Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29


bard, Rev Theodore A. Hopkins and Rev.
+. J. Parry; and on his left, Hon. Luke Z.
Poland, Hon. John A. Jameson, Rev. DIR.
A. II. Bailey. William Robertson, Q. c.,
John II. Converse, Esq, and Hon. William
G. Shaw.
After grace had been asked the company
sat down to q very handsome dinner. The
menu which was very nicely printed and
had handsome steel-engraved c9ger-was
as follows:
soup-Ox Tail, Clam Chowder.
Fish-BD!lcd Fresh Salmon Egg Sauce, Saratoga
Chips
Cold Dlshcs-Rlb of Beef, Cincinnati Ham, Chick
eniLeg OF spring LAM Lolnb OF EeaBoned turkey
Turkey, Beef Tongue.
Salads hcken, Lobster.
Removes 1enderlon OF Boef--BrnnrOls Sauce,
Chicken Pie, a Ia Van Mes, stew d Kidneys with
Fine Herbs, Veal RessUlc-, Tomato Sauce, Rice
Cakes, Madeira Sauce. Queen frliters, Sauce an
CUgnac. mdCaronl aud Cheese, Lobster au Naturel.
Vegetables-Boned Potatoes. Mashed Potatoes
Ia Crcme, New Green Peas, Tomatoes, New Beets,
Sweet Corn.
Relshcs -Leccrtcrshlre, Worcestershire eauco
Assorted P.cklcs, .LhDw Chow, Picked Onions
Queen olives, CucumGers.
Pasiry-snow Pudding - Cusiard sauce Baked
Rec ru'ldlng-Cold Sauce, Apple Pie, s'awb4rry
ShOrt-clke. Cocoanut Pie.
Dessert Vanilla lee Cream. Wine Jelly, Lemon
lee Cream. Charlotte Russe, Oranges, Assorted
taAc. Pn'applcs, Bananas Rais.ns, Assorted
Black and Green Tea Coffee.
The service, uuder the charge of the capable
and popular head waiter, Mr.. Harry Devcrc,
was excellent and the dinner was very en-
jovGhlc one.
After full justice had been done TO sub
stantias and delicacies, President Duckham
raped the table TO order, aud said
President Buckhams Remarks.
take great pleasure in welcoming you
once more to the old home. Perhaps you
think you will hardly recognize that old
home~|fBut though we have taken away
your domuS. Home consists not merely in n
place, but in the folks, the family, the COM
muni,y. These essentials you will always
| find here. You will never find another col
eye that will lie n home to you more
than this. Some of you perhaps may
think SO. You may perhaps think that you
ought TO have graduated at another and more
famous college and may be ashamed Of our
little University but those who think and
feel thus, end in becoming aliens. Once a
colcgian. always colcgian. We have no
such fault to find with YOU. There are no
more aifectionate aud faithful alumni than
| ours.
| | have in my drawer bundle of love-lctters
|
| in answer to letters Of ours asking funds of
the alumni. Among them is one from our
beloved friend than whom no one has
shown during the past year more love
and Authorization. Frederick Billings.
Applause. Only one thing is finer than
his gifts, and that is the spirit in which
they were given. Meeting distinguished
college president showed him Mr.. Billings
letter of donation aud after reading it he
said "Iherc is one man whom California
hasn't vulgarized." Mr.. Billings thorough.
ly believes in the university. He believes
in it as much MS the graduate of to-day. lie
believes in the old men Of his time, and he
believes in us-in the institution as ii is to-
day. And some time when he comes here
we will show him what we think of him.
Applause.
Tie past year has been memorable one il
| the history of the university. 1t has bees
made so by the gift of the new building
the statue the Marsh library and the build
| ing TO contain it, and the presenc,
of the largest Freshman class with on,
possible eXception) IN the history OF The
institution. In the lost five years the gifts
to the University have aggregated $685., 0O0-
a sum considerably larger than its whole
property before that time. We have come
to that point where we really need more non
ey. We have never needed it so much as TO
day. President Eliot has said that when
college ceases to beg it ceases to live. judge
Poland SAID last year that | was the most av
arcous man he ever met-that Is, he cx
planed-the most avaricious officially. ! am
and am going to ask the alumni to dc
something for the University to-day Yor
can do some things of great value for the
institution. In the first place YOU can form
alumni associations in your several Localities
not only in the larger cities but in The
smaller places. Such associations will tend
to cultivate friendly college feeling and
keep the name of the University prominently
before the public. Some Of our guests will
perhaps be surprised to learn that the gradu-
ates OF the University are very modest men,
and while they esteem the institution highly,
shrink from pushing it before the public,
In the second place, you can remember
the College in your will. do not ask you tc
put down thousands but to remember The
University, If the amount isn't more thar
five dollars, with which TO purchase book
for the library. One recent graduate, who
| went West and has begun to accumulate
some property has made will in which he
has set. down very handsome sum for tn,
University. A little here and little there will
soon bring thousand and hundred of thou
sands
Next, ask you to look up situations fol
our graduates. BY your assistance good pos
sitions can be obtained and with one of oul
graduates as principal of school or acad
envy there will soon he a constant stream Of
1 students from it back to the University.
There are certain things which distinguish
colleges-for no two colleges are alike any
more than two individuals. There arc few
things we can urge as advantages for young
men. need not speak of the scenery, the
buildings, the apparatus, the library. There
are certain things by which you can always
recognize Burlington man. One charac-
ieristic has grown from the style OF thought
introduced here by President Marsh and kept
up through all succeeding presidents and pro-
fessors, and which hope and believe will
never be abandoned There is an intrepid,
earnest thought aud direct and noble style
of expression. When you hear, then, young
men speak of goingto college, remember that
you can count on certain things just as when
you were here.
Notwithstanding our recent gifls-noble,
wise, generous gifls-we still need funds for
the general management of the University
for the increase of the professors salaries,