The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-11-26 00:00:00

NEW YOUNG MEN'S CLUB.

The young men of the Rowing and other clubs were
called together on Friday evening last to the Guildhall, by
• bill, in order to form • new club, apparently between
the Albion and the Working Kees Club. About BO
attended, including Marrs. Beale. Chalker, Williams,
Manion Harker, Burt, Cox. Noble, é and Mr. Harker
wee called to the chair. He thought the muster of to-night
promised about 1.50 members to start with, and was there-
fore sufficiently encourhing. The young men of Wel.
mouth in the evenings be foetid, when they wanted to see
each other, often had to make houssito-howse, walls and in
doing so, they somtimas lost themselves After
reading the bill which he had issued to call the
meeting, the Chairman continued Mr. Cooke, of
Augusta Place, would be very pleased to let the proposed
club some rooms for reading, dressing, eating, smoking,
ac. He fully understood they were not prepared to MY
any large mm for the rooms; but he supplied coffee,
cocoa, or chocolate, wines, and bottled alas, but no spirits,
and these would not be required. Members of the Rowing,
Cricket, and Broiyole clubs he thought should be eligrble,
on payment of subscriptions, any gentlemen from outside
to be proposed in the usual way. What he desired was •
plea where they could meet, and where recreation could
be obtained, without any vice or temptation. Within
the past fortnight he had beard of some young
men toeing their atuations and characters through having
no place to go to, for generally they did not care to go "i•
after business and sit down in their bohootne ii
eleven, and then go to bed. The games,--chees,
draughts ec., he should be very happy to supply
, for nothing. —(applause)—and as to books Mr. Wheeler
would be pleased to present the club with a two-guinea
subscription to his library, and he fully agreed that—with
regard to Mr. Wheeler, "nothing could be more fair,
nothing more candid. nothing more honourable." and no
doubt hie learned friend, Yr. Matthews, would agree with
him. ( Laughter. ) The club he thought should open on the lit
December and close on the lot May, and • subscription of
Is. • month for the five months would cover the expellees,
the Ba to be paid on the lit of each month. Any outside
support he did not want toes.; because they could make
it self-supporting. (Hear.) Very pleasant recollections he
had of a journey to Wool with the Rowing Club some
time back, and he could say that during that day nothing
was done that could shock the most fastidious eye,
nothing was said that could offend the mos fastidious ear.
It might be said that If they had 100 men, bare they could
not get into the room; but, having been a director of
Dome other clubs, from experience he believed they would
never be troubled with crowding.—Mr. Cross proposed Mr.
Harker be hon. secretary, and Mr. Thiseiton was named
hon. treasurer, and Marrs. IL J. Nobbs, Campbell, George
Cross, Sanders, and Hiekson, were elect,cl on the
committee. with power to add to their number—Mr.
Harker remarked that no particular preference had been
given to the members in mentioning the three clubs; but
In them they had institutions already formed, so as to
begin with enne foundation. There was some convers-
ation about the name of the club, and other details; and
the committee artanged for • meeting on Monday night.