Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-11-27
UNIVERSITY NOTES
One New sorority Formed and other,
Announce Names of Girls Pledged

Alpha was formed Saturday evening.
when initiation was held at the home of
Mrs. Aiken at 1873 Loomis street. followed
by an initiation banquet at the New
Sherwood. The charter members are
Helen Aiken Of Burlington. Marjorie Per-
rim of Greensboro. class of %: Ada Hill
o: Greensboro. Frances MAYNARD of
Bakersheld, Flora Emerson of Barton,
Amy Hammond of Burlington, of the
class Of %; Mary Kelly of Red Banks,
\. j.. Barbara Fletcher Of Albany. Kath-
leen Keenan, of Albany, Ida johnson of
Lyme. \. H. Lois Hadley of North Crafts
bury. Ina Wcstoner of Watervillc and
Marjorie Montague of East Fletcher.
The guest of honor at the banquet was
Miss Pearl Randall WATSON. dean of
women. Those giving toasts were Mrs
WATSON Thoughts for Fratcrpities
Kathleen Keena, THE Spirit That Does
Things: Ada Hin. "Gordian Knot"
Ina Westoner Our + clafion 10 .he COL
lege." and impror.ptd speeches by Mary
Kelly and Frances Ma yra?d. Marjorie
Perrin, '2i, served as toastmistress
There were eight courses
Vermont Beta Of ri Beta phi an
nounces tie plcdging of the following
girls Nuriel Crewe OF oradfcrd, Kath-
crime Carpenter OF Essex Junction, Annie
sargent of Warren, Florence Farr of
Bristol, Doris Broadhent. Mariory Gotta
of Burlington, OF the freshman class. and
Linda Clark OF Burlington of the sopho-
more class.
Eta Chapter Of Delta Delta Delta an
nounces the pledging Of the following
girls. all of the class of 1923: Mary AUS
tin OF Richford Janice Byington Of Char
lotte. elizabeth Booth of Burlington
Pearl Berry of Richmond Marjory King
l,r u
u. G., and Florence Todd of Elyria,
Ohio
Epsilon Chapter Of Alpha 81 Delta
announces the pledging of the follow
ing girls. Marion Way and Marion Zott-
man of Burlington, Phyllis Robinson OF
ST. Adams Dorothy Eayres Of pittsford
| Evelyn Thomas of Belvidere Center
Mary Bolton of Morrisvile. Betty Kim
ball of Essex Junction and Doris Foster
of Island Pond
Lambda Chaptc' of Kappa Alpha Theta
announces the plcdging of the follow
ing girls Helen Atkinson of Amherst
| Mass, Ruth Blodgett of Lyndonville
Cola Field OF Nergennes. Phyllis Hill
and Muriel Smith of Morrisville. Rhoda
Orvis of Manchester Hilda Woodruff of
Troy. n. Y. Mary Bliss and Harriet Col
burn Of Burlington.
held its initiation at the Sigma NJ Lodge
| saturday evening. The initiates were
Robert A. White. 30. Of Burlington. John
q. Adams of Huntington, Lindsay NJ
! Hays of Essex Junction. j. Walter len
nings of st. Adams and Rupert J.
Wheelock of Colchester, all of the class
of % After the initiation banquet
was held at the Hotel Vermont roof gar
den. Among those who responded to
toasts We're +. l.. Gilbert. Is. L. c.
| Barrows. 90 II. II. Sunderland. 90
r. NJ. Anderson. H. L. Y. Carson
II, j. w. Jennings, %, and r. NJ. Legur
of Delta Chi Chapter at Trinity College
Others who attended the banquet were
Professors w f. Aiken. 'O1, and j. +.
/ Messenger, ~ tNu Chapter. University
of Kansas, Capt +. S. Gilmore To- of
New York, Arthur n. Willis. Il. of Pitts
ford. William Prince Smith, 10, of Pitts
field Mass. Donald J. Corliss, ex-'22, Of
st. Adams and Hudson A. Beattie ex-22
Of Enosburg Falls.
At the student convocation of the Uni
versity of Vermont at four o'clock Fri
day afternoon, held in the gymnasium.
President John NJ. Thomas of Middlebury
gave talk on Americanization. Presi-
dent Thomas said that the war brought
US face to face with one important fact
and that was that we as country were
shamefuly eXtravagant. During the
| small time we We're in the war we spent
as much money as either France or Eng
. land all of the time they were fighting
| This, he said, was national fault. for
not only is the country extravagant as a
| whole. but nearly all of the individuals
of the country also are extravaganza He
talked OF the future Of the country. urg-
| ing that this fault be overcome.
The meeting opened with Hail, Green
and Gold" and at the end of President
Thomas talk. the students gave YER
mont cheer, followed by his name The
meeting closed with "Champlan"
Student night at the Majestic Theatre
was attended by throngs of college men
and women Friday night. The greater part
lof the auditorium was taken over by
college people, and a large number of
| townspeople were present to watch the
students and a very good program of en-
ltertainment. Following the moving pic
lures, brief musical entertainment
came. The Glee club gave selection.
This was followed by comic monologue
and solo by L. f. Kilick. '22. The string
lsextet gave several popular selections.
Tine organization consists of W. X. Buck,
20 and A. II, Cheney, '21, mandolins; S.
ID. Smith. 30 and Harry Sharpes, 81.
ban o-mandolins; +. $. Pease, Jr., and
II, G. Simonds, %, guitars. Sharpes gave
some solo work on his banjo mandolin,
and the entertainment closed with two
selections by quartet consisting. of
Sharpes. 81, Durfee 30 (medic), Parker
20 and Staples, 90. Cheers were led by
Mcmahon. '22 (medic) and Buck, 20 The
college men then marched up Church
street to Pearl and thence to the uni
lversty gymnasium for a snort smoker
arranged by the Meissedon society.
The football hop, given by the sopho-
moro and freshman classes Tuesday
| night in the gymnasium, was fine
success. very large number of stu
dents were present at the first affair
of this kind since 1917, and the fraternity
| booths provided "A vari-colored array OF
delightful hooks where light refres hments
were served between dances. There were
nine in all, including a very attractive
one designed and erected by the non
a, Leonhauser and Maj. w. p. Edmunds
NJ. c., We're the chaperons, Music for an
order Of Is dances was furnished by the
Van Ness seven-piece orchestra.
Al a meeting of the athletic council
Monday afternoon, il was voted that
the following members of the sophomore
football squad should receive their nu-
merais Capt. Cole. Manager Young.
Tryon, Kibbee, McCuen. l.. c. Smith.
Lance, Mari, Stevens Barry. Simonds,
Palmer, :. d Smith, Buck, Boni, Johns