Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Postponed Events of Proc Night Won
by sophomores. IS TO 0.

by sophomores, 80 to 0.
The postponed events of proc night
were held Monday afternoon and
night. resulting in a victory for the sopho-
mores by IS points to the freshmen's 0.
Although the Boulder society decreed
that proc night should come off, the
classes really felt that hostilities were
over for the year with the inter-class
football game, as has been the custom In
years past, and class meetings were held
Monday morning to discuss the mat
ter. After much deliberation it was de-
cided to hold the events If the faculty
permitted. 1t was not definitely decided
until about four o'clock that the events
would come off. Captain Reeves had full
charge assisted by the Boulder men.
At 4:3o o'clock the dummy rush was held
on the back campus. chalk line was
drawn in the center OF the field, and the
dummy, a canvas affair about five by
one and one-nalf feet, was placed on the
line. The freshmen lined UP on the north
side of the campus and the sophomores
on the south side. At the pistol shot, the
classes rushed toward the dummy. The
freshmen got the jump on the sophs
by sliding into the dummy and thus
pushing it about ten feet on the sopho-
mores' side, but this advantage was soon
lost, as the sophomores concentrated their
forces and carried the dummy about 10
feet over the line on the freshmen's side,
where it remained until the recall sound
ed For the second rush, the CLASSES
changed sides. the 1917 men taking the
north side and 1918 the south side. Both
sides reached the dummy a practically
the same time. There was more individ-
ual scrapping in this rush, and the
dummy remained in practically the same
place. When time was UP, the dummy
was found to be a few inches on the
freshmen'e side. Thus the sophomores
won both rushes. giving them 10 points.
ten for each rush. The rushes were OF
five minutes duration. After Few
cheers the hattlers retired to the Bos-
ton lunch, where a buffet lunch was in
dulged in.
At seven O'Clock came the paste rush.
The scene Of his party was an old barn
Just east Of East avenue. The sopho-
mores started fro the north end Of the
barn and the freshmen from the south.
| The sophomores lined up a few OF their
men at the barn, who put up the procs,
IN not only keeping freshmen away, but
also effectually prevented them from put
ting I'D their own procs. The result was
that some 20 odd sophomore procs decor
ated their side OF the barn, This gave
them 20 points.
The scene Of the bloody fracas was
then transferred to the back campus,
where the flag rush was held a rag
which looked as II il had been through
the European war, was fastened to
telephone pole. The freshmen locked
arms around the pole and at the signal
the sophomores approached them In
phalax formation. This event served as
| the tea party following the sewing circle
The sophomores put Vaudeville on their
shoulders and he calmly pulled down the
gonfalon as though ne wac picking apple
blossoms in May and the rush was over
This counted Is points for the sophomores,
bringing their total up to @ points A
bonfire was then started and Captain
Reeves Louis Little and others gave
short speeches, after which Tipperary
and college songs were sung. The party
| then broke UP, everyone reporting
pleasant evening,
On Saturday afternoon from three to
| five Vermont Beta Of Pr Beta Phi enter
tanned informally in honor of the young
women Of tho entering class of the uni
versity at the home OF Mrs. G. f. Part
ridge. a patroness OF the chapter, de-
lightful program was rendered and delic-
ious refreshments were served. Other
guests present were Mrs. Donoway ma
iron of the university, Miss Nina Walker
and Mrs. c. V. Grismer, patroness OF the
chapter, Miss Amy Wheeler of Essex
junction and several resident alumnae.
Beta Sigma of Sigma Nu held their an
nual initiation Saturday night, followed
by n banquet at the Van Ness House
| About 80 were present including SIX
delegates from the Dartmouth chapter
and K A. Emerson. IA Of Newbury, {.
A. Boyce, ex-'l6 Of Windsor, C. II. OAR
ling, 'O4. Of Newhury and Stanley Bying-
ton of Charlotte. At the banquet Dwight
| Deyette, 90. acted az POSTMASTER, and
speeches were made by Professor Aiken
Professor Messenger and others. The
initiates were NJ, l.. Booth of Burlington
r. j. Cushman OF Bay Shore. L. l.. p. r.
Johnson of ct. Adams, r. f. Knight OF
Westmoreland, n. H.. C. S. Parker Of
Montgomery, r. W. Smith of Ptttsheld,
Mass, H. H. Sunderland OF St Adams.
F. s. Thompson Of Suffield. Conn., and A
T. Woodward OF Rutland, all Of the class
of 1918.
The Delta Sigma fraternity held their
18th annual Initiation Saturday night fol-
lowed by a banquet at the Van Ness roof
garden, at which about % We're In at
tendance w. c. Walker, 10. acted as
toastmaster. Among those from out Of
town were ". II. Greene OF Richford. r.
w. Davis Of Newport and L. w. Gardner.
NJ L. Irish. ]. X. Perley and Fay Ovitt,
all of Enosburg Falls The initiates were
A. H. SOULS, II, OF Everett, Mass, ]. E.
Powers, II, of Burlington and l. NJ Rick
er, is, OF Groton.
People Will not lose interest In the lads"