Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-09
UNIVERSITY HAS NEW
O0RMITORY FOR GIRLS
Pease Property at Head of Col
lege Street to Help Out Hous-
ing Problem for Women Stu
dents-Former President of
Wellesley Makes Address

ideally located places near its own prop
erty. This Ia the r. S. Pease house on
the corner Of South Prospect and Col
lege streets and is one OF the most valu-
able properties adjoining the campus. 1t
has n frontage on South Prospect street
of about 140 feet and on College street
of about 300 feet. The house is large
and will afford plenty of room for It's
future use-a dormitory for the women
Of the university 1t is very probable,
however, that eventually a fine modern
dormitory will be erected on this corner
The property will be taken over durlng
the present month. This step is made
necessary by the increased number of
students in the college, there being now
Al women enrolled. The location is ideal
for this purpose, because Of its proximity
to the college and also because Of the
fact that 1t is near Grassmount, where
all of the girls of the university board.
Then, too, there is sufficient space to
build a large dormitory there when the
time comes. The ]. r. Wheeler property
on the corner of Main and South Pros
pect street is being used this year and
with this new dormitory there should be
room enough to accommodate all the
women of the university.
The Pease house is one of the old land
marks Of Burlington, having been built
in 1877. About 1860 A. c. Spear, n long
time druggist In Burlington, moved into
it and lived there the rest of his life.
At his death 1t went to Mrs. Julia II.
Spear. who occupied 1t until her death.
Last year, when the S. A. r. c. was at
the university. one of the companies
occupied it as barracks
MISS HAZARD ADDRESSES WOMEN
STUDENTS
The college chapel was crowded yester-
day afternoon with young women when
Miss Carolyn Hazard, former president Of
Wellesley College, addressed the women
Of the university. Miss Hazard was in
troduced by Mrs. Pearl Randall WATSON,
dean of women, who herself was a senior
at Wellesley when Miss Hazard was in
augurated as president
Miss Hazard said that she felt many
bonds between herself and the women of
the University of Vermont; first. because
they were the girls of one of her girls;
then, too, Vermont is proud of It's asso-
citation with Lafayette and she has a table
which belonged to one of her ancestors
and at which Lafayette sat, and last be-
cause her father and the late President
Angel were classmates at Brown Univer-
sty, graduating in 1919, and later took a
trip together through France and Italy.
1.-THE big question for each college girl
to ask herself to-day said Miss Hazard,
Is What are you in college for?" OF
course you are here to learn more Of
certain subjects, to get culture, etc. but
that is not all. You must not be content
to stand well In your studies alone. You
Y,,t,S DO oil hot a.
actual college work and still not impair
your health. But always approach you
work with eyes open wide, so that in
years to come you can better help to
solve all the questions of the day, try
to get some of the perspective of the ages
to help you in your work. Do not try to
do too much at once. Be patient with
yourself. 1t is easy enough to be pa
tient with other people but II Is hard to
be patient with ones self. Recognize the
fact that you are learners in the company
of scholars, and that everyone who does
good work for herself is not only helping
herself but also helping her class and
her college,
AS an Illustration of what college
should do for girl Miss Hazard told
something of what Mrs. John j. PERISH
ing said about Wellesley after she had
returned from a trip to the Orient. She
said that Wellesley had helped her in
everything she did even to backing
away from the Emperor of Japan and
not tripping over a fourteen foot train
In other words, her college had given
her control over herself that nothing
else could have given her.
Everyone who goes to college owes
something to that college but those
young people who go to a State Uni
versity have a still greater obligation
The institution is being supported by
the State and they must pay back to the
state in service what it Is doing for
them. We all know what we owe to the
country in which we are horn, but some
times we forget our duty to the State
in which we live.
There is among boys from earliest
childhood a certain something called
the spirit of fair play. Women have
been sheltered so much that they have
not developed this give and take, and
so they are very indivdualistic The
college girl should learn to think as a
part of the whole and to be less in
diV!dual Remember. If you are going
TO serve no matter what chat service
~ ana how insignificant II may seem.
40 II with all your heart so that when
you go out into the world you can
40 big things with the same spirit Re-
member that IN being a college girl your
influence VIII spread far and wide. for
al over the world there are either
Of your college or of
some other college associated with II.
preceding Miss Hazards talk the girls
sang Hail, Green and Gold" They were
led by the new cheer leader. Miss Kath-
crime McSweeney. The meeting closed
with "Champlain."
After Miss Hazards address Yesterday
AFTERNOON in the chapel. there was a rec
ognition service for the new members of
the Young Women's Christian association.
Ihere We're about go of these new mem
bers.
In the evening from eight until nine.
there was an informal reception at Grass
mount for Miss Hazard. There were sew
erai wellesley graduates and about a
hundred Vermont girls. In the receiving
line were Mrs. WATSON. Miss Hazard. Mrs.
Buckham and Mrs. Stetson There was
some very good singing under. the ener-
getic leadership of Katherine McSwee-
ney the new song leader.
COLLEGE NOTES
lambda Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta
announces the utilization of Doris Thomp-
son. '22. from Alpha Epsilon Chapter at
Washburn College, Topeka. Kan.
Delta Delta Delta announces the pledg-
ing of Alpa Amey of the class of 1921.