Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-06-23

women help to correct slOthful anC
selfish tendencies,
"And so, while ! believe in and appre
ciate very much the splendid work thar
has been done and is being done, ant
the great opportunities offered by the
larger universities, also feel that in
our national life there il abundant oppor
tunity for the so-called smaller colleges
to create strong characters, men anC
women, who will be most important
factors in the very difficult work this
country must perform in the next
twenty-five years under the new and
changed economic conditions which con-
front all the world, "
Sunday June 18th, 1916, at 4 p, M,
the new chapel was dedicated, marking
the completion of two years work and
its entrance into the history of Middle
bury as a meeting place for religious
worship by faculty and students,
The dedication ceremonies were sim
pie but impressive, The presentation
of the keys was made by the donor, Hon.
John Abner Mead, LII. d., GA and the
acceptance in behalf of the President
and Fellows by Ex-President Ezra
Brainerd, LII. d., Sc D., Ca Prayer
was offered by Rt Rev. Arthur A. c,
Hall, S. f. D., Bishop of Vermont,
Rev, Charles Reynolds Brown, d, d.,
Dean of the Divinity School, Yale Uni
versity, delivered the dedication sermon
on 1.-THE True Measure Of Life. "
In presenting the keys of the Chapel
to the trustees of the college, Governor
Mead said in part
Dooay I,amO& CLASSMATES cHd/tiWd.
1T is with solemn and pathetic recol-
| lection; that we turn again in one life S
pilgrimage to this spot fragrant with
memories of two years ago, when we
laid the foundation of this structure,
and, like the devotee of the. Orient, we
have: returned to this shrine of our
hearts desire to pledge again our allegi-
ance to the God who gave us our being
in a happy land, patriotic, yet ever
tender of her own.
If we are permitted to reach the
Promised Land, it will be by successive
efforts as we would accomplish an
earthly journey, one step following an
other till perseverance finally brings to
our journeys end, and so two years ago
we first visited this historic place, so
sacred to US to-day we now return with
thanksgiving and praise to kind Prov
idence for this Holy Temple, pointing
the way to the higher and the better
life. These have passed only too rap
idly and might say pleasantly, since
the soil was first removed and the cor
ner stone of this memorial chapel was
placed on this, the highest portion of
our campus which made sacred our aca-
demic home. it was then ordained that
from this hallowed ground should arise
this temple, and it was then presented
to our President Thomas, for whom my
respect and appreciation is ever ncreas-
ing to my beloved classmates and
specially lifelong friend and classmate,
Doctor Brainerd, for whom my love and
admiration is growing stronger with
every passing year, and to all others
associated with our Alma Mater. On
his occasion common prayer was Of
Tered, that it should be a sacred duty
which should devolve upon every person
associated with our beloved college, to
make this Temple an instrument of
great good to those of this generation
md to those of the distant future.
1t was 1.-THE casting of the bread upon
he waters" which should return to
bless the many thousands who will sue
iced us, and through their influence and
eaching should remain a blessing to
,thers, even in distant lands, who t
'ould never know when or where the
acred seed was planted.
AS has been said, two years have been