Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-29
UNIVERSITY NOTES
Military Tournament Cancelled bct
Wall Held ms Scheduled

/ Bocaus. Of the rain. H. was deemed in
advisable to hold the military tourna-
ment Thursda" afternoon, ara Il was
cancelled Glasses were held as usual
J IN the afternoon The military bnii
however. was held in the evening and a
large number OF students attended and
enjoyed an order Of eighteen dances With
music furnished by special orchestra
in which the majority were students The
room was prettily decorated with Ameri-
can. English and service flags. Here and
there among the dancers could be seen the
Sam Brown belts Of overseas officers.
several naval uniforms, and n Croiy de
Guerre. The patrons and patronesses were
Col. and Mrs. W., NJ. Connell of Fort
Ethan Allen. Lieut.. Col. and Mrs II. A.
I.eonhauser. and Major and Mrs. George
J. Holden The committee in charge Of the
! ball consisted of three cadet officers.
Capt. ]. II. Burke. First Lieutenant ].
II. Fitzpatrick and Second Lieutenant c.
f. SERVER all OF the class of 1920.
! The annual elections for the Women's
! Student Union were held Monday after
noon. AS result, Blanche Abbott, 81.
was elected president: Lois Bartlett. 20.
vice president: Merle Smallcy. 20. secre-
tary-treasurer: Mary Northrup. '21. chair
man of program committee. The Womens
Athletic association held It's elections
directly afterward. Hildreth Tyler, ~. is
PRESIDENT Mary Chamberlain. 90. vice.
president: Ruth Foster. 20. secretary
treasurer. The executive board consists
of Louise Willis. ~, Viola Marvin, 90.
and Pauline Parlin. %.
The Delta Mu fraternity held a for
NAL dance in the Hotel Vermont roof
garden Monday night. The dance order
included 20 members. music for which
was furnished by Browns orchestra.
a buffet lunch was served. The patrons
and patronesses were DR.. and Mrs. H.
c. Tinkham. DR.. and Mrs. f. S. Towne
| and Dean Pearl II. WATSON of the COL
lege of women.
Beta Sigma chapter Of Sigma MI an
nounces the pledging of James Francis
Patten. %.
At a meeting of the senior class yester-
day afternoon in the Williams Science
hall. j. +. Fitzpatrick was elected class
marshal and the following class day
speakers were elected: Historian. r. C.
Fowler; pipe orator, w. r. Teachout: ivy
orator, Miss Mildred Powell; boulder
orator y. J. Hill; address to UNDER
graduates. w. L. Hammond: class essay,
Miss Mary Bishop: presidents address.
NJ. c. Bond The class poem will be the
result of competition under the direction
of the senior class day committee. 1t
will be selected by competent judges. and
the author will read 1t. A speaker from
the Medical College will be selected later.
1t was voted that all seniors wear cap
and gown TO conversations that no senior
hats be bought and a tentative program
for senior week was adopted
The annual sophomore-freshman debate
was held in the Williams Science hall
last night when the freshman team
| nf nd
Freer, succeeded in establishing the af.
tirmative of the question: Resolved
{ That the New York Assembly was no,
justified In eXpelling its Ave socialist
t members"
The sophomore class met in the Will
e liams Science hall at four o'clock yester.
Y day. President Lance resigned his posi-
S ton as scrub" manager OF the 1922
. Ariel, and L. q. Paris was elected to sue
!, coed him. George w. Davenport. Jr,
t was elected editor-n-chef of the 1872
3 Ariel. A new constitution was read ant
. adopted, and some items of small bust
ness attended to Manager Coleman an
. nounced that class baseball practic,
A would take place every afternoon a
n four O'Clock on the back campus, an,
!, that the freshman team would probabl,
a be played IN junior week Other games
Z however. Will be played before that.
n AT meeting Of the freshman class
/. IN the Williams Science hall, a constitu
8 ton was read and adopted after mucl
@ discussion. F, S. Priolsy was elected
II Grass baseball manager. An executive
r committee consisting Of Movies, Brockel
=. bank. w. Smith. Miss Dorothy O'Neil an,
j. Miss Janice Byington was elected. Arthu
Penta and Miss Muriel Crewe were electe,
class song leaders
the baseball team was to have opene
"a the home season with game with S,
10 Lawrence University at Centennial feel
a saturday but rain prevented. On Tues
~ day game with Lehgh was started bu
~ after playing three and a half innings 4
;, drizzling rain the contest was Gale
r OH. the score being to In favor O
n vermont Weather permitting, Their
-, VIII he game at Centennial Field ia
~ morrow afternoon with West Virgini
~ University and one on Saturday wit
~ Holy Cross.