Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-25


That stand in modest line.
Than those Augustus reared
Upon the Paatine;
No septizoniumed seat
Ere swept view so fine
Here come our plastic boys
And polyplastc girls
From where Missisquoi mopes
And Ottaquechee querls-
All who can spare the time
From tango's tempting whirls.
And here those boys and girls
The ologies pursue
That orient their minds.
But, II is just as true,
That in the great big world
a full days work they do.
They've even healed the sick
With plain Vermont-learned skill:
The sick We're satisfied
But twas bitter pill
For certain York state folk
Who ne'er of course, get ILL.,
Methinks said York State folk,
Whose Judgment rends the skies,
Have never held a meet
Where Justin Morrill, lies,
Nor heard John Converse pray,
Nor met the Billings eyes
And shall our State succumb
To these dehors alarms,
And we no doctors raise
But those who doctor farms?
Then take lis, Canada,
To your more ample arms.
Wherefore of all these things,
Green mountainous, take heed
From her own boys and girls
Vermont must not "secede'';
Vermont without Vermont
Would be a sight indeed,
Warren r. Austin of St Adams, one
of the recently elected trustees. re-
spondcd for himself and for Secretary
of State Guy w. Bailey, also one Of
the now trustees. Mr.. Austin praised
the efforts Of the board of trustees as
he and Mr.. Bailey had found them and
said they are composed of men who
We're endeavoring to establish newer
and higher standards for the univer-
sity and that 1t was the intention of
the new trustees to donate active and
efficient aid to President Benton and
to assist in writing a new chapter in
the worlds history of education.
DR.. John Lowe Fort of Ballston Spa,
y. Y. congratulated the university as
not being one which sought after new
things simply because they were new,
but as an Institution which was not
afraid of new things although loyal
to the traditions and practices of the
past of whose value the college was
convinced.
Charles CYRUS Farnham of Buffalo
spoke briefly of college days and call
ed attention to program of the col
leEe field day of June, 1894, which he
had recently found He added that
the dean Of the engineering depart
ment Prof. J. w. Votey, was an ac.
tive man as everybody knew and he
showed that his activity began in "a,
when Professor Votey was entered In
the field day meet In the running ard
standing high jumps and the pole
vault.
The last speaker was Georg,, Louis
steele Of Lyndonville. who Is prcs'-
dent of the graduating class OF the
Tedical department. lie referred
briefly to the hard work being over,
the value of the instruction received
and to the fact that all the class could
not fail TO be inspired with the adj
dress of Bishop Mcdowell.
President Benton then wished all
- sent happy and profitable year to
uo and the function was concluded
PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY.
Vt the annual meeting Of the Phi Beta
Kappa society Tuesday officers were re-
.lrcted, as follows: President, j. e.
Goodrich vice-prcsidcnt, DR.. Lyman
Men, corresponding secretary, Miss
Mary Bates; registrar. DIR. II. f. Per-
kins; treasurer, Max Andrews. The fol-
lowing members Of the graduating class
wer" initiated: Henry ALBION Bailey.
Winooski; Miss Dorothy Cook, Bur
iington; Miss Katherine Dewey. Roy
alton Miss Florence Cox, Wilder;
Vernon y, Dow, Hinesburg; Raymond
g. Downing. Bellows Falls; Miss Ruth
Durfee Burlington; Miss Georgia F.
clifford, Springfield; Harold P. Gay
lord, Brookfeld; David w. Howe, Bur
lington; Miss Margaret Johnson, Or
ange N. j.; Miss Ruth p. O'Sullivan,
Burlington; Miss Nina G. Shepardson
Richmond; Miss jeanette NJ Spar
row, South Orange. N. j.
SENIOR BOATRIDE.
Commencement week closed last night
with the senior boatrde to Bluff Point
and Hotel Champlain. The weather was
Ideal and about 200 attended. Leaving
the city on the steamer Vermont at 80
O'Clock, the boat arrived at Bluff Point
about seven. An hour was spent in
walking about the grounds, then dancing
began and lasted until twelve. During
an hours intermission, a banquet was
served, then dancing was resumed until
two. The hotel orchestra of eight pieces
furnished music, Returning, the steamer
Nhateaugay arrived In this city about
three o'clock.