Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-29
THE COLLEGE KAKE WALK
award for Best Stunt Went &
Alpha zeta Fraternity.
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erman walk on VITA the Cake
Usual Large Attendance.


<ood show at the kake walk Thursday
It the university gymnasium. 1t was til.
18th annual walk" and II fully lived ur
TO the standard set by the prcviou,
performances. All OF the acts were int r.
cstins. and not too long; tho is minute
limit being observed In every case Some
of the acts were especially clover. Then
too. the dancing was above that seen in
recent years. as In almost every case the
couples displayed a good deal Of agility
and facility in evolving fancy figures. In
one or two Instances the "high stepping
was unusual The award OF the Briggs
cup and the cake was made to the Alpha
Heta fraternity for their act called "rhe
Spectre's Dream with honorable men,
:ioa given to the iambd Iota fraternity
Tor their act called "Wanted-A Mummy. -
the cake for tho walking was given 10
Donald w. T1ppcr and Paul w. Water
man, both seniors. with honorable men,
ton Of Roderic NJ Olzendam and Reginald
Y. Friebus The prize FOR the best
costume, cup given by the college store.
went to Will Z. Hyzcr, who appeared as
y Usher boy. with honorable mention of
David w. Howe. who appeared as
Diogenes.
The presentation OF the stunts was
preceded by n concert 10y the college
band Then followed the grand parade
with Its usual array OF varied characters,
Costumes and lack of them.
The first number on the program Of
nine Stunts was "The Nivisectors
Hereafter" portrayed by the Kappa
Sigma fraternity. 1t was realistic in the
extreme. a Tvisector goes to sleep,
audibly. and then is enacted his dream:
the vivisecting of him by the devil and
two dogs, to the accompaniment of his
screams and protestatrons of abstinence.
He dies upon the table, to awaken a
moment later on the couch. The sketch
had the element of surprise. and was
well done.
The second act was THE Oracle" put
on by the Sigma Phi fraternity. 1t show
ed the college fountain, surrounded by
students, who sing and are visited by
the Oracle. an old man. who reads to
them a clever little speech of good ad-
vice and comment on things in general.
The colored lights OF the fountain and
the sparkle of the dripping water made a
pretty picture. and the singing added
pleasure to the act.
The prize winner came next, The Spec
tres Dream 1t had the novelty OF SIM
peness. OF late years the stunts have
tended to elaboration. and the ap-
pearance of this little act was a surprise
It showed simply. the hands, legs, arms,
and head Of a spectre. waving and wan
dering at random all over the place; and
then the coming together and forming a
complete spectre that dances lightly about
and disappears. The appariton of the
spectre was effected probably by some
sort Of phosphorescent substance applied
to the different members of different per-
sons; arms on one, legs on another. etc.
But whatever the means. II was excellent
ly accomplished and welcome innova-
tion.
The stunt getting honorable mention
succeeded the prize winner. This was an
act called "Wantcd-A Mummy" and was
presented by the Lambda Iota fraternity.
1t had much clever dialogue and bust
ness" showing the efforts to palm off
lively negro as the mummy OF Rameses
ii on worthy old professor 1t afforded
good deal of amusement and was prac-
tically the laughing hit of the evening.
In Gehena" came next, given by
showed student brought before his
Satanic majesty and condemned to
torture on fiery CRATE; and then the
coming of one worthy to he made one
Of the tribe OF devils. His sudden
Transformation into one of the red
skinned tribe was the climax OF the
act. The setting was Illuminated by
red torches.
The Enchanted Castle" given by
the Sigma NJ fraternity. revealed a
magic Violinist. who brought various
figures from Il castle, to make obeisance
before him. Tho charming little por-
tico. vine covered. gave up one after
another Not a word was spoken and
the appearances were accomplished
with a good deal Of ingenuity.
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity gave
"A Night With Erebus" an act of
magic. Everything worked to ".
ana the appearances and transforma-
tions were cleverly managed It was
accompanied by delicate playing upon
the piano. The lighting was furnish
ed chiefly by large cluster OF varied
colored bulbs. casting beautiful
glow over the large staging.
When the World Was Young. or
Mans First Offense." revealed the
garden Of Eden. symbolized by a lone
tree bearing the fatal fruit Eve sat
nearby appropriately clothed and was
visited shortly ny the serpent. Then
Adam appeared, also appropriately