Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-02
THE CORPORATION DINNER.
Remarks by Prominent Alumni and 9th
ers-A New Method of Raising Funds.


ers-A New Method of Raising Funds.
The tables in the large dining hail of
the Van Ness House were filled with the
corporation, faculty, alumni, distinguish.
ed guests and friends of the University, at
2:3O O'Clock p. m, where the annual cor
polation dinner was served by mine host
Drew in his customary elegant style
over $50 alumni. including ladies', sat
down to the well filled tables. Grace was
asked by Rev. II. c. Farrar, ID. ID OF
West Troy, y. y, after which abundant
Justice was done TO the good things pro
Nlded. The following was the menu:
THE MENU
Soup Tomato, Chicken Ia Rein.
tish-lidked North River shad brown sauce,
noned fresh snlm9n egg sauce, saratoga
chips, cuCumbcis sliced tomatoes.
Cod Dishes Boiled turkey, rib of beef Icy
4l spring lamb. beef tongue, lon of veal,
HGun,wiek ham, chlppcd beef.
SahdS-ChlckCn, Lobster, potato, lettuce.
removes Fiet of b cf, lHrdnd with mush-
rooms, lobster On socket, banana irittcrs. port
wine sauce, baked macaroni and cheese pen
COCK with spcvd Cuirdnts, broicd spring
Chicken on toast, stcwCd kidneys with fine
herbs, chicken pot pie.
| Vegetables Mashed potatoes la creme.
new boiled potatoes, new bects, new green
peas, succotash, stewcd tomatoes.
kcllsnes- Chow-chOw, assorted pickles, WOr-
olives.
Pastry, Strawberry pie apple pie. custard
PIE, charlotte russo lemon pie.
Descrt-Namlla ice cream, lemon shcrbet
assorted cake, cream whips strawberries and
cream, bananas. oranges, English walnuts,
CuslanaS, pccuns, hlbCrs, almonds, ruislnS.
Black tea, green tea, coffee.
President Buckham raped the tables to
order at 3:2O O'Clock aud announced that
as Hon. James Forsyth would be Obliged
TO leave in a few moments, and that gen
tleman was selected AS one of those to
| respond to toasts, they would call on HIM
| first, and would ask him to respond to the
Owl on Toast" Mr.. Forsyth received a
warm greeting as he rose to respond He
Sdld 1t gave him pleasure to represent the
/ Lambda lOta society ON this occasion. He
was present at its birth and had noticed
us growth with pleasure. 1t was founded
Tor social and intellectual purposes and IT
was now in thrifty state and promised
long and happy life at the University
! " lille the boys in it may at times have
disturbed the faculty it was of course al
ways for the benefit of the University
| Inc speaker said that it also gave him
great pleasure to bear testimony to Presi-
dent Buckham's success at the head OF
the University. 1t was the mind of the
puDllc ana OF the ALUMNI that his admin
lstratlon was great success, cheerS
Inc speaker then referred TO the fnan-
clal condition of the University. 1t was
proposed to form another society this
/
University. 1t was to he composed of 100
members who would give 500 Il wear for
tne next live years to meet the deficiency
IN the current expenses of the OWNERSHIP
The scheme was both feasible and proper
one ana he hoped it would be success
full. The corporation had agreed to take
~ shares, and the alumni were expected
TO take 30 shares. He expected TO nave an
interest in the affair and would take five
shares himself. This announcement was
greeted with hearty and prolonged ap.
plause.
President Buckham then rose and ex-
planned the particulars of the plan for
raising funds at some length. The follow.
ing Is an abstract of his remarks
PRESIDENT BUCKHAN's REMARKS.
The University of Vermont was char.
tered on the Sd of November, 1871. Five
years from now it Will celebrate the first
century OF its existence. The University
ana not 20 into operation as an institution
or instruction until some five years after
IL came INTO corporate existence. one
| hundred years in the life of Il university is
Il comparatively short time-not more
than lustrum in the life of an individual.
But alter all whom the good mother
reaches her first centenary she begins to
feel the dignity and responsibility OF ma
ture age. We are now almost at the point
where we can look down on many of the
other institutions ot New England. on
Wlillams, Amherst, Tufts, Bowdoin. As
Our younger sisters. There will be a time
when we can speak of ourselves as a sec
Onu century institution, while these
others are all first century Institutions.
An elder institution, ! say-nOt Il better
Tor we are all soldiers in the field 1t has
seemed to the trustees that the University
or vermont should not enter on her sec
ond century without very largely in.
creased resources. donot know whether
/ NfII WI a
mnlstratlon, or smile at its rashness,
When tell you that its members
propose, deliberately seriously. with
determination, If God permit, to en-.
ter ON the second century OF the
lnlNerslty'S existence with Il permanent
endowment to the amount of 500, 900 We
need II TO meet the growing demands of
the University and although it may
seem to be rather a bold step to take. IT'S
success is not so very improbable us it may
seem. | was startled to know that this
very sum had been proposed, and in part
secured, by our friends, without our
knowing anything about it, during the past
live years Two of five men were found
Who agreed to put i'll 500, 900 each and
am almost confident that if it had not
been for the sudden death of two others
of the five, the scheme would have been
CARED out. Now on account of the death
OF these men this plan Is not as easy to
carry ont as 1t was at that time But, on
the other hand, it does not seem any more
| hopeless than if had stood here, five or
six years ago, and told You that you would
see what you now see to day-the old
building reconstructed and the Uni
yersity in possession of the most beau
tiful building possessed by any lib
eral institution in the land There
fore, bold1 as this enterprise is, | look
on it with hope and confidence. But, of
course, the accomplishment of that plan
must be somewhat remote, and mean
while the University lacks funds for her
immediate needs. There are different
ways of meeting this requirement. We
can cut our expenses but this would cur
tail the power of the institution Or
we can say to the public that we are
entering upon a forward movement, and
| in order To do that we are going To
make strenuous and very hopeful
effort to increase our resources. But mean
while in order to meet existing needs, we
are TO undertake the plan which has been
! rroposed-to form century, consisting
of 100 persons, or 100 shares, each repre-
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