Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29


aged l01 years and seven months
Glass f.1S27, Nicholas Baylias, died in
Des Moines Ia,, May Is, 1893, aged 81
years.
Glass of 1886, Rt. Rev. William II. A.
Bissell, d. d., died at Burlington, VT,
May IA, 1898, aged IS years and six
months.
Glass of 1889, Charles P. Marsh, died in
Woodstock, VT, Jan. 13, 1893, aged u
years.
Class of 1912, E. ]. Hamilton, died in
Oswego, N. Y, June II, 1898, aged 70
years and five months.
Glass of 1917, C. s. Williams, died in
Little Rock, ARK, June 20, 1890.
Class OF 1S49, William q. Shaw, died in
Burlington, VT, Aug. 9, 1892, aged Gl
years.
Class of 1850, John II. Buck, died in
Lockport, N. y, Oct. -, 1892, aged 81
years
Clas, of 1865, George W. Perry, died in
Stockbridse, Mass, July %, 1892, aged 5S
years and niue months
Class of 1865, George B. Shaw, died In
Essex, N. Y, Sept. 10 1892, aged AZ years;
and Rev. John H. Worcester, D. d., died
in Lakewood, N. j., Feb. 6, 1898, aged AZ
years and 10 months.
Boston, Mas, April IA, 1893.
Class Of 1884, William p. Cantwell, jr.,
died in Troy, N. ". May 5, 1898, aged 80
years.
Glass of 1885, Lillian Sanborn, died in
Tacoma, Wash, March 26, 1898.
Class of 1897 XeEophou C. Wheeler, died
in Portland, Ore, Jau. 80, 1898, aged %
years.
Class of 1890, Gertrude Conaut, died in
Burlington, VT, Aug 8, 1892 aged "a
years.
On motion of Hon. L. B. Taft, the fol-
lowing committee were appointed by the
president to report list OF officers and
committees for the ensuing year: Rev. y.
L. Lanphear, f. B. Taft and John j. Allen.
The committee subsequently reported the
following, who were unanimously elected
President-Charlss Dewey of Montpelier,
Vt
Vice -president-Eobert D. Benedict of
Brooklyn, N. y.
Secrstary-Charles Z. Allen of Burling-
ton, VT
Treasurer-Don 4. Stone OF Burlington.
VT.
Obituary ooIsmlttes Seneca Haselton,
DR.. J. B. Wheeler.
S. l.. Bates and Il. S Peck of Darlington,
VT, DR.. I. B. Nichols CT Plattsb urgh, n.
y, and n. X. Chaffee Of Rutland, Vt.
Rev. .. i. Lanphear of Beverly, Mass.
wes elected chaplain TT the public exercises
ip the afternoon.
On motion of d. A. Stone q tax OF one
dollar was levied FOR incidental expenses.
Inc committee appointed last year on the alb
sence Of clerical membership from the board
oftrustees Of the Cuniversity presented their
report through Rev. A. ID. Barber, the
chairman. On motion of Prof, j. L. Good
rich 1T was accepted and ordered to be
printed in the proceedings OF the meeting.
! Alter an interesting sketch Of the work OF
| the clergy from earliest time in founding
and conducting schools OF learning, the re
| port proceeds as follows:
The charters Of our earliest colleges, Har-
ward, Yale, Princeton, yarmouth and
Brown made them not only denominational
| but IN their government distinctly clerical.
The first board of government in Harvard,
appointed by the general court in 1912, was
composed of the governor, deputy govsrnor
and magistrates, with the teaching elders oil
the six adjoining towns-six magistrates OF
leymen, and six cIergymen. Aud WHEN
under the presidency o: Dr.. Dunster in 1866
tho board was reduced to SIX, four OF these
six were clergynen. The charter Of Yale
appointing Il majority, / think, of minis
ters, provided also that any new trustees
elected should be ministers of the 2ospe
inhabltlng within the colony" That o
| Princeton made the clergy me jority, "1(
gen tlemen and II ministers OF the gospel )
And 80 we might 20 through the list an0
find no essential variation.
We have cited these facts because they
show clearly the prominence that has beer
accorded to the clergy In the educationa
history of the Christian world. They de
clare, as we have already intimated, th
judgment Of tho ages in respect to the titnes
of the clergy to lead and control in the in
struction and government Of university edu
cation. They have the more weight a
testimony from the fact that the oerg,
have not been merely voluntary leaders II
the case, but have boen chosen and appoint
ed to leader hip by the wssst and best mel
Of the times, for such are they in all tn
past who have fostered university teachin,
aud training. Their judgment has not boel
an uninformed and prejudiced one in fnvo
OF class. And now an Intelligent consdsra
tion OF the matter justities and approves
and shows that there is no class in society
church, or state, none of the other profes
sions or caliinss that is likely to give NOR
and better thought to educational problem
or discern more clearly how to solve them
none Mat see more clearly the vital interes
that the family, the church and tho stat
or aociety generally have in we'll taugh
and trained mon and women and none tina
from their calling, knowledge aud practic
have clearer ideas OF the faculteo AM
powor of the human soul, or better know
what kind of instruction and training ar
required to form the mind and heart an,
bring the will aud all tho powers into sub
jsc,ion to reason and Righteousness none
in short, that know better how to build VI
the perfect man, which is ever the aim O
University training All this lies in til
line OF their life and is their proper work
Why the corporation of our university
has OF late broken with the ages, fallel
away from the fitness Of things, passing by
if not Ignoring the clergy in filling tn
vacancies that have occurred in their bod v
we eau only conjecture, Charity forbid
us to impute TO them neglect of the order
and prompts us to believe that they have 4
this new departure, sought, though mista
aenly, tue prosperity and enlar cement OF th