Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-26
ALUMNI DAY At
THE UNIVERSITY
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Edmund c. Mower Nominated as
a Member of the Board
Of Trustees.
LUNCHEON AND SPEECHES
Medical Alumni Enjoy Banquet
Camp Fire a Feature
Fraternity Reunions
End a Busy Day.

Alumni and alumnae of the Univer-
city Of Vermont had Tuesday all
their own on the program of COM
nencement week. At ten o'clock in
she morning the associate alumni held
sheir annual business meetings; at noon
lhey gathered for the annual luncheon
n the gymnasium; from four until six
they were received by President and
Nrs. Benton; the medical alumni dined
Mt six; the fraternity reunions were
held In the evening; and other forms
of entertainment filled in every mo-
ment of time left over.
The attendance at the luncheon was
large. Charles f. Lamb. 'g3. was
t~oastmaster, and President Benton, the
first speaker, was received with an
enthusiastic ovation. the gathering
rising to its feet in greeting when he
was introduced. The president thank
ed the alumni for their support. and
paid a tribute to the late President
Buckham, whose policies, declared the
speaker, would continue to be carried
out, with the added aim of keeping UP
with all that is progressive in the odu-
cation of to-day. Or. Benton closed
with a request for the cooperation
of the alumni especially toward the
building up of the student body ana
the promotion of the material inter-
ests of the institution.
Fred Il. Wright, '05. one of the latter
speakers, in a sense responded to tho
appeal of the president when he out
lined the effort now being made by
the New York Alumni association to
be Of service to the university. That
body of graduates, said he. has now
nnrfonfaI ;+- ,uu.E.--t-
tent that it can do something more
than go out after a good time. Among
Its members there is a recently arous-
ed interest in undergraduate activity.
Il think said Mr.. Wright. that be-
fore many years our influence will he
felt here. We are deeply Interested in
the undergraduate life and we feel that
we have a right to know what Is taking
place in its circles"
A New York scholarship. available for
a New York city student, is planned,
added the speaker, as an expression of
the interest Of the association there.
The president had expressed his esti-
mate of the class of 1913 by the remark
that while he could not say that 1t was
the best ever graduated, he could assert
that there had been none better. The
extended n welcome to the
class as members of the alumni body.
You are graduating, as President Buck
ham used to say, not from the univcr-
sity, but into it," added Mr.. Lamb. 1--WE
need you"
DR.. Robert +. Lewis, %, was tho sec
ond speaker. He called to the attention
Of the graduates that $3.50 Vermont
alumni are engaged in the worlds work,
and told them that the longer they were
out Of college the more they would be
coming back. Before many years, he
said, the entire gymnasium will he filed
with alumni at the luncheon. Upon the
graduates .f 1913 Will fall the work of
apholdlng and pcrfccting American
democracy when the task is laid down
by present workers, and much is ex-
pected of them, in the completion of the
work in which Lafayette was n pioneer.
Fred g. Fisko, permanent president Of
the class of 1913, responded briefly to the
welcome offered, and urged that the
undergraduates should see that their first
commencement attended be not their
graduation, for unless this Is done much
is missed,
Hearty applause was occasioned by
the announcement by the tma of
the gift Of Sl,eU to be known as the
Calvin Pease Classical fund, the income
OF which is to be used for the purchase
of books of a classical nature. Prof. John
e. Goodrich was called upon to speak
Immediately following tho announcement,
and after he had received a rising tribute |
from the alumni, he spoke in reminis-
cence Of President pcase, under whose
professorship he had studied the classics.
Professor Goodrich termed Calvin Pease
IN all-round scholar of tho splendid type
Of the old time, "a good mathematician,
and as well trained in philosophy as in
linguistics, d fine Greek scholar and a
lover OF English authors. Lucius Bigelow,
one Of the oldest living alumni, was also
received with enthusiasm and he touched
upon the remarkable ability possessed by
President Pease to meet and win all
kinds of men. He also emphasized the
former presidents love of nature.
Daniel l.. Cady, 90. was then called
upon to read his poem, commencement
from the Point of View of 1856" After
a witty Introduction he read the verse
with a delivery that brought out its run
ming humor with fun effect, The poem
follows:
COMMENCEMENT
June. the diplomaed month, again is
here,
j ne ltuly anu the lttIltu l4lls OF year, |
The time when nature seems almost too
fair.
Except for those who breathe scholastic
air;
The time to don the crown that work be-
slows.
And honors, new and nobby as our
clothes;
ghe time when Alma Mater joys abound,
SFor Almus Pater never comes around;
Perhaps he has no cap, no gown, no coat;
Perhaps he's home while "Alma' goes 10
vote.
June, the diplomaed month, is here again;
lee watch-keyed women, millineried men;
Bee bachelors and doctors arm In arm,
farm.
See Grassmountese, with tutors on the
string,
Hear Deans assent to almost anything;
See SyphaX Freshie and Soph Scipio,
Across the campus uncontending go;
The Senate and the Plebs are now at one,
And Pompey Prex no longer packs a
gun;
Right hands strike hard as Greek meets
loving Greek,
And human nature changes for a week.