The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-07-02

Did NAEa 8a taG aAuaH AAe then
read from a letter Of q FORMER graduate,
na,lvc Of Franco vito had takca q
prominent stand ss q clergyman. ex-
pressing h5s regrets at nat icing aide
TO Ike present.
Tbe next regular toast was as fol-
lows The Learned Professions, che
Seminary was founded far the benefit Of
/ the clergy lut lawyers and doctors
thaye crcpt loo" This was responded
/ to by Rcv s T Roo. Of Highland
j Falls, ny. who remarked that. though
/ lawyers and doctors may have cmpt
/ ia they are now able to stand erect and
may compel the clergy to take back
seat. Tho speaker hoped the time
would soon come when all titles of
distinction should be wiped away and
especially, ia religious matters, when
we could al stand ga one broad plat.
form Of Humanity. Distinctions are
always more or less disturbcrs and he
hoped we might soon become cosmo-
1 politan in every respect and every
barrier be burned away.
/ T C Cronin, Esq, of New York, was
called upon and responded in behalf Of
the lawyers. He did not suppose that
the chairman in calling upon him to re-
spond intended to cast any disrcspect
upon the profession, but really as
lawyer he never had been accustomed
20 talk without a fee and the length Of
the talk was in proportion to the size
Of the fee He always advised clients
10 bring their fee with them and if they
were to have much to do with the law
he sometimes advised them to surren-
der all their property at the outset and
let that end it. lie thought a great
deal Of tue legal profession, but he
would not say anything Of lawyers,
which he would not as checrfully say
of ministers. lie did not think he
could say anything appropriate Of the
law and lawyers after eating snch u
dinner as the one just finished, besides
he thought the chairman intended to
insult him at the outset by applying
the five minute rule. To change the
subject he remarked that such meetings
were not without a touch of sadness.
All those present then would not be
present at the next meeting, and closed
by offering the resolution:
RESOLVED, That the Officers and
Alumni of the Institution be ms tructed
to procure full length portrait of II ev
DR. Wickham to be placed in the Sem
mary.
DIR Hemcnway was called upon to re-
spond to the last part Of the toast, but eX-
cused himself by saying it is a physicians
business to practice not to preach. Law
yers p@e paid for talking, but doctors
never tell the patient of the nauseating
dose prepared for them.
Mr. Walker said his Brother Cronin had
made a mistake that he ought to be able to
talk better after such a dinner, and would
further state for the benefit Of the Alumni
that the Seminary students were now
kept on just such fare as that all the time
and at the old price Of $3.50 per week.
The next sentiment announced was,
"The present faculty, the proficiency of
the students is a sufficient evidence Of
their faithfulness," which was responded
to by Prof Shaw, who remarked that he
was not an alumnus but felt as though he
had climbed in some other way. He
thought from the specimens of the gradu-
ates which he had seen that the Seminary
in former days must have had good work
and good material, both Of which are es-
sential, The greatest want of the insti-
tuition, at present, is better tools to work
with Material is abundant, but to do
the best kind of work needed better tools.
The eyes of the Seminary are on the Al
umni for sympathy, counsel and support,
The next sentiment, "The early
students of the Seminary - scattered
throughout the world, their lives are wit
nesses to their thorough training" was
responded to by Rev Mr. Taylor, Of III,
who said he had frequently met students
of the old Seminary scattered through the
west aud did not know a mean man
among them. He had nearly lost track
If the old institution, but came in respon-
sc to the invitation; and being met by
old students who failed to recognize him,
be had come to the conclusion that the
definition of western man, a yankee en-
larged, applied to him and that he had
grown so large that they did not know
him.
Hon James N Dudley, OF Johnslown,
N y, also responded, briefly, to the sent
iment bringing up "reminiscences of
many names familiar IN the past history
Of the institution. Rev DR. Colman also
responded to the sentiment, saying that
be had done too much hard work at the
starting Of the seminary, nearly forty
years ago TO lose bis interest in the insti-
tuition. The carly students were Of that
class which gave character to the instiiu-
ton from the very start, but it was a mis-
fortune that she bad just funds enough to
keep her aIways poor. II has become the
duty Of the Alumni TO take hold aud III
her out Of this condition, and thas was