New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-31

tho progrcss Of the club. The pleasant and com
| Portable clubhouse at No 80 West Forty eighth
! ST. In which the club first set up housekeep ping,
i was abandoned little more than year ago Tor us
pre- sent commodi0us house In Forty-second-st;
] There is nothing ostentatious about tho club-
| house. 1t Is roomy, convenient well proVloe9
| with oil the facilities OF the modern club, and
| charged from top TO bottom with the atmospnere
| of Psi Epsilon. In the basement is we ltequi ppea
billiard room and the kitchen of the estab
The parlor, dining-room aud cafe are on the hrst
| door The dining-rOom Is an attractive apart
ment, from whose windows the tennis court OF tne
club, occupying an inclosed lot fronting Forty
third-st, may DC seen over tne m mar hepaCe
Of President Arthur who az the time OF his death
was president Of the Psi Epsilon Association Of
this city Il the first PRESENT to the b cgH S ana
on the second door contains rapidly Increasing
collection of books and is well supplied not only
with the daily and weekly papers and magazines,
but with college ANIMALS, papers and catalogues.
On this floor are also card-room and smoking
room. The third door Of the house is occupied
by the lambda, the Columbia College chapter OF
the fraternity. Quietness seclusion, simplicity,
dignity and fraternity are the words which best
describe the home of the Psi Epsilon Club OF New
York.
A happy thought in the Social history Of the
club was the establishment of what is known as
" club night" Once month, in order OF its es-
Establishments chapter Of the fraternity Is assigned
a night on which IL is expected that all the mem
bers of that chapter who are members Of the club
will make special effort to be present at the CLUB
house. In this way members have an opportunity
of meeting, NOT only Psi Epsilon men, but men OF
the same chapter and college carefully pre-.
pared literary programme, college songs, remlnls.
esnces and supper ARE tine principal features OIL
The officers Of the club are as follows: Pfesi-
dent, Frederick Baker; vice-presidents, Joseph W
Harper Daniel G. Rollins and panei d. Gnsm6e manner
William NJ Kingsley and secretary, James ABBOTT.
The Board Of Governors Is composed OF Messrs
Baker Bridgman and Kipgsls,S; ex,oIfcl9: FRANK
BellSnap. Peter B. Wyckof, Frederick ]. Mott and
William II. Beadcston.
G. Van Worst, Dr.. Hermann NJ Bggs, sherman
Evarts, Waldo Hntchins, Walter @. Kerr; Charles
n. Tainter, Frederick A. Brown, Francis s. Bangs,
Place, DR.. Charles G, Park Benjamin Il; Bayiiss,
Herbert r Brown, John @. Brown, William u
Brown, DR.. Leroy W. Hubbard, Julien t. Davies
The New-York Graduate Association Of Alpha
Delta Phi was organized in 1868 1t was not
however, until some two years ago that the asso-
ciaton following the lead of its sister fratern1es
ASSUMED the character and government Of club
and established itself in neat English basement
house. at No. 427 Fourth-ave.- The spirit OF the
cub is conservative. It's members believe that
club life, in the general aeceptaten Of the phrase
should be found outside the walls which shelter
of the Alpha Delts Phi Club should be sacred to
those who wear the star and crescent.
The home Of the club is simply meeting place
for the members Of the fraternity comfortable and
pleasant, with its great reception-room cafe par
Tors, library and billiard-foom The Manhattan
Chapter of the New-York City College has quar-
holds a social reunion when literary exercises are
provided, consisting Of paper by some member OF
the ~, fraternity music ETC. and SuppeTT' s.n,r;s
president; Professor George B. Newcomb, vice
president; Charles NJ Baker, treasurer; Nelson 5.
Spencer secretary and Board Of Governors George
" V. Huntington, William B. Ranldne, ]. Van
Vechten olcott and Charles L. Poor.
among whom are MChard r Bowl1er.. William
l.. Bull, REGINALD G., Coke, Professor Henry p
Johnston, the Rev, Abbott Kittredge' Professor
Edward NJ. Shepard, Henry Il. Tremain. and
Everett p Wheeler.
THE DELTA PHI HOUSE
The general headquarters and resort for all
Delta Phi men Of this city and its vicinity is the
comfortable home Of the Delta Phi Club at No. |
3 East Twenty-seventh-st. Organized in 1888, |
possessed of energy and enterprise, the club has |
grown and prospered, until now its members, |
numbering more than 100 resident ana |
about twenty nonresident, take their ease about |
their own freside and enjoy their own bench and
board
On the main floor Of the Engfish-basement house
occupied by the club are its reception and dining
rooms. Tie second floor contains the living-rooms |
~ the club or rather the 'living-room, for the |
three apartments are so arranged that they can |
be thrown into one, and the great sliding doors
ALWAYS stand Hospitality open. The first apart
meut overlooking Twenty .scventh-st. Is used as
A general lounging room, the second as reading
room. and the third as billardroom. The TWO
upper floors ore occupied as lodgingrooms Tor
members OF the club and as chapter halls for the
chapters Of the fraternity at Columbia College and
the COLLEGE Of the City of New-Iork
Thu officers OF the club are Oakley Rhinelander,
nresident; Richard NJ Corwine, Niee-presldent;
Charles G. Bull, treasurer, and T. z Lowrey, sec
hers Among them are Robert L. Cutting, lr;,
r. Fulton Cutting W. Baysrd Gutting E Rrsd
erick s. Deafield Lewis L. Desheld Rufus Su pea,
H pGlr. Mortimer Hendricks, Robert c. Living
ston, De Forest Menice. the Rey. Dr HSsnry l.
Sattcrlee, George Bird ana n. Sos annual dISSer Of
the Sigma Phi men of Hew-York was the only
occasion upon which the members OF the society
met and discussed in social way inc bis anneareS
IN some few and energetic members as an insuIn-
eient way 20 meet the questions continually pre-
sente and their ideas cysh oM a. ~ S vse, and
a baiS nj a yyellknown chop-house on broadway
and at a restaurant in Ninety-third-st Inc at
tendance at these fOrtnightly GATHERINGS constanb
made il necessary to decide upon permanent and
better quarters. In the spring Of 1897 the Sigma
Phi Club was organized ana the mouse NO zoS
one wear The chief idea in the formation OF the
club was to provide not only club facihtss Tor
tbe members resident in the city, but headquar-
ters where non-re sident members could find ac-
'commodationS while in town, to sec or get lnior-
nation in regard to former fraternity ASSOCIATES
and so awaken the old Sig" love- The Sigma
Phi Club differs from many college secret SOCIETY,"
clnbs in that every member Of the society is
eligible for membership and Is welcome at the
clubhouse whereas in other clubs there are re-
strictious as to eligibility.
During the winter OF 1928 the club found it
expedient to seek % new situation, and on May
the house No East Twenty-seventh-st was OBJ
tanned and opened for occupancy lt is brown
stone four-story and basement house Of a quaint
STYLE of architecture, more familiar to the past
generation of NEWCOMERS than TO the present
IL fs neat comfortable and convenient club
house. one of which every member Of the Sigma
Phi Society may we'll be proud. II is provided
with recenton-r room general club-rOOm billiard