The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-07-27

The President elect. Rev. Q. b. HUI.
bert in response, accepted the trust in
fitting words as follows
1t is with peculiar pleasure, sir, that |
receive these symbols Of office at your
hands, Having yourself put them to
honorable service in the college for a
term Of years and experienced the respon-
sibilities of the position which | this day
assume, | am sure that in passing them
to me, you do it in sympathetic appreca.
ton of the necessities that are laid upon
me and the difficulties that will impede
and environ my course. | thank you sir
for your words Of generous welcome and
good cheer-I thank you for your words
for the encouraging and hopeful view
which you have taken Of the college and
Of her future. Your assurances Of conf.
dencc give me strength as adventure
forth upon my task, Placing my conf.
dence in the pledged cooperation Of the
guardians of the college, her officers, her
alumni and friends, but especially in Him
who hath chosen The foolish things of the
world to confound the wise, and weak
things of the world to confound things
that are mighty; the base things of the
world and things which are despised, yea,
and things which are not to bring to
nought things which are, l advance to my
work.
After brief excuse for his hastily pre-.
pared inaugural address, he proceeded to
its delivery 1t was bold, manly state.
ment of his views of the relations Of the
two Vermont colleges, the past present
and future of our own college and the
conditions of its success.
The speaker referred to the confidence
with which he undertook the work in
spite of his absorbing sense of the weight
Of responsibility which he had taken upon
himself; also to the inspiration he had
received from the college during the years
Of his residence under its shadow and in.
fuence Then he noted some of the diff.
culties that embarass the progress and
bar the efficiency of this institution, and
finally proceeded to mention what he
thought were some of the conditions Of its
success.
The great embarrassment had been the
public agitation of the question of union
between the college and the university.
Both have distinct fields and each has
room. We are not limited by an area
bounded on the cast by Dartmouth, south
by Amherst and Williams, and west by
the mountains, but the avenues of travel
open up the whole country to each. So
the feeling that one cannot co.exist with
the other, is not a proper or necessary
one.
Among the conditions of success is,
first, firm adherence to her historic
spirit and method.
Second, is the requirement imposed on
every side, thu those who are on the
ground and charged with the vital inter.
ests Of the college as her guardians and
teachers should be vigilant and intent
upon keeping her in good running order.
Third, she must be ontrenched IN the
hearts of the alumni. They are her per.
petuhl agents in the field.
A fourth condition of success of the
college is found in the fidelity to her or
iginal mission as distinctively christian
college. From the first, she was set apart
to sacred use, and she has remained
true to this original idea. If Middlebury
college has any mission it is accomplished
by marching directly forward in this line
Of her historic march.
A fifth condition Of success is that she
put herself into influential contact with
the people.
At the close Of the inaugural brief
closing prayer was offered by Rev. T. NJ.
Post. ID. d., Of st. Louis, Mo.
CORPORATION DINNER.
A procession was then formed in front
of the church. in which the Corporation,
the Alumni, graduates of the other COL
lege, clorgymen and other invited guests
joined and marched to the Addison House
to partake Of the Corporation dinner At
disclose no speeches were made and all
quietly retired.
CONCERT.
The usual concert was given under the
auspices Of the graduating class, by the
Philharmonic Club of Boston, assisted by
Mis-, May A. Bryant, contralto, as vocal
ist The church was well filled and the
audience was delighted with the music.
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
The presidents reception was given at
the residence of Madame Wainwright.
The invitation extended was sweeping
one including everybody and their friends
and of course the rooms were crowded
and most enjoyable evening was passed.
The Middlebury Cornet Band gave some
excellent music in the spacious and we'll.
lighted grounds, and were highly compli-
mented on the success of their efforts, not
only on this particular occasion but
through the commencement exercises.
They furnished all the out door music
and the house music for Tuesday, and at
the promenade concert at Academy Hall,
which lasted until morning and closed the