Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29
THE PIPE GRAFTON.


cradle laughter After distributing pipes
and tobacco to the seniors, who smoked
during the grafton, he said in part:
THE PIPE GRAFTON
| "Just three years previous to the en-
| trance of the present freshmen aggrega-
ton, a fact they are slow in realizing, a
motley bevy of youths and maidens cladin
homespun and ginghams passed up the
chapel stairs. l cannot perjure myself to
such an extent as to affirm that we were
never fresh. But 1t was not that heredi-
tary, habtual maddenng or perpetual
freshness which Is sometimes so charac-
teristic of academic life. our case was at
once pronounced durable. and the work of
refining the rough gold nuggets was COM
menced by ma ter workmen
zone of these workmen taught us the
| Significance Of what it all meant another
taught us the guttera language spoken
| in all fashionable lunch carts, and from
another we learned how to die easily
Our worst difficulty to overcome was
a committee known as the status. They
were thorn in the flesh. but upon reha-
BILE authority I have learned that la the
future we are beyond their power. Out
generated they have stopped the conflict.
| We have fought good fight, but to-day
We are ready to lay aside the helmet the
sword and the Shield and to light the pipe
of harmony"
| c. A. Rgelow then delivered the ivy ora
ton. He said in part:
IVY GRAFTON.
! II suppose that as one finishes four
years of his life, especially at the &c of
| development the college senior has just
passed, the changes in his surroundings
| that seem to him greatest are in fact SIM
| ply changes in himself. But there have
been some changes in the colleges as well
| as in his attitude to these surroundings.
One Of the most apparent indications or
change. / consider to be the new athletic
spirit Of the college. To-day professional
ism is prevented by the sentiment of the
students which likewise dscourages men
who do not keep up their work from
playing. In our zeal for pure athletics We
should not bind ourselves to rules which
are not in force in other colleges OF our
| own size and which may prevent healthy
F, growth of both athletics and scholarship.
Another change has taken place in the at
titude OF the students toward the faculty
and on this point cannot know that there
las been any change except in ourselves.
| Classmates. we last classes of the CEN
fury are enjoying period OF great oros-
perity in this university and so let US plant
our ivy to-day not only In the memory of
| the class of go but also in all honor to
the men who by their generous gifts, ex-
ceilent administration, earnest work and
good instruction have given US sucn
The class song. written by f. r. Jewett.
was then sung to the tune of "Old Ken
lucky Home"
THE CLASS SONG.
Let us sing one song of the years that
now have fled
Since first we gathered into line
For long, long time will have come and
passed away
Fer thy friends forget thee, Ninety
nine.
Il Though life be dark and dreary
Far DER our paths will shine
| Just a geam of light from the fields We
| travelled Ger
With the dear old class of Ninety
nine.
, While the waves rolled high and the storm
winds gathered fast
, We struggled toward the distant shrine
And we meet once more at the parting of
our ways
CHORUS.
As the sun goes down and we watch it's
fading rays
Far DER the distant mountains shine.
We shall often think when the years have
rolled away
OF our dear friends in dear old Ninety
nine.
CHORUS.
When the lights all gone and the darkness
1 gathers round,
And life and death their powers entwine
| And our eyes grow dim we can see Que
| way no more
al We shall still be true to Ninety-nine
2 CHORUS.
The class then marched to the Library
where Mr.. BGelow planted the ivy and
l the class yell was given. An ivy was also
I planted for ,he class of '97, in place Of the
one which had died, after which the class
dispersed