Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-23

With prospects for the largest attend
arce IN its history and all indications
pointing to n banner year. the University
of Vermont and State Agricultural col
leec formally opened yesterday its 1S0th
year The academic procession which
marched into the college gymnasium at
10 O'Clock IL the morning for the opening
exercises included more than 9Oo people,
made up Of the members of the faculty.
few OF the trustees and the members OF
the four classes. Guy Winfred Bailey de-
livered his first address as president Of
the University his subject being The
DAYS Work "
IT closing HIS address. President Bailey
directed his talk more especially to the
students or the entering class, pointing
out to them the heritage which they are
accepting as men and women OF Vermont.
In thi1 connection he said:
To-day, for the first time. the mem
rcrs of the class of 1924 are addressed as
h,!org:ns 10 that honorable body known
rs ren and women of Vermont. Our fore
fathors, when searching for name for
tia Institution. decided to give it the
name of the state. and 90 for 1a0 years
| thts inr-itution has been receiving stu
| dents WHO have been taught to do the
| days work. and thereby become men and
women of Vermont. This institution bear
! ing a. Il does, the name of the State.
| must overdo It's part primarily In train
/ ing Vermont young men and women our
! first duty is here. Those of YOU who are
| familiar with Socrates Apology will re-
call that Socrates in his defense address,
| ed his fellow citizens as Men of Athens" "
In that day no more honorable salutation
could be devised then to address one s
1 r. IL,
| this day. however, to be a man or wom-
| an of Vermont indicates not only loyal
ty to this institution but a loyalty to the
state whose name it bears. The grec,,
and gold of your college colors typify
not only Vermont the state, hut Yer
mont the University. And so. men and
| women of Vermont, my message to you
| this morning is to do the days work as
| hofttS the toilcr and the thinker. do II
| honestly and with common courtesy as
the rule and guide of your conduct
| On the platform during the exercises
we're President Guy w. Bailey: Dean o
II. Perkins: Dean Fl. G. Tinkham; Dean
J. l.. Hills: Dean ]. w. Notcy; Dean Pear
| Randall Wasson: the Row. w. A. Davi.
son. p. D.. chaplain, Robert Roberts. DR.
r. II. Stone and DR.. d. G. Hawley of the
| board of trustees, G. ]. Wright of Willis
ton. another trustee. was in the audi
CnCe.
! The program of the opening exercise.
was as follows: Hymn, 1.-THE Son of Goo
Goes Forth to War; scripture lessor
and prayer by the chaplain; hymn, "Worl
for the Night Is Coming" presidents
address; announcements singing o
| "Champlain," and the benedction
One of the announcements made b,
| President Bailey was that the Mabel Mel
son Jacobs cup awarded to the fraternit.
or sorority having the highest scholastic
| standing Is awarded to the Pi Beta Ph
sorority for the work of the first ha
year, and to the Alpha XII Delta sororit,
for the work of the second half year, q
the year 1890
LOOKS LIKE RECORD ENROLMENT
No definite figures nave been given ou
as to registration because it is not ye
complete. but all indications point to th
fact that the University is to have tn
| largest enrolment in its history. and
from the standpoint of an observer,
would seem safe to predict that, when tn
entire enrolment is completed. there will
be very close to 1000 students at the col
ege. The enrolment last year was SG4
The graduating class last June numbere'
Ia. This leaves 739 students. and it is eX
pected that there will he very little.
any, shrinkage in this number in the thre
upper classes. Then add to this a fresh
man class which promises to rival tn
record class Of last fall. when $50 entere
the University. and It may readily b
seen that an enrolment of 1000 this yea
: is no idle dream
There were 235 members of the enter
ing class in the academic procession a
he opening exercises yesterday morning
There are always many freshmen in tn
city who do not get into this procession
and other new students do not arrive un
7 til the second or third day of college, s
that good increase over this numbe
: may reasonably be expected The grea
demand for rooms In the city, to tax
care of those students who have bee
unable to find places in the dormtories
leads to the conclusion that there will b
an entering class nearly as large. IL no
quite so, as that of last fall.
Following the opening exercises YES
tcrday morning, the new students wer
met by the registrar and Instructed a
to how they should proceed to becom
regularly registered and enrolled in tn
University. Tho remainder of the day wa
spent In registration for both old and ne,
students. The entire day to-day will b
taken up with enrolment in classes an
it may be that this part of the program
8 will extend over into tomorrow. IT
o probable that the college win not get sci
z tied down to much regular work unit
G next week. although IT is planned to sta,
Y the schedule of classes tomorrow.
f The opening address Of President Bale
d follows In full:
r PRESIDENT BAILEY'S ADDRESS
;, A day, as a measure Of time, is in itse
:, a mere trif.e as compared with the age
= and yet we are accustomed to divide Il
/, day into morning, noon and night.
a Morning, that portion of the day
= which Byron referred when he said:
+ might wanes,-the vapors round Il
mountains curled
Melt into morn, and light awakes Il
world"
(, And which Shakespeare describes as:
n '"The gray-eyed morn smiles on Il
a frowning night,
- Checkering the eastern clouds wi
streaks of light"
t And no morning Is usually depicted
l. that period of the day characterized (
= its serenity: when, with the coming of Z
dawn, cares are dispellod and expecta
1t happiness and Joy await the toiler
Noon, or midday 10 that period VIII