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

John Walden Bartlett In brief he said
Would that our sacred boulder could
speak to you to-day in my place. 1t
would teach You lesson far more i'm
portant than that of any book. 1t could
tell you of its mysteries and wanderngs.
We find that 1t was taken from a ledge
at West Hartford and from there sent
to Burlington. I have said that the
boulder could teach you lesson. 1t
would tell you of the education It has
received during it's many travels, but
first what is education? II may be d.
vidcd into two kinds The one we gain
by hard. unrelaXing efforts, the other we
absorb incidentally, unconsciously. An
other division would be the education
of the head and that OF the heart, the
knowledge of books and the knowledge of
men Let us, like Our once ragged
boulder, become rounded into good citi-
zens with a true spirit for old Vermont,
CAMPUS ,RATION
After music. Karl Albert Emerson say
the campus Grafton. lie told of the
happy memories the word campus con-
jures up. All the customs and institu-
tons of OR student life are closely link
ed to this beautiful campus, and the
traditions with which 1t Is associated
are ny no means an unimportant factor
of our college lifc. There arc customs
and manners that pass from one genera
ton to anoth,r, as complete in Their in
fuenCc upon orr lives rs any compelling
force Of society. The campus supplies
something that books do not experience
We are about to pass 10 a broader and
more far-reaching campus with its con-
tUrics of traditions and to battl. with
life in its reality. IN this struggle may
we ever keep before US our beloved alma
mater. it's ideals, buildings, AMI last OF
all the campus
CLASS POEM
Mis- Ruth Rogers then delivered the
class poem. The thought of the poem
was that the path of to-day must
end and we come to a fork in the road.
We have 10 iecide between two paths.-
one uf the mountains and one of the
valleys. one is a primrose Path Of ease
the other is n tolsomc climb. dangerous,
the steep, thorny ascent to fame The
two closing 7.anzas summarized the
poem:
Though the primrose path be lined with
ease
And measures lightly each mile,
It's not through walks with petals
strewn
That we find the things worth while
Our every step up the mountain road,
Must mean some victory won;
Then. over the mountains cragrv crest
VIII rise to-morrow's sun.
PIPE GRAFTON.
The pipe Grafton was cleverly given
by Try Albert Hicks, the class lighting
up with their large peace pipes. One
night while attempting to study, to
ease his troubled brain and weary eyes,
| he had recourse to his class pipe.
simultaneously there came desire to
remnisce. and, obeying that impulse,
| he passed in review the dog cared vol
umes collected from time to time dur
| ing his academic sojourn and as he
Gazed upon these books, they began
to assume weird, fantastic forms Ed -
gar Allen Poe reaching down into the
| Rubyiat, Grasped old Omar by the
hand, who stepped forth and said.
Come fill the pipe, and in the fire of
spring, the bluebooks of examinations
fling. Cicero and Virgil had their say,
the latter beginning. "Arma virumque
cano." | would tell YOU about the
deeds of the class of 1919, their deeds
of valor and their feats of proves.
Mother Cynic then popped out with her
nephew Ye Crabbe held firmly by the
ear, and said she hoped he would never
live to see another September evening.
| In the debris in far corner of the
room could be heard the voice of Wells
| trigonometry, an old English exam and
a voice speaking in psychological ac-
cents. Then arose the voice of Quin-
tus Horatius Flaccus, saying. BE
wise. grasp your opportunities Seize the
lprcsent moment and set your faces
| braVelY toward to-morrow'S sun" The
| last was clear well-known voice, ad 70
monishing, Freely have We received,
freely give" This college stands for
manhood and scholarship, let us see
| to it that the great ideals of our il
lustrious leader are becoming a real
lty and not a dream which passes
away like the smoke from our pipes.
ADDRESS TO UNDERGRADUATE
The address to undergraduates was de-
| livered by Fordyce Samson Sykes. The
| theme was college friendships. He said
| that to spectators and friends these days
are times of festlvity and celebration To
us these days are times Of meditation and
reflection. We ask ourselves what there
| is in this college life which is most wort h
while. We cannot help agreeing with
that great educator Who saws tina; when
| Il man enters ColoG Ne matrCulates not
In one scnoo but IN three: The schools
of books, OF instrv tors. and to fellow
| students. This last association is :ho one
abiding interest. the one great and per-
manen. relation of college jIfe that
Is of such lasting and pcr.na-
Hent value. The finest friendship that
is anywhere manifested s found In the
college community. There are many
kinds of friends. But there is one fri and
sh'o that transcen,s all others. the most
sacred friendship of man and man, when
steals naturally upon kindred spirits.
! THESE few choice friends tighten the COL
'ego road and We pass out of college 10
hnd now friends to help one throLSt b:o
IVY GRAFTON
The ivy Grafton, delivered by Joseph
Edward Csrrigln, closed the exercises.