University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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menz' l THE SENIOR PROM Class Day, filled with the traditional fun which has grown through the years was opened with the address of President Chaffee to the assembled class, after which all joined in the class pilgrimage to the statues Where the traditional gowning of Lafayette and Ira Allen was performed. Then the pilgrimage continued to the flagpole Where the class banner was raised to float in the soft summer air over the remaining festivities of the Commencement Week. The events of the afternoon were opened by the address of the president to his classmates, after which in the peaceful setting of the pine grove on the front campus, were heard the traditional ora- tions which have such significance to the graduates of the University of Vermont. The Lafayette oration, the Ira Allen oration, the history of the class, the Boulder address, the Pipe oration, the address to the undergraduates, and the Ivy oration, followed and concluded by the singing of Cham- plain. 'THE CLASS WALK

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GHQHQZHCE FEELING SORT OF SOLEMN CONGRATULATIONS THE BACCALAU REATE AS JUNE and Commencement come, everything conspires to make this, the grande finale of the col- lege year, and the end of the senior's college careers, the most beautiful and memorable time of the year. Blue skies, sparkling sunshine, lazy warmth all lead into the iinal Week, as, With final examinations out of the way, the campus celebrates the close of school and Commencement. Senior Week this year, under the capable chair- manship of Edward Guilbert and Lyman Gallup started off with the gala class outing on the after- noon of Thursday of Senior Week. With the beauty of the Weather and carnival spirit of gradua- tion time, a superb time was had.

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G-mmencemenz' With the serious part of the day over the evening's recreation began im- mediately with the fraternity teas as graduates and returning alumni mingled. The reception in the evening served to open the Senior Prom which is the last dance a senior attends as an undergraduate. The glorious beauty of the evening made the prolongation of the dance easy, so that the alumni luncheon, next on the schedule of activities was none too late to satisfy the celebrating alumni. After the award of the various prizes the entire college adjourned to Centennial Field to see and participate in the traditional alumni baseball game from which the natural thing was to adjourn to the fraternity reunions which were in full swing all evening and which in many cases lasted for longer than that. On Sunday fraternity teas in the early part of the afternoon gave way to the solemn beauty of the Baccalaureate services in the Ira Allen Chapel, from which the seniors returned with life taking on a new meaning for them. With the impressive graduation exercises on Monday, the class of l94l stepped out of the portals of the University of Vermont, its undergraduate life completed, ready to go into a world, now, more than ever before, uncertain and awesome. CLASS 100 PER CENT PRESENT CLASS DAY. THE PIPE ORATION