Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-27


sonal way which l trust has been help
full to them. | am still Obliged to admit.
however. that there are many whom az
not know that should be helped by the
Inspiration coming from a close acquant-
| anceshp with u college president, whom
they might feel free to call upon for coun-
sci in hours of trial and perpexity.
NEED OF CHAPEL OR ASSEMBLY
HALL.
There Is lack of opportunity here to
come into close contact with our students
by reason of the fact that we have no
chapel or assembly hall adequate to ac-
commodate the entire student body. The
chapel hour has always been my great OPP
| portunity, after the religious services
we're finished to give "A pleasant turn by
| announcements. to some student achieve
! nent or to appeal to the student body
! for the realization of some lofty ideal.
! our chapel Is so small that the students
must come in relays and the time allowed
for chapel service barely permits us to
/ Eavc IA somewhat perfunctory religious
service without anything additional
The students of the college of medicine
! never see together and the consequence
Is that | know only very few of them
| by name. This is n distinct loss to the
students and to myself. We have a strong
college loyalty here, but we could de-
vclop pronounced college consciousness
| If we had student assembly room large
enough for our chapel service, and ade-
Guate for college plays and other enter
| fp Of hp
students would center on the campus
rather than to he scattered all over the
city. trust that friends of the univer-
sity will rise IN speedily and respond to
this need which would cement us to-
gether, give us Il more enthusiastic spirit
and enable us to put before our students
higher ideals in all the activities of col
loee life
student clubhouse, known as The
College Commons" with ample dining
room facilities for boarding purposes, for
banquets. with conversation. smoking and
gaming rooms. would bring students and
faculties together into fellowship more
frequently. BY iostlng against each
other and touching elbows often in some
common meeting-place of this sort. we
would develop the feeling of college "one-
ness" or fellowship. which is the most
charming and most valuable feature OF
the student period.
In spite of all these hindrances. how
ever, do feel that have come to know.
in general way. the student body, so
that may. with some intelligence. speak
of their ideals and characters. Perfect
candor compels me to say that the liter
airy tastes and standar ds of the students
of the University OF Vermont expressed
through their plays, concerts and public
entertainments are considerably below
par. AS | see it. one of the first duties
resting upon our university is to cultivate
in our students a taste for the very best
in muscin dramatics and in social rela-
lions. An institution of learning, instead
Of descending to the low level of rolicli-
ing vaudeville which satisfies the uncul-
tured, should through the high quality
Of its own student performances, set a
standard to which the rank and file OF
people would be led to aspire. 1t is the
mission of the college or university &c
cultivate taste for the fine things in art
in literature and in music. | am sure tina,
our students. coming as they do from
good and substantial homes. and from in
teligent surroundings. Will readily re.
| spond to these higher ideals of recreation
when properly set before them.
SCHOLARSHIP OF STUDENT BODY.
The scholarship of our student body
[ | am certain Is fully equal to the average
, in similar institutions. | do not mean tc
say that we have attained our ideal MOI
would I even suggest that we are beyont
} ! m N Ia
activities of college life in our own day
from study. Excellence in classroom
work requires that students so SYSTEM
t atize their daily order as to accomplish
all that is expected of them in their stud
, les while giving proper amount of at
tention to the incidental features OF AGA
dem.c life. The end of a college cours,
is the growth of a symmetrical person
atty While intellectual development i!
the chief object the physical. moral anc
social sides of the student should be de-
veoped. That young man or woman whC
, does nothing but study makes a seriou:
mistake 1t often happens that the stu
, dent who is only passably good In hi
, studies. but who develops physically
I morally ana socially during college days
becomes the most useful to society whei
I he enters upon his life-work. The indus
trious student, however. who by adopting
a q system, takes first rank In his class l.
sometimes slightinsly dubbed by his les
earnest fellow students rs "A grind. "-oc
casionally the call him II greasy grind
such opprobri,m, properly interpreted. /
complimentary rather than disparagini
) to the one against whom II Is directed
9 II Is usually uttered 10y those who try t.
, justify poor work IN the classroom ol
= the assumption that those who excel II
, scholarship are never heard from after
e wards The results proven to the con
: trar% constitute sufficient denial to thi
, easy assertion a few years ago a promi
= mcnt college statistician. after very care
r ful investigations, was able to show tina
= the men who had taken highest rank Il
= their studies in college were those VIII
h were most influential and successful 4
= their several Vocotions in the outsid
= world l. may he Hereed, think. thai
[ puttuI lirst things 'rSt the intellectual
8 development should be given the creates
Z prominence in our college life. but tn
q ideal student is he who excelling in tn
a class room, Is also Interested in athletic
n who has a realizing sense of the import
ance of the joys and reiinements of soc!a
+ life. and who maintains a moral characte
: above reproach. Such an ideal Is not in
l. possible of accomplishment for any STU
a dent. Many realize it, We have sue
n students in the University of Vernon