The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
MOUNTAIN CLUB TO
MEET JANUARY 3
Important Business Planned to Be
Transacted at the Annual Meeting
in Rutland

RUTLAND, Dec. 1S.-Thc seventh
annual meeting Of the Green Noun
tain club will be held at the Hotel
Bardwell Wednesday afternoon. Jan. 3,
at o clock. 1t is expected that there
viii be a large attendance, as business
OF Importance TO the future Of the
club, and to Vermont as a whole, is to
be brought before the meeting. Flee
ton Of officers will be held.
Among the prominent Vermonters
who are expected to be present and
take an important part in the meeting
are James l.. Taylor of Burlington,
secretary of the Greater Vermont as
ISOLATION; State Forester A. +. Halves
Of Burlington; DR.. George p. Burns of
the University of Vermont; Guy w.
Bailey Of Essex Junction, secretary of
state; Louis J. Parish of Burlington
and Redfald Proctor of Proctor.
About six weeks ago, New York
section Of the Green Mountain club
was formed and it now has about 10
members, headed by Prof. Will s. Mon
roe of Montclair, \. j., an enthusiast
tie mountain climber. The membership
includes many prominent men in New
York state and vicinity.
Realizing that this addition to the
Green Mountain club will be of great
assistance in CARRYING out the work
which the club has in view, a motion
will be introduced at the coming meet
ing to so alter the constitution of the
club that the New York branch NAV
become a part of the active organiza-
ton. In order to bring this about, the
glause in the constitution which says
that members in any district of
Vermont may be organized into 4
section of the Green Mountain club
will have to be changed so that the
words "of Vermont will be ehmi
mated, thus giving q group OF people
in any state or district the right to or
ganize as branch OF the Green Noun
tain club.
The membership of the Green Noun
tain club within the state at the pres
emit time Is 500, and the addition of the
New York branch would thus bring the
strength of the organization up to Go.
Another important matter that IS to
be brought up at the coming meeting
is the discussion of what sort of trails
are to be constructed in the building
OF the Long Trail which the club
is making along the range Of the Green
Mountains. There are some who favor
! the " skyline trail, - which "hits the
high Places as it were, and takes no
account of grades, while others much
prefer the graded type which ascends
the mountains b. more gradual routes
and takes in more Of the scenery on the
way. This question will be discussed
! at the coming meeting and a topo-
graphic survey will also be considered.
The appointment or election of a no
menclature committee TO select names
for the many mountains III the state,
which now have no name, will be a
! matter for discussion.
| Reports of the different sections as to
work accomplished and membership
/ will be given and a financial and
membership campaign will be discussed
| The present officers Of the club are:
! President, Mortimer Proctor OF Proc
| tor; vice president and acting presi-
dent, Charles ?. Cooper; recording
secretary, E. S. Marsh of Brandon
corresponding secretary, r. NJ. Olzen-
! dam Of Proctor; treasurer, T. 5. Dean
| Of Burlington.