Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-25
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
End Of Rushing Season Shows 4
Pledged to Fraternitles.


End Of Rushing Season shows ~
Pledged to Fraternities.
The end Of the rushing season resulted
in 40 men pledging themselves to fraterni-
ties Monday. While others may be OK
pected throughout the fall this represents
the bulk of the men of the freshmen class
who will join fraternities.
Alpha Tau Omega announces the pledg-
ing Of G.. s. Churchill. L. c. Churchill and
II. D. Crossman. all of South London
derry. B. c. Greene of Saranac Lake. N.
Y, P. G.. Herrick of Pawlet, I. @. Taylor
Of Springfield and E. S. Wallis Of Waits
field.
Commons club announces the pledging of
two sophomores. r. G. Hill and T. r.
Dyer. They also pledged the following
freshmen: II. E. Barker of Sunapee. n.
H., d. E. Bixby of Essex. NJ. W. Ellsworth
of Cambridge, o. K. Jenney Of Stowe. H.
Lathrop of Arlington. NJ. r. Randall Of
Townshend and L. c. Spiller Of South
Veron.
Tho following men pledged themselves
to Delta Psi: G. L. Best Of st. Adams. w.
B. Buckham Of Hyde Park. X. F. Cleaves
of Montpelier. c. NJ. Sargent of Paterson,
N. j., 8. Campbell of Wellesley. Mass. and
NJ. L. Scott of Randolph.
The men who accepted bids from Kappa
Sigma are: r. NJ. Warren, r. L. Smalley
and F. H. Jenkins. all of Morrisville. d.
E. Salmond Of Perkinsville. H. r. Atkins
of North Hero. c. c. Poubert of Hyde
Park. Mass, w. G. Creaser Of Ludlow. H.
w. Paige of Westford and c. NJ. Way and
G. N. Haigh Of this city.
lambda Iota pledged r. F. Brown Of
North Adams, Mass. H. NJ. Grant of
Adams. Mass. F. J. Lawliss of Barre. H.
E. Rockwell of Burlington. ]. H. Shaw of
Manchester Center. F. A. Staples Of Will
Jamestown, Mass, C. A. Winslow of North
Clarendon and P. ]. Hill, 20, Of Newport.
Phi Delta Theta announce the pledging
Of 8. w. Converse of Bridport. ]. B. Dixon
Of Buffalo. N. Y, H. P. Sharples Of New
York, H. r. LOOMS Of Burlington. F.
Lyons Of Billerica. Mass. J. p. MARI of
Montpelier. A. T. Way Of Burlington and
B. Bosworth. 10. of New York.
Sigma Nu pledged l.. 8. Bartlett Of Rich
mond. c. Wriston. 20. of Florence. Mass.
A. l.. Thrall of Rutland, 8. j. O'Neil Of
West Rutland. e. NJ. Whitcomb Of Essex
Junction, F. s. Towle of EnosburS Falls.
]. r. Jennings Of st. Adams and w. d.
Goodrow of Dalton. Mass.
Willard Davenport and F. S. rease, Jr.,
of Burlington, E. c. Melby of North Fer
risburg and r. J. Finley Of Buffalo. n. Y.
pledged themselves to Sigma Phil
The sophomore class met in the Science
hall Monday morning >and elected the
following officers: President. P. j. Hill:
vice president, Miss Pease; treasurer. I.
w. Gale; secretary, Miss Swasey. The
members elected to the executive board
are NJ. c. Bond. d. II. Doane. p. X.
French, Miss Abbot and Miss Young. A
manager of football will be elected later
The choir appointments have been
made as follows: Dorothy Lawrence. 49,
Margaret Smart. 30. Norma Perkins. 1S.
Margaret Whittemore. 10. E. A. Spauld-
ing. 10. r. NJ. Warren, n. r. F. Brown.
IS. r. Parker. 10; clarinet. H. f. Barker.
%; violin. A. H. Cheney, 90 organ
blower. H. Bowley. 10.
At a meeting of the Junior class Fri
day the following officers were elected:
President, Alfred Krayer; vice-president.
! Florence Cummings; treasurer, Arthur
Hogan; secretary, Barbara Brown; execu-
tive board. Douglas insolvency, Joseph
| Johnson, Ralph browne. Catherine Casey,
Susan Delano: football manager, Leon
Patten.
| There was an unusually large at
| tendance, estimated at $50. at the Joint
| reception given by the Y. NJ. c. A. and
Y. w. c. A. of the university to the
, freshmen in the gymnasium Tuesday eve
| ming. 1t was fitting opening to the
social life Of the college year. During
| the early part of the evening, while
| the guests were arriving. an informal
reception was held. giving the stran-
gers in the assembly the opportunity
to get acquainted. An improvised COL
/ leCe orchestra did excellent duty dur
| ing the evening.
|
an address of welcome by c. d. Pierce
Jr.. president of the Y. NJ. c. A. This
was followed by a soprano solo by Miss
| Dorothy Lawrence. 10. Miss Fair
banks. a returned missionary from In
| dia. gave an address which was listened
to intently by all present. Miss Fair
banks Is also to speak before the Y
w. c. A. this afternoon. Following an
other selection by the orchestra, Pro-
fessor H. F. Perkins talked to the stu
dents for few minutes. giving then
some good advice for the coming year
Refreshments of ice cream and oak,
were served, following which the stu
dents danced until IL o'clock. by per
mission Of the college authorities. A
the close of the evenings festivities
the ice cream which remained was pur.
chased by the various fraternities foi
a midnight spread"
At meeting of the freshman eias.
| Tuesday the following officers were
elected: President, Edward Melby; vice
president Bernice ByingtOn; secretary
Ruth Ball: treasurer, John Dixon; foot
ball manager. Phillip Branon.
The Delta Mu fraternity announces tn,
pledging of Spencer Burnham Caldwell
NJ. ~. OF Enosburg Falls: Newell Wal
ton Giles. NJ. '2l. Of Amherst. Mass.
Harold ellison Haskell. NJ. '2l. OF Yves
Pawlet: Luther C. Heidger. NJ. 81. o.
Greensboro. Ohio: Loren Fred Richards
NJ, 81. Of South Lyndeboro. N. H.; Byron
Calvin Tillotson. NJ. 81. Of Montpelier
Kenneth James Tillotson. NJ, '2i. of Proc
tor: Percy COPELAND Fisher. NJ. 20. o
Aliendale. N. j.; Edward Leo Mckinley
NJ. 20. OF Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
The Sigma Phi society announces thu
pledging Of H. Irving Holbrook. '2i. O
Glen Ridge. N, j.
MAKES GOOD IN THE NORTH.