University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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THE ARIEL, 1908 11 daughters of the University, in college and elsewhere, he has long been known as that good gray head. Notwithstanding his intellectual vigor and the keenness of his sympathies, time will not be denied. The years so full of service and creative achievement have brought to Professor Goodrich not only the affection of many grateful hearts, but also the reverence due to age when age perfectly crowns a vigorous, useful, upright and sober life. May his like always be found in the teaching force of our beloved Alma Mater. May she always deserve and attract such men. irx- - . r w Wfffm ' W Q 5 -- ll 5 WW-'GFW 'li' -ffl-1' 'aff li as 'if ' h -Qi ld 'liagigxyl it 'M U ,jg Q! xi- K 1- ln , - -. - s ,, ' 1 ,ke-4.1-u, 5 'hge is I 1' ei.-5 21 57 - Q i iyleg . c s L -H ?l3f4oi:E1E'E Tl -L51 1,-:F,'. -A ' ' ifl 521 '-f ' ' if ':j5 ' ' '- , ' - ' E I I H g it lg-, i qiii Y l' LLl-Q-yi I' .mar xi., I Q-- 2'Q ' ' , -f MV R., A gg. 5 AV wfhilf 1,5 fel, ' H55 sg u.-I. 1901

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10 THE ARIEL, 1908 only if viewed with relation to his work in the University of Vermont. His life would be deserving of commendation, even of honor, if he had not discovered so unique and fine a mission. He will for all time hold a place of distinction in the history of the University. In addition to his work in the class-room he, with others, founded in 1850 one of the college fraternitieszf which for over fifty years have held so strong a place in the affections of all students. He has seen the University advance, keeping pace with the demands of modern life, and has welcomed the newer courses which seem strange to some of us. But while wel- coming the new departures, he has clung fast to the earlier conception of what a college training ought to include, These views he set forth in the closing paragraph of his paper on The History of the University of Vermont CgUni- versity Cynic, Vol. Xixj. He said: 'iBut the new studies can never expel the old. The pure mathe- matics will never be superseded as a gymnastic for the reasoning faculty, nor will the classic languages and literatures lose their pre- eminence as a humanizing discipline, fining the wits and refining the feelings. There may perhaps be less Greek, or no Greek at all in the course, and more German or Italian, but no groping with the microscope and no grinding of facts can ever make good the absence of linguistic and literary culture. Professor Goodrich comes of Puritan stock, and was born in 1831 on a farm in Hinsdale, Mass. His birthplace was the home of his father and his grand- father. In 1840 his uncle, Chauncey Goodrich, a brother-in-law of President james Marsh, was engaged in the publishing busines in Burlington, and in the printing and binding departments of that establishment young Goodrich worked for his board during his college course. Between the time of his graduation CI853j and the beginning of his work in the University M8725 he was Principal of Hinsdale Academy, of Montpelier Seminary, and of Kimball Union Academy. He was Superintendent of City Schools, Burlington, from 1868 to 1870. From 1872 to the present time he has been Professor of Latin, and, incidentally, Pro- fessor of Rhetoric, English Literature and Greek. He married Ella Moody, daughter of the only physician at that time in the city. There is perhaps no better-known hgure in Burlington. To the sons and tDelta Psi.

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12 THE ARIEL, 1908 The isrnhlzmi of tbletiw BY PRESIDENT M. H. BUCKHAM N ATHLETICS, as in everything, we Americans have to pass through a stage of craze before coming to a condition of sanity. VVe have reason to believe that we have passed the most dangerous part of the crisis. YVe are beginning to regain consciousness, and are steadying ourselves, and asking where we are, and what it all means, and what we are going to do about it. Thanks to the intervention of the strong institutions, and the guid- ance of strong and wise men, we are bringing in thought and judgment and system Where before all was rush and hurrah. Out from the hurly-burly have already come two or three settled principles which will have to be included in any coming settlement of athletic problems. I. Youthful vitality normally expresses itself in athletic sports-otherwise it suffers an unnatural and dangerous suppression, or vents itself in rowdyism and vice. The decadence of college rowdyism is synchronous with the growth of college athletics. TI. Rivalry is one of the essential elements in the sports of young men. There can be no spirited games without it. The intensity of the rivalry is in some sense the measure of the sport. This is why college teams are sometimes beaten by younger and really weaker teams of preparatory schools. The rivalry is not keen enough to put the stronger team to its proof. A college team, which plays only with other college teams which are near at hand but not the best, feels that it has not had the chance to do its utmost. This is the justification in part, for remote tours, which are in other respects objectionable. TTT. Some degree of roughness in the sports of young men is inevitable, and is not wholly objectionable. There is a real but difncult line of separation between rouglmess and brute force. Certain games are gentlemanly games- that is they can be played in all their vigor without any overmastering induce- ment to break over the laws of courtesy and good-will. Such games are cricket, tennis, baseball. The game between Vermont and lfVilliams last summer was a gentlemen's game-a perfect game. Angels could have found no fault with it.