Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
UNIVERSITY NOTES
$50 Names in Preliminary War Ser
vice List just Issued


A preliminary war service list. issued
by the war service committee of the
University of Vermont under date of
January 6, is being placed in the hands
Of alumni Of the university who are. or
have been, in the service, or have par
ticipated in some auxiliary work sufi-
GENTLY important to wear a uniform. So
far as possible the name of every per-
son who has attended the university and
who falls under the category above men,
toned has been classified in this list,
which contains $50 names. These names
are arranged by classes. The committee
states that the list is necessarily incom-
plete, and probably contains errors. 1t
requests that additions and corrections
be brought to its attention without
delay, so that the final edition may be
as complete as possible.
At military drill Monday, it was an
nounced that Lieut.. Col. Leonhaeuser
had received orders from Washington
to issue uniforms to the men in the r. O.
4. c. company who do not already possess
them. This includes the men who did
not receive uniforms in the S. A. T. c.,
or last year under the r. O. r. c. agree
ment by which the men receive s14 toward
the price Of the uniform and turn It over
to the government at the close of their
two-year course. 1t was further stated
that all men would receive. later in the
year. Springfield rifles, 1907 model, and
would be given prescribed course on
an outdoor rifle range. Until then. the
men are to receive and use the Krag
rifles. Accordingly, the men of A and b
Companies were assigned rifles and bay
onets Monday.
Sigma Nu announces the pledging of
Allen r. Johnston of Barre and Oney P.
Smith of Concord, N. II.
At meeting of the junior class Fri
day afternoon, it was voted to pub
fish an Ariel. and not in connection
with the Cynic as a special issue of
that paper as was done last year. Porter
j. Moore of Newport was elected edi-
tor-in-chief and Dewitt II. Doane OF
burlington business manager. The
selection of the remainder of the board
OF editors will depend for the most
part on the choice Of those men. To
defray a portion of the cost a IS tax
was voted The meeting then discuss
ed the possibility of holding a junior
week as in past years. No decision
was reached, but the opinion OF the
meeting was favorable to that time
honored period of festivity.
Sigma Nu announces the pledging o.
Joseph F. Ramp of Rutland.
The final figures of the registration O.
the students at the University of We
mont up to Tuesday show the total mum.
Der to be 632. OF these 40 are men and al3
women. Five hundred and nineteen are
Vermont students, giving percentage of
50 from this State. OF this number 30,
are men and 1876 women. The freshman
class, which is the largest to enter the
university during its history, is made up OF
81 students, while there are 167 sopho-
mores, Ill Juniors, 9S seniors and 6 special
students. The college of engineering
seems to be the most popular this year Of
all the departments, for there are moro
engineers than ever before registered
there and the freshman class in this de
partment is very lar"e.
Sigma Phi fraternity announces the
pledging Of Clement l.. Cook of the fresh
man class. Of Woodstock
Stanley NJ. Provost, of the class of
1918 Is employed in the Pan Americau
Union at Washington. His work CON
sists OF writing articles for the bull
letin of the Union and general editorial
work on the magazine
Inc Alpha Tau Omega fraternity al
nounces the pledging of Jack C. Kinds @
the class OF 1921 of Hudson. N. Y.