University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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Matthew Henry Buckham, whose death occurred at Burling- ton, November 28, 1910, was for more than sixty years a teacher and for nearly forty years president of the University of Vermont. l-lis work was two-fold. I-le assumed the leadership of a small college with high traditions and next to no resources, and by a lifetime of patient endeavor, large planning and close managing, built up an institution of many departments, well-housed, service- ably equipped, and committed, as it were, to a future of growth. He met generation after generation of strong farm youth, the best of a hardy New England stock, and subtly, quietly-and not without a certain reserve-introduced into their lives and thoughts the refinements and graces and intellectual joys which were meat and drink to him. Though aloof from the turmoil of life he was interestedg a shrewd observer and helpful commentator. Whatever he touched upon he invested with quality. This was the good President Buckhamg a man who could quote Hesiod on athletics, and outfof that harmony of living which the Greeks knew, extract counsel to make present-day college boys more moderates, sane and sure to win. New England Magazine, January, l9l l.

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TWO VIEWS OF THE LIBRARY