Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-28
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
Senior Orations. Etc. Are Of Unusual
Excellence.

every item Out t"o' Ihere was no
campus oratlon' because as rresIueh'
Cnurcnlli explained horace henry row.
ers naont nao Time enough OUT az Fiates-
burgh to compose one; ana the pipes
USED wnile ray Herrick Huht was oe
livering the pipe oratioh were stampeo
Germany. INT. hunt ola not smoke.)
All or the papers, however, were OF un-
usual quality.
Inc coiiege green WIN lts oacksrouhu
OF trees and the pains and peonies on
either sloe OF tne pulpit bearing the
familiar Vita Via Veritas, was ntting
stage FOR the exercises. The attendance
was unexpectedly large, ana more seats
had TO oe Drought. browhs orcnestra
played.
IN accord with one OF the oidest ira
ditions OF our college, began fresioent
Churchill' we have set apart a DAY TOT
the graduating class 10 take 1ormai ieaVe
OF the university. For mohths we nave
looked forward to this day wnen we
shouid meet the companions OF the past
TOUR years ana take' with them' maj
glance AZ those pleasant scenes anu i"c'-
| dents OF our under-graduate n1e. ~ Is.
| moreover pleasure 10 me- IN oenait OF
the class TO welcome al our 1rlends ana
relatives 10 tnls meetins. Inc class
| call TOT men VINO are capao,e o. direct
ing others-men OF INITIATIVE. me
| speaker ioiiowed win the usuai WORDS
addressed 10 the members OF tne 1acuity'
| trustees ana uhoef-graouates III turn. TIC
| re1erreu ieehhsiv 10 the iate troiessor
Merriii' man OF exceptional lhte'iect.
OF irreproacnaoie character' sincere ana
generous fneno: ne urgeo the uhoer-
graduates 10 I'LL several heeos' inciuoihe
more college spirit more puoncity' ana
more pronounced coheee consciousness
he exhorted them TO follow the goiden
mean ana pront oy experience. ne
thanked MS classmates Tor the honor OF
the presidency ana Appealed TO them
not only 10 remain ioyal. gu. yearly 10
rene" .heir ues 10 tne uh'versty'
The class historian. Earle Francis Wal
bridge. lauded the achievements OF 1917.
IN true class historian Iasnion' ano
classed defeats uniformly as minor de-
taiis. Ihe Tour years IN coiiege seemed
utterly insignincant' ne SAID. IN COM
parison with what the next -FOUR years
away from vermont may bring. one
OF the class exploits was, ne SAID. the
ducking OF the sophomore president on
the nrst night out Mr.. Waipriogc's al
dress was one OF the cleverest class
histories OF the past few years
/ MiSo MARY rTo'ih Aeoo TIC CLASS essay
which bore apparent traces OF Prof
A. r. Gihords instruction IN metaphysics
ITO sense the significance OF silence,
said Miss FRANK after quotation IRON
Emerson, Ito feel the force OF the indi'
vidual as Being. leaves no questions tc
be asked why the reforming individual
usually meets with a cold reception ir
this world. or a lukewarm one. II the
audience has good manners" 'Independ
ence of thought" was what made thu
Being INDIVIDUAL. Autocracy. II
Miss Franks view. "is primarily an atti'
tude toward life. emanating from the re
forming individual" State sovereignty
was thing the Being individual coult
Edward Llewellyn Chatterton's Boulder
mont's historic relic. mo statue carved
in the whitest marble or wrought in thu
finest bronze" he said, could ever re
place this simple granite sphere" 1
was a symbol of the enduring qualities
! of the universitys traditions. Its ain
is to do unto college life what nature
did to the original granite-that is. Civ
it shape" The Grafton was one of tn
features of the exercises.
Miss Mabel Florence Derway's elias
! poem was applauded more literally thai
any number on the program. as she re
peated the eloquent lines in closing
:
May we be given vision. may we NOR