Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-08

Annual Banquet Of First Church
Brotherhood Friday Evening,
West Has stiil Some Lcssonn 10 ''chr"
from the East, sn!s Prof.. FER
kipS-Dr. Atkins ON value
Of Friendship.

Tho nnual BANQUET ana meeting W
the brotherhood Of tho FIRST Chur'l
was held Friday night in the parish
house and vas attended by a large
number.
Prior to the banquet a business ses-
sion was held, when the annual report
IF the secretary, II. u. Howe, was reau
md the following officers We're elect
I'd:
President, George y. Catlin; treas
irer, Ralph Dunsmore: secretary, Wal
,cr c.. Irish; chairman OF committees
-cligious, DR.. @. r. Partridge; fnance'
Ralph Dunsmore: social. Martin :. W.
as; educational. c. NJ. Clifford; mem
,ership, Or. s. L. Goodrich.
The hnnouet was served by the la
ties Of the church ana expressions or
,npreciation Of the fine repast were
heard on all sides.
Dr Cbar,es +. Dalton presided over
,he speechmakinG which followed the
hopcuet He explained tina the watch
word Of the evening was Progress
ava IN n few ~wcll-chose words in
reduced the first speaker of the even
ing. Professor George II. FerNlhs VI
he University OF vermont.
Tho Sub teCf OF fIVltrSti
tslk was What Men Are DIN IN the
Old world and In the New. He cur
RED his hearers. in the nina e!e'
through the countries of the orient
+rayereed during his trips Tie 'oi'
IN q uost interesting manner OF tue
characteristics of the people OIL Japan
China. India and other Oriental couh-
tries. and pointed out some OF '"e
,es,oas that the West has still TO learn
from these people.
Martin S. villas was thu next sPeah-
er and he took up for cohsiuer@''o"
some of the questions pertaining TO inc
municipal AFFAIRS of the clhes an"
towns of the present day. He spoke
NJ tho that had come IN 'he
,nethods of conducting municipal al
FAIR. and how there has become a ten
dencv to centralize municipal business
- ~. LEGISLATURE more than ever be-
fore.
mr. r q. Brown said that he had beer
asked to talk of the old church and the
new. He said he thought the old cnurcl
had brought a heritage to the world II
that It enables a man OF to-day 10 De I
MASSIVE good man rather han an active
mad man, III 1IONh = oih "u' N'
est heart-to-heart discussion with al
his listeners in an effort to make theh
soc the neace and JOY and fullness Of liv
ing an upright life and of getting CLOS
IN their fellow men in the everyday At
fairs OF life.
Something of the aims and ambition
of the young peoples society o! w
church were explained by DR.. 5. l.. GOOD
rich. president of the society. II i IN
purpose of this society, said the speaker
TO bring some Of the vital problems o
life before the young people OF IN
church so that they may be able to NEE
the problems of the future when the.
shall take up the affairs of the church.
The Rev. DR.. @. Glenn Atkins of Provi
dence, r. l.. was heartily received Whei
he rose to speak. He gave one OF hi
characteristic after-dinner speeches. II
which humor and serious reflection "er'
in a manner familiar to al
those we'll acquainted with Mr.. Aihins
Friendship, said Or. Atkins, has Il vllu'
higher than all Other relations In life
There is a JOY in coluradeship that at
taches to nothing else. Friendship be
,ween the nations. said DR.. Atkins. mean
40 more war; friendship between classe
means no more strife: friendship between
man and God means q power of Divin
love which touches mrn's lives ana hal
'ows them.
W. J. Van Patten spoke briefly on tn
lower of brotherhood and the great worl
hat the Y. VI, C.. a. is doing in this con
nection. At Mr.. Van Patterns sugses
ton those present arose and stood silen
for several seconds in honor Of the lat
President Mathew II. Buckham of tn
University of Vermont. This was Presi
lent Puckhsm's faVorite method OF hon
oring the memory of absent members o
me brotherhood, OF which organization
ne was n member. and at whose meet
!ng a year ago Friday evening he was on,
Of the speakers.
George Il. Catlin spoke briefly and tn,
last speaker of the evening was the Rev
Ernest a.. Guthrie who alluded IN huNnOr
Gus fashion 10 the stories he had heart
of Or. Atkins. and Mr.. Guthrie's com
parisons of himself with Dr.. Akin
brought forth many laughs. Turning t
the serious. Mr.. Guthrie paid nigh tri
butte to DR.. Atkins for the impression h
had loft on the men of the First ChurC.
and the influence for good that he ha
1pon the community. The speake
.ouched upon some of the duties of tn
aymen Of the church and the ~necGssit
or getting into closer comradeship !
>rder to CORY on the great work OF tn
cnurct.
In closing, Or. Dalton explained this
when the death OF President Buckhar