Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-29
ONE UNIVERSITY IS
ALL STATE NEEDS
Attempt to Sustain More Is Edu
cational Calamity, Says Pres
ident Buckham.
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laude" In an ascending scale. Inasmuch
as nll through life, life's prizes are In n
general way awarded to the combination
| of native ability with industry, why
| should not the principle be set to word
with other forma tive agencies in the plas-
| tic period of youth? This Is plea not
for competition with others for relative
| rank, as for example in the Phi Beta
| Kappa society, hut for competition with
| ones self, the more aspiring and strenu-
Gus self cnntcndlng with the easy-going.
| too easily contented self who Is the I'M
! doing Of so many of us. We are seeing.
and we shall more and more see. this
| rririt Of healthy competition evoked In
our colleges and universities In the In
tcrcrt Of 1t moro vigorous, intellectual life
and a more productive scholarship In the
academic body.
Let me now present as our closing
thought on this occasion the extreme i'm
portonce of the part played by students
in the life Of IN institution OF learning.
IF called on to do SO, I should find 1t hard
to decide whether the character Of an in
stitution, intellectual and moral, dopen a.
at any time more on the teaching aTd
governing staff, on their ability and
faithfulness, or on the student body, on
the qualities and habits they bring with
them from their Inheritance, the social
environment amid which they have
grown up. their schools and churches and
local politics; on the associations thoy
| form here In college. their fraternties,
their avocations, their amusenents: or
the IDEAS Of education and Of things In
general which they inherit from their pre-
dccessorS and more or less modified pass
on as traditions to their Successors. We
instructors are often startled to find how
real and how effective IS the body of coll
lcgc opinion which we have had no con-
! scioN. part In forming and very little
power to change. That It IS on the whole
50 good and right that when rightly ap-
pcalcd to it IS almost always found to be
on the side where It ought to be. is n
tribute to the generally wholesome In
nuence Of student life and Is good reason
for optimistic thanl5fulness. There is
one admirable and beautiful trait of both
the graduate and UNDERGRADUATE bodies
Of every institution | have ever known.
namely, n loving belief In It. n feeling
akin to that which every natural heart
cherishes for ones own home and ones
own folks. If you should hear Of one who
spoke unkindly of his own father and
mother, you would not enter him on your
list of friends If you ever hear n grown
man speak disparagirgly OF his college,
you may he almost sure that in his heart
he Is upbraiding himself for some mis-
deed or unfaithfulness toward his college.
I am not commenting that parochal tenn
per which fires up whenever n possibility
Of Improvement In policy or admnlstra-
ton is suggested. l would not applaud
T:nglishman quoting Cowper's line
England with all thy faults. | love thee
still" to exclaim "But l love her, faults
and ALL" but l would BE glad to see In
every student and every graduate the
spirit OF the appeal. ''be to her faults n
little blind, be to her virtues very kind"
And | am sure that in case of our own
institution. we do see this. nr. Bass as
sures me that whenever he goes among
our graduates and undergraduates he finds
n feeling of affection for the university
something far beyond mere Ioyalty--a
loving belief in It, and a great desire for
Its prosperity and growth. One OF the
speakers at one of the great college func-
tions of last year highly commended the
cxertion and sacrifice OF students In
order that their college may win Victories
|
same spirit be extended IN other direc-
tons and into other fields. and what n
power for good it would carry! Let us
recognize and applaud and In this way
: encourage any kind Of excellence by
; which the good name and welfare OF
: the institution is advanced.-by main
tanning at a high standard the clubs and
organizations through whin! the institu-
| ltnOy,n II Inv. ba 81 ID
: world. by helping the managers of the
. college paper to give it high literary
character ana to make II frst-class In
every respect; by giving that due atten-
ton to defamation and debates which
viii enable the institution to keep and
even improve It's high record In inter
: collegiate contests by hearty conformity
with the pious custom Of morning. wor-
) ship observed from time immemorial by
5 I'll universities In Christian lands and
I never TO be neglected; by giving more
l general countenance and support to tho
college Christian associations, 30 making
: them helpful to the moral and religious
life of the student body. In these and In
numberless other ways It Is within the
power of each successive assembly OF
undergraduates to give character to the
institution, intellectual, social, spiritual.
, such as will ensure and increase the love
, and pride Of every Vermonter. of every
graduate. Of every student every friend.
: Ica NEW STUDENTS.
The year began with tho enrolment OF
1903 academic students IN the class OF 1911.
The future t.llers Of the soil lead the list
this year. there being % entries In the
horticultural department. For second place
IN numbers the Latin-scientihc and civil
: engineering branches are tied with Is
names each The other courses trail
: along as follows Chemistry, 0: mechanical
/ engineering. s; electrical engineering :;
Q classical. s: home economics. 3; commerce.
= and economies. 2; special, 4. There arc
20 young women In the class
t THE CLASS ROSTER.
James Grant Anderson, Andover, Mass,
L. s.
Harry Weston Averill Barre, Az
John W, Bartlett, Middle Granville.
N. Y, Az
Dwight Monroe Bartlett, Dalton, Mass,
C. Eng.
Louis William Batchelder. Dorset, Il, T.
Edward NJ. Bissonette. Burlington,
l. c. T..
Wilfred Greenleaf iodine, Bellows
Falls. Az
Winfield Harold Boardman. Morrlsvllle
n c. f.
Earl Warrington Bradley, South Royal
ton. Az.
Q T. j. Brown NJ D. burlington, Cl