Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-14

Glass Of 1914 Held their Annual
Banquet at Rutland.

n class OF l9l4 OF Mlddlebury col
lege held their annual banquet Tuesday
evening at the Hotel Bardwell in Rut-
land. Although somewhat hampered
by the sophomore class, who did all in
their power to prevent the freshmen
from leaving M%iddlebury, they managed
to get to their destination by a special
train chartered for the occasion. The
gathering typical Of all college %banquets,
was enjoyed by all and one that will
live long in the memory of the class of
1914.
A. B. Perkins and G. A. Abbott, jr.,
left this village in an automobile last
Friday afternoon, and went to Rutland
making the arrangements for the ban
quet and returned without the knowl-
edge of any member of the upper classes,
and this scored a point on the sopho-
mores. Early Tuesday forenoon, the
rumor was spread that the freshmen
were planning to go to Rutland to hold
their banquet, and the s%ophomores
made preparations to stop them. Ben
jamin Fisher, the class treasurer, was
captured and hidden in a safe place
early in the morning, then the sopho-
mores searched the place for R. E.
Smith, the class president, but he was
nowhere to be found, as he left Middle
bury Monday afternoon in a carriage
and went to Vergennes, then left Tues
day morning for Port Henry, N. Y,
arriving in Rutland by way of White
hall, N. Y, and only a few minutes be-
fore the special train which brought the
rest of the class.
At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
the freshmen gathered at the appointed
place, one mile above Middlebury depot,
while the sophomores were watching
the roads to prevent them from board
ing the train. About IL sophomores
arrived on the scene, and made an at
tack on the freshmen, and after half
an hours fighting, were nearly all tied
hand and foot. AS the freshmen made
for the train, their captives broke loose
and ran off, taking two freshmen with
them as prisoners.
Once the train was under way, it had
to be stopped and brought back for
nearly half a mile to take on several of
the freshmen girls who had been left
behind. Another stop was made at
Salisbury to take on several more fresh
men.
Several of the freshmen had their
clothes torn in the fight, and as soon as
they reached Rutland, they Immediately
purchased new garments to replace the
damaged ones. One of the members of
the class arrived with one of his coat
sleeves entirly torn off, and others with
their trousers torn in several places.
All of the freshmen class was present
with the exception of four. There
were 1875, including so girls, seated at
the banquet.
The party was followed to Rutland
by several sophomores who were en-
~deavoring to capture the president of
the class, but did not succeed in this,
and finally gave up the idea, and during
the banquet, a messenger brought the
president, R. E. Smith, the handouts
which would have placed him in the
power of the s%ophomores had he been
captured.
The program of the toasts was as
follows:
POSTMASTER, A. B. Perkins
The Faculty, Prof. Cady
The Class, R. E. Smith (class president)
Athletics, Mr.. Denton
The Coed, Miss Bailey
1913, Mr.. Bundy, 10
The College, Miss Assaltine.
At the conclusion of the speaking,
the dining-room was cleared, and dane
ing began, music being furnished by
the Standardization orchestra. Six
teen numbers were danced, and besides
the freshmen, several sophomores and
upper classmen were on the floor. Prof.
and Mrs. Cady were present as chap
erones.
The banquet was a decided success,
and reflected great credit upon the
management and the class in general.
During the banquet the orchestra rem
dered the following selections.
March, college Life" Fratzen; Sc
lection from THE Man Who Owns
Broadway" Cohan; Kerry Mill Pot
pourri, 1910, Mills; selection from ''The
Sunny South" Lampe; (a) Indian ro-
nance, "Kabomaka," Reeves; (b) song
for saxaphone, Answer" Robyn, MI.
Mellow, s%oloist; selection from 1.-The
Candy Shop" Golden; (a) Indian inter
mezzo, ''Silver Bell" Wenrich; (b) in
termezzo, Kisses" Hubbell; Yale
Boola," Hirsh.
The festivities ended at quarter past
one, when the students took the special
train back to Mlddlebury.