Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-26
COLLEGE BOYS WALK FOR KAKE
Clever Stunts Presented by
Members of Fraternities.
Cup Won by BlOOmcr and Cake by
Gallagher and Hnydcn-Lombda
1otn Took First Prize and
Commons Club Second.

AS usual the College Kake Walk
which In the past few yel"s has come u
be one Of the most important activities of
the student life, drew crowd Monday
evening which completely filled the gym
nasum and occupied the running track,
the balcony, and all of the main floor
space except that necessary for the stag
ing of The stunts. The people also, Is
usual, vent home we'll pleased.
The stunt, which took the Briggs cup
and big cake, was Manager Pro Tenn"
put on by the Lambda Iota fraternity.
ION the Trail of the Carnegie Founda-
tlon Commission" took the second, and
the chairman announced that the Com
mons club, which produced it, would
have been first had they not overstep-
ped their time. The cup for the best
costume in the parade was won by Bloom
or, 'lG, and Gallagher and Hayden got
the cake for the best couple in the walk.
The experience of the past few years
has taught the students a good many
things in the way of cake walks and,
although things were late in starting,
the events followed rapidly. The stu
lent band of 80 pieces furnished good
music, and the crowd was on pleasant
terms with itself.
The stunts were so good that ii was
difficult for the judges to make de-
cision, but awards seemed to meet
with general approval The Commons
club act opened up in a startling man
ner when the lights were turned on
and a complete miniature of the prin-
cipal college buildings was produced
/ Then came the Carnegie Foundation
commission and the fun. The make
ups were especially good in those of
President Benton and Dean Perkins.
The dialogue was clever and the jokes
were pointed
The owls and the Commons club I'M
Intentionally overlapped little in us
ing the Carnegie commission for the
butt of a considerable part of their
roasts but none of the jokes was at
all alike AMI both We're clever enough
to take anywhere. The scene of the
big prize winner was laid in Hades,
and General Gardyne who represented
Satan. soon surrendered the manage
ment to Boss Murphy who arrived
through the subway. The act showed
a vast amount of work and originality.
without a weak piece of wit.
| Two other acts were especially
worthy of mention. They were those
of the Simga M and Delta Psi frater-
mites. The former made n great hit
with "A Eugenic Marriage" This act
was based on the absurdities of some
Of the over-cautious. The groom took
VOW to protect his welded wife from
all bacteria and she in turn promised
to see that her husband wore hygienic
clothes and to guard him against
dyspepsia, etc. The acting and the
costumes of the bridesmaids made a
hit The Delta Psi stunt showed the
change in the dances from that of the
stately minuet to the present day tan
60 all done in an exceptionally clever
manner.
The other stunts were all good and
would have taken the cake in some
years "The Chemist of the Twenty.
! first Century" was produced by the
Delta Sigma; "A Four Years Grind al
the old MILL by the Sigma Phi; "A
Day at the Rock efeller Institute in
1920" by the Delta Mu and 1.-THE Fin.
ish of the Game, by the Alpha Zeta
The couples who walked for the cake
were also good, but Gallagher and Hay.
den seemed to have the better of It, The
other couples were Gates and Wood
bury, Burke and Spear, Bean and Saund
ers, Wilbur and Nenno, and Morse ant
Cheney. While the judges were consid
ering the awarding of prizes, Wright
II, did some pleasing work with illum
mated Indian clubs.
The judges were Guy W. Bailey, J. L
Southwick, Capt. l. L. Reeves, DR.
Thomas s. Brown and Prof G. G. Groat
The committee in charge was Whalen. "A
Douglass, IA, Emerson, n. Berry, IA
Howe, IA Grace, H. Rapuzzi, IS. Smith
IS, and Ferrin, 15
After the cakes had been bestowed OF
the winners there was general dancing
which continued until one o'clock