Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
kAKE WALK BREAKS RECORD
Attendance at Unique Entertain.
ment the Largest Yet.
University students In Grand p,r.d.
Followed by Eight Frntcrp,,y
stunts--six Couples walk for
Immense Cake.

gymnasium Monday night whom ,bo timo
came for the grand parade, openinp the
big event of the season, the college Rake
Walk. The walk of 1915 will he passed
on to posterity as one of the best of
these annual events, all of the stunts
being of n character which showed much
forethought and careful rehearsing.
Owing to uncomfortable conditions the
stunt of the Sigma Phi fraternity could
not be put on. The couples who walked
for the cake were all good, and the step
ping of each pair brought forth rounds
of applause.
The grand parade led off with the
BOULDER society in the form of a. boulder
itself leading the goat of the college
faculty. This stunt was received with
hearty applause. Another good entry
was that advertising the Commons Hall.
There were several demonstrators in the
parade exhibiting the latest dances with
here and there a clown, but the last one
in the parade received the prize. Hobart
j. Stanley, Jr, in full evening attire.
with a dummy partner, taking the cup
offered by the Syndicate with his eyhibi-
ton of the modern dances.
FRATERNITY STUNTS.
The stunt put on by tho men of the
Sigma NJ fraternity was awarded
first prize. the Briggs cup, to be kept
one year, and the big cake. and the
winners merited their reward. The
title of the stunt was The Triumph
of Grape Juice" and 1t was put on in
five scenes. The first scene showed
the heads of five of the great powers
at a game Of poker, during which the
Car of Russia struck the Kaiser, war
being declared. The scene following
depicted a battle scene with the Ger
mans on one side and an army repre-
senting several of tho other European
countries on the other. After the NOV
ing picture man had arrived the battle
was begun. The next scene showed
William Jennings Bryan, who ad-
dressed the populace in the public
quare. where the news had been dis
tributed by the press. He gave it as
his opinion that he could stop the war
with the assistance of grape juice.
He was next seen approaching the
scene Of battle in a man of war. with
a large jug Of his favorite beverage.
Stopping on the Russian side he left
OIt Jug anu DOuTeu announcer lnlO t1e
keg from which the Kaiser was feed
ing his men beer. The Germans lost
their strength and the Russians easily
captured their fort and a line of light
ed In the miniature followed
Bryan on his return.
Mr.. Ford and His Baby was the
title Of the stunt put on by the Alpha
Gamma Sigma fraternity M which re-
ceived honorable mention. When the
lights first came on several punches f
junk and what appeared to be the body
to a car were in evidence. Mr.. Ford or
dered his head mechanic to construct a
motor and chassis for his car out of the
scrap heap, the whole to cost not more
than SO, 1t being the purpose of the com
pany to get out a car for the common
people. The assembling of the parts by
the several workmen and the by-play of
the stenographer furnished plenty of
amusement until the motor was finally
started. the exhaust resembling the
below of a gatling gun as it disappeared
through the door.
"A Revery of the L. S. a." was the
title of tho Lambda Iota's stunt. An
American soIourning in Egypt had saved
the life Of a native and, feeling that his
country was in danger in this time of
war. was eager to know what the out
come would be. In gratitude the native
with mysterious arts caused the Sphinx
to disclose. Uncle Sam came forth, fol-
lowed by Abraham Lincoln, who fore
told good things in store for the United
States. Much attention was put into the
staging Of the scene for this stunt.
"Barleycorn's Busy night was staged
by the Kappa Sigma fraternity, The
man of the house, arriving home late In
an intoxicated condition, fell to sleep ana
his dream was acted out. the devil APP
pearing with his wife. and as he rose from
by the devil and thrust into the mouth OF
one of the torturing animals of his sa-
tn mic majesty. who swallowed him whole.
When the spot light left the huge wab-
bling monster and came back to the living
room scene the husband was fast asleep
upon the couch. When awakened by his
wife he was anxious TO sign a petition 10
do away with John Barleycorn in Bur
lington, which had been previously signed
by some of the proprictors OF the saloons.
"Somnambulism," put on 10y the Fiji
Delta Theta fraternity, was a clever
stunt. 1t opened with a scone in n hay
field. where four husky farmer were n
work. A darkey fell asleep at the foot
of ono Of the ha ys.Hcks and In the few
seconds during which the light were
turned of, the hay field was converted into
n corner In a city park with a fountain CT
running water surrounded by flowers, a
lighted lamppost and a dispensnry OF
drinks presided over by a city beauty"
The darkey walked through this dream
and when he came back 10 the world OF
human beings awoke in the hay field,
There were several good songs rendered
by the farmers quartettc.
The Delta Mu fraternity gave Post
Terpsichorean Hallucinations OF a Fresh
man Medic In this act n skeleton and
two phantoms appeared I'm the medic's
dream, after he had been out TO a
Yiddish bali and imbibed to freely of
the fermented juice of the grape, The
two ghosts danced the latest dances in
each others arms and were introduced
and dismissed by Il series OF blood
chilling screeches from the skeleton. Nc
lights were used and their very ghost
like appearance was ude to a liberal
dose Of ~phosphorous
An Evening on the Campus" as put
on by the Commons club. was a stunt
which received continued we'll merited
applause. The scene depicted the spot in
the campus in moonlight where are
L~afayette's statue n the fountain, the
ground being covered by snow. A re-
porter for the Cynic tried to get an in
terview with the professors on a meet
Ing which they had just left at the old
mill and q number OF the professors ap
peared, the make-ups and gestures as