Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-01

r,sat eomc,uaCsz sr'. Gay 'xerass Mon.
a native Verrnontsr, now Governor OF
SfaARacinBotts and candidate for the~of-
1ccof vce-president of the United
SIXTIES. His general theme was '''Amerl-
@an Ideals" and his c.ddress follows in
full:
Vsrraont was na4.oL,ned by ;,ren. Wi N an
commissioning des.re to be-freo They,had
their hardships and their problems but
these differed from those of the original
cofouists, whose chief effort Ia their for
rnAta,o' .,crtod had been for existence.
Hnro !. was for Independence. There was
Werar any dovbt' about their ability to
survive II tiictr contes. with nature.
What was TO Se tnb outcome OF their cpn-
tcst viii mAn vets lot so sure. Thoy
could sx3ss tut o,u1d they be tree and
h1dspandenf! Tho Answer as found in
tho deep discrimination of a hardy people
10 deserSr freedom b.r a readiness to die
for'fl and to ltJserva freedom by estab-
fNoine go 'e.r osst OF laws supported
- tnsto utlri g fur public. snIlghtemnent.
Ungc ec'red -h-y foNvdA7 S1atn. unlct-
tdreo fSha ~ ssta A:sahod . university with
tho o-rs-.ness Of men inspired they drew
f-ccAon from tle sours, nat Exists
Throughout Al Eanafntions. a Hnov1edys
IF The truth
TneFCnfvarsffy of va1nun. In ths dfrDct
product OF Ono A1nsricnn Revolution Tho
DecAazat.on Of Independence wxs little
moro tEan-a yoaS oil when tho Constitu-
to' ~ This Stzts was adopted It estah-
nf IS Commonwealth founde On equal
III dom. tho protection u prs,.Sty-,
ed" ma piety. Inc me1, Of tnat
dS d.; oeibvo In moo rzc6y. ThAy
bein 80 IA doInocrAcy. Tn1y ola not b.
Lave III dcipottsn- they beloved IN ID
erty under Tho 1xw. They diA not ,,es1sU
IN isnorAAoa HhAy oaljcved tn iniaIn-
9oncA Thy ,uooIms>d ohat tho poople
wcrs coming mn q nvv rstxfn There
affrr hey warS to ru1A Thero was tn b
a democracy but c6eh ideal was to create
" d'iinocrary an aristpcracy. They no
'leved TIM people should rule because t1,ey
believed tho best ahouid rule II was thedr
PURPOSE I'd secure this result by o<1cc~-
lion ann enlightenment TO thts end
'choofe were provided by town. by couuty,
Try StAte. the common school. theaeadsmy.
the university. rho people wore to be- ed :
ncafed at public expense. SO IL happeued
that this university 1rst conceived amid
the terrors of revolutionary war was to
of church but as an instrument Of the
state. religious institution but not DE-
nominatlonal. 10 minister to the .inter,ee-
tual requirements of the people. a royal
university TO educate the King
There are two methods of educafion
One Is the laboratory or experiment sta
ton method When problems arise they
are sent there where the methods of ex-
act science are applied and the answer
returned The process is OF no conse-
auence' the answer alone is desired This
ID the method of authority Those who
drink at that well thirst again
Life is not an exact science In ethics.
GIVES, economies and politics all the facts
are not known. For dealing with These
questions We need colleges of the liberal
arts to which men go to learn the proc
ess for discovering truth These institu-
lions are established to teach men to
think. to create within them a well Of
water everlasting. This is the justification
of that democracy which is the founda-
ton of our republic.
DUTY OF THE COLLEGE-BRED
The paramount duty of those who are
college bred is to apply the process for
determining the truth to problems of the
and comprehend the meaning of current
events and recent history and so under
standing help interpret it wisely for the
public benefit. There never was greater
need than atrthc present time
The world has just experienced the six
most eveutful years in human history.
Whole continents have. broken with the
past. Dynasties have ended Empires
have fallen. TINS has come not from the
preconceived plan of man. That plan was
Tor the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of power. for
earthly glory, for "A place in the sun. for
military supremacy. 1t came as the ir-
resistiblc shock of war in which the ar
tihclal in human relationship was cast
aside and the real prevailed. II despotism
has NOT Yet been banished from its- rule
over people at least II no longer wears a
crown. II is no longer here
out denied everywhere. and whereveraprac-
nced now masquerades underG,opuiar SOW
ereignty. The ideal of the founders of
this University is beginning to grip the
earth IN its entirety
IL this change that h as marked all peo-
ples America has not remain ed uncfrang-
ed Politically we appear to be the~same
Our political institutions. resting ron the
hrm foundation of the pe0ple. h4ve not
been shaken They hive. bean assaiked
win ba~ assailed hoth-Dy1flhs unfhinkins
and tho vicious. Against an such as
saallts this 'Unfvorsdfy stands. ap~a finn
defense. L. was established that tho tn
habftants of This SfHfeSn11eht becffue .Bu1
how ;hef free. INV ouno into the CREATES:
liberty Not by casting aside of all 70
straint bat by tho observance of.alf-law
not by lack OF solf control hut cty an IN
tenso disctpftna. and finally never by ig-
norance bun ovar byea larger l1nuw1eSige
or TN truth. There.may be ananvolunfary
serV&nde 6ut never an involuntary, lib
erty. It Is ever. pIrchaseds with .aszneat
prtca. II rs nutasiven4.r bestoved-s It Gis
acquired. Tho. American people m 'thsir
sovereign y must fonevera remember that
to SET Gree a Kmgrrequires the ransom OF
a King.
The OK perience which the founders OF
this institution had bve1ia out, tho edu.
catedspeople of1he- present must Think out
They were'the-prodIct orss4revolutSpuary
but not a. fawless period They Veope1rt
couIarymeD of James Otierwhos haff.ap.
pealed to the law against the exaetions
ard 1mpoeitlons Of IAN unwarrantedy and
unconstitutional parliamentary authority
fhey were thercountryme n OF Ethan Allen
who <had~appealed Wo the law at Albany
aeatnst ths!inega fagrants of an usurpinl
fantedraristocracy. Whenthe courts fail
ed tos administer justice they defended
their CHARTERED rights and legal titles
uath the might of their swords. Tina,
winch they had lost at the hands of others
theysproceeded to provide for themselves
1n~the' midst Of the Revolutionary conflict
the colonists were Everywhere setting 'ur
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