Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
Steady Downpour Interfered
Much with the Scheduled Pro-
gramme for Monday.
EXERCISES IN GYMNASIUM
senior walk Postponed until Tuesday
neorpisg and Dedication Of Ath1e.
Receptions In the Afternoon
and PrOmena in Evening.


A rainy day was the weather-man's
gift to the graduating class of the uni
versity Monday and result rart
of the class day programme was post
poned and the remainder held indoors.
The class walk was postponed until Tues
day morning. The spacious floor Of the
gymnasium was necessarily substituted
for the College Green for the class day
exercises in the afternoon. to the deep
disappointment of tho members of the
senior class and their friends.
Shortly after two O'Clock tho graduates,
led by the class marshal and president,
marched into the hall to the music of
Wilder's orchestra. which furnished the
music for the day President Harley w
Heath Of Montpelier delivered the
presidents address, discussing tho
relations existing between the senior
class and the faculty. alumni and
under class men. He also bade fare
we'll to the college walls which had shcl-
tered the class for the past four years
The orchestra gave another selection
after which Harry G.. Hicks of Bur
lineton gave history of the class
and some of its members since
the first meeting in tho chapel,
pointing especially to the record of the
class on the athletic field and in the class
room.
In the absence Of Leslie II. Newton of
Alburgh. the boulder Grafton was read
by Richard +. Patterson OF Newbury
Ctr The writer traced the course
of the boulder from its nome in the fai
north to the present place Of honor which
II occupies on the College Green. Mr.
Patterson then read the names of the II
men from :hc present junior class who
have been elected to membership for the
coming year. They arc. VI. q. Fuller OF
Burlington. n. ID. Hulett of Granville
N. Y. f. L. Kirby of y. Randolph. j. c
C'Neill of Granville. N. Y, r. NJ. Perry
Of Wcstford. NJ. L. Peck IF Burlington
w. C. Simpson OF Greensboro r
b. Skinner of Barton Landing. and A. c
Woodward of Taunton. Mass.
After another selection by thu
orchestra. Isidor Colodny Of Brooklyn
delivered the campus grafton. anc
touched on the feeling that ever,
student has for the college campus
its place in the life of the student, an,
the class scraps. athletic contests and stu
dent pranks it witnessed each year. Mis-
Alice Durfee read the class poem, which
was az follows
CLASS POEM.
Within the heart of every striving
youth
Who wakes to life's fair opportunity
,vtp -
in truth
The highest end is not great wealth t.
gain,
Nor even yet for wide renown to sue
If that were ALL our tasks indeed wer
vain
Our ideals hopeless, our attainment
few.
To some Of US perchance, Fate ma,
decree
A place of high estate, with honor
rife,
But yet. for each and all who will
shall be
The guerdons of a pure and noble life
The band OF men and women stron
and true
Who spite of hardships dire have gath
cred here
Have worked and struggled with thi
end in view.
TO grow in strength and wisdom ever
year.
hA Nd
long years
Is not past attained when our degree
were won.
last
done.
The years we've spent within thes
classic walls
Are but the gate which opens to II
way
OF lifes broad path. where duty cal
To action in the thickest of life's fra
The coming OF a page of classic lol
And seeking out Minerals fairest ge
The delving into sciences riches
STORE,
The solving of some battling theoren
Arc but first lessons in tho school
life
Where deeper truths than these a
ours to learn,
Where only patient efforts wins Il
strife.
Where naught but service pricele
titles earn.
As winged bird far upward throut
the blue
Speeds onward ever toward tho bla
ing sun
Nor stops nor stays. till from o
mortal view
The last faint trace through trackle
space Is gone.
So we. like ancient Seer, will follow
Led by the lodestar OF ambition hir
On huttering wing OF boundless no
soar on
TIL Gods best gift within our era
shall lie.