The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-31
NEW MOUNTAIN CLUB
New Workers To Take a Hand in Trail
Building.

Building.
There was organized in New York
city on Tuesday evening, October "a,
la New York section OF the Green
Mountain club with membership Of
SO. Prof. VII =. -donroe OF the State
Normal School Montclair, N. j., was
chosen president; Capt Herbert
Wheaton Congdon of the rwenty-third
New York infantry, yice-president;
Frederic n Brown, superintendent of
schools at Verona, n. j., secretary
treasurer; tail and shelter commit
tee, Professor Monroe j. Ashton Allis,
New York bank examiner, and Porf.
II. r. Mussey of Columbia University;
membership committee, d.. Gertrude
Edmund Basil G. Kodjbanofi Arthur
C. Tate, and VI, NJ. Davidson, and out
ing committee. lllison b. Nelson, Miss
Mary l.. lobe, Benjamin +. Seaver and
r. w Caunders OF the National Bank
of Commerce.
A constitution was adopted that
stated the purposes of the New York
section of the Green Mountain club as
follows; The object OF the section
shall be to construct and maintain
trails in the Green mountains of Yer.
mont; erect shelters along the lines
of trails erected by the section and
its members and conduct outings In
the vicinity of New York city"
There was an animated discussion
on the subject of the location and con
struction OF trails and the expression
of feeling was general that the prac-
tice of the Green Mountain club in To-
eating considerable sections OF the
Long trail along the sides and at the
base of mountains was contrary to the
practice of other mountain clubs in
America and Europe and entirely at
variance with the needs and interests
OF mountain clubs. A number Of mem
bers related weary and monotonous
hikes on the Long trail' with never
a suspicion OF the scenic worth of tho
Green mountains until they had left
the trail and plunged through the for
est to the tops and the ridges OF the
mountains. 1t was the sentiment OF
the meeting that the New York sec
ton should net contribute to the con
struction, maintenance of trails that
did not follow the mountain ridges and
cross the peaks. This sentiment was
expressed in resolution offered by r.
w Saunders. which was unanimously
adopted
A telegram OF greeting came from
San Francisco from Mortimer H. Proc
ter. the president OF the Green Noun
tain club; also one from Burlington
from Miss Joanna ID. Croft, president
Of the Burlington section of the Green
Mountain club. The president was au-
thorized to return messages of greet
ing and to send message to Theron
S. Dean. who co-operated SO heartily
with Professor Monroe in the con
struction of the Monroe Skyline
Trail between Crouching Lion and
Glen Ellen the past season.
Professor Monroe expressed the
hope that the iGnds of the New York
section would make possible at an ear
ly date the continuation of his trail
south from Glen Ellen over the Lin
coin mountains lie Roy LETTERS call
ed attention to the Green mountains |
as a desirable field for snow party
the coming winter. Professor Mon
roe replied that one or more such eX-
cursions had been contemplated
The membership of the recently or
ganized New York section includes the |
names of an unusually large number
OF men and women OF prominence
Judge Harrington Putnam Of the SUI |
preme court of New York and former
~ president of the American Alpine |
society: Pres. John Henry Mac Crack |
EN- of Lafayette College: Profs. II. r.
Mussey and 7. Reed Powell of Colum.
bia University Professor VIII S. Mon
roe, author and educator; Capt Her
bert Wheaton Congdon of the Twenty
third New York Infantry; Henry H.
editor of the New York
sun; Leroy LETTERS OF the New York
Public library ard secretary of the
Allied Mountains societies of Ameri.
"a Casper Wistar Hodgson. president
If the World Book company; Prof.
Howard B Woolston of the college of
he city of New York; William NJ.
Rockwell OF Charles Scribner's Sons;
Mortimer Bishop, president of the New
FORK branch of the Appalachian
iountain club Walter G. Holmes, edi
or OF zieglers magazine for the blind;
rim Arthur l.. James of the Brooklyn
oys' high school; Miss Mary L. lobe,
he well-known mountain climber; DR.
Edmund, lecturer in New