The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-22
Series of Six Meetings Be
ing Arranged to Begin
in December
WILL BE FREE TO
MEN OF THE TOWN
Under Auspices of Six Churches, but
AL Men Are Invited - Use of Uni
tartan Parish House Offered and Ac
cepted = Committee Meets.

A movement unlike anv other that
has been undertaken in town has been
perfected whereby q series of addresses
by prominent speakers and possibly
some other form of entertainment will
be furnished to the men Of BrattIe-
boro without cost.
The Men S Forum is the designation
decided upon and the meetings will be
held in the Unitarian parish house
which very kindly has been offered
without charge by the Unitarian So
eiety. 1t is planned to have series
OF SIX meetings, one a month or pos
slbly two in some month, beginning in
December.
For two seasons men of the Unitar-
ian church have held meetings in their
parish house and have invited a number
of men from outside the parish. and the
results have been so satisfactory that
the men of the society thought this
year that it would be well to extend the
benefits Of such meetings to a larger
proportion of the community.
Accordingly a few davs ago the pas-
tors of the Baptist, Congregational.
Episcopal, Methodist, Unitarian and
myersaist churches and representa-
tlves from the lavmen of the churches
were asked to meet in the parlor of the
Vermont Savings bank to discuss the
matter.
There it was voted, after full discus
sion, to undertake such a movement,
/ the representatives of each church pro.
! vldlng one speaker or entertainment
and being responsible for the expense
| attached thereto, which it is anticipat
cd will be light, and the hospitality Of
the Unitarian church was accepted with
appreciation.
1t was voted that each pastor an.
point one layman, the SIX Iavmen to
constitute a committee of arrange
ments to carry out the plans. Some
were appointed then and some later.
! The committee is made up of the fol
lowing men: Carl S. Hopkins. Ban
tist; Walter \. Gilbert. Congregational:
| Frederick II. Sanford, Episcopal; DR..
| Charles G. Wheeler. Methodist: Edgar
B. Smith, Unitarian; Arthur +. Roberts.
| Uniyersalist.
! \ meeting of the committee was held
/ last evening in the Unitarian parish
! house, and 1t was decided to name the
movement the Men S Forum. It was
not considered necessary to have anv
formal organization of the committee
| 1t was thought best not to decide upon
/ any particular dates for the MEETINGS
| until it was learned when the speakers
| could come. Ample notice of dates and
! other arrangements will be made nuh-
lie through the newspapers and from
the church pulpits
This is a movement Of the churches
for the benefit of the men of the town
! The addresses will be wholly undenom
! national, and the speakers are to he
/ engaged without regard to their relig
l0us belief. While the movement Is
under the auspices of the six churches
mentioned, the invitation to attend is
extended to the men of all parishes in
town, IN fact any man in town who
, wishes to attend will be welcome
/ whether he IS associated with anv par
| lsh or not. as the movement is not in
tended TO be exclusive in any sense
! These plans are not intended to in.
| terfere at all with the work of tbe
men $ clubs of the churches. as they
are not to be merged, but will retain
their separate Identities The purpose
IS simply to get as many as possible Of
the men together six times during the
winter and spring for some worthwhile
meetings and stimulating and elevatino
entertainment.