The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-11
n. j. CAVALRY
IN EXHIBITION
On Second Day of the Uni
versity's Centennial
Celebration
UNDERGRADUATES
DAY" WAS OBSERVED
Yesterday the Alumni Day
Was on the Program
at Nerthfield

oiiceIs Trailing corps III IHt touHll y ;
to-day look over the celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of the founding OF the
institution. 1t was undergraduates
day." and second of the fve-day centen-
NAL observance.
The ycung troopers participated in
cavalry contests and exhibitions during
the forenoon before gathering of alum
nj, which included many men who saw
service in the late war. For the after
noon tie program included football
game, followed by formal guard mount
and evening parade, military formations
which are part of the daily schedule To-
morrow memorial exercises will be held
for Norwich men who, lost their lives in
service.
Colonel Frank Tompkins, commander
Of the 30lst regiment overseas, the pres
ent commandant at the university, an
nounced receipt of kilograms and letters
of endorsement Of Norwich's military
work from General Pershing, General
Wood, the latter a trustee Of the uni
versity and from Presidents Hadley of
Yale and Hopkins of Dartmouth.
Alumni Day.
Alumni and guests from nearly every
state in the union were present yester-
day afternoon at the opening Of the cee.
bration.
Gov Percival W. Clement of Vermont
arrived in Northfield early in the after
noon and was escorted to the university
grounds by the cadet corps, headed by
the university band
Exercises celebrating the formal open
ing of the new cavalry stables, which
have recently been completed at cost
of $4,000, were then held in a huge
tent at one end of the parade on the
college grounds Col Frank Tompkins
who commanded the 30lst infantry over
seas, opened the program and told of the
building Of the stables and the splendid
aid rendered him by Gov Clement He
also announced plans for the building OF
a riding school next spring.
Gov. Clement paid high, compliment
to the work which is being done at the
university in aiding to raise the moral
standard OF the state. The remark that
the people of Vermont will never let an
institution die which has turned out the
fine quality OF men as has Norwich, was
greeted with burst Of applause from
the audience. At the conclusion of his
address he told of what has been accom-
plished in improving the roads and
schools in the state in the present gen
Grafton.
Gov Clement said in part:
In the 100 years that have gone by
since the institution was started when
I.aI L.,
in the summer vacation, and marched
them all over the state from one part
to another in order TO get them hardened
and in good form, many notable men
have been turned out of this institution
You have men who began their life work
here, and who prepared for their life
work here. You have them in every
walk of life all over the country. They
have acquitted themselves with honor
and distinction wherever they have been
Now while you belong to the military
arm of the government and of the state
in way, you belong also to the civic
body.
III you look on the map you see that
Vermont is bounded by Massachusetts,
by New Hampshire, New York and Can
ada That is the geographical Vermont
That is not Vermont Vermont is made
up of all the people who live within
those boundaries You and I and every
body make Vermont, the civic body; the
body polite is Vermont, and not the
geographical map Now that civic body
is changing all the time, every day
Every man, woman and child belongs to
it. Just as it changes and grows better
or worse, the people of the state improve
or retrograde. Any poor, broken down
member is part of the body polite
If you see a little smiling baby, just
beginning its life, that is part of the
body polite, a part Of the civic body
and so it goes. We all belong to that
impersonal Vermont which | have the
honor TO represent
''Now l think we ought to consider
this matter because it is matter that
interests every one of us. We are all
interested to have the best state We
are all interested to have the highest
moral standard in Vermont, That is
what we want. We have all got to have
that in mind. If we can help any man.
woman or child in this state to raise his
or her moral standard, we help the state
of Vermont. Now that is what you boys
here are doing. Some Of you will re-
main in this state partly, and will go
into other states of course, but those
who stay here viii be interested to raise
the moral standard of the state if they
can, and that Is what we have got to
look to in the future.
THAT is what we have all got to look
to in the future. what it ought to be
and what you and hope it will be. The
future of Vermont we don't know. We
know its past we know the record bt
hardship that our early settlers endured
We know the work that they did for
us. We know that for l3 years this
was an Independent state, this little Yer.
mont. 1t didn't owe allegiance to any
nation, not to the United States even
and we know what it has done. Now
what it has accomplished has been ac.
complished by hard work, and it is hard
work that does everybody good, and
that in the end attends every great
accomplishment, every great service
Nothing ever comes easy to us in this
life. It is all done by hard work.
Now in the past we have had what
was called our old red schoolhouse II
Twas good in its way, and did great work
at that time It wouldn't be good to.
day. We are beyond it. We have a
teachers corps in this state, and We
spend money for education in way
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