Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-06-16

to state it another way. We believe
in it so much that we desire to give
them equal opportunities which they
can never have under the existing sys-
tenn We would build a college for
them in which men are the excluded
aliens.
The qualitative must become our
standard rather than the Cumulative
hot only in students but in what we
offer them Middlebury for years was
in that not too comfortable place
where students had to be begged to
come. Now, thanks to the able Pres
idents of the past, this is over In
passing let me pay my tribute to my
predecessors. DR.. Brainerd gave to the
College such a new lease of life that
he made possible the wonderful CON
structive work of DR. Thomas, his sue
CessOr, whose contribution to the mod.
ern Middlebury it is not possible to
overestimate Ably seconded by Dr.
Collins, whose value to the College
cannot be computed, he built wisely
and well, so we'll that, thanks to a
loyal faculty and again especially to
Dr. Collins, the College has weathered
the difficulty Of taking a new helms
man aboard, without we hope, losing
too much headway
Is there any greater service, then,
that we can do than to stand for this
principle of quality above quantity,
either educationalIy or socially? Our
aim shall be not to turn out numbers
but men, to make Middlebury synony-
nous with the best in appreciation,
service, character.
Or is there any greater service than
to rightly relate the past, the present,
and the future?
Horace Greeley has, we believe, we'll
expressed this work Of the college in
these words:
This, then, apprehend, is the prop
er work of the college, to appreciate
and measure, and undi5trustfully ac-
cept and commend, the gigantic strides
which physical science is making in our
day, yet not be swept away by them
to welcome all that is true and bene-
hcent in the impetuous currents of
modern thought but not to exaggerate
their breadth and depth, nor accept
their direction as authoritative or final:
to prOffer a genial and gracious hos
pitality to whatever is nobIy new, yet
hold fast, and from time to time assert,
that no discovery in science, no ad-
vances in human knowledge, can ever
invalidate or belittle the Golden Rule,
and no conclusion of philosophy ever
equal in importance that simple affirm
alton of the untaught Judean peasant,
who long ago perceived and proclaimed
that God is Love.
| am indebted for this quotation,
as for so many other things, to our
honored friend, Professor Wright As
a boy he heard Horace Greeley deliver
the address at the laying Of the corner
stone at Buchtel College
And now if | may be permitted a |
word to the graduating class You |
have been in a measure defrauded by !
reason of the fact that this day, which |
would normally be given up to the
of your completion, has
oeen shared by the College in its recog-
ltion OF new and inexperienced
lelmSman Yet nothing can rob it Of
,eing a memorable day for you You
ire this day becoming part of the
,ast Of Middlebury The College is
proud of you and grateful for your four
ears of residence within its walls
Your outlook on life has, we hope,
,een broldened Your usefulness has
,een increased, we are sure You have
ONE through, have surmounted the
many difficulties which beset an aca-
Iemic career thereby developing
trength of mind and will and charac-
err. YOU go out, and we remain, to
watch you carrying to a needy world
what good you have received here. And
ur word to you is the word with which
We began
Learn to ride well, to carry your
elves as becometh your privileges and
responsibilities as aristocrats in the