Vtg MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE song sheet - c31 Music 'GAMALIEL PAINTERS CANE

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GREAT GRADUATION GIFT!!!!
This is the sheet music of a college song for
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
in VERMONT titled
"
GAMALIEL PAINTER'S CANE"
Words by CHARLES B. WRIGHT and music by E. PRUDA WILEY
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T
his song is on
one
page.
It is from a 1931 book of college songs. This music is in great condition - of course the paper has that lovely yellowing color of old books. When framed, this would make a wonderful Christmas, Graduation or birthday gift for any
MIDDLEBURY
student, graduate or alumni. Page measures approximately 7.5 x 10".
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THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF MUSIC, NOT A COPY. This is an actual page from an old song book!
Item will be carefully mailed in a stiff mailer.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Middlebury received its founding charter on November 1, 1800, as an outgrowth of the Addison County Grammar School, which had been founded three years earlier in 1797. The College's first president—Jeremiah Atwater—began classes a few days later, making Middlebury the first operating college or university in Vermont. One student named Aaron Petty graduated at the first commencement held in August 1802.
The College's founding religious affiliation was loosely Congregationalist. Yet the idea for a college was that of town fathers rather than clergymen, and Middlebury was clearly "the Town's College" rather than the Church's. Chief among its founders were Seth Storrs and Gamaliel Painter, the former credited with the idea for a college
and the latter as its greatest early benefactor. In addition to receiving a diploma upon graduation, Middlebury graduates also receive a replica of Gamaliel Painter's cane. Painter bequeathed his original cane to the College and it is carried by the College President at official occasions including first-year convocation and graduation.
"Gamaliel Painter's Cane"
"When Gamaliel Painter died, he was Middlebury's pride, A sturdy pioneer without a stain; And he left his all by will to the college on the hill, and it included in a codicil a cane. Oh, it's rap-rap-rap, And it's tap-tap-tap, if you listen you can hear it sounding plain; For a helper true and tried, as the generations glide, There is nothing like Gamaliel Painter's cane!
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