Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-27


| by and returned to the registrar or some
other officer of the university, and are
to be counted with the cooperation OF
some member or members of the nom
| mating committee of the alumni. The
result OF the ballot Is not to he announc-
ed until the annual meeting of the as
| ISOLATE alumni at commencement time
| In June. Each trustee elected in this
| manner will be requested to resign at the
| end OF four years from the time when
he was elected. and in this manner, one
vacancy on the board Of trustees will be
| provided each year. so that the alumni
| will DO called upon every year to de-
| signate man, who shall be their re-
| preventative upon the board. This plan
will give the alumni the selection Of
| four OF the nine trustees on the part of
the university.
| The present charter OF the university
provides that its trustees shall be a self
perpetuatng body; that Is, that the
trustees shall hold office for life and In
| case of a vacancy that the remaining
trustees shall choose a person to fill the
| same. To procure an amendment to the
charter, which would permit of direct
| election of some number of trustees by
| the alumni, would Involve going to the
| state Legisla ture and has seemed to your
| committee, as well as to the members
| of the board of trustees, an undesirable
thing to attempt. This plan was tried
by Dartmouth, when very similar
change was desirel. and the conditions
imposed by the New Hampshire Logisla-
ture, upon granting the amendment to
! the charter. were so unsatisfactory that
all who were interested in the college
agreed that It would be unwlse to accept
the amendment.
To obvlate this difficulty, It is proposed
to adopt substantially the Same plan that
has worked so successfully at Dartmouth
The committee on the part of the
| trustees will recommend that the
| trustees adopt resolutions requesting the
alumni to present candidates for election
to the board in the way that has been
outlined, and while the board Of trustees
has not had n formal meeting TO con-
slider the subject. nearly, II not all of the
individual members, have expressed them
selves as being favorable to it, The presi
dent Of the university has addressed a
letter to your committee requesting It to
put the plan in operati this spring, as
there now exists a vacancy upon the
board. because of the death Of the Hon.
George Grenville Benedict. one OF the
oldest and most respected graduates of
the university, and the oldest trustee in
point Of service
In view of the impossibility Of calling
a meeting Of the associate alumni before
commencement time of next year. and
Of the authority inferred upon your
committee by the resolution OF last June
Q906) to take such steps as might seem
best for bringing about the desired
change, your committee has acceeded to
the request Of the president and
acting as the first nominating committee
presents TO the alumni entitled to vote
under the proposed plan, the names II
three graduates of the university IT. C.
Cheney. 1891 e. II. Deavitt. 1893 and f.
G. Mower. 1922 to be voted for to fiji
the position of trustee, when elected,
, thereto by the board Of trustees.
In view OF the delays. which hav,
necessarily been experienced in gettins
this matter in shape to submit to tn,
alumni, your committee has placed tn,
time for return OF ballots this year n
June 49, which will give time for then
TO be counted, so that the result can b,
announced at the annual meeting /.
June, when Of course, the entire actio,
or your committee in proceeding as /
has at the presidents request, will b.
subject to your ratification.
Mr.. Benedict was a member OF tn.
executive committee Of the trustees
which transacted much OF the routine
business OF the university and frorr
the nature of the calls to be made Juror
1t, this committee has always beer
made up Of residents of burlington
and its immediate vicinity. Tho dealt
Of Mr.. Benedict. and the lifelong ser
vice which he has been able to rende
to the university by reason of his ioca
ton, emphasize again the value to tn,
university of having for trustees mel
who be reason Of their location
are able TO take an active par
in the management 81 its affairs
has seemed to your committe very dc
sirable that the vacancy created b,
the death of Mr.. Benedict be flled b,
someone who. by reason of his geo
, graphical location. can he in constan
touch with the universities affairs, an,
your comnMttee has accordingly mad
, its selections with that end in view
All of tho candidates are young me,
in the prime of life and representative
OF the progressive and loyal spirit o
the younger alumni. Their names ar
presented in alphabetical order, will
a brief biographical sketch OF each.
ALUMNI CONSTITUTION.
proposed constitution Of the associat
alumni was part of the report, readln
as follows
ARTICLE I.
NAME
, This society shall be called the Asso
, ciate Alumni of the University OF Yer
mont and State Agricultural College.
ARTICLE II.
MEMBERS.
Section l. The members of the Associ
. ate Alumni may be regular nd honorary
Section 2. All graduates in course froI
< am department, academic scientific u
y medical. OF the University of Vernon
and State Agricultural College shall b
. members of the Associate Alumni. An
4 other person who has matriculated at tn
University of Vermont and State Agricui
J. tural College. and Is a member of class
= which has been graduated therefom
may become a regular member OF the As
= ISOLATE Alumni on election thereto by tn
I | nyacutiva committed OF said ASSDCiat