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


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CLASS DAY EXERCISES
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uaaee day eserr;see were hnia at twe
sb'esh n The anesas,en pa The ealiese
sfeea, with the ue,sai large attendance et
Ss8aehts ana friends. rhe ner,ess form
"a al the eiil'ass library, led ey the
elass marshal, Jaeses y. r1tapat rick, and
asass.sea to their psaree, Tire orchestra
esehea tAe &esram With a teie.tten and
taen MaAs7ee Chester Hend gave the class
pesiaeat't adstroas. Mr, aend referred
To the changes that have come about Ia
IN" %erid etatv the clas> catered ex,l.
ntse, eath IA ppltttea' ard a,rsal way
ana teen tssake aspre ysAstivutariS Of tho
eAahses N The rt,iieke. uenttsatnk a. one
tang the sceat changc Ia the nu.s,t,er AZ
teeee easalleA,
we 40 not really appreciate wat our
hareean IN the past twe wears .,aa ttene
'ar Ns," ne said, Many Umec we have
eoafa teae-Ath'eItsn arr the main sJver.
es'n~ channel of a school. they a,> Inv,
hee'aes, anyway, And our aapeheil team,
has ,seae much,
" w. e"u'd anly Wow all cc,tegrs Inn
partially ane se, the underlying currents
or teeiths And prats in each. we would
never object TO Vermont: episit, We have
unity IN our cvltesc activities aud life,
and We have that type OF Individual that
'eaks te uh- xood ~ all, This cannot help
hv, produce = ano spirit"
MI, aepS the, spoke Of tho gifts to the
university and what they meant amt Of
what TIE Outing club could do for Yer.
mont, He the, outlined tho duties az the
ciass to It's Alma Mater and to the ma
ton and advised thu undergo atuatcs to
mako usor use Of the eut-ef-aeors and
to really work for Vermont
CLASS HISTORY
The cssSs history was NiVcn BY Robert
Oliver Fowler and Il was foD Of laughs,
Mr. Fowicy--satd that ne would not cal,
lhts occasion the last time the class would
meet tos~ther, a. so many historians
do but would rather call II the last act
Of n huge performance. He described &C.
curately their Arrival al tho o. v. H..
saysnw that President Benton told them
IN. 'hts.address- Of welcome that they were
tho largest. the best looking. the most
Intelligent and most promising cfass Of
youngsters that the university had ever
allowed to enter.
He gave n long description Of the AZ.
fair al Tho Strong two years ago. and
, then turned In a more serious vein ia
speak Of those who died during the war.
Frederick Moore FOrhush Of Detroit. WAS
I With the class but a short time. Before
coming to college he served in the Am
| erfcAn Ambulance Corps, where he was
decorated with the CroiS de Guerre. In
! the fall he Joined the navy and died In
October Of pneumonia, Willard James
Freeman earned commission at the frs,
PIattsbuEh camp and then was sent to an
officers training camp in France. He was
wounded severely while instructing some
men in hand grenade throwing, hut re.
covered and while in Paris, awaiting ord.
ers. was murdered. Henry Billings Fur.
Der attended the third ofIfcers' training
camp AT Plattsburgh and was sent t.
Charleston, S. e, for duty rs collegiate
ofacer. He died October a, 1918. OF pneu
monia. Clinton Everett Smith was mem.
Der Of the s A. r. c. He died at the Sig
ma Phi house December g. 1913 Mr.
Fowler paid a glowing tribute to thes,
men. saying he knew Furber and SMITH
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the class would not forget them.
He reviewed the changes that had take
place In the college. saying that the,
al Senfors are the only pre-wAr elias
In collage. One fact that he brought on
! YVES thst this has been their only ful
year in college since they entered. tn
war having broken up the hrst three.
CLASS ESSAY
/ Miss Mary Bishop delivered the clas
essay. Miss Bishop compared the fou
years in college to a climb up a windin
path through the forest to a hilltop wit
many wild things. flowers and birds t
interest one on the way Reaching tn
summit she com pared the class day, say
ing that Al frst glance the ysstneas q
the view seems to hold one. bc. soon sh
begins to recognize the little glimpse
she met along the way and so they hel
to make the vastness easier to under
} stand. The experiences all through CO.
lege life are like the wild things in tn
forest strange and interesting.
1t is hard to think of leaving the pleas
ures of life Just az II is hard TO go o
when one has reached the summit an
wishes tn lipges and'Iook. But there
work to be done in the meadows and I
that work down there with limite
horizon must be carried the vision
the hilltop, and tho deeper unde rst am
ing that lessons in the climb have taugtr
BOULDER GRAFTON
Z Following the essay. selection W.
r given by the orchestra and then can
' tho boulder GRAFTON by Perley Jermta
( T.. Hill college life to a great extent
{ said Mr.. Hin, 'Ss moulded and directs
p by the traditions OF the past and of tho:
[ who have gone before When studel
v matriculates at the University of We
mont he is at once Impressed by Il
r dignity and Importance of the tradition
], that cling to the memory of former time
( The Old Mill hell the library steps. Il
n Kake Walk and Founders day are 8
: ,inextricably bound up, each in its part,
ular tradition. In accordance with the
J. hazy dictates Of other generations, u
y bell in the lofty tower of the Old MI
II year after year, clangs out its summa
II announcement Of another victory wo
n The library steps are reserved as Z
n place where none but ~the seniors mi
70 congregate for a class photograph e'
ls Completely fraught with significance
10 the tradition that distinguishes
n boulder. MIR, Hill then gave the hfsto
T. Of the stone telling where II came frc
10 and Of the early difficulties whom It "
possible for freshmen to roll 1t about {
10 campus and elsewhere, and OF how I
=. Boulder society came to be formed nre
y years ago.
THE boulder he said. approves I
N spirit ofthe MIXER. 'of the man who-ca.