Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-19
COLLEGE NOTES.

class of 1918, has announced her engage
ment to Harry Williams of Rutland,
Vt, Middlebury 1918. The announce
ment was made at a supper given to a
few friends on Monday evening at the
home of her parents on South Main
street.
The college minstrel troup went on
Tuesday of this week to Bristol where
they gave an entertainment in the in
terests of the Y. M. c. A. of that
town.
On Saturday of this week Christmas
play will be given under the direction
of Dean Throop. The college band will
assist
Miss Anna Perkins, 1914, recently an
nounced her engagement to Clinton S.
Reynolds, 1912, at an informal supper
given the Pi Beta Phi women's
fraternity.
The Christmas recess will begin next
Tuesday morning and will last until
January 9th. Many of the boys have
found it necessary to go home early to
take up positions for the holidays.
Ralph Hutchins was in Montpelier
Friday last.
Coasting on the college hill has been
prohibited since the accident of Monday
evening in which several ladies were
mora ~, Loco oouoro1x, ~ ,,rod
Considerable amusement was fur
nished the "stay-at- homes" on the
night of the sophomore hop when the
automobile driven by John Woods con
tanning some of the dancers became
stuck in snow drift. The gentlemen
in the automobile were obliged to get
out and push in spite of their unfit at
tire, much to the jubiation of the
! lockers on.
Ebert Cole has returned from Royal
ton, VT, where ne spent several days,
preaching at that town on Sunday last.
Garrison, IT, had the misfortune of
throwing his shoulder out of place dur
ing a scuffle one evening last week. The
shoulder was set by DR.. Eddy.
Lawrence Cuff, Irving Cabot, and
Alvin Parker have returned to their re-
spective homes for the holidays.
Edward Huntley, '16, has been elected
year. Irving | Cabot of Windsor, Vt,
will be manager.
The basket ball schedule for inter
class games will begin January IA, with
games between freshmen-sophomore
and senior-junor teams. No varsity
team will be supported this year.
The base ball manager has made ar
rangements for two games next spring
with Vermont, Norwich and Colgate,
one with K. p l., Union, Manhattan,
ST. Johns Cboth of New York;, and
Springf tld training school.
John Woodward, u, is in town.
Other visitors were Blanchard IS,
Root, 10, Bundy, -, and Ayres ex-'l5.
Bigelow, 10, who until recently was
engaged in business in Lewiston, Me,
has been appointed teacher of history
in the Bellows Falls High school
John Avery, II, stopped off in Mid
debury Wednesday on his way to
Montpelier from New FORK.
Edward Triggs has been elected cap
tain of the senior basket ball team.
A meeting of fraternity representa-
tives for the purpose of considering the
establishment of new Rushing" rules.
After some discussion the meeting was
adjourned without any definite action
taking place, although arrangements
were made Tor another meeting after
the Christmas recess.
Professor Harrington gave a talk at
the last meeting of the Y. M. c. A. on
''The Privilege and Honor of Chris
tian Life" Discussions have been car
ried on in the recent meetings as to
reorganization of the association in
order to accomplish more work and
attract more members. 1t is the de-
sire of the association to increase the
efficiency of the club even at the sacr-
flee of its identity. Since the visit of
international Secretary Rindge, work
in instructing the local foreigners in
English has been started and is now
well under way.