Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-26


vile, n Y, sang once more 1.-THE Eli
hua," composed for them by Don HUI
burt '99, when they were in Middlebury
College, and Sam Botsford, of Buffalo,
once again recited ''The Calf on the
Lawn" Peach led the singing. Stunts
were given by many brothers from visit
ing chapters, and at II o'clock five
genial darkies from Rockwell's "Sunny
South" show invaded the room and
clapped the climax with song, jokes and
dance until midnight, when the crowd
broke up, tired with their long journey
and the excitment of what several called
"a large evening"
The business sessions of the convention
opened on Thursday morning at 9
promptly with first vice president
Thomas H. Noonan, of Buffalo, in the
chair. Four petitioning chapters have
delegations present and in addition to
having these, there is a great deal of
other business for the convention to con-
slider. 1t is the custom of the fraternity
not to vote in chapters until they have
been petitioning for three or more years
Thursday night the semi-centennial ex-
ercises of the Middlebury Chapter were
held at the Baptist church at 8 o'clock,
Vice-president Noonan presiding and
prayer was offered by Rev. Henry
Lincoln Bailey, of Springfield, Mass.
after which Prof. Prentiss c. Hoyt, of
Springfield, Mass, read poem
which was followed by the Grafton by
Rev. Cortland Myers, of Brooklyn. After
these public exercises ball-reception
was held at the Town Hall, Doring's
Band of nine pieces providing music for
this and for the public function. On
! Friday the business sessions will be con-
| tinued until 2 p. m, when the conven-
tion picture will be taken on the steps
of the Town Hall. The public literary
exercises will be held in the Congrega-
tional church, Governor Fletcher D.
Proctor, president of the fraternity pre-
siding. The history will be read by
Arthur U. Pope, Sage scholar at Cornell,
and graduate of Brown, and the poem
by Major Holman F. Day, of Auburn,
Me. The Grafton will be given by Prof.
Walter E. Howard, of Middlebury Col
lege, and college will be adjourned for
the afternoon so that all students may
attend. In the evening the banquet will
be served at the Town Hall by Joseph
Lawrence as caterer. The POSTMASTER
being Rev. James l.. Barton, of Boston,
and the speakers, Rev. E. j. Ranslow, of
Swanton. Hon. Frank C. Partridge, of
Proctor. Rev. Gibbs Brasin, OF Glouces-
ter, Mass, and Holman F, Day. Satur-
day morning the delegates will be taken
into the Green Mountains for ride. via
Lake Dunmore to Bread Loaf, where a
big dinner will be served,
Pictures of Hughes NJ. Linn Bruce and
Jerome, who are members of the Delta
| Epsilon fraternity, are in evidence at all
the halls where the meetings are being
held and all the delegates are wearing
Hughes and Bruce buttons; it looks like
| a
About 200 visitors have already ar
rived.
WILLIAMS.
'Os, NJ. A. Fischer. OF, L. E. Sayre.
'O1, Lewis Stewart Parsons '09 Ar
thur j. Strubert. '0s, Eugene W. Goff
HAMILTON.
'07, Grover G. Clark. '07, E. NJ.
Massee.
AMHERST
'07. T. B. Averill. 'OS, VIM, Haller.
'O9, ID. j. Coyne, Jr.
ADELBERT.
'OS, Dana Clark. 07, Douglass P.
Hanuyside.
'07, Herman b. Belts. 'Os, Howard A
Tribon.
ROCHESTER.
'07, Myron j. Walter. Arthur F.
Truax.
TECHNOLOGY.
49, Miles S. Richmond. '02. Redfeld
Proctor, Jr. '99, Clifford Melville Swan
swARTHMoRE.
"a, Owen Moon, Jr. '94, Allen K
White. '07, Francis W. Dolin. '07
Newln T. Both '07, Samuel d. Head
'02, Edison 5. Harris. '94, Fred II. Cav
throp.
BOWDOIN.
'07, C. E. Merritt. '07, C. S. Kings
| ley.
. RUTGERS.
'07, H. j. Stockum. '99, Augustus II
Shearer '0S, c. w. Thompson.
BROWN.
: '0S, Geo. A. Townsend. '07, Geo
Hurley. '0S, Sheldon j. Howe.
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