Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-29

Champlain retired followed by the In
dams This episode was presented by
the Delta Sigma fraternity.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity pre-
sented an episode representing Ethan
Allen and his Green Mountain Boys
capturing Ticonderoga. This was fol-
lowed by Ira Allen offering funds for
the building of the university which
was presented by the Sigma Phi fra
/ tcrnity. The Lambda Iota fraternity
represented President Washington
signing the bill making Vermont a
state. The women of the Delta Delta
Delta fraternity then presented Yer
mont welcomed into the Federal Union
the original thirteen States and Yer
mont being represented by young wom-
en-. The Phi Delta Theta fraternity
presented an episode representing tho
"Old Mll' used as barracks by the
soldiers of the War of 1912, and Alpha
Tau Omega represented Lafayette lay
ing the corner stone of the "Old Mill"
The Commons club presented an old
time June training, and the Delta psi rep
resented students existing for the civil
War. The Sigma Nh represented Presi-
dent Lincoln signing the Land Grant
College bill with Justin s. Morrill, at
his side
The Junior class presented an cpl
sode representing the wedding Of the
university and the state Agricultural
College. and Apollo the god of fine
arts, literature and medicine was rep
resented coming out of the temple in a
white and gold costume followed by
the nine muses. dressed in green. lie
welcomed Ceres gowncd in yellow car
rying sheaf of golden grain attend
| ed by five harVcstcra in green and
brown tunics and five shepherds wear
ing green tunics and leopard skins
Apollo welcomed Ceres and took her
into the tempe following the Grecian
wedding ceremony
Kappa Alph, Theta represented tho
admission of women to the university.
Two of the older women graduates
| held open the door to women, one of
them holding the golden Phi Beta Kap-
pa key, indicating that Phi Beta Kap-
pa honors We're first offered to women
| by tho Cnivc -stity of Vermont.
| The university Of the present repre-
scented by Alpha ri Delta was present.
cd by young women in green and gold
costumes. accompanied by women rep
rescnting the different departments
dressed in white with scarfs of appro-
pirate colors and carrying symbols
representing the different departments
! The pageant of the future was pre-
scented by the sophomore and freshmen
| classes. y young woman held up an
| hour glass in which was seen vision
| of future generations who entered to
| pay tribute hefore the portraits of the
| makers of the past, knelt before the
! figure representing Vermont and went
forth to carry the influence of the
| State to all parts of the world. There
were three groups on the stage. one
representing Columbia with Uncle Sam
on one side and Indians on the other.
groups representing the nations of the
east and the west Following this epi-
sode all the participants in the vari-
| Gus episodes came upon the stage and
sang n Vermont hymn.
! All of these episodes We're represent
ed by students dressed in the proper
costume of the period. 1t should he
said that the presentation of these
episodes was rendered more difficult
owing to the fact that considera bic
number of students who intended to
| participate were members of the uni
vcrsity company which has been called
out for military service. This necessi-
tatcd the abandonment of two or three
, episodes.
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
The annual reception to alumni by
President and Mrs Benton was serious
lY int rfered with by the rain and n
misunderstanding rs to the place. The
storm was at its height at the end Of
the pageant and, though cars and 9TH
4 . NeN i'm
Of the gymnasium, umbrellas and
mackintoshcs were scarce because Of
the fair skeis that prevailed earlier IN
the afternoon.
! 1t was decided that President and
Mrs. Benton would receive informally
I in the gymnasium, but when it was
learned that some, not knowing of the
/ change. had gone to the president
house. the reception was transferred
there where refreshments were served.