New-York tribune., 1878-12-05
REVITIL or the UNIVERSITY CLUB.

HISTORY OF THE oLD-TTME AssoCIAIloN-liL
PROJECT OF MAKING 1T HUGE CLUB FOR
| COLLEGE MEN.
| Social clubs for men have become so
prominent feature OF New-YOrE life that 1t VIII doubt
less prove Of great interest the rapidly increasing
number Ofcollrgebred this city and throughout
the country hear OF the prospective revival oI Iho
University Club with intention Of making It one OF
the leading organizations OF the kind in this city, Ihis
will be scarceYa new birth, but rather renewal OF
tue functions OF public body. The University CIuD
was started in the Spring Of 1868 under charter
granted BY special act OF the legislature IL had on s
roll OF members $50 names, including many prominent
residents Professor Theodore w. Dwight or the Co
Iumbla College Law School, was its first president d
served until the club gave uD its and the out
ward signs OF public organic ton. about 1869 Lack
OF united interest and financial difficulties were manly
the o this Change OF front. Many u US were
young 1cn" said an old member yesterday, aud bha
way 10 make in business. More serious affairs than
those Of the cIub IN nopozcd our sttenuon.'
During the ten years since the University Cu0 passed
out Of public view a number Of the original members
have maintained the organization. II took the form OF
"a close curporatIon dinner club and its twenty-five
members nave become Intimately Joined In brother
hood and found their exclusive set so ENJOYABLE that
il is only considerable outside that they
have agreed TO make the cub public once more SAID
Of the leading members Of the exclusive guild yes
t,rday:
"Tlc club originally started under favorable
auspices but uudcrtoos some things large scale
Euseac Schuyler, wen known tor his services IN Bull
gudt, was g'rumDulal "a piOyiin2 ne club with col
tnat a; Coo, or Ius tu;e MI Sruy er is now out a."
the ciub Professor Dwight cli ms when We Cha 2rd ne
form OF tue organ LIUOu; William ". Eyarts is out;
Caarcs As,oL Brscd T. dead; Joseph IL ChOhtc aud
10 l1y.u JuIusiOu are both out.
Twenty five II have kept together and elected
t,, ,s, " "I i'o ~ I.gu @ @ Ee lanes C
rgIt b..v he tNy-
yer, oI no. lo2 broadway, VINO mas been rec cctrd
Pr dent regumry sure Professor Dwight ietired; ;
secretary; George Hoffman, treasurer; Mayor-elect
Edward Cooper, one gi our sianurh",t mgr3cfs; Cor
roTiiou Counsel william g. WGtury; Frederick II.
Morris; Franc T. krrnuehau; j Frederick hcrno-
cham Wii.lm H. Fuller. the m,icn4nti C. B hileneli
Byuf.Un +. Lee Of Turner, Lrr Il McC nrc; or-e
.Iorn f. EruaEy: Ca r'ct D. ing rsa l. the IaWySr;
WI nam g. IAlhrop ir; Philp > Muller general agent
o thc CUun'eIcut Muinl Life Insuranc, COmpam
III. banker. VINO the orncr I've lust now ESCAPES
I've ,g, many o. Us members OF ether clubs. and our
dIuutgs have held iu different places Iue prcsi-
dent ulWaR Its az h bead ~ the table ana ever tug
s done strictly ding to the rulrs OF parliamentary
law. The members almost al quick rrpuftcc, aud
Ennctim disputed points are argued Wlih All iht
warmth OF an important bate I'm Inc Senate. After
uy-cr- have been served the meeting called 10 order
the mllu c5 VI the previous dinner read. These
TrcOui- frequently very inter. ting. In ne meaA
tr,c Inc next course Is served; The debate continues
uui mcmlcr hegius to eat. Then everybody VINO
does MT ia 10 Is Out OF order ucH member s beng
prr-srd 10 eunt', orts is ground hc ctu always
cane further tOus,UucI bv beginning eat No set
speeches allowed L q speaker fans 20 interest or
couunUrs too long, ue may y HIeeed DJ some one a-
lax ~ lls diuurI Elwuld Co.p.r uas always
h.tn ready and au in IN, rual discuss Nulllu
G. Wni,tey speaks well, aud william H. Fuller the
caut. makes toe SD,t uI-ut.4 speech. Cur MEETINGS
seldom break Up before sal past ~ oT - U'CD,h. We
EaI a LcaIed debate one, over Circumstance growing
out OF q committee mcc.iu- AIRED d. .'yor Buchanan
Wlulhtup a.d another gent man "cFc "a ,Ohlu lee on
dinner. S.T s,Cuuv at,' 'uIINg tc committee
NIC, d a NIitt drawn ih 'lc
in the hand, 5l WuthI0p, giving hm power 90 append
his nam" 30 uuy ciloh tn, "t tI wv" trDcrsV VI the
G. c.Wmit,ee u -lt .taav winthrop ana hi7 colleague
came together and resolved rNpc Taylor from tine
committee FOR being igcut ANA dcreiic Of du,y and
for persistent IGCHu,s Iucy rlLuru turlr own names
to the rrpur aud TayIOis name by proxy, thus making
ui- oNpui. the uuuuIEous Viii Of the committee Tay-
ior tried best he action esCmuCu Dut WITH
OUT success, though tue drbate was hrrcc.
aTy Ia CUuHgC tho character OF the club, and
may keep our senior band " twenty-five together as
seuarttc gathering usual dnnes. Tue pressure
from sdcrs has been great ato that 10 mas been
llt necessary ird. such cub a. the University"
yhz aud will De has become Erra' necessity ana must
be u pronounced and remarkable success. We nave re-
ceiyrd communications IIOm Yale, Harvard, BuwdOIu,
Princeton and Williams. but not yet nom Columbia or
Dartmouth. Lists Of names uf persOns desirub q as
members are 90. Without doubt shall be-
giu with Irt Ui 400 names 90 plCh huu aDd JddElug
interest tuktu 10 tAc uuNtLlu nj,
suOu have "a membership Ut thousand There VIII be
q meeting wccA irum ucNt SAui daE but it VIII be i-
puasIbI, admit members uciuTe January, since
informed tat gCrta,u um"udm ms 10 tho eoustLu-
tiOu arc lur duCCd iOucning dues aud initiation
ices. No. not HbspIutUN e,cs~ary that person
should been gTguuatcl az college or university 10
become a member tnHk the constitution reads that
any person eligible who has been graduated at or has
resided three college sCUOU ~ medicine,
law or theology ha, received tnC honorary degree Uf
A. NJ or IL. D., has bcrn graduated al tho United
States Naval or Military Academy"