Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-28


time for theorizing now. Physical force
was back of all laws. anyhow, back OF
the courts, whose mandates would be
powerless without it.
PRESIDENT GODFREY'S REMARKS.
President Hollis Godfrey of Drexel In
stitute, the next speaker, told how Elihu
Root and former Ambassador Charlie
magne Tower independently had told him
that the greatest peril of the country was
the rule of organized minorities whose
judgment was not based upon carefully
thought-out plan. Judgment by organ
lied, attested fact" was the only means
of safety. A State should have broad,
continuous policy, not one ever chang
ing. One of the country's greatest needs
was a coherent and powerful teaching
force.
DR.. Benton referred to both Of the pre-
ceding speakers as alumni "honoris
causa." He now would call upon an
alumus ''in cursu," he said, manly
man. editor of the Cynic," and called on
r. +. Joyce Of II.
Mr.. Joyce expressed his appreciation
for what the university had done for him.
He said he and his class mates had to
speak by deeds. not words, and they had
no deeds as yet I'VE arc just beginning
to realize what the university has meant
to u.s." he declared. Its influence had been
the greatest of any force except home.
DIR. HILLEGAS TAKES FLOOR.
DR.. Benton introduced DIR. Hillegas as a
man who had given great impulse to the
| educational system of the State. He be-
lieved Vermont had the best commits
| sioner of education of any State in the
Union.
DR.. Hillegas after a story or two asked
pardon for launching into ''shop." He
said he was sorry the university had so
small a percentage of the available young
people of the State within it's walls. The
| board of education was trying to bring
more Of them into it. If the boys and girls
; who left the high schools remained in
| them and the right proportion came to the
university the institution would have to
be rebuilt and the faculty perhaps trebled
The State had 10000 boys and girls doing
| garden work, and 1900 school boys on
farms, the only State in the country Of
which this was true. The university. he
firmly believed would have to give
new sorts of instruction in the future in
order to solve the futures problems.
| OTHER SPEAKERS.
| Among the other speakers were: James
Hartness of Springfield chairman of the
board of education; State Engineer H.
NJ Mcintosh, who has been nominated
for the board of trustees; President Sap
ley of the Chicago Alumni association
Walter r. Newton. professor Of German
in Rutgers College, n. j.. and Dean
George II. Perkins.
Dean Perkins was alluded to affection
ately by Mr.. Newton in his speech. and
then was called on. He said his 48 years
with the university seemed only a short
time. If he had his life to live over again
he would not have chosen different stu
dents. nor a different life. ut is great tc
be living these days." said Dean Perkins
II do want tosee this thing through" Iii
there was any law that affected the solar
system. every creature and every man. II
was development. and development came
only by struggle. The nations were learn
ing courageous patience and patient cour
age, and they all. including Germany
after the Germans had thrown off thu
shackles of militarism. would see a periot
in the worlds history such as never haG
been seen before.
Mr.. Hardness said he had been in Ger
many often since 1893 in the interests of hi
business, which was the making of ma
chinery. and told how Germany from thirt
place had crept up to nearly first place
in the world Of machinery. 1t was a wa
. of machinery. The United States was
sleeping giant and would have to cxcee'
, every previous scale of giving to meet tn
. new conditions and needs. He reminds
his hearers what had been asked for avia
, ton on successive occasions from the gov
, eminent.
Mr. Macintosh thanked the alumni 70
y nominating him to the board Of trustees
MI Sattley invited the alumni to visit tn
. new Intercollegiate club of Chicago. MI
r Newton told how Rutgers was no longe
, merely Rutgers, but now a part of tn
University Of New Jersey.
In the course Of the evening Presiden
= Benton told how the university has me
the war crisis, saying in substance:
( PRESIDENT BENToN'S ADDRESS.
The University of Vermont has met tn
3 present national crisis in the same pa
= triotic spirit that has animated officer
a and students of this institution for NOR
y than a century-the spirit that gave tn
: buildings of this university for govern
: ment barracks in the War of 1872; tha
n sent out the flower Of our college yout
, in the Civil War; that responded loyal
! and promptly in the war with Spain an
e the Mexican episode Of last year. AS 500
y as diplomatic relations were broken wit
: Germany, all the resources of the univel
l. sity, human and material. were placed
& the service of State and nation. Full
re one-third of the student body has lie
"a this institution to engage in some for
. OF service made necessary by war cond
le tons. Forty of our men are in the r.
T. serve oficers' training corps at Plat
" burgh. service where the possibiliti,
T. OF usefulness are increased by the e!
cellent military drill that has been col
Quoted here for SO many years and whie
st has resulted in placing the university
m the distinguished class established by II
rs United States war department to viii,
,e very few colleges are eligible. Under Il
I'd efficient direction of the commander
I'd Captain Howard. members of the facuI
H. and considerable number of Burlingtt
I. citizens have taken military drill.
n The young women of the universe
st have responded loyalty to the needs
n, the occasion. One hundred twenty-s
applied for admission to short cour
nc work under Captain Howard, the instru
he ton being similar to that given in Or
- aid classes. A large amount of seer
al tarial work has been done volunta n ri