Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-11-11
College Notes

Miss Merna C. Hicks '23 has been
pledged to the Pi Beta Phi Sorority
d. Hayden Parry "a was the leader
of the Christian Endeavor society in
the Congregational church Sunday
evening.
The College Band had tag day last
Friday to raise money for the bands
trip to Burlington for the Vermont
Middlebury football game,
A tea was given to the ladies of the
faculty last Wednesday afternoon from
four to six by the Theta Chi Epsilon
Sorority in their chapter rooms
The College Choir is working on the
cantata "Gallia", one of Gounod's re-
ligious masterpieces. Prof Hathaway
has not yet announced the date on
which the composition, which is an
especially fine one, will be given.
Miss Emma Wilder, head of the
Women's Physical Education Depart
ment, has left to accept a larger pro-
fessional opportunity at the Lacrosse
Normal School of Physical Education
at Lacrosse, Wis. Her successor has
not yet been appointed.
President Paul D. Moody and Prof.
Charles B Wright represented Middle
bury College at the annual meeting OF
the Association of Colleges in New
England, which was held Saturday at
Brown University, Providence, R. |,
President Moody preached Sunday at
Pennsylvania State College
Glasses at the college will be sus-
pended today and special Armistlce
day service will be held in the Mead
Memorial chapel at ll;30. Glasses will
be so arranged on Saturday morning
that work will stop at ll.0O i'll order
that all may take the special train to
Burlington leaving at l2:00
The Wetherell Debating Club held
meeting in the Old Chapel Thursday
evening November 3. After the bust
ness meeting, a short debate followed
on the topic, "Resolved That all eX-
service men should be given a bonus
from the Federal Government.
A meeting of the Red Cross Roll
Committee was held Wednesday eve
ming, November 3 at the Delta Up
silon House The committee discussed
plans for the coming campaign Roger
T. Hall % is chairman OF the commit
tee The other members are. r. K.
Stephenson %, c + Rogers %, r.
T. Austin 81, ! b Harvey %, + Z.
Mcclure '2j and S. r. Rapport p.
DR.. Hugh Black of Union Iheologl-
cal Seminary was the preacher at the
Vespers Service in Mead Memorial
chapel Sunday afternoon DR.. Black
showed that real goodness consists in
being good for its own sake, and not
for the sake of reward or fear of pun
ishment. Dr. Black who is the author
of many books on practical religion, is
the Professor of Practical Theology at
Union Theological Seminary New
York.
Professor Longwell continued his
discussion on "Evolution' at the Sun
dav Noon club Sunday in the Metho-
dist church. The talk took the form OF
a reply to some of the charges against
the theory made by William Jennings
Bryan in his lecture here October 81.
Prof. Longwell pointed out that, when
rightly understood, evolution does not
conflict with religion At the next
meeting of the club, specific questions
of the students on the subject will be
answered
The first regular debate OF the fresh
man section of the Wetherell Debat-
ing Club took place Tuesday evening.
The question was, "Resolved That the
negro should have full social political
and economic equality with the white
man. Prepared speeches were deliver
ed by Bassett, Anderson and Howard
for the affirmative, and by Lee, Cha
pin and Long for the negative, after
which there was a general discussion.
The Judges Eddy '23, Lawton % and
Wheeler "a, decided for the negative.
Dr. George S. Forbes OF the Depart
ment of Chemistry at Harvard Cniver-
sitv gave lecture on "Photo-Chemls-
try and its Applications in the Chem
stry building Friday night Dr..
Forbes, who is a noted physical chem
ist, gave his talk under the auspices OF
the Vermont section of the American
Chemical Society A large number OF
students and faculty from the Univer- !
sites of Vermont and Norwich at
tended
A Spanish club, FL Circulo Hispano,
open to all students interested i'll the
language, was formed last week under
the direction of Prof Moreno-Lacalle,
head of the Spanish Department At
the first meeting, the following officers
were elected: President S. Richard
Rapport %; vice president, Lila Win
chester %; secretary treasurer, Helen
Bolton %, and executive committee
members, Sadie Posner 81 and Ralph |
DeGroH '2j The purpose of the club
is to further literary and social inter
eSts.