Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-01

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mating characteristic of President
Buckham because we believe 1t was
this infallible sense Of proportion in
| life and service and action which made
him best known and gave him his
strong hold upon the heaYtstrings Of SO
many people in different lands. His
his Scotch Inheritance. he did not love
controversy but preferred the paths OF
peace.
The extent to which President Buck
hams existence had been identified
with the institution he most loved Is
shown by the fact that It is difficult
for the present generation to think of
MIN without also thinking Of the Uni
versity OF Vermont For almost two
score years he had served the tniver-
sity as It's honored head, while as stu
dent' tutor, professor Of Greek and
president his relations with the uni
Vcrshy with slight Interruptions in
point OF actual presence had continued
Tor the remarkable period of sixty
'hree years, spanning the centuries.
Those who come upon the stage of
action at this time can not appreciate
what President Buckham's untIrIng do
Vo1on ana unflagging zeal have accom-
plished for the University Of Vermont
and state Agricultural COLLEGE. Ieast
If all can those who were not intimate
~ associated with him in connection
with different activities realize the oh
slaclcs he had to overcome in his strug-
gle to win success for the institution
that was dearer to him than his own
welfare.
Even the present generation has to
go back IN memory but short period
TO reach Q time when the university
consisted chiefly 1f the main BUILDING
| the museum, tho mechanical hulldina
ana the presidents house. Tho Billing
! liNrary was President Buckham's first
| love among the new structures ana IT
remained until the end Il source of
ncvcrfailirg enjoyment ana satisfac-
Nun ''"'r oea"''u. structures arose
in the course of time. but with them
came also the necessity for additi onal
"i'S VIII" Whl'h to provide for ade-
quatc instruction.
tn" struggle to make the income of
the university meet it's growing neces-
stiles IN equipment ana teaching corps
lr' Institutes the heroic feature If Presi-
H'ht Hnrkham'a career. For decades
/ he had gone on seeing some IF the
/ men he had hoped 10 rely upon in the
uh"ulldlhg IF the university attracted
! II ether Institutions having greater
| inancial resources until he came to
feel the force of the modern truth
that to the university which hath shall
be given but from the university which
/ hath not shall he taken even that
which it hath.
The approach of the centennial of
the university was the signal for -
movement which was +, CHANG. al,
this and to nut the institution in =
position where its endowment would
he more adequate for the constant de-
mand for funds with which TO mao,
its ever Increasing needs. The reach
ing Of the half million mark in the
centennial fund announced last June
and recent hencfactions had brought
! the university to a point where ma
! terial DEVELOPMENT and intellectual ex
| pansion promised to go on hand in
hand and it is a pathetic thought that
for the man who more than V other
! had made this contamination possible
there was vouchsafed but a rli,npse If
the promised land To President Buck
ham however will ever stand the credit
and the honor Of having brought the
University Of Vermont TO n point where
the future of the Institution is assured
| cyond all peradventure both os 70
financial stardinp and also ne to nosi
ton among the stronr centers of Iearn-
ing in the land.
The death Of presido,, p,olhom
marks the passing If practically the