Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-07-06

A hundred wears, The book of thy recording
Hath many leaves, yet neither OIot nor STUN
E1graven on thy sere and time worn pages
The noble characters of truth remain.
THY sons have served the nation in its peril,
And climbed the rugged path where duty LED,
Have thrilled the peoples hearts TO eXalta-
ton,
or breathed a farewell blessing DER the dead.
The poets soul has felt thine inspirations,
And sung TO thee in strains that echo stu;
The critic caught the beauty of the masters;
The statesman moulded senates to his Will.
An, mother dear! In tender, proud affection
We read the noble record of the past;
MAY all thv children to thy cause devoted
Preserve that record spotleSs TO the last
The hours move on, the college lights are fad
And one by one the windows darken lie;
a century wanes. Another dawns IN
We mlngle glad good morning with "Good
by"
The class prophet, Miss Wright, then
held a seance and foretold the future of
the members of the class, giving them
the usual brilliant careers. The singing
of the class ode closed the program.
Music was supplied by the Howard
Opera House orchestra of Burlington.
The preliminary meeting of the Asso-
ciated Alumni was held in the college
chapel at o'clock in the afternoon.
Hon. John W. Stewart, class of lSlG.
presided and Prof. Thomas +. Boyce,
class of &c, ofiiciated as secretary.
Prof. Boyce read the minutes of the last
annual meeting. which were approved.
On motion of II. S. Perrlgo. class of 20,
the chair appointed Prof. c. NJ. Mead of
Andover Theological seminary, Prof
Walter f. Howord of Middlebury and
Judge Smith of Chicago a committee on
nominations. to report at the annual
meeting IN the morning. Governor
Stewart and other alumni present made
short and felicitous remarks on the
progress of the college, when adjourn
ment was taken at 4 o'clock.
The baseball game between alumni and
undergraduates at o'clock was very
largely attended, and was productive of
much enthusiasm on the part of the
audience, if not of the players. The
team work of the undergraduates sufiiced
to defeat the individual playing of the
sail star" aggregation of old-timers. and
the score result was II to / for the un.
dergraduates.
The Parker and Merrill prize-speaking
contests, held in the evening at the
Congregational church, created the usual
enthusiasm, filling the church to its ut
most limits. Prof. G. b. Wright pre-
sided. The Judges of the contest were
+. j. Davenport, II, c. F. Stone, 80,
and Mr.. Martin. The contestants and
their subjects are given below:
PARKER CONTEST.
NO More war: ;...:....... Taylor
Ebert :. Brigham.
| Against Centralization.......... .......... Grady
Henry +. Harvey.
| The American War........,...........Ch Chatham
Learned X. Noble.
Jim Bludso. .........................H Hay
Louie c. Squire.
MERRILL CONTEST.
! Address of Welcome. ....,.......... Laba1 ee
Orvis Is. Collins.
| The Red Cross Nurse.
George X. Drake.
Patriotism and Freedom. ...... .Orville Dewey
John Il. Duned.
The New south. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Grady
Robert W. McCuen.
First Bunker Hill Grafton. Webster
Fay A. simmons.
Retributive Justice........ .Corwir
Charles l.. Seiple.
The Cuban SltuatlOn.. .............. .InurstOr
| Wilfred J. Stone.
Spanish Tyranny In South America. .....
.....-....-...... ....s''.C nafleS fnilllp'
| Charles A. Noetsch.
In the Parker contest Ebert 5. Brig
ham was awarded the first prize of S2i
and Learned II. Noble received the
second of Sl2. The Merrill prizes wen
first of $50 to George II. Drake; second
of S25 to Charles l.. Seiple; third of S2C
to Robert w. McCuen fourth of SIS tC
Chas. A. Voetsch.