University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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li, GreeTings To The Closs of N491 I hope your sToy here, morred Though iT hos been by The od- iusTmenTs oinol Troubles of The vvor ond posT-wor yeors, hos been hobby ond ThoT you, like me, hoiye leorneol To love VermonT oinol oll Tor which she sTonols. Among my hoppiesT memories will be Those oT my mony Trienols from The UniyersiTy circle.

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TRAIL BLAZER We, The Forty-Niners, dre proud To dedicdfe our ARIEL 'ro Deon ELIJAH J. SWIFT, who for Twenty-Three yedrs hos served The Universiry of Vermonf, respecred by dll ds cn True scholar, ddminisfrofor, gentlemen ond friend.

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sorve or T1-us s y FORTY-NINERS Come, lisTen awhile To a miner's song, The 49'ers where we belong, OT many who leTT each liTTle Town To Tlock TogeTher, 'spiTe many a Trown, In a mighTy rush Tor The gold worTh all, WiTh shovels and pick-axes aT The call. We iourneyed Tar o'er The rugged Trail, Our Tools were heavy, our backs were Trail. The sign-loosTs were few along The way, And every auarTer we Tried To sTay, Keep up wiTh us oThers and geT your claim, Was The shouT ThaT puT The lazy To shame. So we cheered each oTher along The loaTh And sTruggled Through hisTory, French, and maTh, For our Tools, you see, weren'T iusT The kind WiTh which all lorosloecTors once had mined, BuT were sTronger Than shovels and axes and picks, The Tough old sloiriT ThaT really sTicks, And The lusT Tor advenTure and beTTer Things Which an acTive body or mind sTill brings. Come, lisTen awhile To a miner's song, The 49'ers where we belong, We Tound ThaT gold aTTer Tour rich years ' OT Tellowship, searching, and work, and Tears- ThaT Treasure much richer Than pure gold 'dusT, Gems oT knowledge we always can TrusT. Gur ground is claimed and our Triends now won, BuT never Think ThaT our Trail is done, For iT winds ever onward inTo The WesT, Always To riches, The home oT The blessed. ' -ELLA CHAMER, '49