Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

Hammer throw-Burrage 90 first
Birchard CM. A. CO second, Watts V) !
third. Distance, III feet inches.
Broad iump-(Smith (v) first, Birchard
M. A. CO second, Taggart (V) third. Dis
lance, 20 feet 6 IL inches.
Discus throw-Forfeited by Vermont to
NJ. A. c.
The back campus presented very
busy scene all day Friday. The
field day which the trustees gave the
undergraduates was surely made the
most Of A city of tents but without
embryo are tho results of the ten hour
day put in by the undergraduate men.
The first shift made up of freshmen
and seniors, 173 strong, started work
at seven o'clock and quit at twelve.
The juniors and sophomores, Isl in
number. took up their shovels and
picks at one o'clock About 1000
square yards of turf were removed by
the aid of six two horse teams and Il
wheel barrow gang. To prevent the
work from becoming monotonous
gangs were shifted from cutting and
loading sod to digging drainage
trenches and vice versa Two main
west side of the field. is practically
completed. It is 700 feet long and at
the south end on the Williston road is
almost eight feet deep. The other. 400
feet in length can be finished in
| short time Fridays work is but
the opening gun and from now until
the middle of June work Will be stead
| lily pushed until the drainage system
Is complete and the field leveled.
| Lieutenant Howard Communicated
the sophomores and freshmen for an
hour Friday and in that time tents
were pitched for tho four companies
of the battalion. band and hospital
corps, Although attendance is not
compulsory, the officers want the men
to sleep in the tents as much as pos
sible. The annual federal inspection
comes about the 24th and 25th of this
month and this camp will undoubtedly
cause a favorable impression and do
much to keep Vermont in the distin
guishcd class of the colleges under the
Morrill, land grant act.
The sophomores have elected their
editor in chief and business manager
for 1918 Ariel. II. r. Hammer of Bris
toll will act as editor in chief and Guy
r. Chamberlain of this city as bust
ness manager.
The St Paul's club held a meeting Tues
day at the parish house. Plans for
next year were discussed and the follow
ing officers were elected: President, S. +.
French, II; vice-president, f. w. Hack
ett II; secretary and treasurer, Hobart
j. Stanley, Jr., is.
| The Girls Glee club met Tuesday at
Grassmount and elected the following Of
fcers Leader, Frances Tenney, II, of
ct. Adams; assistant leader Margaret
Whittemorc, 10, of Newport, n. H.. man
lager, Jessie Fisk. II, of Broothcld: as
sistant managers, Myrtle Rose is. Of
Enosburg Falls, and Margaret Cheney,
10, of Randolph.
President Benton addressed the Stu
don't Union yesterday morning He
asked the undergraduates, or as many
of them could do SO, to stay over for
commencement week. A big pageant is
planned and work on it will be begun
Immediately. A large percentage of the
men present yesterday morning signiiied
their intention of staying over.
The Junior Prom. will take place this
evening in the gymnasium.
Vermont Beta of ri Beta Phi an
inounces the pledging of Margaret T.,
| Whittemore, -. of Newport, y. II.
The Sigma Phi fraternity is holding
a house party during junior week, with
the following guests: The Misses liar-
riet Bliss and Marjorie 1lickok of this
( city, Miss Sadie Norris of Prescott
$ Mass. Miss Mary Emery of Jamaica
: Plains. Mass. the Misses Helen Howes
. and Theodore Plat of Mort hampton
Mass, and the Misses Dorothy Chase
and Katharine Ncrnam of New YORK.
city. The chaperones are Mrs A. T.
Chase of New York city and Mrs w. r
Gates of this city.
At a meeting of the Womens Student
association yesterday morning the CON
stitutOn was discussed. At the next
meeting a week from to-day the re.
mainder of the constitution will be read
and discussed.
The baseball team took a trip to New
York State last week and lost three
games. At Ithaca Thursday Cornell won
to 3; at Syracuse Friday Syracuse won
10 to /, at Hamilton Saturday Colgate
won, 3 to 8.