Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-02-08
BIG SENTIMENT
FAv0RS HUNT BILL
Prominent Educators Uphold
Measure Designed to Keep
College Towns 'Dry."
HEARING AT MONTPELIER.
President benton md Three Deans OF
University of Vermont Present
Few Appear In Opposition.

II.
bin. IL. 81. which provides that licenses.
excopt to innleopcrs and druggists shall
lot bc granted within a nvr-nlilc radius
IF any institution of higher ,earnir. re-
ewing a state appropriation. carried all
cfore Thorn nj tho nutlic hearing on the
bin this afternoon, held in the Representa-
ives h,ll becausc of tr. large attendance,
An tn, ,ro,iuerts ir eiinrort OF tho bin
core b,sod an tbo thonyv that the amend
o,ent ofrcrcd bv Renroee,totive Ernest L,
Moore of tud,nv s,ri,,irv ran, tho clause.
cxrcnt to irrkenners and dr1cgists."
would ho ,,c,r,,,-a,,d Il, a.. Hill
Tho s,,rortors NJ thc measure were
be,ded h,. m, ,;uv pot,er i,entcn. nresi-
1ort or ,bo t-rivorsit,, ~ Vermont and
nr,,d.d D(o,, Coor,-o II rorlins of the
o,lege of arts and science. Or. Henry
Tinlh,r dean Of tho medical college:
Dean Joeenh / ,1u1s of tho agricultural,
o,loyo ,,,, t,raf coor,o (. ,,roat hcnd
e ,ho dom.r,r,ont AZ economies \ ,clega-
i'm n verrront students headed by John
perrv of MontnelioI ne ato present.
no two sno,lors heinz Mr. Berry and
Phillip r. johnson Of St. Adams,
COLONEL REEVES ENDORSEMENT
Col Ira r Reeves. nresident Of Nor
k,ich University, snpnoricd the bill per
sonouv AS no stated he would support
any ,no,suro t,,ot wound aid the moral
,ojraro Of >,ounf, nnople In thc course
,r his remarks. president Reeves said
hat tho entire corps Of students at
>-orv.ich had Voluntarily pledged their
yord Of honor to refrain from drinking
ut.xicatinf- lni,or and mo, To- ,isc pro-
,nc az objectionable 1ant,,aro
Anotber puh1ic hearing With REGARD to
Inc hlu will he hold mex, Wednesday
afternoon. when if is expocted tina, more
,r Tho onnonents Of Inc hil will he pres.
rt Practically, all tba onnosition which
WAS voiced This afternoon was given by
H,rrcsentetive Stoarus Of Hurlippton
,,h, nsltod v.bv thn I.ooisl.,ura shonld
raes n nrobibition measure when the
voters had so recently and emphahcailN
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DIR. BENTON'S PLEA.
DIR. Benton based his plea for tho bill
on the gromnd that the environment of
the university should be made clean and
sweet and wholesome, and that the
moral miasma of the saloon should be
driven out of the air the students
breathe. He urged its enactment for the
sake OF the young manhood and woman
hood nf the State. The fact that most
OF thc stuceh's OF vermont olo not heeo
rhatioafI,, ~, ,,,a rsiaon, aI,ho,e,,
thora y.a.o ,,or,, to',. ,,,l,o ,,,oro ,,ioti,r.
iyed oanh ,aor ord no wade h,s p,o. ror
,no.o ~ ,Is, d,,.oit 49, ,ho fa,, 49,
the I-nivereity of Vernont u,.s n STATE
ami NOT , D,rlirgtor insti,u,,o,
rho ren,.rl,s ,f tho otber sne.I,ors with
+bo o,,c,,t;o, Of ,-,iorai poo,,o. foIIouod
the general lines of President Benton's
address.
HORSE lrAvoPs Two SCHOOLS
80, ,
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80 ~ nc 'o'''' 'oHoi"''oI' 'ot
Ing ioit' '"at >er"lo'it shouiu .o"''"u
,,.o az " ui"'"' "N"oois at ny NUN anu
nus answer 'l's ''ie 'et"ee' VI
p "o"iu Va '"Htec9 VI t"o as 'u'.u,
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o' ""t'Hhu Guy "dN hearlIE "'p'au ueo
wen nc u,scioSrn p''ei ueieISu VI .,''
pltScht poilcN' II may HcFe'op 'hat inc
swing OF sentiment Will ne SO marked
that adoltiohai schoois WIZ De author'Heo
certain Rouse members already Delne
interested IN me proposition OF SECURING
an INSTITUTION Tor theN counties
SENATORIAL. BILL. PASSES HOUSE
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. ,on,,c,, Il, tb. nfrico -, t.ni,ed ctota.
senator occurs ana n,oviding for , enc
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if win be fayorably received.
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