The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-13
STUDENT CONFERENCE
HELD AT NORWICH
Y. M. c. A. Workers from Various In
stitutions Gathered at Mortified
and Held Interesting
Session.

Northfeld, Dec. l3.--The opening ex
ercises OF the fifth annual conference Of
the college students of Vermont, which
was held at Norwich university this
year, were held in Howe's hall Saturday
evening, when the ladies of the Congre-
gational church gave supper to the
delegates of the various organizations
Delegates were present from the univer-
sity OF Vermont, Middlebury college,
Norwich university, the Lyndon school
Of agriculture, Montpelier seminary and
the Vermont state school of agriculture.
After a bountiful supper the post .pran-
dial exercises We're held, with Prof. G. V.
Woodbury. of Norwich university acting
as toastmaster. The first two numbers
on the program were selections by the
Norwich university stringed orchestra.
These were followed by addresses of
welcome by Major A. d. Edmunds, n. u,
and President |. i. Reeves.
In President Reeves address he spoke
principally of the work of the Y. M. G..
A., which he considered TO be largely in
strumental in the advances toward
church unity which have been made in
the past few years.
Responses and reports of the work dur
ing 1914 and 1915 were then made by
the representatives OF the different or
CARNATIONS. Carroll M. Pike OF the class
of 1916 from the University OF Vermont
gave his report of the great work that
has been done in that institution. The
association at the University of Vermont
now numbers over hundred members,
and the work which it has accomplished
and which it plans to do this coming
year covers a notably broad field. The
association has been instrumental in Sc
curing many speakers Of note for its
open meetings at the university. Indus
trial service work is being carried on in
and Winooski, where classes
IN English and general courses Leading
to a training in citizenship are given
two or three times weekly. Bible study
classes have also been established in
every church where university students
attend
Wayne Montgomery Of Vermont state
school Of agriculture was the next speak
n on the program. The work of the
Y. NJ. G. A. at Randolph has consisted in
obtaining prominent speakers for their
and in sending several deputa
lion teams to the surrounding towns
Work for the coming year has started
and the membership is
greater than it ever has been before.
Bernard l.. Davis OF Montpelier semi
lary gave report OF the work there. |
Every young man in the seminary is
member of the association. At their |
weekly meetings they have adopted the
,lan of having an old and new member
cad the meeting jointly, and in this
way valuable training has been given
he new as well as the old members.
The principal speaker Of the evening
vas Francis f. Miller of the student de-
OF the international committee
4 the Y. M. G. A. Mr.. Miller made use
1 three general topics in his discussion
nd used illustrations from the great
rar in Europe to force home his points.
he first of these topics was based on
he tremendous pqYer of unity of action,
nd this was made 10 apply to every +
ay life and especially to college life of
he delegates. The second point was