Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-25
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
MEET IN NEW YORK
Officers in Annual Reports and
Others in Addresses Report
Progress Made during the Year
in the Construction of the
Long Trail

The second annual meeting Of the New ,
York section of the Green Mountain club
was held atFthe Peg Warrington in New
York city on Saturday evening, April 20. |
Charles p. Cooper of Rutland, VT. the F!
president of Green Mountain club. and
Theron S. Dean of Burlington were guests
of the section. Mr.. Cooper brought greet !
ings from the present organization and
Mr.. Dean gave the lecture of the evening.
The attendance 16O was the largest in
the history of the New York section.
In his opening remarks. Professor Will
s. Monroe, the president OF the New York
section called special attention to the fact
that the primary object of the local or
ganization was TO make more accessible
and enjoyable the Green Mountains by
the building of trails in Vermont, the erec-
ton of shelters along the line of the
trails, and the development Of interest in
out of door life.
Frederic n. Brown. the secretary.
treasurer. reported $523.s3 receipts for the
year and $47748 expenditures The section
contributed $2e5.99 towards the Monroe
Skyline division of the Long Trail.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President. Professor
Will S. Monroe Of Montclair. n. j.; vice.
president, Captain Herbert Wheaton
Congdon Of New York city; secretary
treasurer, Arthur c. Tate Of Stamford,
Conn.,; chairman of committees: outing,
A. C. Nelson of White Plains, n. Y:
social DR.. Gertrude Edmund of New York
city; membership. Kerson Nurian of
Brooklyn trails and shelter. Professor
VIII S. Monroe of Montclair n. J.
The outing committee. through it's chair
man. Allison B. Nelson. reported a large
number of well-attended afternoon and
whole day hikes. There had been two
weekend outings during the year-one at
Bennington. VT, where the party was
most Hospitality entertained by the Ben
nington section of the G. NJ. c. The other
was at Greenwood Lake. n. J. There had
beeen marked increase in the attendance
of the fortnightly outings in the vicinity
of New York city.
DR.. Gertrude Edmund. chairman OF
the membership committee reported a net
gain of 6i members to the section during
the year. with present total member
! ship of 30. The membership is scattered
through five States: New York. New Jersey
Connecticut. Pennsylvania and the Dis
trict of Columbia. The cities leading in
membership are: New York city, Brook
lyn Montclair. y. j.. Newark. y. j.,
Passac. n. j., and Port Chester, n. Y.
| Fifteen members of the section are en-
gagged in war work. Two have attained
the rank of major and several the rank Of
lieutenant. One of the women members is
| with Red Cross unit in France. Several
| members are in active service at the Eu-
| ropean front and one is with the aviators
in France.
Professor Monroe. chairman OF the trail
and shelter committee. announced that
| the Skyline trail during the last year had
| been carried south from Glen Ellen over
Lincoln mountain to the Lincoln Warren
| Pass. During the coming summer it is
| hoped to extend the trail over Breadloaf
mountain, as far. at least. the Middle
| bury Gap. A commodious shelter was
erected at Montclair Glen (near the
! COUGHING Lion), and II is hoped to erect
at least one more shelter during the COM
ing summer and to put the Emily Proctor
Lodge ION Breadloaf mountain) in condi-
! ton for use. Captain Herbert Wheaton
Congdon, with the aid of Rogers and
| Lyman Burnham, has recently made an
excellent map Of the part Of the Monroe
Skyline from COUGHING Lion to Glen Ellen
a distance of 10 miles and the hope was
| expressed that the southern part of the
Skyline might be mapped during the COM
ing year.
| In the absence of Major William d.
Ennis, Professor Monroe presented the
report of the social committee. The G. NJ.
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