Vim: A Poem Read Before the Delta Psi Fraternity of the University of Vermont at Their Twenty-Fifth Anniversary July 13th 1878 by Rev. George Field Hunting
187528461Burlington: Free Press Printing House 1875. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Illustrated library bookplate on verso front wrapper else a very good copy wrappers lightly soiled. 14 pp. 8vo. Hunting 1836-1901 was a native of Milton Vt. graduated from the University of Vermont in 1860; was appointed second lieutenant of the Third U. S. Artillery in February 1862; was promoted to first lieutenant resigned September 1863; studied theology became a Presbyterian clergyman and President of Alma College in Michigan. ".This is the word and we call it Vim. / 'Tis a little word but wondrous strong; / And its vital power for right or wrong / To shake the world till the world obey / Shall be the theme of my song to-day." Bibliography of Vermont: pp. 134-5. Free Press Printing House unknown books
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