The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-06

from the university green to the theatre
was taken up.
Elias Lyman, lately acting president
Of the university, presided at the exer-
cises this afternoon, and the keys and
seal Of the university were presented tc
President Benton by Darwin p. Kings
lev. president of the New York Life In.
surance company, on behalf Of the uni
versitvs board Of trustees. and the oath
of office was administered by Governor
Mead.
In delivering the keys and seal, Mr.
Kingsley saidi
Guy Potter Benton. into your
hands-in so far as we properly may
we place this noble heritage We
charge YOU with the task of using il to
mould and develop the manners and NOR
ais OF the youth of this state and Of
sister states and to inspire their minds
It inearnates the profound love of learn
ing which possessed the souls of ON
fearless forbears. men who loved learn.
ing az they loved liberty; and how thes
| loved liberty Ticonderoga tells and Crown
Point tells and Hubbardton tells and
Bennington tells II embodies the dreams
of Ira Allen; the labors of Daniel G.
Saunders, Joseph Torrey, John Wheeler
McKendree Potty, Willis Benedict
James b. Angel, and q host OF worthies
living and dead; the craftsmanship 81
Justin S. Morrill,, the princely magniti-
cence of John P. Howard, Frederick Bill
lings and John f. Converse; and the
loyal devotion of that body Of gradu-
ates who have so generously endowed it
And finally, 1t embodies the fine spirit
the lofty ideals, the unmatched service
of Matthew Henry Buckham We COM
NIT it to your hands with confidence
born Of the knowledge We have of your
labors and your leadership
After Gov Mead had delivered the
oath OF Office Mr. Kingsley sad
"0n behalf of the trustees of the
university Of Vermont and State Agri-
cultural college, | hand you a copy OF
the charter of November 3, l79l a copy
of the Morrill, act of 1862 donating
public lands for the establishment of 8
college of agriculture and the mechanic
acts in each state and territory of the
union; copy Of the act of Congress
passed in 1890, supplementing the act of
1862, and establishing agricultural ex-
pertinent stations; copy of the act of
Vermont passed in 1865, Incorporating
the university OF Vermont and State
Agricultural college, together with sub
sequent resolves of the legislature of
this state relating thereto.
Il also hand you the KEYS of the
several buildings in which the univer-
sity is housed, and. as final evidence of
your authority, | hand you the seal of
the institution.
Having clothed you with the symbols
Of your office, /, on behalf of the cor
porate authority of this institution. now
declare you, Guy Potter Benton, to have
been duly elected and installed president
of the university of Vermont and State
Agricultural college"
President Benton's Inaugural.
After paying deep tribute to his pre-
decessor, Matthew Henry Buckham,
President Benton took up his subject,
Education and the State" saying:
''The state university is the con-
summation and the elimination of the
public school system. Is it not clear,
then. representing as it does the high
est possible achievement in public edu-
cation, that the state university owes
certain inevitable obligations for serv-
ioeY There is an obligation owing first
of all to the country at large. State
lines are only imaginary, and the state
is useful in largest measure only as it
makes itself, with its own peculiar en-
vironment, of service to the people of the
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