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On Thursday, November 5, 1931, 8.30 P. M. 

~Iajor William F. Fried1nan 

Chief of the Signal Intelligence Service, War Department, will 

be the guest of honor of the Club, and give an Illustrated 

talk entitled 

A Cryptographer Looks at Literature 

Major Friedman, a most entertaining speaker, will among other 

things tell something about how ciphers are made and broken 

down. There will be ample food for thought. 

Come and bring your friends next Thursday night. The main 

dining room will be open to ladies on that evening. 

THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. 

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BULLETIN 

OF 

t!tbe ~niber1'itp Club of llta~ington 

Issued Monthly C:scn, J. WII,KINSON, Editor November 1, 1931. 

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"The object of the Club shall be to promote science, literature, and art, and to 

maintain a Club House for purpose of social intercourse amongst its members 

and for mutual imprOfJement."-Art. II, By-Laws. 

EMINENT CRYP'l'ANALYST WILL LECTURE ~OVEMBER 5TH 

DID Francis Bacon write the plays attributed to William Shakespeare? 

Do you believe with t11c late Professor Newbold that Roger Bacon 

had a microscope in the 13th century despite the fact that the date of 

invention of this device is generally rcgardcd'as.1686? \\'hat are ciphers 

and how arc they broken down? 'fhese and other fascinating questions 

will be answered in the lecture to be given in the Club on Thursday evening, 

November 5th, by Major \Vil1iam F. Friedman, chief of the signal intelligence service of the War Department. "A Cryptographer Looks at 

Literature" is to be the subject of Major Friedman's ta1k, which will be 

illustrated with the only set of lantern s1idcs of its kind in existence. 

Major Friedman is a Cornell alumnus of the class of 1914. He is considered the most eminent cryptanalyst in America. 

Mr. James Oliver Murdock, a member of the entertainment committee of the Club, will introduce :Yiajor Friedman. The main dining 

room will be open to ladies for dinner and the lecture wi11 begin promptly 

at 8:30 o'clock. 

SOPRANO AND PIA~Is·r TO FEATURE ML""SICAL 

ON'l'I~UING the series of programs that has built up for the 'University Club the reputation of being one of the musical centers of the 

community, the entertainment committee announces J.\.liss Gretchen 

Hood, prima donna soprano, and ~Ir. :\-falton Boyce, pianist, in a joint 

recital on Thursday evening, November 19th, at 8:30 o'clock. l\:Iiss Hood 

has had leading roles with the Aborn, San Carlos and Savage Opera 
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Companies. Mr. Boyce, a brilliant artist, will be remembered for his 

splendid playing when he appeared before the Club in a joint recital with · 

Miss Marjorie Lowe in 1929 and with Mr. Robert Richard Dieterle, 

baritone, last April. Miss Eula Alexander will be Miss Hood's accompanist. The main dining room will be open to the ladies for dinner. 

Many dinner parties preceded the October musical arranged by the 

entertainment committee. The list of artists was headed by Mr. George 

O'Connor and included our own Mr.' Jack Bowie. 

TWO-HEADED GOD IS DANCERS' PATRON SAINT 

TERPSICHOREAN members of the Club have adopted as their patron 

saint the god Janus-with one face looking back at the last dance and 

the other looking forward to the next one. 

Manly figures, beauty and ballroom agility were in evidence at the 

Hallowe'en dance in the Club on October 27th. One hundred and fifty 

members and guests enjoyed the music of Sidney's Mayflower Orchestra. 

Among those who were hosts at dinner before the dance were Mr. 

Proctor L. Dougherty, the president of the Club; Mr. Harry J. Anslinger, 

Mr. Edward L. Bacher, Mr. Harold A. Brooks, Dr. Marshall J. Brushart, 

Mr. Charles Campbell, Mr. John W. Cleaton, Mr. A. Lane Cricher, Mr. 

Northcutt Ely, Mr. Karl Knox Gartner, Mr. Joh~ P. Jackson, Mr. Howard 

S. LeRoy, Mr.· Lewis Lofton Moneyway, Mr. J. B. Peat, Mr. J. W. S. 

Peters, Mr. Charles E. Phillips, Mr. Percy W. Phillips, Mr. Frederick L. 

Pierce, Mr. Mark H. Rathburn, Mr. John J. Reinhard, Mr. John G. Remey, 

Mr. Henry T. Saunders, Mr. Andrew Sharpe, Mr. Stanley P. Smith, Mr. 

Albert E. Stephens, Mr. W. Waverly Taylor, Mr. Norman T. Wall, Col. 

Rawson Warren, Mr. Wellstood White and Mr. Cecil J. Wilkinson. 

· The next dinner dance will take place on November 24th, the Tuesday. 

evening of Thanksgiving week. Other dances calendared by the committee 

of which Mr. W. Waverly Taylor is chairman are as follows: Christmas, 

December 22nd; Mid-Winter, January 26th; Washington's Birthday, February 23rd; St. Patrick's, March 15th; Easter, April 19th. 

. MEMBERSHIP ELECTIONS AND PROPOSALS 

THE election is announced. of the following new members: Mr. Kenneth 

Carl Macpherson, resident, University of Chicago; Mr. Henry 

Ravenel, resident, University of Michigan and George Washington University; Major George C. Royall, Jr., resident, University of North Carolina; Dr. Eugene E. Willison, non-resident, Kansas State Agricultural 

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Four proposals for membership are pending: 

Mr. Frederick G. Brownell, non-resident, New York University. 

Proposed by Mr. Eliot C. Lovett; seconded by Mr. Howard S. LeRoy. 

Dr. Carl B. McKinley, resident, University of Michigan. Propose<;{ 

by Dr. Daniel L. Borden; seconded by Mr. Gilbert L. Hall. ' 

Dr. Arthur R. Bumstan, non-resident, Lafayette College, Columbia 

University and Heidelberg University (Germany). Proposed by Mr. 

Cecil J. Wilkinson; seconded by Mr. George F. Snyder. 

Mr. Harry C. Davis,. resident, George Washington. University. 

Proposed by Mr. Gilbert L. Hall; seconded by Mr. Lewis LoftonMoneyway. 

BUILDING COMPANY CASE BEFORE COURT 

ARGUMENT on the demurrer in the case brought by Clarence De 

Knight to restrain the Building Company from increasing the mortgage on the club property was heard in "the Corporation Court, Alexandria, 

Va., on October 28th. 

The Building Company was represented by Mr. Leo P. Harlow, while 

Mr. Henry P. Blair made a short statement on behalf of the Club. The 

Court took the case under advisement and it is hoped that an opinion will 

be handed down at an early date. The following members were present: 

Messrs. George F. Snyder, Gilbert L. Hall, Stanley P. Smith, George M. 

McClellan, Karl Knox Gartner, Proctor L. Dougherty, J. Raymond Hoover, 

Oliver Metzerott, H. L. Rust, E. H. Van Fossan and Thomas E. Brown. 

NEWLY-ACQUIRED LIBRARY BOOKS COVER MANY THEMES 

PURCHASE of a number of .new books for the recent-acquisitions 

table has been authorized by the library committee of which Mr· 

Sewall Key is the chairman. The following will shortly appear: Letters of 

Madame, Volume II; Peggy Eaton, Pollack; Along the Road, Huxley; 

The Story of the Confederacy, Henry; The Golden Vase, Lewisohn; Tidewater Maryland, Wilstach; The Virtuous Knight, Sherwood; A Correspondence, Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw;Musicat Night, Huxley; MexicanMaze, Beals; Epic of America, Adams; The Scientific Outlook, Russell; 

Women and Roccoco in France, Toth; Best Short Stories (1931), O'Brien; 

American Beauty, Ferber; Naked on RoUer Skates, Bodenheim; The Good 

Companion, Priestly; The Basque People, Canfield; Duke of Wellington, Guedalla. 

At the suggestion of the ever-observing Mr. George McClellan, Ed 
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Howe's Weekly has been removed from the center table in the lounge and 

hereafter have its place in the newspaper room. 

THINGS I NEV.ER KNEW TILL NOW 

THAT on the evening of the June (1908) day he was nominated for 

President of the United States the then Secretary of War William 

Howard Taft was serenaded at his home on K Street by his fellow members 

of the University Club who took some :fireworks along with them; that the 

response to the greeting was the first porch speech Taft made in his campaign; that the U. C. gleers sang: "Taft for me! Taft for me! . . . 

U~-Uni-Uni-Uni-varsity!" 

That the Club in the pre-Volstead days sold a special brand of whiskey 

bearing the Club's name on the label. 

That dogs in the days of the Grecian philosophers wore collars. 

See the mural in the lounge. . 

That the kitchen does a big business in baking Virginia hams to the 

order of members, especially when Santa Claus is packing his bags for the 

chimney trips. 

That the Club's first home was at the southwest comer of 16th and 

K Streets. 

That when "Moxie," chef de salle de tap, gets provoked his favoriteexclamation is: "Plague take a mosquito!" 

That during the joyous Yuletides of yore a bowl of egg-nogg was 

placed near the entrance door where he who would might nogg. 

That Mr. Will Spurgin, who wields a deft paddle 'at ping-pong, was 

captain of Princeton's hockey team more than a quarter of a century ago. 

That the present clubhouse was formally opened on December 31, 

1912. . 

That Mr. J. Raymond Hoover won some sort of trophy at some sort 

of golf recently. · 

That the music editor of the Sunday Star said in a review that "great 

is the gnashing of teeth by local organizations which were not included" 

in Mr. Lewis Moneyway's University Club musicals. 
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November 9, 1931. 

Maj or William F. Friedman, 

3932 Military Road, 

VlashiDgton, D. c. 

Dear Major Friedman: 

It gives me great pleasure to send you 

the thanb o£ the Club for the most interesting lecture which you delivered last Thursday 

evening. The comment o£ meni>ers with whom I 

.have talked, have without exception, been most 

complimentary. We are greatly indebted to y-ou. 

JAS/L