The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-23
NEW SECTION OF
GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB

Prominent Nambers.
There was organized in New York
: City on Tuesday evening, October "a.
, a New York Section Of the Green
! Mountain Club with a membership Of
! 50. Prof Win S. Monroe of the State
: Normal Schoob Montelair, n j., was
chosen pres; Capt Herbert Wheat
J on Congdon Of the Twenty.third New
York Infantry, vice president; Fred
eric N, Brown, superintendent Of
Z schools at Verona, N. j., secretary,
treasurer: trail and shelter committee.
Professor Monroe, J. Ashton Allis,
New York bank examiner, and Prof.
II. r, Mussey Of Columbia University;
membership committee, DR.. Gertrude
Edmund, Basil G. Kodjbanofi, Arthur
c. Tate, and NJ. NJ. Davidson, and out
ing committee, lllison B. Nelson, Miss
Mary l.. Jobe, Benjamin f. Seaver,
and X. w, Saunders 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 outing 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 prae-
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
members related weary and monoton-
GUS hikes on the Long Trail with
never a suspicion of the scenic worth
of the Green mountains until they had
left the trail and plunged through the
forest to the tops and the ridges of the
mountains. IL was the sentiment of
the meeting that the New York section
should not contribute to the construc-
tion and maintenance of trails that did
not follow the mountain ridges and
cross the peaks. This sentiment was
expressed in resolution offered by X.
W. Saunders, which was unanimously
adopted.
A telegram of greeting came from
San Francisco from Mortimer r. Proc
tor, the president Of the Green Noun
tain Club; also one from Burlington
from Miss Joanna d. Croft, president
Of the Burlington section Of the Green
Mountain Club. The president was
to return messages Of
greeting and to send message to
Theron S. Dean, who co-operated so
heartily with Professor Monroe in the
of the Monroe Skyline
Trail' between Crouching Lion and
lien Ellen the past season.
Professor Monroe expressed the
lope that the funds of the rew York
ection would make possible at an
arly date the continuation Of his trail
outh from Glen Ellen over the Lin
oln mountains. lie Roy Jeffers called
ttention to the Green Mountains as a
field for snow party the
oming winter. Professor Monroe re-
lied that such excursions had bees
The membership Of the recently or
anzed New York section includes the
ames Of an unusually large number
men and women Of prominence:
Idge Harrington Putnam Of the su-
RENE court Of New York and former
president Of the American Alpine
ociety; Pres. John Henry Mac Crack
! of Lafayette College; Profs. II. X.
ussey and T. Reed Powell Of Column
a University; Prof Will S. Monroe,
Ithor and educator; Capt. Herbert
heaton Congdon Of the Twenty
ird New York Infantry; Henry T..
editor Of the New York
In; Leroy Jeffers Of the New York
ibic Library and secretary Of the
lied Mountains Societies Of Ameri-
; Caspar Wistar Hodgson, president
the World Book Company; Prof.
,ward b. Woolston Of the College Of
G City Of New York; William M.
ckwell Of Charles Scribners Sons;
,rtimer Bishop, president Of the
W York Branch Of the Appalachian
,untain Club; Waiter G. Holmes,
tor Of Ziegler's Magazine for the
nd; Prin. Arthur l.. james Of the
ooklyn Boys High School; Miss
Try l.. Jobe, the well-known noun.
n climber; DR.. Gertrude Edmund,
turer in New York University.