The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-14
|ROUSING RALLY HELD;
CONFERENCE ORGANIZED
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Mr.. Holden took for his subject the
soul and pointed out rewards for keep
inc ii clean and pure. He quoted the
Bible to show that the Supreme Being
held IN store much for the man whose
sonI i unmarried and he urged that the
bows. starting in life, bear the fact IN
mind. In illustrating the results Of liV.
ing straight forward lives, he placed
before the boys Henry Ford and John
Wanamaker a. examples OF what ne
meant bv living and working honestly
despite almost insurmountable obsta-
cles.
Miss Marion Gary then greeted the
conference for the girls Of Vermont.
Miss Gary Is state secretary OF the Y.
wv. C. A., and was the first woman ever
To address conference Of the boys,
Miss Gary told the assembly that the
rirls, conference, which is much young
er than the boys, had taken its stand
ards from the boys conferences and
shc urged that the boys establish
worthy traditions. She called upon
them TO set forth the highest civic
ideals; she said the girls were com.
parative strangers in this field and
would naturally lean toward the prec-
edents and ideals established by the
boys.
Adiutant General Fl. T. johnson was
then called upon and he greeted the
conference in The name OF the state OF
Vermont. General Johnson said ne
hoped that the present rising genera
ton would never 90 through a war but
that he believed in the motto OF the
boy scouts, "Be Prepared" The last
war. he pointed out, was terrible ex.
perience for the American mother and
he said that nothing emphasized thus
fact upon him any stronger than the
train loads of young draftees, never
away from their home hearth before
and without the slightest yestige OF
military training, on their way 70 the
camps. He pointed out the advantages
OF the citizens training camps, con.
Quoted each year, and urged all the
bows above 10 years Of age who could
20 enter the camp next August, foi
the month of military training. Inc
physical benefit alone was worth the
experience, he claimed.
Wish Speedy Recovery for Governor
Hartness.
Upon a motion made by Mr.. Smith
and quickly seconded, the conference
unanimously voted to send a note 70
Governor James Hsrtness carrying him
the greetings Of the conference and
wishing him a speedy recovery. The
report OF the nominating committed
was then read and these were unani-
mouslv chosen ofiicers Of the tenth an
nual Older Boys conference Of Yer
mont, President, Theodore 5. Duke
shire Of Enosburg Falls; vice president
Murray c. Herrick of Springfield; sec
retarv. Lawrence A. Vercoe of Barre
assistant secretary, 0rrie B. Jeneks OF
St. Johnsbury.
Rev. G. W. Hinckley Of Hinckley
Me-. one Of the most enthusiastic pro-
motors Of the conference. who has at.
tended every one since the conferences
trcrr iraugnrated. was then introduced
by Mr.. Smith. He pointed out that the
time wac too far advanced for him "a
speak at length as he had planned q
do. His topic was TO be. '1f ! We're
- and he said that in full Il was
eff | Were a Boy" He said that II he
were 4 boy Ne would do four things, al
Of " hich he aid do when he was boy
First. he said. he would work, for there
Is no place IN the world for the shirker
Next he would play. he said, and by
play he meant find recreation. Work
without play. and play, without work
could not endure. he claimed. Then. hs
said. ne would think and IN thinkine
he would plan. He advised every boy
10 choose his path in life and lay tho
propcr foundation for the sort Of fu
lure he chooses. He said he didn
want Il understood that he wished b
vac a boy because he didn't. The firsi
decade III his life he didn't remembei
much about. The second. he said. h
euioved. but in the third. fourth and
SUBSEQUENT decades each brought mor'
and meant nofe to him and as be wa
rapidly approaching BIZ seventh he va.
booking forward TO brighter things I'll
to come with H.
Nr. smith then asked State Secre
tarr Bryon Clark. father of al the ter
conferences. and knoUn 70 practically
every boy in Vermont A. Daddy
Clark. 70 stand that ail might SO him
Ar. Clark arose and uhen the ap1laus'
la died awar. spoke BREEZY. NJ. No
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