The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
DIR 0REHfELL AT v. A.
Intensely Interesting Talk Given
There Last Friday Afternoon.

The sl,sisnls and faculty II yennani
aeairmy, and Nth lhem the eilisens ID
saNloa. River and iir.laas falls, aIu iaI
tnnaiu IA knowing DE-, hvniell, the erle
hFaiei nlesilral missionary fresh Labrador
no longer mrnly ipam Trading the maea
sinr aud newspaper anlelos, hut ITon
Iersoaal contact With the earnest aud ca
saging I,ersnnaliiy ni that truly gIeal
man, un the afternoon II Friday, Ia ihs
rhaIsi IT Vermont acadsmy, DR., nrrniell
.l-oke Ia an audlsnee al iis,. who for al
hour gave him their undivided attention
DE- nmniell's lalk, whlah Was delightfully."-
informal, gave his hsaIrts interesting
gllmIses II heart aud mind IN which an
oNrrloN-nng d-sifr Ia seiVe the Christ hy
uplifting mankind is combined aith an un'
usual ability lo apply practical salut IONS
lu the pfuhlcms Nhieh confront on. IN hi
position, And through all hts words theI-
ran an nniewunrni IT humoT aud oi
sladness, telling plainly that herr stood no
martyr, ma slave driven Ia his task, but
onr who a. b. oppressed Il had cho-n his
work aud his field bcrause he hkod them,
aud one who was enjoying his work I'M
msnhely,
Resolving 10 civ, HI. HE 10 the mission,
any scryiee. natural inclination lrd hln, a.
a young man jusi cut oi college, to choose
en- coasls. lirIu BE- found conditions
mot drplonhlc, and no one Apparently
making ans vNrrtion 90 better them
Finding that the worst Zoe % the physical
AMI spiritual Nell,brng 81 the renplr Was
the liquor traffic, he took prompt steps 81
hold this traffic IA al-yauoc, - energetic
WAs h. IN his efforts, and Ia such degree
Ma, he -ucecssiul that ia short time ~
towns where the saloon had been the
ruling factor the church began to come
into respect and prominence; and bcst Of
all the International Law Wa passed, mas'
ing It crime Tot liquor ~ hc sold on
high sea, aud giving 10 the gunbuais 81
every nation the night 10 seize any vessel
sailing under the flag Of any nation "a.
gagged ia this illici, practice.
la Labrador itself Dr. Gpnirll quickly
turned his attention 10 economic questions,
having found the people ia sad straits
owing io the utter lack OF money. PTac'
iically all business transactions wctc ear
rled on 10y mean. ni barter aud exchange,
aud large majority Ut men wcn unable
either 10 "rrad. write or read figures,
the few were getting rich ~ the expense
ot the many. Thu gave Use 20 lack of
food. anf sickness and starvation went
hand IN hand. Before the physician could
io efficient work the economic organizer
must Nltll ~ dNu Iitldlt iHt way ~ WV
ease OF Labrador DIR. Grtniell ably titled
both positions ~ an economic leader he
cooperative stores, OF which
there are now eight. which assure TO
every man an exact value for his fish or
game and ia his capacity oi physician he !
Was instrumental Ia founding four hos
pitfalls, situated al different points along |
he coast, where they might be OF the |
most use to the poor fisherman who was /
IN trouble.
At the present time II J, this phase OF |
work by which DIR. GIeniell l. most widely |
Snown. Cruising up and down the storm
beaten coasts, often IN very grave danger 1
,iten suffering severe hardships, he visits
sick beds, caring IA the homes
or the less seriously i'll and transferring
o the hospitals all those who are ON the
LANCER list. In one year he has carried
,ycr 1000 sick men on hl- little steamer,
, service the magnitude OF which l.
carccly credible. He Is assisted IN this
work by young men from the various col
eyes, ale, Harvard, Brown and Bowdon
n particular, who take this means OF be
ny OF service,
Although the speech OF DIR. Geniell at
he academy was not prepared lecture
made an indelible impression on all who
eari IL. portraying as II did IN such
ivid and realistic manner. the situation
Il Labrador at the present time; and
yeryone felt IN some degree the satisfac
ion that is DR. Grenfells a. he realizes
hat he is of some real service to the peo-
le OF that land. Vermont academy Is TO
Q congratulated that her students had this
of hearing one 20 actively 4,
ngaged in the great things of life. An
fierlng for the work in Labrador was
iken Immediately after the lecture.