Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-16
INCIDENTS OF COMMENCEMENT
The owl" Reunion.


Tho annual supper of the Owl Society,
the Van Ness House, Tuesday evening, wal
most successful affair. The tables wert
elegantly decorated. noticeable among the
rest being beautiful basket of flower:
from Mrs. Judge Parker. for her son. Mr.
Frank II. Parker, now of Minnesota, who
was prevented from attending by the duties
of laboriors profession of which he is nc
unworthy member. OF the material feast
it is sufficient TO say that Messrs. Barber x
Ferguson " did their level best, and spread
before their guests a supper which ranks
among the blst ever provided in Burlington.
1t was the 39th anniversary Of the Society,
and by singular and happy coincidence,
80 guests We're seated az the tables. Mr..
Henry W. Tenney, of Chicago, class OF %,
presided The poem, by Daniel butcher,
ED. OF st. Adams, was a very meritorious
production, and elected hearty applause.
Following this came shcrt speeches by the
Hon William p Wells, OF Detroit; George
E. Herrick, OF San Francisco ". W. Rob
ertson, Of Montreal; Charles II. Walton, of
Tallahassee, Florida; DR.. H. W. Wood, of
/ Knowlton. p g: \. G. Stafford. OF St. Al
bans and Hon. George ii. Bigelow, DR..
William T. Lund, and Lucius Bgelow, of
this city. With song and sentiment the
time was pleasantly and quickly passed,
and among the VICE >ma' hours the Socie-
ty adjourned. after a most enjoyable re-
union.
Class Of 1915.
One Of thc most successful class re-
unions IN the history Of the Univer-
/ sity was that of The class Of As, this
year The class graduated 81. and of
these twenty, - per cent Of that number.
are living. OF the twenty, fourteen met in
Burlington yesterday. MHfy gears from the
date Of their graduation. So large pro-
portion OF a class was never before gathered
after 50 long an interval, with the exception
Of the class Of 1904. the first class ever gra-
duated here, consisting Of tour persons. OF
whom three attended the semi-centennial in
l95i We give below the names Of the class
ef Is, with titles etc, and P. o. addresses
Iorcazo allis ESQ. LAWYER. st. Paul
MINI Rev. \. d. Barber Clarendon. Vt;
Arc \. Barnes editor Knoxville Tenn
..h ar Po q ~ CO n ,"I N III III
See. Alb. {. F. NJ. Boston. Mass: Rev. +.
Cutler, ,. D., Worcester, Mass. }. I.
Dodge. Ph. D., civil engineer, Madison,
Co.. Nontnejier, VI. Hon T. B. Enrlesby
Burlington. Vt; Rev c. f Ferrin, Hines
bargh' ". L, ;. HASKELL E-q., P NJ,
o1tl NJ NY VI -. T. Ia 49, ~.
E,g-. publisher Ciaremont. \. ii: Rev. j.
Il. Hale, Chester. Vt; Moses Lane, Pm. D.
civil engineer; N ilwaukee;; WIS; Key: . L.
p 1871 ma 4 y II AZ TEE
E.o., LAWYER. Chicago. ill.,; Judge " H.
Wallace, lawyer. Potsdam, n Y. Rev. P.
b wilcox NoF'n'oFougn' Mass
MIS- ,uis R,roa. Hatch Iamnbear
p-.. and w1cox DR. Y G Clark presided
=, rho ,r,s. ,ooat..., .,5 P,v ! g Hale
,...o,I a. S,c-o,,,,.
go. g -h..l.s.;-;ar o,- .to oor-
..a,,oi au3 a;9,'o5 h.. -, NV
OF the c.1ss, was ott.red by Rev. Dr. Cutler
Letters were read by the Secretary from
all the absent ones, expressing their con-
tinued interest IN the class and regret at
R-iof aoc,,r.. Wv, ,iro., h., +boso rroscnt
or,boir In. sf,.o fo,-;,, oolisr, and If
~, - H. IN l.,I h,ar b.,-,,a,d
no. .i.,-'.i,,- ,,...,,..' i, ,t.o ,.o,I3
,s.rorNr tn ..-,lr,tod Yesterday
o,1 .,.,. o.h,-..o f ~, &c.. baro cons ,ow
on.o-i.,,a ~, - ,-o,. NIL ano,bcr
will haze g., .,r +, .bo Frssbrra, CIass
r. nro,os,d ~ h,r, arotbor rer,ion in
l-., Whom If l. boro5 ,h,, oro, larrs-
proporri,n of tbo.c ,sb, may then he sur
WING. NAV gather once more TO rrcet each
other and their old Alma Mater
Inc Sigma Inl fraternity heid as an
nuai reunion anu supper al inc American
Oh 1e9daV evening Ihe society aoes no'
nAA' pu'ii' rs p'ocoo1ineS' anu II !
'N'u=i " 80 '-A' the usual S''1 'i''i'