Green Mountain College - Peaks Yearbook (Poultney, VT)

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ing, pulling, squeezing, twisting, and general mauling that went on during that memorable event, the flag rush. Later in the same day, the opposing classmen lined up on opposite sides of the Poultney River and attempted to pull each other in. It was not long, however, before the victorious freshmen had snaked the dismal and disgrumpled Sophs through the river for their second victory. It was the second time that the Frosh had won both events! Peace was declared between the warring parties on Saturday evening when the first formal dinner and the reception by the faculty were held. These affairs gave a brilliant and fitting climax to our orientation by the Sophs, and the two classes began to specialize in providing trouble for the overseers of the various dormitories rather than warring against each other. Of course they believed themselves the most exceptional assemblage of green- horns ever to enter the stately portals of Ames and Moses castles on river Poultney Ctorrential streamj. But to show you how extra-special they were their history reads thus: Clj They were the most powerful in members ever to surge across the castle grounds. C21 One of their group, Sir Goliath Phillips by name, stood 6 feet fl- inches and made even the mighty Sophs tremble. Q3j They were the iirst to Lord Swann's psychological guinea pigs-quite an honor! They are now the brain trust of the castle and the hope and pride of good King Jesse I. They so overran tl1e castle grounds, outnumbering the royal Sophs about two to one, that they were able to muckle from them the desirable social positions in the brilliant court life. VVhile suffering lords betook themselves to some cloistered spot -by the hanging bridge or the concerta hall for a bit of peace-this was going on: The dramatic club was usurped by the muddle-headed and all four ofhcers were of this peculiar sect: President Frosh, betty bogueg Vice-President Frosh, ralph norvellg Secretary Frosh, bob marlandg Treasurer Frosh, dick prentiss. The Presi- dent of the ltiusic Society was a Sophomore-Lord Stan. Smithers, but the Secre- tary-Treasurer position was held by Frosh betty bogue. The Press town-crier of the castle was under the able direction of Frosh jean blundell. They stormed the I. R. C. portals and took over the outing club. Then after calling for this one and that one, flying their banners and blowing their bugles for the other, they elected as president of their class one of the Ethiopian members, a dusky Cmammyj-singing college frosh, dick prentiss. VVhen the town crier read the leaders of the castles new sect he called this: president ..... . . .dick prentiss vice-president . . . . . .earl broome secretary .... ...... b etty shew treasurer . . . .... leonard beeman They asked the wise and good Lord Drew, the dapper, to become their sponsor, protector and consultant. He was honored.

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As darkness fell the good wise men would return to carry their one hundred and seven sc-ore and seven little greenhorns back to the castle. Each night was spent in merriment, for these men of wisdom knew that was the best preventative against the black plague of homesiekness. However, in the morning the stately Swann's spell was cast, and once again the poor little Frosh would file into his grim torture chamber. And every afternoon and every night, the other wise men would come to carry them out of his clutches. But, alas, alackl even this small bliss could not last. For the knights of the castle came riding home. Now when they found these many, many queer foreigners usurping their rights, they fell into a rage and there followed such a week of terror as had never been seen before. The freshmen bit the dust and were crushed beneath the iron heels of the enraged Sophs. How they fared will be told in the next story. HELL -VJEEK It was during the second week of our sojourn at Green Mountain that the great and mighty Sophs arrived and began their fun. Much whispering went on in secluded corners as they planned troubles for the freshies, and we, in turn, shivered in our beds whenever one of the many rumors that the Sophs were coming was heard. Many tales of the impending doom were being voiced by our more forward neophytes who professed to be in the know g the uncertainty was the most difficult phase of our initiation. Following a different program for each day, we appeared in public in many unconventional and uncomfortable modes of self-decoration, according to the rules laid down by our predecessors to the institution. Among other things, our young gentlemen struggled into all their clothing inside out and backwards, wore cosmetics and cork-black, and attempted to write with taped fingers. They were also relieved of the greater part of their hair by the local tonsorial artists at the command of their superiors, thus being definitely branded as freshmen for many weeks to come. The girls also yielded to the pressure put upon them by their elder sisters of College and Ames Halls. They wore their hose in varied styles, found difficulty in getting about gracefully in unmatched footware, used lamp shades .for hair nets, and, finally. struttcd around with built-on cushions in the guise of pillows attached posteriorally. It was a period of general discomfort for us and particular hilarity for the Sophomores. However, when we came to the two great inter-class contests held annually, the Hag rush and the tug-o'-war, we turned the tables on the bewildered second-year men and made history at the same time. By the time the day set for these contests had arrived. we had determined to make these bragging villains, who had been plagu- ing us by day and by night, pay for their fun. And we did! Carl King climbed to glory as he stepped on his adversaries and took the flag off the pole amidst the push-

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ll'hen Maytime blew into the castle grounds, the daring Frosh invaded the Gym Hull and brought spring with them. By the magic words Crepe-ah-crcpe-ah- gluey, waxy, they transformed that Worthy structure int o a garden of fairyland. Here they danced to enchanting music beneath a magenta moon. And now my tale is ended on this seventh day of April, nineteen hundred seven and thirty. Lest you should not know this secret-each Frosh lived happily ever after. Csignedj KING,S CHRONICLER. FRESHMAN RGSTER adams, dorothy ngnes .,......... ....... ................ a lem, new york adams, shirley jane .......... .... .................... ..... c a s t poultney, vermont ohokas, emil uri'n11s.,Z'j4'T4aI . . . ,.-ifinahziliienburg, massachusetts allen, gordon warren .................. .......... ....... m i ddletown springs, vermont anderson, robert bradford ........,............ 5 .......... brockton, massachusetts bainton, winifred ruth. . .....' 45 . .... watertown, massachusetts hallway, carol edith .................,. , .. ..... Schenectady, new york barnard, charles l. .... ........... n ewport, vermont burr, ruth myrtle ....... .............. b abson park, massachusetts bartlett, anne lewis .... . .. . . ..... ...... . 1. . .portla.nd, maine beckett, ruth jeannette. . . . . . . . , . . g enwich, connecticut beckwith, pearl ,IQC . . . . . yrwhitehall, new york beeman, leonnrd marshn. ...... .. ...... ware, massachusetts benson, wallace melvin .........,...,.. .... Whitman, massachusetts bixby, daniel ........... .... .... . i amestown, new york bleh, virginia pulmer. . . blundell, jenn louise .... . bogue, mary elizabeth .......,.... ........ breed, ruth ann shaw ..... .......... ............. .......... brcwster, rosemary cadyxbftf. . .... .... . broomc, george earl ......................................... brown, john hull ....... ..... .... hrownell. evelyn louise. . . . . . . bulkeley, peter .... ........ .... , .... . bullnrd, ruth r... ... ..... ft' .... . .. . . . burt, jean isubel. . . . burt, robert clinto . . . l.'1. xi I .. . . hurton, dudlcy k. ................ . ........,... . campbell, alice mue .... . .... . , . . , .... ..... . . . . . .plattsbu1'g, new york . . . . . . . . . .corinth, new york . . . . . . . . .poultney, vermont Williamstown, massachusetts . . . . . . . . .underhill, vermont . . . . . Jeeshurg, florida . . .middlebury, vermon . . .johnsonville, new yo . . . . . . .rhinebeck, new york . .north hyde park, vermont . . . . . . . . . . .pownal, vermont . . .pittsfield, massachusetts . . .waterbury, connecticut . . . . .whiteha.ll, new york carle, dorothy parker. .................. .... m alden, massachusetts cassidy, edward thomas .....,.... ...................................... c astleton, vermont ehuffee, esther e. .... ws. .... enoshurg falls, vermont chapman, marvin bailey ........................................... north Williston, vermont cheshire, robert alden ..........,.................. ................ l iempstead, new york elements, alfred pa1il.fZ4!lrQ'!1f. . . . . . . .?. ....... westport, new york vii ww