerning them may not be inappropri-
ate. There were 10 such exciting events tran-
spring here this year as At tie University, TO
inince TIE Attendance Of Alumni yet they were
present 30 strong numbers, nearly thirty classes
being represented, the attendance Of the re-
cent graduates, more especially. being unurualiy
large. The classes Of 20, rs, 'o9. 10 srd
II were represented By an attendance Of about
thirty Alumni, who made a jolly little crowd,
and enj5yel Commencement to the utmost. The
weather all through the week was delightful.
Tuesday was society dsy, with the usual sd
dresser, and in the evening occurred, according
to custom, the speaking for the Psrkersn
pr1's' with the usual c'n''a"eini oil "a house
crowded 10 suiocaton, aud the vAun.ei excel
lence Of Miidleoury College students in the
matter OF dooution was never more noticeable
iasn on this occasion ''im2re's Band iurn-
ishei iae music aud ail me great crowd were
well entertained up To the IAs' moment 81 'he
speaking. Blt Do would hsVe surely dimmed
The pleasure Of the occasion could they have
l.,,s,,-, chm. -eur., R,pnd os tho socbor,ore
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0'-'7' "1o sue Ii'' i'' A'' ~ ''' 'i'N. u 'Ie
stage with ms itlr' pleasant lace anu frank
manner, TO deliver his Grafton, and afterwards
was recalled to receive the prize SO Justly due
Bic, ,r,,lI ~, tb. -,orroy te r,ir, coli .r1
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uea' al 'he oo''oN o' 'Ne i''e'' '"' '"e i-'He''
who sat watching his boy with proud eyes, and
who hurried away by the morning train to tell
+t, s,,-. If bic 80 s,,..oss f., the fr;e.,ls
nome no" al our Aeaf's "eH' OUT To A''D ]"
sympathy AMI pity when ve knew the cruel tele-
gram which followed him. AMI what gloom