Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-09

At the same time the fountain. which
stood where the statue now stands'
was moved to its present position 10
| the north.
| The fifteen years following 1851 was
the building era of the university the
Billings library, the gift of Frederick |
Billings. of Woodstock, Of the class
of 1874, and one of the finest college /
libraries In the country when II was
built, was finished in 1885. converse
hall, the modern dormitory OF grey
stone. situated on the east side of the
campus, came next and was presented
| by John II. Converse of the class OF
1861. Two professors houses were
also gift to the university at about
| THIS time. The mechanical buildings
we're completed in 1891. Commons nall
the college eating house. together with
the baseball cage, were much -needed
additions to the college equipment.
'rhe latter was the gift of Frank X
Wells of the class of 1898. The Will
liams Science hall, the gift OF DR.. and
Mrs. Edward Williams of Philadelphia,
was erected in 1894 and is n very mod
orn science building The museum
which was moved to It's present posi-
ton was enlarged to take in the Can
non collection. Our present commo-
d,ous gymnasium Yves built in 1901 ind
ftc constant use proves It's worth. The
neT; medical college. replacing the
one burned, was completed in 1905 and
Is finely equipped, modern structure.
Tho next addition was Morrill, hail, a
gift of the State in memory of the late
Gerator Justin S. Morrill, The latest
addition to our equipment is the new
baseball cage which is large enough
to serve as u drill ground for the bat
! talon In the winter months.
| Such has boon the development and
growth of our campus from one and
one-half acres of wet. stunpy land.
upon which stood two buildings. one
college building and n presidents
house, to about rs acres of we'll drained
land covered with great shade trees
and furnishing the site for fifteen large
and we!l-e1ulpped buildings. But the
limit of the development Of the campus
hts not been reached. We hope. We
ask you to bear in mind that the uni
versity is in great need of new
chapel. and new commons and an
auditorium.
Again. as in 1914. our buildings and
equipment are mt the disposal of the
government in war time. Depot Com
pany + Of the United States Signal
Corps is quartered in Converse Hall
apparatus of the university in their
| training.
| MEMORIES OF THE CAMPUS.
To him who has been a student of
the University of Vermont, memories
of the campus remain to help revive
the old days. 1t was on the campus
that every freshman met the sophs.
and received his first baptism of fire
If the old campus could only speak,
what tales of conflict It could unfold
How the youth of this State have met
every fall, have worked and played
through the long winter months and
have gone away in the springtime,
some to return no more. others to
return and make another chapter of
the history of our university. How an
endless stream of boys have come in
and an endless stream of men have gone
out. Would we could know the in
fluence this dear old campus has ex-
erted on the lives of the students of
this institution. Would we could know
the extent of that influence upon the
world.
: 1t is altogether fitting that should
, close with the words of him. who was
the founder of our Founders day. In
his history of the university, writing
, of the campus, Prof. Goodrich said
, THE mere panorama outspread here
, before the boys gaze Is an educating
!, influence. He must have dull heart
, and irresponsive brain. il his four
years residence in constant view OF
one of the fairest of earth's landscapes
or river. lake and valley and the
pomps Of sunrise and sunset over dis
tant mountain ranges. do not refine
his thoughts, elevate his ambitions
, kndle his imaGinations, and fill his
memory with pictures destined to be a
, Joy forever his mind with high aims
that wake to perish never"
. ADDRESS TO UNDERGRADUATES.
e Castor Edward Fichot of Burlington
:. gave the address to undergraduates
Q He said the most important thing ia
consider in life is service. service to
S mankind and service to the university
s He said that the class had been per-
l mitted to withdraw during the unpro.
ductive years for sequestered study. to
a | appropriate the best heart and brain
4 of the centuries and to interpret the
autobiography of the earth and the
message of the stars. They had been
{ the favorites of heaven and earth and
s for the gifts they had received they
@ owed the world a great debt. He said
e that college men and women should be
+ broad. with deep sympathies. and that
n they should respond TO the hlghei
h service.
''Our earliest ideal. no said. Is that
!, of strength, acquisition seems greater
4 than sclf-denial, and strife than love
He said that the greatest Of all feeling
a Is an utter forgetfulness of the self
= and that no man can begin to know
- what is in him until he has given him
:, self to the graphing Of mighty
thought"
:, In his farewell to the undergraduate
:. the speaker cxhorted them to be strong
y hearted men and women who love theiI
u university and will stand up stouts1
: for her when they had gone.
PLANTING OF THE IVY.
d Following Mr.. Fichots address the en-
Il tire class and guests went to the library
# where Miss Helen NJ Hall OF Burlington
O piarted tho class Ivy. In her orator
~ Miss Hail compared the plant and It:
N growth with the journey of the class
:, through life, saying. ITO help US In al
II our laudablc efforts. the Ivy Is before
us as an example of perseverance ans
:, noble dependence"
. FRATERNITY RECEPTIONS
y At five O'Clock fraternity receptions
\, were held at the different houses. Al
10 the Alpha Tau Omega reception Prof
e, r. c. Jacobs. Prof. Frederick Tupper
ID r. +. Jones and r. c. Brown received
It About 100 guests were entertained. Re
n freshments were served.
n At the Kappa Sigma house Mr.. and
lc Mrs. NJ C. Grandy received. There
"a 70 Ngh Spry9f