Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Promenade Thursday Evening the
Social Feature of Junior week.

social Feature of Junior week.
The promenade at the Billings lii
brary Thursday evening was tho brilliant
social event of Junior week. Much
work was put into the decorations
which were In the Grecian style, with
several novel features, including q
FOUNTAIN of Youth, Maiden Lane
and Castle Walk. The chaperons
were President Benton, cx-Mayor Rob-
ert Roberts, Capt l. L. Reeves. DR.. G
| H. Beecher, DR. O. N. Eastman and
Prof G. p. Burns and their wives
ABOUT 100 couples were present Bar
TONS orchestra gave concert before
tne dance order of "a numbers was
begun. The dance orders were in blue
ieather. During an intermission re-
|iresnments were served outside under
the elms. Miss Lucinda Smith catering
Inc Junior society, composed of young
women of the Junior class. held It's first
| annual luncheon at the Van Ness on
! saturday. Mrs. Stetson and Miss Smith
| Cnaperoned. Covers were laid for twenty
| I'VE out-of-town guests, including Miss
| E1zabeth Chalmers, Middlebury, IA. and
MISS Dorothy FISHER, ex-'15, of Montclair,
n D. Inc tables were decorated with cut
| flowers. carrying out a color scheme Of
blue and gold, the class colors The com
mittee In charge of the affair included
Miss Almira Watts, Miss Lavallee and
Miss Nuttlng.
The annual junior boat ride was held
saturday night. the steamer Ticonderoga
| leaving the transportation company's
wharf about $50 O'Clock The boat went
south first, stopping at Thompsons Point
for members Of the Sigma Phi house
party, then proceeding north, returning to
Burlington about 1880 o'clock
The Cotillion club held a very successful
dance Friday afternoon from $50 to
$50 on the Hotel Vermont roof garden
In connection with junior week There
were three favor dances, the girls receiv-
Ing fans and lorgnettes. Barton's orches-
ira furnished music for an order of Is
dances. About 30 couples were present.
The cha perones were Mr.. and Mrs j. W.
Goss, Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Perkins.
Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity held a
dance at the roof garden OF the Van
Ness House Friday night, about twenty
i've couples being present. At II 80 a ban
Duet was served in the dining room. The
tables were handsomely decorated with
terms, palms and cut flowers
The Sigma Phi house party held a pic
mic at Cedar Beach Saturday, driving TO
Thompson's Point in the evening. where
they took the Ticonderoga, on which the
junior boat ride was being held.
The I. X. NJ. A society makes an
nouncement of the following elections
from the class of 1917: c. A. Ames, Bur
lington; II. w. Batchelder, Hardwick; r.
p. Burrage, Leominster, Mass; II. II.
Denning. Brookline. Mass; f. w. Hack
ett Champlan, N y; NJ. L. Kelley, Nor
risville; L. Little, Leominster. Mass; *
s. Macleod Bellows Falls p ]. Morey
Oak Park, Ill; r. B. Nenno Buffalo, y.
Y; r. c. Sanders. Brattleboro; II. f..
Spear. St. Adams: +. c. Stewart, Fairfax;
II. o. Wilbur, Buffalo, y. Y.
The Wig and Buskin society met Mon
day and elected officers and ten new men,
hers. The officers for the ensuing year are:
Charles s. Ferrn, president: G. y. Stet-
son, Jr.. manager; w. r. Conroy, assist
ant manager; r. c. Sanders, II. property
man. The following new men were elect
ed to the society: H. II. Powers II, W.
NJ. Hawkins. II, G. W. Foster, '16, F. II.
lsham, l6, +. l.. Chatterton, II, II. A.
Durfee. II, f.. f. Griffin. 10 ". r Con-
roy. 'l6, r. c. Downing, IA, T.. w Shedd,
The trials for the Kingsley prize speak
ing resulted in the choice of the following
speakers: From 1917, Chatterton, Durfee.
Hayden. g. O. Smith and Hitchcock: from
1916, Carlton, Pike Piper, Seaver and
Weeks.
At meeting of the St Paurs club
Monday at the Phi Delta Theta house the
following officers for next year were
elected President. j. r. Sanford 10; vice.
president, j, W. Baker. Is; secretary and
treasurer, Seward French, II The Rev.
c. G. Wilson gave a short talk on the tie
that binds the graduate to the college
The Home Economics club met at Grass
mount Monday and elected Officers for
the coming year as follows: President
Helen Nichols; vice-presdent, Ruth Stew
art; secretary and treasurer Loretta
Dyke.
The baseball team has played three
games during tho week At Centennial
field Thursday the team won from St.
Lawrence University, 10 to :; at the same
place Saturday the team won from
Massachusetts Agricultural College. to
l. In finely played ten-inning contest;
at Hamilton, \. Y, Tuesday the team
won from Colgate. : to o.
At a class meeting yesterday the
the 1916 Ariel board: Editor in chief,
J.. l.. Ransom; business manager. Nor
man Williams; assistant manager, r.
r. Bogie; editors, Levy, Wilcox, Crane,
Pike. Seaver, Pease, Lord (medic), the
Misses Miller Sinclair and Fauley; art
editors. Smith. Bean, Washburn, Berry,
the Misses Votey and stiles; photog-
raphers. Fosgate, Sails and Buchanan
The annual sophomore banquet was
held at Dorn's cafe last night, So be-
ing present. The POSTMASTER was
Joe" Levy. The speakers were Ber-
ry, "PreXy's Address; Seaver, "Aggies'
Apology; mediCs, Roberts; "Frosh,"
Wood; Ladies'" Scott. Besides these
there were impromptus. There were
songs by a quartette. consisting of
French Roberts, Williams and Lord
Inc committee in charge consisted of
Norman Williams, chairman. Foster.
Conroy, Boomer OLSON, medic.
CONGREGA TIONALISTS.