Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-06
CORPORATION DINNER.


Most srgeiv Attended OF any in the Ms
tory of this 'oIIer4
The dinner at the Nan Ness House was
tne most largely rttendod of uny 90 the his-
tory of the corporation. Fully 200 grad.
yates and guests sat down TO the tables and
rartook of the following
MENU.
soup Mock turtle. chicken la Refine
i9u h'HG" ireo4 tJ.uHbiH salmon, ez-
sauce; baked stuffed hlGen>L. Mauetia SAUCE.
i'ot"ip"s a "a duchess.
Hwsts -Hadd OF Veni,on, curraut jelly.
| Io"st ies Ct Syring lamb. mint Sauce: you II.
tu'kty' cranberry sauce; sir.uln %, uect, ass
| gravy.
Sal IDS Chicken salad a la creme. snrin,
salad la May nuaise ctbotge -a.ad.
kemoves- thicKen pot pie Il Van Mes.
baked macaroni with chee-c fl Of of DECD
larded aux Champignons, compete Of peacu.-.
Vegetables New boiled potatoes new bcets.
new p,as. green corn. strius ueIu-.,
Reu,hss .WorCCsi erslure sauce az. ort bop
pickles picked onions qleen olives, cho,
chow.
Pa-try snow PUDDING, cu.tari ,au sra.
Iu ldIhE brandy sauce, petnn p'e Size 'S.e.ry
Dessert-Vanilla ice cream lemon sa.rb,t
chocolate Cus,ard, rum Jelly, brandy jelly. bl-
nhhas, oranges, nuts, ralslus, American and
Edam cheese
Tea, cOiies.
AT a long table Mt the west end Of th-
room sat President Buckham, a numb,r of
the more distinguished alumni and lnvite
guests. Ga President Bucl1ham's right
yere seated CIV FuIlar lor = = ~.
dict Gen # = psct t.,,: f. f. T,,.,-.
w. Cant. Guv Howard Cant II : F,.to,
Gen. ". II Ginore I,.irles. Col r
& (umora Of S,varto, raj
Il Pollard of Cbostar Coi / - r1,sto. -
Derby, Rev. DR.. j. l-ham Bliss Capt. ). s
Leach John II Convsrse of pbIlsdsInbis a.,
President Buclnsm,s Jeff vera 20, ',rsssr,e,
Powers ex-Gov Farnbom Hon - ~
Benedict Of Brool,lvn Eltos lyman In
Crosby Miller Of pomfret Hon. Ca,.iu.
Peck NJ Brool6eld DR. r. y Michel. -,
Plstt,buryb .Iudgs Bepnntt of Rostor
James O'Holloran of Covnnsville p q
| w C. Balch.r of Colifor,io Bor =,
| A. Kent Of Detroit and RAY Isyvis F-s,ois
of Brooklvn
| Owing to tho lenctb of Tho e,.arcis,s Of the
| onera house If WINS mara tho, op b,,,r rasr
the appointeI TINA ,vhan the dinner hs,,a,'
and n number ware oIliged =, lsava IT.,
tos sneaking b,oor Atl90 oicIocI, Prssi
dent Buckbam ro,ned for order end osl,o5
all to rise and ioin in .ingir, tho do-oIoc,,,
! The president then briefi reviawed the rvorl,
of the mast wear in the fo1Io1yirr, ,,.orI,.
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r'i-7i''-Ni nO' MIA l , EtNAhNS'
Alumni Alumnr, Friends and Guestss
/
to-day. The skies are bright and the omen5
are favorable. For this lot US be thankful
| Tacitus tells us that our German ancestors
never took action on any important subject
without looking at it from two sides, once
when they were sober and once when they
were not. They did this that they might see
both sides Now the college trustees havs
| been struggling for the past three days with
one side of the college question, the seriou.
side. We need on an average $780, 900 q
year more in order to keep up tho college al
| it should be kept up To-day we eau look
on the other side of the question, the pleas
ant side. Our custom of getting together
once year for a season Of good cheer is
s0 T. sNt III g
precious possession. 1t is better than money.
though money is essential. Suppose that a
rich man should come along and say ''how
| much money would you take to give up
your history and say nothing about your
graduates - Money would be no object ia
such case.
suppose you want to hear about the pas b
year. 1t has not been year of great gifts
and many accessions but it has been an e1-
tremely happy year. We send forth to-day
the largest graduating class in the history
of the institution and the largest entering
est things of the year has been the alumni
| gatherings in Boston and New York.
We ought to establish post -graduate
course and in general extend the work of
| the University. The formation OF school
clubs during the year among the students Is
an important thing, keeping the college
closely in touch with all preparatory schools
in tho State. We miss to-day our distlu
guished alumnus, Charles ?. Marsh. Out
of the goodness of his heart he provided the
University with six scholarships
President Buckham then referred to
Senator Morrill, who was not present. and
proposed his health and honor. All aross
and heartily applauded the sentiment
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i'h'
Gov. Levi h. Fuller was called upon ia
respond as new alumnus OF the Univer-
sity, and he spoke in very happy manner,
He said;
1t is a very pleasant duty for me to bs
present with you to-day to voice the greet