Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-08
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
prorotions and Appointments to FIJI
vacancies in Onicers' Training Corps.

Vnc0ncIeS IN OHhCcrS framing COrpss
The following promotions and appoint
ments in the reserve officers training
corps, to fill existing vacancies, are an
nounced: Second lieutenant and supply
officer, s. L. Harris; sergeant-major. 8.
Farley; in Company A, supply sergeant.
e, w. Bowman: sergeants, L. G.. Spencer,
II. H. Carr, r. c. Brown, w. w. Sawyer;
in Company b. first sergeant, NJ. l..
Booth; supply sergeant, d. e. Sheffield
sergeants, I. w. Gale. J. p. Fitzpatrick.
X. n. Blake; corporals. A. T. Way. c. H.
Bowman, II. c. Griswold. w. n. Cassidy
in Company c. first sergeant, F. A. Rivers;
supply sergeant, X. c. McMahon; SER
Reants, l.. w. Williams. B. L. Bigwood.
p, H. Raymond: corporals. F. A. Lynch.
r. d, Adams. M. H. weinstein, e. j.
Tyler, r. Z. Titus; in Company -. first
sergeant, r r. browne; supply sergeant,
], A. Hitchcock; sergeants, F. A. browne,
p. w. Rethfon, e. H. Manseau, J. r.
Burke; corporals. H 8. vennernan, A. H.
Cheney, ]. l.. Sergeant. c. NJ. Doolittle, j.
II. Macleod, d. L. Lord.
At a meeting of the Cynic board Mon
day 1. /. Patten, 10, was elected business
manager. L. A. Spaulding. 49, and p. j.
Hill, 20, were elected news editors. only
a small percentage Of the students have
subscribed to the Cynic this year. Menu
beers Of the board will canvass the student
body this week to obtain subscriptions.
The Delta MI (medicaD fraternity an
nounces the pledging Of George r. Allen
of Plattsburgh. NJ, q and Charles c.
Barrett Of Holyoke. Mass, NJ. 20.
Alpha Tau Omega held their annual ini-
tiation banquet Saturday night at the
Hotel Vermont. Representatives Of sew
eral of the other chapters, men from
Plattsburgh. and many Of the local alumni
were present. The sophomores initiated
are ]. Morrissey and B. L. Towne. The
freshmen Initiated are q. 8. Churchill, L.
c. Churchill. H. D. Crossman, B. c.
Greene, p. G. Herrick. !. q. Taylor and
e. 8. Wallis.
The sophomore class met Friday and
elected as football coach. e. w. Bowman
Leland Parker; student council, Hammond
and Raymond.
At a meeting of the Honor Scholarship
society held Thursday night in the Old
Mill officers for the year were elected
They are President, Hardy Merrill, 10; vice.
president, Miss Irish. 10; secretary. Miss
johnson, 20; treasurer, Leland Parker
20; chairman entertainment and program
committee, Lewis Nelson, 20; sergeant-at.
arms, Arthur Cheney. 90
The Delta Mu fraternity announces the
pledging of George Winthrop Bass OF
Athol, Mass, and Clair DeForest Rublee
of Enosburg Falls.
The annual interclass cross country
meet was held Tuesday. Ninety-three
men started. The event was easily wor
by Buck, IS. who was followed in order
by Fowler, 20. and Branch. '2l. The
event was won by the freshmen, AZ to SO
The first six men Of each class finishing
are to constitute the class team. The
men on the sophomore class are Fowler
Akin, Hill, R. L.. Gale, I. W., Jones, r..
and Lamson.
The men who made the freshman team
are Branch, Spooner, Buckham, Cusson
Scott and Atkins.
The time was about the same as last
year. but was not taken by stop watch
this year.
An innovation has been introduced thi.
year in the university battalion in tn,
nature Of new insignia. Each member o.
the reserve officers training corps Is re
quired to wear the letters r. o. T. C. EN-
broidered on his left sleeve.
A meeting Of the Woman's Studen
Union was held Tuesday morning in the
Williams Science hall. Blanche Abbott
20. was elected secretary for this year
Miss Boynton and Mrs. Votey spoke
urging the girls to devote as much tim,
as possible to Red Cross work.
Phi Delta Theta announces the pledgini
of Donald e. Salisbury, p. Of Randolph.