The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-25
An Appeal for Three Vol
unteers In Missionary
Work From Vermont
REFUSED 5000
INCREASE IN SALARY
Rev. w. A. Dawson Will Not Accept
While Ministers Are Underpaid -
Convention Votes to Reopen Yer
mont Academy.


RUTLAND, Sept. 25.-Up to it's closing
moment last night, the 95th annual meet
ing of the Baptist state convention, in SEES
sion at the Rutland church since Monday
evening held to the high spiritual pitch
which marked it an epoch in the denomi-
nation
An appeal by Mrs. H. W. Peabody of
Beverly, Mass. secretary of the Baptist
foreign missionary society, for three vol
unteers from Vermont towards the denom-
national quota of GO for immediate ser
strong and wonderful on the meaning of
Christianity by Rev Carter Helm Jones,
d. D., of Philadelphia, and a final, posi-
tive refusal of Rev Dr. w. A. Dawson.
secretary of the convention, to accept a
5000 raise in salary were the features of
the last session.
| The closing minutes of the convention,
given over to Rev Dr. Dawson, he used
in thanking the president of the conven-
ton, his board 1.-The best a man ever
! had the church and pastor, the women
Of the church who gave their time to
serve meals for the conventioners and the
newspapers.
Coming to an announcement of the ac
ton of the convention voting him raise
some of the pastors who voted themselves
getting only total of $500 a year, DIR
Dawson declared that he had been com
PEELED to place the vote on record but
that he would never touch a penny o.
the increase offered him as testimony
of the love of the pastors in the state
and refused by him, an injustice wher
they were receiving so little as to make il
impossible to live decently and that he
might give it to the fund which would
provide for the raising of these meagel
salaries
The presence of the Spirit of the Liv
ing God has been in this convention if il
has ever been anywhere" said DR.. Da
vison. se e a,7af,
One of the most important events o
the day session of the convention was tn,
election of officers and trustees for tn
coming year The election took place yes
terday morning and the following result
were announced:
President, Henry Bond of Brattleboro
vice presidents, Elmer b. Bailey of Bur
lington, Wallace w Nichols of Rutland
clerk, Rev j. Wesley Rafter of Windsor
trustees, Miss Ada A. Brigham of Ber
nington Howard Crane of Burlington
Rev W. A. Dawson of Burlington, F. +
Dickerman of Bristol, Leon S Gray c
Cavendish, Rev X. Z. Whittemore c
AIiddlebury, w. w. Stickney of Ludlow
Z. NJ. Bixby of Poultney, Rev ] s. Brake
of Burlington, j. ID. Thyng of Passumpsi,
w r. kinsman of Rutland, Mrs c. "
Peck, jr, of Rutland, Norman A. Goo,
win of Montpelier, Mrs Benjamin Hi
man of Newport, B. A. Park of Cheste
Arthur c. Crane of Middlebury, A.
Maynard of Brattleboro, Rev III. B. RAJ
kin of Newport, Rev w G. Towart
Bennington.
One important thing accomplished
the afternoon session was the unanimo
vote to reopen Vermont academy at Sa
tons River No definite time was set
= this event to take place. but steps W
be taken in the immediate future to sta
up this school on coeducational bas
The following decisions and resolutio
We're read concerning this matter:
: Whereas at a meeting of the board
trustees of the Vermont academy at 81
tons River on Sept. 10, 1919, it. was vote
! 1T is the conviction of the trustees
| the Vermont academy that the sch'
| should be reopened as a coeducatiol
school and with the idea of fitting
| boys and girls of Vermont for their lif
| work along practical and business lines
| well as fit them for college"
| Whereas, the board of trustees of
| convention approve of the foregoing "
I and proposition to reopen Vermont &C
| envy
Resolved, That the Vermont Bapt
state convention approve of the purp