Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
UNIVERSITY NOTES.

President Berry of the senior class has
appointed the following committee on ar
rangements for the big military tourna-
ment, to be held some time in the spring;
CASTOR E. Fichot, '1s. Myers L. Booth, Is.
Raymond A. Briggs, '1S, Arthur r. Hogan.
10, and Homer A. Berry 10.
| A meeting of the junior and freshmen
girls was held Monday afternoon in the
Williams Science hall. 1t was decided to
give the net proceeds of the Odds and
Ends, which amount to very nearly $500,
in equal proportion to the Red Cross.
the Navy League, and the French relief
| The following promotions in the
university battalion have been an
nounced: Company A, to be sergeant,
H. A. Pierce; to be corporal. E. L. Fa-
gan. Company B, to be sergeant. c. NJ
Dustin and L. F. Hurlburd; to be cor
poral, N. C. Shaw. Company c, to be
sergeants. NJ. c. Bond F. A. Lynch. and
]. r. Dyer; to be corporals, p. j. Hill,
P. ]. Moore, H. c. Hill, and D. H.
Doane. Company D. to be sergeant. w.
L. Hammond, to be corporal. c. r.
Carlson.
The Student Union meeting held
last evening in the gymnasium was
opened with a cheer led by Rathfon.
go. President Berry called for any
notices to be given out so Butler, Is.
announced the home concert to be held
next Wednesday and asked for the
hearty cooperation OF the entire stu
dent body so that 1t may be a big sue
cess. Patten, 49,. stated that all
Cynic subscriptions should be paid
at the comptroller's office with the sec
ond term bill If possible or at least
before February o. Professor Eckhart.
chairman of the athletic council, then
gave the financial report showing that
without using any money from this
years student taxes, there was still a
small balance In the treasury. He also
advocates the paying of the IS tax for
the second semester to furnish a work.
| ing fund that would place athletics on
a firm financial basis. Harris motion
brought over from last meeting, that
| the students should pay this IS athletic
| tax was then passed unanimously.
Professor Eckhart also stated that rep
resentatives of Middlebury. Norwich,
ST. Michaers and the University of Ver-
| mont would meet next week in Bur-
! lington to discuss the conditions under
which basketball, track and hockey
may be played among the four colleges
| for the championship of the State.
| Fichot. rs, then announced the plans
for the big military tournament which
will probably be held on Founders day.
| Inere Will DE parade IN the morning
and the first part of the afternoon will
be taken UP by spectacular drills. re-
Views. guard mount and individual
! competitions. A sham battle between
| two squads of men in opposite trenches
fitted up with barbed wire entangle-
ments. armed with hand grenades and
other paraphernalia of modern trench
warfare will also be staged Follow
| ing this. there will be a big military
| field day in which there will be all
kinds of inter-company races in full
military equipment. In the evening
military ball Will be held, all men to
be present in uniform. In order to
make this military day complete sue
cess, 1t will be necessary for the jun
Tors and seniors who are not now TAX
ing military science. to come out and
join the battalion. Comings, rs. read
| report of last years Student Union
secretary's book and Woodward. rs
| read a letter in regard to sending band
instruments abroad for the use of the
soldiers. Those having such instru-
ments may leave them at the Y. NJ c.
A. office. The meeting closed with sew
eral excellent selections by the reor-
ganized University band.