University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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A i zzz: TT ?!i S zzzzzizz: ZZl 7i tfas discovered. Workmen constructing the Central ' Vermont lijailroad came upon an enormous pot hole seventeen feet deep, and connected with the surface of the rock by a fissure six feet in length. In this hole were lying the 1{ound ' Boulder and another stone of less regular dimensions. The ' Boulder was thrown into a dump but later discovered by some engineers, who rescued it. Professor Hitchcock of ' Dartmouth, a noted geologist, hearing of its per- fect form took his class to see it, and fully intended to remove it to ' Dartmouth, but governor ' Paine of IJermont, then ' President of the Central IJermont ' E ail- road, claimed it by right of ownership and had it moved to ' Burlington by team. It was placed on a sandstone base about where it now lies. For fifty years it remained undisturbed, until in 1894 a crowd of first- year men on the eve of nAll Saints ' ' Day, took it for a journey over the campus. The next two years, also, it took leave of absence on Hallowe ' en, in 1897 going as far as the Hash House where it was satisfied to remain for some time. The freshmen tiring of t his removed it to a base in front of the iMuseum. Six months later, the seniors getting their ire aroused and forgetting their dignity, moved it back to its original position. The last ramble it took was in the fall of 1902 when it stepped down to talk with Lafayette, who was weary for want of attention on his lofty platform at the head of College Street. ' But now as the foundation of the ' Boulder society it rests permanently on its base, revered by frosh and senior. Twenty-four

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