Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-06-26
HATH COMMENCEMENT
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is the aim and goal of it all, when the
ambitions are achieved? When bust
mess is as big as it can be, and as pros
porous as need be, how about the men?
When prosperity is fairly divided, and
none suffer and none are hungry among
us, is the millennium than achieved?
A whole world of rich men and starved
souls were no nearer paradise than one
rich fool alone.
1.-The sufficient goal is within the
man and can be elsewhere. The treas
ures of mind and heart are alone be-
yond the power of moth and rust The
worlds enduring wealth is not in the
Golfers of banks, but in the ideals of
the seers, the beauty of artists, the
truths of the men who discover We
must have spiritual value for our striv-
ing, else life will be a monotonous
round of getting the means to live for
the sake of getting more means to live,
and there will be no end to the circle,
and small difference whether the means
be less or more.
IF you have heard the call of your
college for service in our own State, do
not forget that worthy spiritual life
is her first and chiefest need. You will
find all about you passion for material
development, for the development of
industry, for larger gain from agricul-
ture, for increase of the trade of the
cities and the fertility of the fields. In
many of the most patriotic workers for
a greater Vermont, you will catch no
other note than that of material ad-
vancement. | warn you of the insult
ficiency of such endeavor. A new Yer
mont can be built only upon the foun-
dalton of the old Vermont, which was
laid in the fear of God on the basis of
religious faith. The education which
will lift Vermont is not one which will
enable US merely to haul more stuff to
market and quarry more marble and
granite Vermont has been great from
grown manhood will alone satisfy the
Vermont spirit. We must learn the
masters of great thought, who have
clothed in imperishable language the
far truths of the spirit. We must be
taught our kinship with the heroes Of
great deeds, of all the ages and of al
lands. We must train ourselves t
!, value truth in the realm of science, no
for its bearings on crops and trade, bu
for its pure beauty alone. A material
lied education would disappoint US il
our search for wealth, and it would
remove far from US the glory of GU
past and blast the hope of our future
1t is men Vermont needs, and men liv,
by their faith and are made by faitl
alone.
".Nm6er5 fMe Graduating Glass; Whel
you reach that distant period when yol
look back upon life and summarize you
attitude toward the world, | trust yoI
will be able to testify that you hav
: maintained a cordial, hospitable atti
y tude toward truth, all truth, but es
> pecially truth in relation to God, hop
y you will not have cause to reproac
yourself for the scorn of any teachin
> because it was first conveyed to you i
e childish forms. trust you will Away
+ be patient to separate the accidents
l covering from the essential spirit.
n pray you may not look down upo
another's faith because be holds it in
; manner which you believe you hav
n outgrown, nor refuse to join with other
in their creed because you feel that
better symbol might be composed
But urge you..to resolve just as carr
estly to seek the utmost truth in tn
things of the spirit, to welcome nev
r truth not with apology but with JOY
n and to be a man in religion not less tina
n in lesser concerns. You will enric
y yourself and you will serve your fellow
men in the proportion in which yo
a master the truths of the spirit and tn
e power to communicate them by tn
r worth and beauty of your own life.
l. At 500 O'Clock the anniversary of tn
IS Christian associations was held in tn
= Congregational church with an adore:
e by Rev. Fraser Metzger, pastor of tn
t Federated church at Randolph"
Glass Day
e On Monday morning, June 81, I'll
A annual class day exercises were held c
It the campus. Led by Marshall Kron tt
a seniors marched from the library
chapel, planted the ivy and then col
IS tinued the march to the platform cree
p ed for their use.
n The exercises opened with the az