Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-25

The report of the committe on candi-
dates for alumni trustee was read bv
the secretary. The result Of the canvas
was as follows:
The whole number OF ballots cast 781
Ballots defective ..........................16
Ballots counted ...........................7 lis
or this number James Rlgnal Wheeler
OF New York city received 311, and was
declared the nominee of the alumni
Edwin w. Lawrence of Rutland received
267 and Horace *. Tcnney of ChIcago
received 1877
The t,mmttee on the nomination of
officers reported the following, who were
declared to be elected on the deposit of n
ballot by the secretary:
President, the Rev. Walter H. Cam
bridge of southboro Mass
Vice-prcsident, Prof. George Dewey
Benedict of Providence, r. I.
Secretary, Charles e. Allen of Burlng-
ton, Vt.
Treasurer, Henry G. Fuller of Burling-
ton, VT.
Executive committee, Prof. G. II. Bur-
rows. I. L. Rich, A. G. Whittemore, Dr.
Lyman Allen, II. J.. Ward
Obituary committee, the Rev Or. j. T.
Goodrich, the Rev. DR.. G. Y. Bliss, w. b.
Gates and II. L. Ward.
Breakfast committee, G. H. Burrows. NJ
t. Powell, D. A. Stone and Mrs. II. z.
Gray.
Advisory committee on athletics, Dr.
W. II. Englesby, Z. n. Sanctuary, and
II. B. Shaw.
To serve on committee TO nominate al
umni trustee. Henry B. Shaw and Mer-
ton G. Robbins.
To serve on alumni commencement
committee, Frank r. Wells and Levi y.
Smith
The following communication was re-
ceived from the university committee on
public ceremonies but no action was
taken.
The committee OF the university on pub
lie ceremonies requests the Associate Al
umni to consider the following proposal
with reference 10 the time Of holding
commencement. and. If agreeable, to re-
cord the sentiment of the members of the
association present at this meeting upon
this question:
1t is the belief of the committee that It
would be wise to hold commencement on
the Wednesday of the third week In June
instead OF as at present on the last We'd
nesday. There would be no great diff
Guilty In arranging the university sched-
ule 10 provide for this change, and the
many buainoss engagements which now
compel the undergraduates to leave Bur
lington before commencement could be
met without necesstating that early de-
parture. This larger attendance of the
students would obviously be an advan-
taEe.
The weather records for the past eleven
years have been scrutinizcd and tabu-
lated by the local forecaster with the
conclusion that no appreciable difference
in the weather conditions between the
third and fourth weeks can be discov-
cred.
This recommendation has been passed
upon favorahly by the university senate,
referred to the trustees, and by them re-
ferred to the alumni associations at the
various centers. Through oversight the
question was not brought to the attention
of the associations. and is therefore, with
the approval of tho president of the uni
versity, now referred to the Associate
Alumni.
BY order of the committee,
II. F.. PERKINS Chairman
The Rev DR. Bliss, in speaking for tho
class of 1889, announced that the class
had voted to provide a silver cup for the
association, to be held in trust by the
treasurer of the association. for the fol-
lowing purpose, namely: That upon the
cup shall be inscribed annually the name
of the class keeping the 5th 10th,
18th, 10th or 9th reunion of said
class, that appears at the al
umni breakfast and commencement day,
in the most attractive costume; the deci-
sion TO be left to the president. secretary
and treasurer of the association, until
different arrangements shall be made
On motion Of the Hon. c. w. BroWnell
the gift was accepted, with thanks The
meeting then adjourned.