Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-10
COLLEGE NOTES.

Junior prom HARD,
K. Davis, Damon, and Misses Bulls,
Simms and Cussons.
The committees met in the Henri
cycle Tuesday, December 7th, at 1:30
p. m. to elect their chairmen. Miller
was chosen chairman of the play COM
mittee and Lee of the prom committee.
The freshmen gym classes started
Tuesday, December 7th. They will
meet every Tuesday and Thursday at
80 p. IN.
The Gymnasium will be opened Mon
day and Friday afternoons and evenings
exclusively to the ladies of the college.
The freshmen girls gym classes started
Monday, December 9th. The girls
class meets from $3.50 to 4:30, and girls
basket ball practice is held after the
class work.
The schedule for the use of the gym
by the various class basket ball teams
has been announced as follows: Seniors,
Tuesday nights from Z till 81: Juniors,
Thursday nights from z till 9; Sophie
mores, Thursday afternoon from 4:30
day and Thursday afternoons after reg
ular gym classes.
A part of the lower room in the gym
has been curtained off for the use of the
women and a number of lockers have
been reserved for them.
Coach Murch is busying himself with
various changes and improvements
about the campus and many new ideas
are revolutionizing the former gymna-
SUM system of the college.
The basket ball games through winter
will be played Wednesday and Friday
nights. 1t is the plan now to have a
short dance after each game.
The last freshman debate was en- the
subject Resolved, that the administra-
TONS plan tor increasing the armed
forces of the United States shall be
adopted" Pitkin, Whipple and Roberts
upheld the affirmative, opposed by He
bard, Osteyee and Plumb. There were
two judges, Professors Cunningham and
Morgan. The decision of the debate
was a tie, one vote being cast for each
side.
There will be an informal dance in the
Mccullough Gymnasium Saturday even
ing. Music will be furnished by the
College orchestra.
At a meeting of the Tuesday Evening
club which took place on December 7th,
a short play entitled "Three Dear
Friends, was given by the Sophomore
girls.
There was a meeting of the Campus
Board Monday at 4:15 in the English
room of the chapel.
A number of Juniors are working on
essays in favor of peace, to be entered
for the Deacon Boardman peace prize
of $50.
The Civics club held it's first meeting
of the year in Pearsons hall Monday
afternoon at five o'clock. The leader
was Professor Wetherell. He suggest
ed a plan of work for the coming year.
At a meeting of the Junior class after
chapel Monday morning 1t was voted
not to purchase suits for the basket ball
team but to require each man to pro-
cure his own.
An illustrated lantern lecture was
given in the gymnasium Wednesday
night by DR.. Edward Breck on "Our
Navy and What 1t Means" The con.
dition of the navy was fully shown and
the lecture was very interesting to all.
The dam has been completed on the
Porter field for the skating ponc, and
although the water does not come with
in a foot and a half of the top yet, a
considerable area has been flooded, and
with a little rain the area will assume a
size suitable for a very respectable
hockey ground. Judge Weeks, as su-
p%eiintendent of the grounds, has been
looking after the matter. 1t is in mind
ut the present to make the pond a per-
manent body of water.
The hocky goals were ordered some
time ago and were expected this week
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them together and set them in place
Immediately on their arrival.
Professor Cunningham addressed the
Freshman men in the chapel Monday
afternoon on the methods of preparing
debating material, working up outlines,
summarizing points, and many of the
essential principals of debating.
The freshmen gymnasium suits order
ed by Coach Holmes have been received.
The freshmen had a meeting Monday
and appointed a committee to see Coach
Holmes to see If it would be necessary
for them to purchase the suits. There
was some objection to the outlay of
nearly five dollars for each suit, but the
matter was explained to the committee
and was apparently satisfactorily set
tied.
Another tryout will be held for the
varsity debating team Tuesday night in
the chapel. The various candidates
will be assigned one side of a topic and
will be judged on their method of pre-
sentation of the subject and their gen
eral ease. etc. 1t is thought that this
will be the final tryout.
Professor Wright will conduct the
chapel service next Sunday at five
o'clock, President Thomas presiding at
the Emma Willard School, Troy, N. Y.
President Thomas is to be the speaker
at the annual dinner of the New Eng
land Society of Detroit on December 16.
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