Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-28
NEARLY 200 At THE DINNER
u. V. M. Alumni and Corporation
Functions Merged.
Author Of "Champlain" Wins Bailey
Prise for New Song-VariOus Aium-
nj and Others Speak. joyce
for 1917.

There were no dramatic announce
ments of gifts of money. nor were any
of the addresses at the joint alumni
corporation dinner of the State univer-
sty Monday at the Hotel Vermont of
important significance. but there were
remarks from alumni all the way from
Chicago to Boston and New York. The
most interesting thing that happened,
perhaps, was the tidings from Prof.
Frederick Upper, who with Prof. W. e.
Aiken and Levi T. Smith acted as an
award committee in the $25 Guy w.
Bailey song contest. that the author
Of "Champlain," Clellan Waldo Fisher,
"a, was the winner.
The song is as follows:
IT'S VERMONT. DEAR OLD YER
MONT!
Hail. Green Mountains of Vermont!
Mountains. lake and sky between
Decked at dawn in emerald dew
Crowned at eve with sunset hue
Mountains where the stars shine true!
"Tis Vermont, dear old Vermont!
Hail! Green Mountains of Vermont
Mountains. lake and sky between
Granite grey or robed in green,-
Wearing winters silver sheen
Mountains where the winds blow clean!
IT'S Vermont, dear old Vermont!
Hail! Green Mountains of Vermont!
Mountains where earth's tale is told,-
Outline soft and profile bold
Flaming crimson. flashing gold
Mountains that our hearts enfold!
IT'S Vermont dear old Vermont!
Hail! Green Mountains of Vermont!
Mountains where our youth was sown.-
Tokens calm of ages flown,
Embems of the great unknown.
Mountains that are still our own
IT'S Vermont. dear old Vermont.
NOTE:-For chorus repeat the first sec
ond fifth and sixth lines of each
stanza.
Professor Topper read a letter from
Mr. Fisher. addressed to the committee
of award, in which the latter said:
Since the university was so kind to
my 'Champlain,' written thirty-five
years ago. ! make bold to submit the
accompanying song, 'Tis Vermont, Dear
Old Vermont to see, at least. IL my
rather aged muse still retains her
wings" Mr.. Fisher wrote the melody.
also.
Several of the undergraduates sang
the song for the diners.
When the 1S0-odd diners had pushed
back their chairs President Benton
called first upon President Ralph A.
Stewart of the Alumni association.
THE SPEECHES,
AS head of the alumni, said Mr.
Stewart, he had Constitutional right
TO speak upon all occasions and all
subjects" After a few jests. he then
plunged into the question of the war
England and the United States. he said
were both bad starters, but good I'm.
ishers. Until the cause of humanity
and civilization has finally won," hi
said. "our flag will be found with the
tri-color of France and the Union Jack
of England upon the battle SCARED
fields Of France from verdun to Calais
Mr.. Stewart finished by reading in elo
quent fashion "A Prayer for the New
Army
In making the announcement of thu
winner OF the Bailey prize, Professor
Topper said the judges had all beer
of one mind in the matter.
President Benton vertured to sug
gest after the song had been sung tina
It would never take the place of "Cham
plain" in the affections Of the sons O
Vermont.
In his remarks by way of introducin,
General Dckman the president said Yer
mont during the Civil War had given ;
greater percentage of her sons than an,
other State in the Union, and Burline
ton 900 Of population of 5000 The uni
versity had given 100 per cent of the me
available for Plattsburgh to the officers
training camp. He repudated the re
peatedly published insinuation that tn
l@;r
ment. because its enlistments in the res
AMar army were SO few. turning to Ger
eral Dickman as he spoke. General Dick
man. he said. couldn't be honored by tn
government until the university ha
honored him. In the morning he r,
ceived the LII. D. from Vermont. in tn
afternoon he fnds in his mail at the fol
the formal notification from Presidei
Wilson Of his appointment as brigade
general.
GENERAL DICKMAN SPEAKS.
General Dickman said that for the la
half century the United States had bee
furnishing support to S0-odd institution
In the country. Some were private. SON
scctarian. the rest State colleges ar
colleges of agriculture. A few compare
with West Point in the criterion of mil
tary training provided. Others didn
In 1906 he inspected personally all the II
stitutions receiving government aid we
of the Mississippi for the general sta
and insisted upon moro rigid standards.
He said he believed the people of Il
United States were beginning to see Il
benefits. physical-as in good setup
hand moral-as In the resolution al
straightforwardnes that came to the sc
dier-from military training. The log
Of events was memorable. There was