St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-24
VERMONT NEWS
MISSIONARY institute at Fairfax.

has lust been completed. The aim of the
Institute is to train the church of today
and tomorrow for aggressive mission
sy endeayor.
The regular school work will be given
Tuesday morning. The devotional SER
vice will be conducted by the Rev. ]. S.
Brown Of st. Adams. From 9.05 to
q40 the general session will be held
when Missions in the Sunday school"
will bediscussed by the Rev. E. G. French
If Ly1donyille. From 945 to 11.35
there will be three classes as follows:
oForegn Missions, Prof !. F. Smith of
Bprmah. India; Home Missions" Rev.
E P. Treat Of Richmond; Special Mis-
sion Studies for Women" Miss Julia G.
Sbnn of Boston. At 1915 Rev. A. H.
Gaze Of St. ohnsbury will conduct his
class on Pastor and Missions" At
1l3O each day addresses will be deliver
I'd by Rev. John Irons of Sheldon, Prof.
F. Smith and Miss Grace NJ. Young
Of Fair Haven. During the session Rev.
s P. Perry of Richmond will conduct
conferences on Personal Workers."
The afternoons will be devoted to re-
creation.
At the evening sessions a series of adj
dresses on Bible study will be delivered
BY Rev. A. S Gilbert of Passumpsic fol
lowed by discussions on general topics
byLewis Heb of Burlington, Miss Shinn,
Rev. Dr.. c. H. Merrill of St. Johnsbury
and Rev. William Shaw of Enosburg
Falls
Diocesan Convention.
The 11Sth annual convention of the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont was held
at Burlington last week. One of the
acts of the convention was to raise the
salary Of the bishop from $4,000 to
$4,000
Bishop Arthur c. Hall sails soon for
London to attend the Pan-Anglican CON
greSs The bishop said that as soon as
an endowment fund of 1914, 900, already
subscribed, reached 500, 900, the Bishop
Hopkins hall would be reopened. The
school has been closed nearly 10 years.
About IS girls formerly studied there
Some Of the canons of the diocese were
considered The question of giving
suffrage to women in the parish meet
i ings was rejected.
The following elections were made:
Treasurer, Charles E. Parker of Yer
gennes; auditor of trust funds, F. S.
Platt Of Rutland; registrar, Rev. George
B, Johnson of Burlington; standing COM
mittee Rev W. F. Weeks of Shelburne..
president, Rev Dr. George Y. Bliss of
Burlington, secretary, Rev. S. H.
Watkins Of St. Adams, E. J, Ormsbee of
Brandon, {. E. Parker of Vergennes,
George Briggs Of Montpelier.
Bishop Hall announced the following
appointments: Legal adviser, ex-Gov.
I, J, Ormsby of Brandon; chaplains,
Rev George B. Johnson of Burlington,
Rev. 6. Y. Bliss OF Burlington, Rev. c. S.
Lewis of Woodstock and Rev. c. W.
Colt of Windsor.
Base Ball Champions.
The base ball season of the University
OF Vermont was the most successful in
10 years. The team had one of the
hardest schedules it ever went up against
but OF the % games played they won 10,
tied two and lost eight. Most of the
defeats came at the opening of the season
when, owing to lack OF outdoor practice,
The team had not struck its gait In the
record OF the season one of the most re-
marhable features is that of Collins.
IhS now famous sidewheeler has been
III the box in II of the hardest games OF
Inc year OF these contests he has won
II, tied one and lost but two. To his
Femarkableablity in the box is due much
Oh the years record. This season Yer
mont Is entitled to the championship OF
New England by virtue OF having defeat
ca every college of note in that division
Oh states with the exception of Williams
ana OF Yale with whom no game was
scheduled. Yale has been beaten by sew
Ta teams which have fallen before Yer
mont however.
Brock Reelected Committeeman.
National Committeeman James w.
nIocA OF Montpelier is wearing a broad
SulIe as he walks the hotel corridors,
says Chicago dispatch to The Boston
herald for he is still national committee
man maj and will be for four years more.
Inc Green Mountain state delegation
1et uesday to select Mr.. Brooks sue
USsoT 1T you will take the place once
" @ore SAID both sides to him finally,
we VIII be for you"
Wen, ! will Just leave the room for
E| MINUTES Mr. Brock responded.
lou Know, boys, that | am not anxious
whaye another term"
30 Mr. Brock disappeared outside and
ID snort order several Vermonters were
searching for him. They bore the tidings
y" nS reelection.
Memorial at Fort st. Anne.
Inc daughters of the American Revolu-
mou III vermont are planning to erect a
4'"oii1l next year on the spot near the
% %ts OIL Fort st. Anne, where Samuel de
SSiuaulpIatn and his followers landed,
% g,,uS the first white man to traverse
m ~al section of the country. This
w nSLaIoriai will be huge boulder, on
s "aN Wl| be mounted a bronze tablet,
;Ssa''aoIy inscribed. 1t will be dedicated
C1Lv'unsction with the observance of the
tb n'.pIaln tercentenary celebration in
e.. summer of 1909. The site chosen
Es dc .I's memorial is an elevation a short
, ns'aI'ce from the lake shore and COM
a r"IuS an excellent view of the water
n 'au surrounding landscape. 1t is sup
lookout. ~" q" ''
Post office Card Index.
baaoStlnaster J. G. Brown of Montpelier
IN r' Ia secured a new index system for use
t fl a'vp'ng tabs on the whereabouts OF
H.. patrons of the local post Office.
be t,'ioiofe the names of all patrons have
WI Kept ID books but this system be-