Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-28
COMMENCEMENT
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In opening the post -prandial cXcr-
ciscs President Buckham said he
| wished to express a belief i'm more
prosperous years for the university of
Vermont and to emphasize thrcc
| statements: First. that the great
wave Of prosperity that the country
is enjoying will pour greater amounts
| of money into college treasures; So
cond. that in the future the UP country
college is becoming better and better
fitted to compete with the larger city
colleges in advantages offered for
study; and. third, that the classical de
partmcnts. which have become over
Swallowed by the industrial branches.
| will In tho future receive much
larger amount of patronage
After finishing his opening remarks
President Buckham said that he was
nlad that they had present graduate
| who had come so far away as the
| midst Of Africa and called upon Robert
NJ. Catlin, 10, for few words.
Mr.. Catlin said in part:
Il cannot tell you how happy I am
| to he here once more. II Is a good
many years since attended COM
mouccmcnt here. When | went away.
| I went not fully apprcciative of my
own land. | took the newspapers too
seriously I thought well of us to be
sure. but thought as the Englishman
| does. that we were a little worse than
we are. have since changed my
view and do not believe so much the
newspaper view of American life. We
! had an American association and held
an annual dinner. There were 20
become firm believers in American
craft and industry
President Buckham introduced the
next speaker hy saying that in the
general catalogue he found that Yer
mont had several college families,
and that among them was the Gilbert
family. the father and seven sons be-
ing graduate of this institution.
The Rev Simeon Gilbert, o. represented
this family and after speaking in a re-
miniscent vein SAID that he was feelhs
more and more the natural powers OIL
the universe and that one of these great
powers is the power Of educatiU1. inc
most important asset to the state or YER
mont is this university 1t Is great
educationa dynan o, generating more and
more power each year We should exalt
with unsreakahlc assurance III the forces
SO gloriously represented by the univer-
sity.
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