Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-09
ATTENDANCE RECORD
BROKEN At UNIVERSITY
Eight Hundred and Ten Enrolled,
800 Being New Students
Women Lead Men in Scholar
ship-Dr. w. N. Bryant, '73,
Speaker at First COnvOcatiOn

Up to last night the numbers OIL STU
dents enrolled at the University or YER
mont was way above the record OF any
other year in the history OF the uniVer-
sty. At that time $40 students hau en-
rolled, and of these 800 were new studehts
This includes freshmen and new mempe-s
who entered some of the upper classes.
Some of the freshmen who took work last
YEAR are not new students this year but
the number Of freshmen. regardless or
whether they were new students or not,
I'm to last night was 3d. or the entire
student body, 241 are women and 569 are
men. or the freshmen class 1Ot are
women and 209 men. Two hundred and
fifty-five of the freshmen come from YER
mont, and of this number 81 are women
and 164 men. The highest total enrolment
at the university before this year was In
1916, when 672 enrolled.
WOMEN LEAD IN SCHOLARSHIP
That the women Of the University of
Vermont lead in scholastic standing, as
usual, Is shown in the report OF the stand
ing of the different sororities and fraterni-
tics during the second half or last year.
Kappa Alpha Theta. for the fourth year.
leads the list, with an average standing
of S2S7 per cent. Delta Delta Delta IL
close second, with 82.43 per cent Inc
average Of all fraternity women is above
that of non-fraternity women, the first
being 81 II per cent and the second 70 per
cent. Alpha X: Delta is between these
with 81 per cent. The standing OF all
women of the college Is 1910 per cent.
and of Pi Beta Phi little below that, or
1888 per cent
Alpha Tau Omega leads the mems fra
ternities with an average standing of 1912
per cent, Kappa Sigma Is next with I2.O6
and Phi Mu Delta with 71.31 per cent.
Delta Psi is little higher than the aver
age Of ill Of the fraternity men Of the
college, having a percentage of 67.74. while
the average of the fraternity men is 66.17
tper cent The average Of all OF the men
lis slightly lower. or &.49 per
cent, and that of all non-fraternity
,men still lower. or 1888 per cent. The
standing of Sigma Phi men Is 61.67 per
cent. of Pit Delta Theta 1885, Of Sigma
NJ 5s1. ami of Lambda Iota 1926 per
cent.
The cup for the fraternity having the
highest standing was awarded to Kappa
Alpha Theta at the opening of college.
STUDENT CONvOCATION
The first of series Of student convoca
tons at the University of Vermont wa:
held in the gymnasium yesterday after
nooon from four to Ave o'clock with G
large and enthusiastic number of stu
dents and faculty present. The meeting
opened with college songs and cheers lee
by Robert Parker. Then Acting Presiden
Guy W. Baily introduced the speaker, DR.
W. N. Bryant of Ludlow. Of the class o.
'72 who spoke on 1.-THE View Point Of al
lOptimist.''
DR.. Bryant's talk was replete will
ly. He explained the difference between
an optimist and a pessimist. and showed
some ways in which the world has grow,
better. such as improvements In govern
ment, in public life and in church mat
tiers. and great advances in the medica
profession. He spoke of the conditions fol
lowing the war and said that he believed
that everything would adjust itself 70
the best in the end.
Following his talk the Vermont vel
was given followed by DR.. Bryants name
The meeting closed with two verses O
leges were on the platform with Dl
Bryant and Acting President Bailey.
UNIVERSITY NOTES
Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Xxi Delta an
nounces the pledging of Ruth Foste
, '22, Of Island Pond. and Pauline Mood!
, '22, of Waterbury.
Miss Constance Votey. U. v. NJ. Il
, has completed her work In the Amer
, lean Legation at The Hague. HOLLAND
and has been ordered by the Red Cros
, commission at Paris to proceed to Pc
, land for Red Cross work there.