The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-14
BISHOP ADDRESSES
MINISTRY CLASS
President Shanklin of Wesleyan Univer-
sity Also Addressed the Vermont
Methodist Conference at
Waterbury.

Waterbury, April l4.-Bishop Neeley
gave an address of one hour a'~. n half
at the Vermont Methodist conference
this forenoon with special reference to
the class entering on full connections
The address was very practical and was
closely followed The class was made up
of the following; John Q. Angel OF
Stowe. William C. Christie of Evans
vile. Guy +. Crawford of Moretown and
Christopher S. Quimby of st. Albans
Bay. OF these the last two were ad-
mitted in full, and the others We're con-
tinued MS TO studies in the second year.
At the opening Of to-day's session,
Bishop Neeley gave a fifteen minute talk
on the church ritual, urging that it be
followed more closely and magnified in
Importance. Then, on recommendation
of DR.. f. O. Thayer of Barre, Miss Ida
Palmer and Miss Marion Wilson were
granted licenses as deaconnesses, while
the license of Alice Curtis was renewed.
At o'clock this afternoon an exeeu-
tive session will be held in relation to
this work.
Tomorrow morning at IL there will
be special session with relation TO
Montpelier seminary, Several candi-
dates for the ministry We're passed upon
and recommendation made, after which
Rev. DR., Shanklin the new president Of
Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn,
was introduced He spoke for that in
stitution and made very favorable i'm
preston.
A resolution was introduced this fore
n,
mending that the Vermont conference
hereafter be held either before or after
Easter so that the preachers could be
with their home churches on that day.
Charges BY Supt. Ferguson.
A feature of yesterday afternoons
session was an address by Supt 9. J
Ferguson of the Vermont Anti-saloon
league. Among some of his statements,
Supt. Ferguson said that the city OF
Burlington had 800 purchaseable votes
Another one was that many of the
newspapers of Vermont were doing the
state great harm and the harm
was not confined to the tenn
perane cause but extended to other
lines, according to the speaker. He
said that the papers laid down every
morning upon the desks of the mem
bers of the legislature have more in
fluence than so of the members. He
had seen some legislators who did not
dare to vote as their minds dictated
or their constituents desired for fear
that the newspapers would hold them
up to ridicule and said newspapers We're
not elected to represent anybody
Mr.. Ferbuson did not claim that all
the newspapers of the state were of
this kind. but that some were. He
said that a paper which opened its
columns to admit liquor advertisements
was but little less guilty than the man
who stood behind the bar and actually
sold the liquors advertised to the con-
sumers in front of the bar. From time
to time more or less of applause
greeted the speakers statements
In the evening Bishop Neeley gave
his lecture on South America, the
Coming Continent" to a great audience,
which be held in the grip Of his hand
for two hours. This lecture was pre-
eeded by half hours instrumental
and vocal concert by the students Of
Montpelier Seminary who had a fine
band and orchestra and delighted the
audience,