Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-09
OLD MIDD'S SONS ALL.
AN ASSOCIATION OF ALUMNI FORMED
IN BOSTON.

Made the Occasion of the First Meeting
President Brainerd.
The number of associations of the
alumni of Mddlebury college is increas-
ing rapidly. The approaching centen-
NAL of their alma mater may have some
thing to do with the increasing interest
of the graduates, but whatever the cause
they and the college both will profit by
organizations of the kind. The latest
association to be formed Is that at Bos-
ton. and last week W ednesdav night was
the time of the first meeting. \ banquet
at the United States hotel brought the
graduates together. There are over fifty
of them in Boston and vicinity, and
among those at the meeting were the fol-
lowing: Hon. John w. Stewart, lG:
Charles o. Bixbv. II; f p. Hooker, d
D., 30: John G. Iabaree, ID d. 80 !;
Henry : FoOte. 81: Charles G. Steele
60; Lyman II. Blake. ID D.. 'G3 Edward
W. Howe. 90: Julius y. Mallory, II {;
George II. Remele, y: Rev. &. Wolcott
Brooks, '73: Rev. Lawrence Phelps, %;
Harry p. ) imsou, II; James l. Barton,
ID, 81: John G. Miller, 81; !. d.
Hutchinson. 50: Prentiss &. IIoyt. 80 ;
George Dow Scott, %; Charles w. Prem.
tiss, 90; Rev. II G Megathlin, '93 Pres
ident Ezra Branerd, Prof. w W. + ,ton,
Prof McGilton, Edwin II. Etsfm tu. VI.
D., &c: Alva G. Peck, so; Mrs. Mary A.
Peck. 81; Miss II trrietta f. Bolton, 80 :;
Miss NJ. Grace Potter, 80; Miss Elizabeth
Merriam, %
An organization was formed Of which
the Rev. G.. X W. Scott Of Newton was
made PRESIDENT; the Rev. George w.
Brooks of Ashmont, secretary, and
Charles G. Farwell of Wollaston, treas
urer.
An address was delivered by the presi-
dent of the college, Dr. Brainerd. who
spoke of the elaborate preparations in
progress for the celebration of he college
centennial during the first week of July.
The college ap )roaches this festival"
he said. under the mos. auSpicuOus cir
cumstances. Its roll of graduates.
though not large, has an unusually large
proportion of names distinguished for
professional ability or for success in let
tiers.
John G. SAKE, Henry n. Hudson,
Daniel p. Thompson. author of The
Green Mountain Boys are known
wherever the English language is spoken.
The list of her sons who have served as
United States senators, as governors of
states, as presidents of colleges, is one of
which any college may well be proud.
among the famous Americans who
,l,l taI -
the court of st. James, there has been no
more accomplished diplomatist than the
Hon +. j. Phelps.
"The affairs of the college were never
in more prosperous condition than to.
:, day. The graduating class is the largest
that the college has sent out in 60 years
, During the present administration the
college has received donations that ag-
gregate over 100000
The new Starr library is nearly com
pleted and in architectural finish and IN
convenience of Interior appointment will
be a model building, suited to all the
needs of the institution.
t The signs of the times point unmis
takably to the important function of the
small college in the educational system
of the future. Surely the intelectua
discipline and moral training of a stud
ent are not necessarily improved by grea
numbers in the class or in the institution
t 1t is now generally recognized that th'
= large university has certain disadvan
t tages, and that the small college has it
! corresponding advantages.
; "Middlebury college has for its idea
sf..1
: students will not only find adequate
facilities in the way of buildings, eppar
, atus and libraries, but also be brOugh
: under the personal influence of teacher
, who are eminent for ability and charac
4 ter. To accomplish this aim the colleg
> looks to its loyal sons for encOurageme n
and support"
A letter was read from the predecesso
of President Brainerd, the Rev. Cyru
;. Hamlin, d. D., of Lexington, in ~hicl
i, he said:
81 have never ceased to remember It'll
gratitude and love my Middldbur,
> friends and Middlebury students, and t.
y rejoice in the success of my successor
| only wish that he might receive iron
. the wealthy friends of Mddlebury col
: lege a summons like that given by tn
;, wealthy friends of Robert college, Con
y stantinople, to president Washburn, VIII
u has been invited to come over in Apr
= and spread before them his most consid
- crate views of the measures needful fo
;. the advancement of the college and tn
- means shall be furnished him. Let
:. similar invitation be. given to Presider
- % Brainerd, as Fam sure that he and hi
= coadjutors will spread before you a PR
gramme for the wise investment of {
least one million dollars"
Speeches were made by Hon. John "
to Stewart, ex-governor of Vermont; Pr'
il fessors Eaton and McGilton, Rev. Law
RI renee Phelps, Rev. George w. Brooks an