Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-17
HONOR Or. N. \. BUCKHAM
Artistic Tablet Cmsecrated at
College. Street Church
RroH.~eamuef n. Emerson Delivers In
: o. spir1nE> -Atidress-HSstory- Move-
80 ment-for- overwhelmingly
ton

khew Henry Buckham OF the University
nj Vermont, with service in consecra-
Eionsof-a handsome memorial tablet The
l5aStnr the. Rev.-1. c. Smart, was assisted
ply the Rev. Samuel F. Emerson. who de-
bivered the address of the morning. and
EDe8n George Fl. Perkins. who said the
Rsaycr. Mrs. Buckham. widow of the de-
lceased, -occupAsa-th the family pew, and with
herwere her<iaughter. Miss Laura Buck
Diam. her grandson. Bayard Buckham.
SMr. and Mrs Il. L. Benedict and Miss
Benedict. The tablet, the work of Tiff
6any & CO.. occupies a place on the east
wall OF the church near the family pew,
which President Buckham used for many
kears.- JtSbearsrrhe neutrality-suspicious.:
THD TABLET.
y Matthew Henry Buckham
T. D. d. Id. ID.
4rofesorelnsthe University"of Vermont
1S6-1ST
President 1S7l-1910
Charter,Member and Lover of this Church
Scholar Teacher Administrator
Builder of the Higher Life of Vermont
=:
For rnys Brethren and Companions Sakes
j will now->say Peace be within Thee
Placed here. by his Friends
MCMXVII
Thestablet lis OF bronze and a blush
kray- Italian marble.
DR.. Smart, in brief predatory ad-
Hress, described .Dr. ,Buckham' character.
Like many Scotchman, he said. his
Impression of,1nind was of the reserved.
exact, dear and elegant kind. balanced
md weigi1ty. While in Scotland at the
celebration. OF the anniversary of Aber-
heen University he had remarked on the
eingfng OF Isaac watts hymn. let Chill
kiren Hear. the Mighty Deeds" and this
hymn to the tune of Dundee had been
hittingly chosen forthe service
DIR. Smart read n communication of re-
gret from Congressman Frank l.. Greene
Dean Perkins, in his prayer. made brief
reference. to the.troubied condition OF the
lworid. as well AS to President Buckham
PROFESSOR -EMERSON'S ADDRESS.
I'VE never.know our friends. not even
OUT best friends, until they are taken
tfnum u.s." declared the speaker of the
anorning. Prof s. F.. Emerson. He him
leeif vas better able to estimate Presi-
pdent Buci1iIam now. for the latter was
inotsonfy a .prDduct, but prophecy Of his
times. Professor Emerson alluded briefly
ko'tne sine aItisfic-sense of DIR. Buckham
Mngs library. The deceased also had a
part in the budding Of the Mary'Fletchel
hospital and the College Street Church
But it'was-the Scholastic phase" of his
nife that he WIS mostly concerned with
BoFn in England in 1892. the year OF the
triumph of liberalism. Dr. Buckhan
Brought back with him that description
.of authority to intelligence which wa.
hwhzt liberalism meant. His presiienc.
mad illustrated ~the reign of high inteali
sgence:" Graduates were left with thu
feeling ztEat intelligence was the supreme
timing. Yet this iutelr gence was one o
IAN mserring instinct rather than rea
Fsoned. He reached his conclusions b.
~ sHe instinct" he said. He was tn
embodiment of scholastic wisdom" An,
f''he ignored the steps of formal logic.
,rhe age-long problem OF the relation be
sksveen the~ideal and the real he aftempte,
bearnestiy in hiss administration and teach
hing to solve. And when the wave o
lrealism affectededucation with utilitaria1
6deaas, he tried to integrate these will
sthe. OLD 4deaas-of culture for it's own sake
Education meant for him the dversifie
roapacitysfor seh-direction. 1t was not al
Ienvta1spossassion of the few. but "a freel
Moving fountain of living water
President Buckham did not ''magnif
s1yfs- administrative duties" he said.
His public addresses were remarks bl
mot so much for feliciious phrasing a
for the way in which he transformed tn
marrow occasion and went beyond its con
fines. His democracy lay in his loft
conception of the common man and tn
faith he had in him and the commo
hdeals- of the. race.
The organ prelude. Handels Largo.
and the postlude. THE Halleluja
hChorlls,'' from the oratorio of Elijah
were features of a special musical Pre-
Dram provided.
The MOVEMENT FOR A TABLET.
The observation-disclosures explain the orgi
yAnd history of the movement to erect tn
tablet:
Gen. Theodore s. Peck. for the commit
ree. wrote Mrs. Buckham as follows
dear Mrs. Buckham:
The bronze memorial tablet made b
Ef1many & CO.. OF New York city in homo
pOf your dear husband Matthew Henr
eBuckham,. for so many years the honore
SPreSixlnnt Of the University of Vernon
and a charter member of the COLES
tStnpet Congregational Church, is no
placed upon it's walls. am SUI
fthat you Will he glad to know II
Mames- nf the fifty seven friends who n,
interested in this testimonial. Mar
hofsthem are graduates Of the Universe,
pf-Vermont, also trustees, professors ar
Dfiicers of this college as we'll as leadr
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