The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-24
DE. BOER ADDRESSED
UNIVERSITY CLUB
Third Annual Banquet Of Local Associa-
tion Was Held Saturday Evening
and Proved Very Enjoyable.

NefslJY ciuO OF Barre was neiu AT the
vcstry Of the Univcrsalist church Sat
urday evening and, like the other two,
was most successful and very enjoyable
for the seventy persons who attended
The speaker Of the evening was Joseph
A. DeBoer, president Of the National
Life Insurance company, who took up
the discussion OF college course and
some phases which might be changed to
good advantage
The banquet was served by members
Of the Ladies' Aid society OF the Uni
versalist. church and was very delightful.
The menu was as follows:
Soup.
Alphabet.
Cucumbors Lettuce
Fish
TuFbot, with sauce
Entrees
Veal croquettes. with peas
Roast.
Vermont turkey, home style
Cranberry sauce
Vegetables
Mashed potatoes Succotash
Salad
Tomato, cream dressing. a Ia Dutch cheese
Hot rolls
Dessert
Marshmallow pudding Assorted cake
Fruit
Grapes Oranges Apples
Tea Coffee
Following it. the president Of the club,
Principal D. X. HOLSTER OF Goddard
seminary, acted as toast master and,
prayer having been made BY the Rev. F.
Q. Thayer Of the Hedding M. Z. church,
III called upon Mr. DeBoer TO speak
Mr.. DeBoer prefaced his address with
congratulations TO the club for Its being
and to Barre FOR having university
organization. and then went into some
versity efforts, intervening the talk
with live incidents cleaned from his own
experiences at Dartmouth. He declared
that men should not be sent TO college
If they are not going to use what they
there gain; il they are not going to put
into practice the training secured in the
higher institutions, the college ought not
to be called upon to attempt to impart
to them.
The business OF the college is to take
up the best material and shape il to
assist in carrying on the great matters
Of the country In this connection, he
ieericd the situation which bars youths |
Of promise from college simply because
they have not attained certain required I
progress in book preparation, whereas
they may have made lar more progress
ii everyday affairs Of life. This bar
the raised standard Of entrance require
ments is making and insofar as it shuts /
Tie door Of che college to these worthy !
applicants for admission it is wrong
The speaker also favored cutting down
The years Of 4 course. provided sta /
dent Il able to do the work in three /
wears insspad II four A college course /
ought to consist not III a certain number /
ii years spers, Ant in a grade Of stan
lard attained If that standard can be I
reached in three wears, all well and good. /
Il in five years, the same
Mr. Delsoer applauded the changing
condition which substitutes personal IN
gestigaiion by the student and 4 close
by the instructor, in place Of I
he plan by which the student took the
instructors says0 as mater of fact
without seeing for himself that it is so.
lie referred to the Harvard university
medical school as an exponent OF The
lew school
he pleaded also for greater academic
rcedom, when the college shall not at
empt to act SO much like the parent
II the guardian, decreeing that the stu
leigt shall not smoke, that he shall at
end chapel at a certain time in the
morning, that he shall attend church
very Sunday. that be shall be absent
,nly i certain number Of Rotations on
lours, etc. The speaker was Of the
opinion that tie times were changing in
his connection, and he was pleased to
tote the change,
Following the address, d brief business
ession Of the club was held, during
which the graduates subscribed to the
and officers were elected
or the ensuing year as follows
President, Earl r. Davis, university OF
95
vice-president, II. G. Woodruff, Nor
sich '0l.
Secretary c. Il. White, Dartmouth
49,
Treasurer James C. Walker, Dart
mouth o.
Executive committee, J. n Higgins,
dartmouth OF, and G. RI Varnum, Yer
mont '04, with the officers.
The Rev. w f. Braisted. pastor Of
he Baptist church, was elected an hon
rary member Of the club The banquet
vas closed with the singing OF a college
ong ID
MINISTERS SWAP AROUND.