Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-06-08
from Our Special RepOrter.l III.
Burr and Burton SeminaFy--An-
niVerSary Exercises -.
MANCHESTER, July /, 1875

l arrived here in season to witness the
close OF the examinations, hear the con
GLIDING speeches and catch the ''tone'
of the school, as Dr. Cushman happily
styled it. l saw enough to verify my
high opinion of Prof Shaw as a CLASH
cal instructor and II vsese. '.eel eet'qfsc
! tion TO hear a class reCite in Latin who
had definite ideas of the structure of the
| language who could analyze a verb in
a philosophical rather than mechanical
manner, and who could see and explain
the mystery and beauty of the peculiar
tiles of the syntax of the good old Ro-
man tongue. The school makes a spec
ialty of classical culture, and so starts
many young men toward college, and a
subsequent life of culture and useful
ness; careers on which many of them
would never thind of entering were it
not for an impetus given by such a
school as this. But they 90 not neglect
the mathematics or English studies by
giving marked prominence to the class
les. So far as could learn what I saw
and heard were but fair specimens OF
all the examination, a6 a5710 disco 0naqes,
to use a classic Technology betting
the place
At the close of the examination Prof.
Shaw announced the prizes. The first,
of $50, to James NJ. Mott, Of the middle
class, for the most progress in all re-
spects during the entire year; the sec
ond, of S25, awarded by committee
for the best essay or Grafton submitted,
was given to Henry w. Hubert, of the
senior class, and son of The president
elect Of Atddlebury college. Then fol-
lowed congratulatOry speeches by Prof.
Parker, of MiddIebury, and DR.. Lam.
bert, who SAID, In allusion to your CON
temporary's report of him at CastletOn,
last Sunday, that the ''papers are unre-
liable" and l subsequently informed
him that he took the wrong paper.
Rev. Drs. Wickham and Cushman
gave the gratifying assurance that Prof.
Shaw would be retained, and that need
ed repairs would be made at once
President Hubert showed his eminent
fitness for the position to which he has
Just been SO unanimously elected ia his
speech setting forth the need of such !
schools "a Burr and Rurtof,1 +hs, Fslsi1
tOric academic Institution OF Vermont. " /
He then briefly pointed out the neCes- |
sitv of such schools as feeders of our !
colleges and to perpetuate high classical |
culture, a work which our graded |
IL, all hoS ]
form. With rare felicity he styled I
Burr and Burton ''tht eye of Middle I
bury College, to all of which | heartily |
responded an inward amen. Mr.. War |
rem. of Philadelphia, former resident |
of this section, said among other good |
things that it was the best Institution OF /
edge, and | found in cOnVersing with |
care of Prof. Shaw is warmly cherished, |
indeed they regard it with loyal pride. |
One of the best things about the school !
is its high moral tone, and there |
is such noble esprit de corps |
among the pupils that misconduct by |
the students is practically unknown. |
In these respects, qs we'll as the moral !
character of the community, the school !
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of such a moral influence as this school |
exeFts on its pupils is of unspeakable |
value in giving tone and tiXedness in |
right forms to their developing Charac- !
tiers, and in many instances 1t really |
makes the difference between an igpo- |
BILE failure and a splendid success in life, |
fact to which many an alumnus IN |
honorable positions to-day could testify. !
T. 1,O. NTv,.or 4l,o 10
invited guests and large audience filed !
the spacious and beautifui Music Hall |
and listened to the oratiOns and TCcita- |
lions of the young gentlemen and ladies'
of the graduating class. Dorings band, |
of Troy, furnished an abundance Of e1-
cellent music for the occasion. The ex-
ercises were of a higher order than |
had looked for, and were well commit
ted, so that the nuisance lq2' e.fc6ik 3RCe-
the prompter-was not heard. The
quiet and orderly con 1uct Of all the
audience during the entire evening ind
Gated higher social culture here than Is
found in many places of much larger
size and pretensiOns. l recall scene
very unlike this which | witnessed a
few years ago at Harvard 1t would be
perhaps, to speak of particu-
lar pupils, but to my mind Miss Merrill,
Remington, LED the class the formers /
treatment of poetry was very fne, while
the latter's conception of loyalty and
his development of the theme, was
highly satisfactory for its scope, logical
accuracy and ultimate results.
The others weP6 worthy, all Of them,
but these, in my Judgment, excelled in
worthiness. The only thing to mar the
beauty and excellence of the entire oc-
easion was lack Of stand in the hall
for the convenience of your 'tdistin-
gUisbed" correspondent. 5.....t
.5.-..t .1.-. CoPELY ScoIT