Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-03
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Two Fraternity Dances Last Evening
and Junior Prom. To.night.

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and Junior Prom. Tonight.
The initiation and banquet of the Key
and Serpent society was held Tuesday.
The initiation ceremony was held at the
Lambda 1ota house. followed by the ban
quet at the Hotel Vermont. Professor
Upper. an honorary member Of the So
ciety. acted as POSTMASTER at the post
prandal exercises. Responses were given
by Manning, '18, Sunderland. Is, Briggs.
'1s. Burke. II. and Barrows. 10. The
initiates were L. c. Barrows. w. II. Buck.
Jr., o. w. Hackanson. p. M. Bell, II. A.
Morse, II. H. Carr and n. D. Mcsweeney
About twenty-five couples attended
the dance given last evening by the
members Of the Kappa Sigma fratern-
ity at their homo on Pearl street. Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence r. White and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Bedding chaperoned;
music was furnished by Browns or
lchestra.
The members of the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity entertained with a
dance at the Ethan Allen club house
last evening. The chaperons were
Professor and Mrs T. w. Dix and Mr..
and Mrs. W. B. Johnson. Zita's five
piece orchestra of Albany furnished
music.
Parker. 10. was elected leader Of the
Glee club for the coming year at
meeting OF the club, held last evening
at the Sigma Phi place. No election Of
manager was made.
| The baseball season opened Tuesday at
Centennial Field, the Penn State nine de-
feAting Vermont by a score Of s to {.
The Green Mountain Chapter OF the
Alpha Zeta fraternity held its annual
initiation at Morrill, hall Saturday eve
ming. The initiation ceremony was fol-
lowed by Q banquet at the Hotel Vermont.
The initiates were Prof. Floyd B. jerks.
honorary. I. A. browne. N. A. Edison.
lJ. p. Fitzpatrick, G. H. F'ullington and
r. e. Towne. all of the sophomore class.
At the post-prandia1 exercises Prof.
Ia. r. e. Story presided. Responses were
made BY Professors Comings and jerks,
If. r. Churchill. II. G. G. Bartlett '1s,
and T. e. Towne.
X 8. Mcleod, II. NJ. Anderson, A. w.
Rutter. e. l.. Chatterton. w. A. Best and
r. G.. Sanders of the senior class are in
Washington. where they will undergo An
examination for assistant paymaster in
the navy Vermont 10 allowed three ap-
pointments in the pay department Of the
navy as a result of being in the dis
} tinguished class. an honor held by only
} Ia colleges In the United States.
At . meeting of st. Hilda's Guild. he'd
Sunday night at st. Pauls parish house
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Mary wilkinson, 10: secretary
treasurer. Frances Dutton, 10: executive
committee. Cornelia Wheeler. IS. chair
man, Marion Jones. 10. Julia Wheeler. ~.
Pearl Snodgrass. 20. Miss Constance
Wheeler gave a talk on THE Leaders in
the Oxford Movement"
| At the regular weekly meeting Of the
Y. w. c. A. Friday afternoon installa-
ton of officers took place. Mildred Best.
IS. succeeding Jennie Maxfeld. IL. as
president. The other officers are as fol-
lows: V1ce-president. Bessie Reynolds.
Is; secretary Dorothy Lawrence. 10:
Itreasuref, Louise Lawton, 20. The presi-
dent announced the following members
, of the cabinet and chairmen of their
, respective committees: Cornela Wheeler.
rs religious meetings committee: Flor
ence Cummings. 10. social service COM
mittee: Julia Wheeler. -. missionary
COMMITTED: Mildred Powell. 20. voluntary
service committee; Evangeline Hayward.
II social committee: Mary Bishop. 20.
publicity committee; Julia King. 49, cor
responding secretary. Bessie Thayer, '13.
gave q talk on 1.-The College Woman 8
, Responsibility in Rural Communities"
:. L. A. Woodward, '18. was elected presi-
dent. r. c. Brown. IS. vice-president,
: l.. D. Nelson. 70. secretary. and J. r
Berry. "a manager Of the University De-
batting association at the final meeting OF
that organization. held Friday night. The
:, report OF the manager for the previous
|. year was read and accepted and other
be routine business transacted.
T. Kenneth Spaulding was elected leader o!
Founder day singing from the sopho'
more class at a meeting held Friday.