University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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With the closing of the War of Independence, com- merce thrived and shipping multiplied. Champlain bore the products ofa region of growing industry. Rafts of pine logs, barges, sloops, and schooners, deep-loaded, plied her Waters in ever increasing number. The people of her eastern shore became a State, thriving and prosperous. Through all this development-the primordial Wilderness, the native redmang the explorer, the colonistg the Vermonter-Cham- plain has been inseparably linked with the rise of Vermont. Ser- ving man constantly, floating the savages and the explorers in their 03110653 providing a pathway for the boats of the settlers, a battlefield for ships of War, and finally, transportation for the de- velopment of a State. Such is the story of Champlain! Beside this magnificent expanse of crystal Waters, Ira Allen fmmded 3 U11iVe1'SifV, set upon a hill. Overlooking Champlain at her widest point-the mightiest of her strength-this institution has, for . one hundred and forty years, sur- vived and prospered. Through these years, this University has profited in absorbing-We believe, something of that steadfast quiet beauty of tradi- tion-of that undying 1 permanence of place'-enjoyed by our lake Champlain! gig- .,.,. ,

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Champlain the forests gave Way to ever spreading clearings whence circled the smoke of rude stone hearths. y So arose, beside Champlain, a ,X my ix Z S l A .. 'V 1, . 1 ' .,,, if' ' A .N ' 'Q f . 1 1,f nf o l EW Qu XA QI' I strong and hardy people, God-fearing, , N Q 4 4 V7 , , : hi h-thinkin men and Women un- ff 4, .g g . ' dismayed at the rigors of the forest, , p 'X Q,-l ,,., striving in common effort toward the T domination of the Wilderness-toward the founding of a race! , -1.. ,v,.,,, 'Mi 'f:. -af , m Here lay inspiration for patriot hearts. For these glories of Wind-swept Wave and rock-strewn shore the Green Mountain Boys fought with purpose unyielding. Here, under cover of blackest night, ferried Ethan Allen and his hardy troop upon their daring mission. Their success in capturing Fort Ticon- deroga marked the first surrender of the British Flag to the American States. This frontier people, self reliant, purposeful, now found them- selves involved in a War for independence. Invading armies, red- coated, with painted allies of the wilderness, swept down the great Waterway to give battle. Champlain's Waves, now turbulent, were breasted by soldierfladen batteaux, and schooners hewn from green timber. A At once arose the sound of the adz and the caulker's mallet. A fleet emerged, inadequate, un- gainly, poorly armed, but manned with strong hearts dauntless in spirit. This rude fleet engaged the enemy against great odds in a hard fought A battle which was the first naval engagement of the Revolution.

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