Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-28

A Freshman Glass Of 128 in Uni.
versity Of Vermont.
In Opeuing the 1O5tM Year Of the In.
stitution. President Buckham
Speaks Of Athletics and Com.
mercial Morality.

versity Of Vermont opened yesterday
with a registration OF l26 students In
the freshman class, this class being
by far the largest to enter in the his
tory of the institution. The registra-
ton of freshman on the opening day
last year was 100.
The exercises in connection with the
opening took place in the chapel at
S:l5 o'clock. After a brief devotional
service President NJ II. Buckham de-
livcrcd a brief address to the students.
In the course of his remarks, the
president heartily denounced haEing.
declaring in unmistakable terms that
such practices would not be tolerated
by the University. His remarks were
In part as follows:
PRESIDENTS BuCIlHAM's REMARKS.
Gentlemen Of the Faculty and Stud
ents:
Let us first extend to each other our
greetings and congratulations on our
return to our beautiful home here In
the university, and to our pleasant
academic lifc---to what Milton calls
"the quiet and still air of delightful
studies" to college work and college
play and college friendships. and all
those things which make this our life
al most the ideal life for young men
and young women, if we know how
to make the best of It. And next let
us give our welcome to this large body
of new corners. and let us do what we
can to help them to start right. on
which SO much depends in their college
career. wish the upper class mon
could see their opportunity to give
real help to their young comrades
and treat them not as victims of their
wit and their rudeness, but with the
spirit of courtesy and hclpfulness. CAT
this point the president made some re-
marks on hazinG as a practice I'M
worthy of gentlemen, and voluntarily
abandoned by students in most reputa
BILE institutions and gave notice that it
would not he tolerated hercD
Continuing, tho president said that
in current college opening addresses
two topics were sure to be prominent.
one is athletics. The authorities of the
university have shown their apprecia-
ton of the great Importance of athletes
by providing at great cost of gymnasium
and an athletic field second in attract
| ivcncss to none in the country. Let
me say rather their appreciation of the
good side of athletics. what is the good
side of athletics? 1t is athletics as
sport as developing and manifestin &
the sense of physical powers. that ex-
hilirating sense of virilc power. which
prompts men to climb mountains and
| swim torrents and dare dangerous
seas together with that spirit of rivalry
which brings this sense OF power to Il
test and IL realization; all this is man
ly and honorable and goes to the max
ing of a complete manhood. But there
is bad side of athletics and it is per-
| vading our institutions Of learning and
must be challenged and put out and
| kept out This spirit comes in when
lathlctics become IA profession. a none y
making business. leading to fraud and
trckery and base practisos of many
kinds. So long AS the prevailing spirit
is "let us win if we can by fair and
honorable means" all will go we'll. but
when it is "let us win by all means
fair or foul" then the game becomes
demoralizing and it hurts men not
lonly in their sports, but through and
through. Every college. this college
must decide. and quite largely the
under graduates must decide. which
of these two spirits shall prevail.
The other topic is commercial morality
Recent revelations i'll the departments o.
the national government, and in grea
financial corporations have given a shuol
to the general public mind from wheel
t Will not recover without some sharl
challenging of business methods IN gen
Grail We must believe that the grca
managers and frarciers have some con
iidencc in each other. ana in each other:
financial methods. for otherwise oui
whole sy.tom would suffer collapse. bu
there is a loud call upon the institutions
which form and mould public opinion lo
a strlclcr and saner code of business
morality. In this reforming work The col
lescs must play n largo part. They mus
recruit their great corporations witt
young ,len trained IN "up-country
notions of right ard wrong ir bushes
relations. College dealism must correc
and elevate the lower. sortlid city. stand
ards of commercial integrity.
THE FRESHMEN.
"hc names Of the freshmen who regis
|
courses in which they are enrolled an
their home addr. sses, are as follows.
Edward s. Abbott. l.. S., Derby.
J. B. Abbott. As. East Bethel.
Thomas, j. Abbott, Az. East Bethel
Philip Ernest Adams, e. f.. Stowe.
Gertrude Allen. special. Hastings-on
Hudson. n. Y,
Harvey &. Allen. +. T.. Burlington.
Leslie s. Arey, CHI. Hampden Corner
Me
Winfrel n. Basley. Mech. Eng, Bur
InEton.
Mabel Ealch. l.. S.. Richmond.
Helen II. Barton, J.. s., North Ferris
burel,
James o. Bass, c. f., Springfield
Royal t. Bingham. T.. t.. Burlington
Douglas Bradford c., burlington.
Joseph 4. Brandon. c. T.. Adams, Mass
bertrand r. Bristol. NJ. f.. Burlington
q. r. Brock. c. T.. East Cornth.
> Carl r. II. Brown. Az. st. Adams.
George a. Buck, l.. s., l3,mliu.ton.
Austin r. Burrill. T.. T.. lIackettstoyr
NJ. Y.
James u. Campbell, l.. S. Stowe.
Nina J.. Carpenter, l.. s., Folklore
. Mass
Allen A. Chase. r.. r., Bristol.
, Roger T.. Chase, Oh. Tacoma, Wash.
. Walter W. Cook, l.. T., rnucrnill.
Roy w. Collins G.. and f.. burlington
Martin NJ. Cory. G. H.. Montpelier.
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