Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-02
University Men and Women Hon.
or Memory of Ira Allen.
Addresses Included One Dealing with
Conditions in China by Former
Y. VI. e. A. Secretary In
That Country.

land, Ohio. Y. NJ. G.. A., who Is a grad
uate of the university in the class Of 1892,
and by two undergraduates, John O.
Baxendale of the senior class and Wes-
ley X Wells of the junior class. Preced-
ing the exercises In the college chapel,
the Boulder society. according TO It's
usual custom, made It's public selection
{ new members from the junior class,
.nd President Benton. standing beside
tho historic boulder, spoke briefly, ex-
pressing his interest In the ideals and
efforts of the society. and emphasizing
the need. in the everyday life Of the pres
ent time. not so much of the capacity for
leadership which college training is sup
posed to develop as of the quality Of be-
Ing II discriminating follower.
ELECTED TO BOULDER SOCIETY.
Those chosen for membership in the
Boulder society are the following
Asa Shoemaker Boomer West Rut-
land; Roswell Farnham, Buffalo n. Y;
Centice Nelson Hitchcock, Pittsford;
raul Frederick Kruse. Buffalo, ~ Y:
George Miles Nelson, East Barnet; Ralph
Warren Simonds. Burlington; William
Prince Smith. Pittsfield. Mass; Horace
Harrison Square, Amsden.
TIE KEY AND SERPENT.
At the close of the exercises in the
chapel, President Walker of the Boulder
society announced also the names of the
Sophomores elected to membership in the
Key and Serpent society, az follows:
Dwight Monroe Bartlett. Great Bar
rington. Mass. John Walden Bartlett.
Middle Granville, n. Y; Louis William
/ Batchelder Dorset; Winfield Harold
Roardman, Morrisvlle; Leighton Walter
Douglas, Chateaugay, n. Y; Karl AL
bert Emerson, Hardwck: Isaac Dill Ev-
eritt. liackettstoWn, y. j.. Rufus Stuart
Gilbert, Dorset; David Willard Howe.
burlington; brigham Mcfarland. Hyde
Park; Edward Andrew Pcase Rutland.
EXERCISES IN CHAPEL.
Professor John Ellsworth Goodrich was
in charge of the program in the chapel
and the Rev. Charles Chase Wilson was
the chaplain Of the occasion. Features
of the exercises We're a violin solo by AL
bert f. Smith OF the class of 1915. the
founders ode by the choir, and the Latin
ode:
Amos posthac omnes
Natals hic dies
lllustris sit
/ Niri qui nobilis
ColloEum nobis
Nostrisque fills
INSTITUTE etc.
| in the sentiments of which the students
doubtless concurred The Founders day
committee consisted of Lyman Curtis
Hunt, 1862, Paul Wendell Waterman.
1872 Fred Clayton Fiske. 1918. Rufus
Stuart Gilbert, 1914. Roderic Marble
Ozendam. 1915.
The subjects of the three addresses
were closely related along the line of
craftsmanship and diplomacy. Mr..
Lewis. the orator of the day. was for 10
years in China as general secretary OF
the Y. NJ. G. A. there. his term Of serv-
/ ice including the time of the Boxer up
rising, so that he is we'll fitted to speak
of conditions as he studied them at first
hand
THE GREATEST MODERN STRUGGLE
OF DEMOCRACY.
Mr. Lewis said in part:
! THE student of history Is well aware
of the changed basis in the history of the
human race. The Euphrates basin was
! the cradle of the race, but was supplanted
by the Mediterranean basin and its more
masterful men We are now IN that
historic age which may be termed the
Atlantic period when the nations con.
vergng upon the Atlantic ocean are the
dominating factor Of civilization. Power
! is not now concentrated in the near
eastern valleys, nor on the shores OF the
midland sea; and II is a natural Ques-
ton to ask, y i'll Z always focalize around
the Atlantic.
| I've are vercinR upon the next great
, historic period in world problem and word
power tie Pacific period. The nations
| bordering upon the Pacific basin are to pt
mighty factors in determining the
civilization of the world, its type and
| detectives.
And the startling strategy of the new
era is to be the position and relationships
of the United states in relation to the
| Pacific basin. We are the greatest OF
the Pacific powers Our Pacific coast line
extends for 1850 nautical miles. American
shores washed by the Pacific are NOR.
extensive than those Of Japan or China
Russia or Britain, including all hei
colonial possessions
1--WE naturally raise such questions al
these. are our transcontnental railway.
to terminate at rail-head upon the west
ern coast? What are we building tn.
Panama canal for? If the Orient is tn,
most populous portion of the world, anC
for the most part is situated upon th'
Pacific basin shall we as the greatest foOt
growing nation remain ignorant of or un
Interested in that market?
The economist estimates that to rails
the standard of living in China 30 pc
cent will be the equivalent Of addin,
o0oVO,000 people to the worlds market
But the argument is not to be base'
upon the principle of GAIN upon the func
ton of trade. There are more perma
nent and important reasons for the APP
, preaching importance not to say domi
nance OF tie Pacific basin
THE renaissance of the old world /
taking place before our very eyes TIL
, most stupendous and amazing example !
the republic of China.
MIR. Lewis sketched the history Of tn
recent Civil War in China and the quail
lily and capacity OF such great personalitie
a as ex-President Sun Vat Sen and Presi
. dent Yuan Shi Kai. and then took II
= the question of what the new era i
y China means.
at Is n remarkable contrast with tn
. recent past. Twelve years ago close OF
servers said that this Chinese axiom rer
y resented the spirit of the nation. Wha
Confucius teaches is true, what is con
trary to his teaching is false. what h
. does not teach is unnecessary To-da
9 Confucus Is a dethroned teacher. Wash
va c..