Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-06-26
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Tributes Paid TO University Men who
Lost Lives in Wnr


Lost Lives in War
Canopied by a service flag containing
900 stars. including 90 stars of gold. the
alter at the First Church Sunday evening
was the sacred shrine upon which sons
of the University of Vermont paid tribute
to the alumni and students Of the Green
Mountain college who lost their lives in
the great war. The church was filed
to capacity for this unique memorial
service. and from the opening funeral
march from Chopin to the softly echo'ng
strains of taps at the close, 1t
most impressive ceremony. Acting Presi
dent George II. Perkins presided.
The Hon. Darwin P. Kingsley, 81. LII.
D., of New York delivered the principal
address of the service. his subject being
Let the Trumpet Sound The other
address of the evening was made by
Ralph A Stewart. '93. Of Boston. who
spoke in a general way of the different
types of men who fought in the allied
cause, and of the lessons to be learned
from the sacrifice made by the boys from
this university and others in the great
conflict.
The program was carried out in the fol-
lowing order: Funeral March, Chopin;
THE Star Spangied Banner; scripture
lesson and prayer by the Rev. l. C. Smart
of the College Street Church as chaplain:
address by Ralph Aldace Stewart; THE
Battle Hymn Of the Republic" address
by Darwin Pearl Kingsley. 81; reading
of the names of men from the university
who died in the service. also the poems.
"Flanders Fields and THE Spires of
Oxford" by the chaplain; The Dead
March from Saul Handel; hymn, THE
Son of God Goes Forth to War; taps;
benedicton by the chaplain.
Darwin p Kingsley, in speaking of
the men from the University of Ner-
mont who lost their lives in the serv-
ice, summed up his tribute in the fol-
lowing words:
Into a crowded hour they put the
whole Of life
Mr.. Kingsley's address took the form
of a discussion of the present world
situation arising from the great war.
He chara cterized the League of Ma
tions as "a poor thing at it's best"
and argued for a compact between
peoples, which would lead to an in
ternational state such as our own
United States, to be gradually enlarged
until it included all the peoples of the
earth.
"A League of Peoples is coming"
said Mr. Kingsley, "or worse wars than
this just passed are coming; or chaos
is coming"
Mr.. Kingsley declared that this
country has to face the world situa-
ton and Is under greater obligations
than ever before to assist Europe to
get back on her feet and take care of
herself 1t is not only our obligation,
, but it Is also our commercial neces-
sity which compels us to continue TO
take part in European affairs. Those
: who are telling us that we should avoid
entangling alliances, said Mr.. Kings
ley, do not read Alright the signs of
the times, for we are aireauy IN sucIl
alliances, which we can longer
shirk. and even Washington himself
( would not advise to try to avoid them
| in the changed condition of world
| affairs.
Mr.. Kingsley closed with the asser-
ton that there is something greater
| than democracy, greater than country
| and that the war had been fought that
| the people of the world might know
patriotism is not enough.
| Mr.. Kinssley's address will be found
in full on page eleven.
MR.. STEWARDS ADDRESS
Ralph 4. Stewart reviewed briefly
the types of fighting men in the allied
armies speaking from knowledge
gained by close observation during his
work as a member of the American
Red Cross Prisoners association In
Switzerland. and in similar work In
England. France and Italy. He spoke
in the highest terms of the fighting
abilities of the English, Canadians
French, Belgians Servians, Australians
and, above all, of the American dough
boy.
mo nation in Europe had or coult
produce a higher type of fighting mer
than the American private" said Mr.
Stewart. Their loyalty and patriotism
and belief in their cause was absolute
Again. speaking of the fine spirit
displayed by the doughboy over there
he declared:
'He played the game of war exactl,
the same as he played the game Of life
with a smile upon his face. He wa:
perfectly willing to die for his coun,
try. but he was not willing to be com
monplace about it. You will never
be obliged. either now or hereafter, t.
make excuses for these American
doughboys."
Mr.. Stewart said that the sacrifices o
the war have shown us what can b,
done by a great nation when the people
are all working in unison. He declared
that we must seek to live so that WI
may be what these men were through tn,
baptism of flre-brave and strong ant
CHEEKY.
"Gigantic tasks are before us. II 4
for us to prove ourselves worthy sue
cessors of those men who fell on F1and
ers fields and upon the other war-scarrct
battlefields of Europe"
- THE HONOR ROLL
Harold Verne Adams, 10, first lieu
tenant In aviation, killed In aeroplan
accident.
Perry Henry Aldrich. Is, first lieu
tenant In aviation, killed In acs'e.i