Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-01-19
COLLEGE NOTES,

dress to the students.
The Civics club held a meeting Tues
day at which time Mrs. o. c. Ashton OF
Rutland addressed the members or
equal suffrage.
The Middebury Alumnae association
of Boston will hold stag party in Bos
ton on January 20, with supper at the
Plaza Hotel and theatre party after
ward. The annual dinner of the Boston
alumnae will be held on February 10,
The first interclass hockey games
were played Saturday on the college,
rink The seniors lost to the freshmen,
81, and the sophomores, led by the
remarkable playing Of Bower defeated
the juniors 1874.
"Pick" Fisher, who has been irregular
pitcher for the Yankees since his gradu-
alton from Middlebury. gave talk on
base ball to the men Of the college Tues
day evening in the Hemicycle.
The long proposed toboggan slide near
Pearsons hall is now in use and coastinG
in the daytime and by moonlight is a
favorite recreation for the students.
Board at Hepburn Commons, the
college boarding hall, will be four dol
lars a week beginning with the first
week in February.
The second basket ball games of the
season were played Wednesday night in
the gymnasium, with the band present
to furnish music. In the first game the
seniors defeated the sophomores 2l-l5.
The seniors were without HOLSTER, and
the sophomores without two of their
best men, Jenne (captain) and Tatro,
so the games were very much slower
than usual. Hubbard of the senior
team made several field goals from
nearly mid-hoor. In the second game
the freshmen started with rush, and
were at the big end of the score at the
end of the half, but Dake, one of the
regulars Of the junior team who did not
play the first half, went in for the
last half and the Juniors made a rush
that overwhelmed the freshmen and the
final score was Juniors Is, freshmen 8,
Heathe played fast game for the
freshmen, while Parker, Christian and
Good were instrumental for the juniors.
Thus far neither the seniors or Juniors
have been defeated and these teams
clash at the next games.
Two plays were presented at Pearsons
hall Thursday night by the Dramatic
club, entitled 1.-THE Land of Heart
Desire, and "A Christmas Chime"
The last informal dance of the
semester will be held in the Mccullough
gymnasium tomorrow Saturday night.
Rev. Ambrose r. Vernon of Harvard
Congregational church, Brookline,
Mass, will occupy the college pulpit for
the college vesper service next Sunday.
On February % at the invitation of
the Williams Outing club the Middle
bury Outing club will send representa-
tives to join in hike to the top of Mt.
Washington.
President Thomas addressed the
students of Massachusetts Agricultural
College at their chapel service last Sun
day.
The girls basket ball games of last
Wednesday resulted in 5-3 victory for
the Juniors over the sophomores, and
1916 win by the freshmen over the
seniors.
A gym meet will be held with
Dartmouth in the Mccullough gymna-
stun on February g. The meet will be
followed by dance A second meet
will be held with Amherst here later.
The winter handball tournament
started this week.
Chairman Wheelock of the Junior Play
committee has announced that the play
for Junior week is 1.-THE Lady of
Lyons" by Bulwer Lytton. The cast
will be selected early next semester.
The play will be coached by Professor
Burrage.
The following games have been added
to the 1917 football schedule: October
6, Clarkson Tech. and October 20, Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College. Both
games will be played on Porter field
This completes the schedule for next
fall. Special trains will be run to
Mortified for the Norwich game, and
to Williams College for the game there.