Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29

was returning hon ir ma lpiir, w
stage, when us the lusl. l.g ve,.g as
entering town, about opposite whe,e Dr.
Thayer's house stands, one set OF wheels
ran off the steep edge Of the road, and
the entire coach fell on its side in the "a
vine. Prof. Dean was man OF extraor-
binary girth and weight-so fat, it is said,
that he waddled like duck-and being
an inside passenger at this time, his
weight carried him through the top of
the coach, and he went bowling down the
bank Of the hollow like a runaway hogs
head Fortunately, no bones were
broken, and no one was seriously hurt,
though the good professor never quite
outgrew the story Of his undignihed
plunge into the ravine.
1t must not be supposed that the col
lege boys in these early days were alto
gether as sober and well -behaved--not to
say dignified-as one would gather from
their stif-starched and classical looking
pictures. They had their pranks, as well
us the boys nowadays and il was no
unusual thing for the entire ftSilty to be
called ont of their beds ut night by the
unearthly Drawing of Il score of horus.
or the maniacal yells Of half hundred
discor1aut voices. On one OF these occa-
sions, us the story goes-I think it was
during President Whcclcrs administra-
: tion--that distinguished scholar, attended
by trembling retinuc of haf-wakened
professors, set out at midnight to quell
one of these noisy demonstrations of the
undergraduates. Somewhere near the
. college buildings. they met great col.
umn of Enthusiastically dressed figures,
with horns in their hands. The Pres.
dent and his forces PLANTED Themselves in
the path of the approochinr multitude
land called a halt
"Atand Out of the Wayr'
, was the leaders reply and upon the
o presidents falling to comply, the young
q scapegrace sunmurily tumbled him head
d over-heels in the grass, and put to utter
e rout the valiant corps OF instructors
;. In the long halls Of the old building, too,
c there used to be merry times by night.
k Two of the professorS-one Of them the
N ponderous Dean-roomed in the building
Is for the express purpose of suppressing
l. riots and detecting pranks, and it was the
c delight of the studious young gentlemen
81 who occupied the dormitories to play all
:, manner of tricks upon these watchful
y. guards. favorite game was to get two
- or three heavy ten-pin balls and roll them
a n with dismal reverberation down the long
as corridors, until watchful spy gave no.
tice OF the approach of one OF the pro-
Y fcssors, when the crowd would rapidly
of adjourn to another one Of the many halls,
H. aud repeat the performance there. Cut
il. in the olden time as now One strand
IT Only wouiu De liit ana when the staiwart
H. beli-ringer wonld leap up AMI grasp the
COILS Heiilpe1 aV:,I"hcLe "onlu descend
~ uPUt ms ne"u, "a oilu occ'sipn tue
~ Welhiii rang WIN 'he ulstfesseu plea'ihg
oi SneeP, "iics tue Slu"eu'S ma con
veyeu "ioit anu lett over night III tue pe'-
ny
&C. =. was cuA'oii''s' III 'ieae early uayS ~
C. .ioi'. prayers "t must une"r'his nour Oh
he ,ie h,ofninB-"t some seasons OF 'he year
long before "nSpfSak Attendance was
COMPULSORY me pei! rang ana tlie stu
ca uehtS were elloweu hiteIh minutes 10
Gu com'piete tnelr 'oilels ana respond 10 It's
w cail. many Vi lilell slep' AWAY tue pre-
Va ci''S lourteel ,ilih'i''S''hu 'heh' ulhg'nG
' ah oiu coat OF oressiha gown around their
shVefihs persona hasseneh away 10 per-
tolil tiieli ueNotioAS III 'ne chapel Inc
professor whose turn IL was 70 CONQUER
n. ,nc services Wouiu frequently arnw from
he ms Poche' oi' VI ,ailo" nlP, anu lien' II,
any, anu, iiolu AZ III nlS que hu3tIs' "iille ne
ge peh' over .ne S'csh anu Ieuu tie morning
fly I ,H'', on o"l,'lyS 'he s.uueh'S were
ooliseu ~ 70 10 cliurcll somewhere, ana
woe 70 tiie 'tcLies" Ei6h' VINO was caught
I'M atIo-iilB III 'le hei'S su7piciouslS soon
I'll ni'er u.Sine services, rms was somewhat
of oe'ore 'i'e u'he Oh "h"' are now known
Greek Letter secret Societies
ID There were two Crock letter societies IN
aid college at this day, but the only secret
NO. they had was the composition and mean
ing OF the words for which their initial
~. letters STOOD. mus the Pm Sigma M
III preserved us ih'lol te uiSnlty unuer tne
it'll SIlise ol pretenued ufeek phrase tie
ms , .aA ""fo oi which was really Tue Lntil
nd non. pom societes were IN TACT iiie
N rary OF uepatlnS ctitDs, ana great was the
We nohor' anu pittef tne struggle, to attain
the , 1ne Nn ~, oi,ices Which they anordea
OIL me I'm peta IMAappa was lrst introduced
u, fus!ueht Nhee.rf' u was snortly
'' niteI tiiis time that 'he oiI once OF CLASS
TIL Vaieolctorlan was abolished, as 1t crea
en- .eu goou ueai 1 Oh olt'er leeilhS among
~, the students. Inc annual commence
nieht o9atrlae was an institution even al
TINS early GATE ana so successful was It
Ill general tnat the members OF the grad
IN uallnS class were wont to rely unon It &c
-. pay their expenses ior n.nsic, etc. The
~, music vas what would be considered
all somewhat rudimsntary IN these days
art ABOUT the nearest place an orchestra
ne. could DE obtained was Albany. The or
nj cnes.r", Wheh grand, cohslstedoi about
ON elSht pieces, lhcludihg the old-iaslIionac
ere oasso0h ana Triangle Upon one coca
ON sion' when orohestrGs were IN great de
the magnificent quota of one bass vio