Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-31
u BUT TWO OF TEAM RETURN
=. V. M. Eleven Opens Training
Camp Sept. Is at Grand Isle.
3hptain Burke and Coach Beary to
Have squad of ~ at start-Uni-
versity Grades Last Scmes-
ter-Notes.

All the members Of last years =. V.
4. eleven, except two men who grad
ated last June. will he back In Septem-
err That's not all. The certificates OF
nough of the other undergraduates have
cached the registrars office 10 make 1t
ronable that most If not all IF the YER
nont boys in Company c on the Next
an border will return. Roy Sawyer.
ecretary to the president. said that
Practically all of the undergraduates
we're expected back.
"Stubby" Gerrish. one of the univer-
itys famous quarterback. who owns
n so-acre farm and camp on the lake
t Grand Isle, has given the use # the
PREMISES to the team at nominal
entail, and the athletic committee has
appropriated 5000 for training expenses.
Fhe eleven will GO into camp-it's Camp
1ermont--and begin practice there
september IL. Captain J. +. Burke, who
has BEEN digging up raw material has
produced several new men of promising
falibre. Besides Brennan of the Burning
on high school, there will he Carl Bow
han Of Proctor. whose lo5 pounds OF flesh
md bone have endangered the efficiency
bf several pairs of scales. He can punt
n yards and will doubtless add some
Yards on to that when he gets his work.
put in the baCkfsld Paul Gillio and Art
sulivan of the Rutland high school, are
wo other prospective additions to the
ba ckfield Sullivan was captain of his
cam last year. Vernon Stone of Salem,
h Y. will he tried out at end. So Will
Harold Soloman of ST Johnsbury. Conner
ford of last years Worcester Academy
cam and Bert Hawkins of the Troy
conference Academy's team at Poul'ney,
hno.her scalo-breaker-he weighs 19o-'
wil also be worked ont ut tackle.
Eloomer and Weeks, who played tackle
hnd end respectively last year, are the
bnly two men lost.
The camp can accommodate e. men,
hnd there will he So men on hand Septem-
Der Is or earlier. all hand-picked Young
sters whose pedigrees are eloquent
Enough without saying anything more.
There will be practice each morning and
afternoon except Sunday. but the camp
contains several tennis courts, canoes
and rowboats besides the large field and
there will he plenty of chances for
recreation between times The manage
ment is even providing tutors for the
ub-freshmen to see that their scholar
ship records don't interfere later. Board
az the camp will he free. and it will be
board.
Last year only one week Of practice
was given the men. old and new together,
and the campus field was used College
this year opens the 9th. and practice
will continue daily except Sunday up to
1.-The last day.
coach Leary suggests that every man
obtain a rule book and know it cold
when the season begins" That's part OF
some instructions Captain Burke is send
ling ont to the material of this season s
eleven. please report in Burlington on
the 14th" is another item.
LAST sEMEsTER's GRADES.
Miss student outdid Mr.. Student in
standing the second semester of last
wear by a shocking margin. Her aver
|ase was 81 .aS per cent as compared with
1.-THE figures:
GENERAL AVERAGES.
Biased on final grades, 19l5-16 acad,
emic colleges only.
General average (all Students, 741C
per cent; average. male students, 1l5E
per cent, average. female students, sl9s
per cent; average, all fraternity mem
bers, both sexes, "A 43 per cent; fraternity
men. 7l.3l per cent. fraternity women
A49 per cent, average. all non
fraternity students. As per cent; non
fraternity men, 72.72 per cent; non
fraternity women. 1885 per cent.
CLASS AVERAGES