Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-24
SOPHOMORES WIN
uNDERCLASS DAY
Outcome Uncertain Until Last
Event of the Evening, Which
Added rs Points to Score of
1921 Men, Making Total 1872
to ZIG
to ZIG


events of the day were so arranged ant
devised that all the ability in organiza
ton. all the fighting spirit, and all the
cleverness in planning of each class was
made manifest. The sophomore class wor
/ the day by defeating the freshmen in the
last event of the evening, the "keg rush
This counted 25 points, and the classes
were so nearly tied at the beginning OF
the rush that either could have won. The
score for the day was: Sophomores 1872
freshmen JIG. The events of the day com.
menced with the cane rush in the after.
noon. At 100 the freshmen marched dowr
| to Miles & Perry's clothing store received
the canes, gave cheer for Miles &
! Perry's, and returned to the field OF
battle on the back campus. There they
gave up their canes and drew lots to
see who of their number should contend
Inasmuch as the sophomore class has a
total enrolment of only Sc. just that
number of freshmen were permitted to
contend. The sophomores held the canes
and in the seven minutes of "scrappng.' -
they managed to keep canes to the
amount of seven points more than the
freshmen took away The score was ~
to 65. each entire cane counting two
points, and each crook end with a foot
''Oie Vi ''e 'i0"e' "'"o '''Si"e o"e
point.
THE TUG-OF-wAR
The tug-of-war followed the cane rush
and was likewise won by the sophomores.
In the first of the three pulls the ''sophs''
had slight incline in their favor, and
succeeded in gaining about three feet
on their opponents. In the second pull
the nositions of tho two te.r,s were
reyersed and oyep tbo,yb tbe, need n
rrosh toar, tho .o,hon,nras war r,,I,od
cor,,,,oto,,, off ,hoi, foat T., .ho ,;,,o
h.twoon tho sooond ,rd ,h;ra ,,,Is corio
,tcC.nn ona C,,r,r,iras thr.a frash,,,ar
-. ,,,o haa haan 1900 =, 49,
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been rescued from cantivitv on tho farm
of "A member of the sophomore class by
some freshmen in an automobile. With
Soule as ''anchor man." the freshmen
went back into the tug O. war resolved
TO win the last and deciding pull. But
even as the gun went off, the sopho-
more team gave tremendous jerk and
yanked the freshmen with them to a
complete victory. This netted Is points
to the sophomores, making their score
81. The last event of interest to the
public was the flag rush. A white flag
with the sophomore numerals was put
on little pole, attached to telegraph
pole at height of IL feet from the
ground. The freshmen We're to take
down the flag. which the sophomores
defended by massing around the foot
of the pole. In addition to the hardy
group VI sopioniores ue.erni,"eu "
weep theiii away ti.e irosli hdo u YIN y
poie sn,eareo WIN axe Grease ie'
'esp,,e an the'r oiiiicui''es' 'he CLASS
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Such NUMBERS 'hat they nad no oinl-
:" '1"ui"6 up LUIS qua'
VIM puiieu oowh 'ne nag aoout lour
u,,in u'eS "itei 'he COM eoI"iiienceo'
n,s say. 10 poi"'a u ''e i'esi''''ei''
NAMING ''e'i score '''
ONE SOPHOMORE CAPTURED
At $50 commenced the period of gen.
eral hostilities during which both
sides were supposed to make sorties
for the nurpose Of attaining nrisoners
Each prisoner was to count one point
for his captors. The sophomores be-
took themselves to the region OF the
brickyard on the Lower road, while
the larger number of freshmen stayed
IN the vicinity OF Commons hall, un-
Wiling TO FISK the chance or losing
man. They managed to make one cap
tive by stopping motorcyclist on Col
chester avenue. He was Donald Lord.
Il, VINO was out scouting FOR his class.
The sophomores failed to take man,
so that the score stood at $3.50. the end
OF the period OF general hostilities,
lszl' 80 iS2Z, 81
AT 900 o'clock came the first of the
three dummy rushes. The sophomores
were given the dummy to hide on the
campus At 900 The "frosh'' COM
menced the hunt. BY means of fake
dummies and general confusion. the
sophomores kept the attention of the
freshmen away from an automobile on
the edge of the campus, in the tonneau
of which was the real dummy. Two
girls sat in the rear seat, and at their
feet was the dummy under the pro-
lection of a lone sophomore. This ruse
succeeded in defeating the freshmen,
and Melted Is more points to the soph-
At 800 the second dummy rush com.
menced. With a flash light turned on IL
the dummy was tossed into the midst
VI sroup VI sopnonnores ABOUT twenty
h'e LOCI iio''' me ireshnleh' IL was
Passeu quiehy pach 10 one OF the sopho-
I'ores' VINO "eo 10 announcer part OF the
iioii. CAMPUS AZ 'iie souhu Oh Whistie'
ne 'houeh' 'he event was over ana was
recurring u SNOW the dummy 10 the
JUDGES "neh ne was met oVerpowered'
ana oePri'eu OF the dummy by TWO
PROVING irosh' Ihis netted the freshmen
n1teen points
Inc last dummy rush commenced at
s4o' The dummy was put In the crotch
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