Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-02-16
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Press Club February IS
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The Press Club held a speclsl meet
ing al O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
he Attendance vas not large. bat IN
eiudea the active ana enthusiastic
workers. The committee on reoTganl-
zation, through Is chairman, Col. AL
/ dnch, reported. lts report recon-
mended lAe adoption of tie articles Of
ASSOCIATION and bylaws of the Mllwau-
kee Press Clab, With amendments COW
ering the Initiation fees and dues. The
report was adopted, and the committee
instructed to prepare ana tile the neoes-
sary articles OF ASSOCIATION.
Under the new constitution the FOL
lowing are eligible 10 active member
ship: Resident editors, reporters, pro-
pnetors, publishers and paid CORE
spondents OF the local press; resident
editors and correspondents of papers
published outside the city; artists regu-
larly employed on the local press; au-
thors and other persons engaged IN 1t
| erary pursuits. Associate membership
shall be granted 10 superaunuated
newspaper and literary workers. Hon
orary membership may be extended to
prominent authors and writers and
others who have placed the club under
deep Obligations. No woman shall be
! eligible 10 membership.
The new constitution was ordered 10
be printed.
The executive committee Of the In
| ternatonal Association Of Press Clubs
will hold meeting III New York city
on the 25th instant. Mr.. ". Il. Weston,
a member of the committee, WAS re-
quested To attend the meeting, by a
unanimous vote.
I A suggestion was made that CON-
mittec be appointed to arrange for a re-
ception To be rendered the noted Siber-
ian explorer, George KEENAN,. on the
occasion Of his visit TO this city Febru-
ary oath. On motion Of Col. AldrIch, q
| committee of three was appointed
which was subsequently increased to
| five.
The following gentlemen constitute
the committee: Messrs. Sproat, AID
rich, Catlln, Carpenter and Stewart.
This committee VIII engage the parlors
| OF the Morton and present Mr.. Kennan
to all who may SO desire. at tine conclu-
sion OF his lecture. Admission 10 the
reception Will be by tickets, winch may
be obtained free of charge upon applI-
cation to members of the committee.
Tickets, when printed, may be obtained
at the Offices of the daily papers.
The committee on entertainment re-
! ported. 1t has secured that gentle
humorist, "The Fat Contributor" alias
ID. Miner Grlswold, who Will deliver
his celebrated illustrated lecture
"Around the World,' az Hartman s
hall Saturday evening. Feb. %. The
prices for admission are fixed at % and
SOC. 1t is not the purpose of the club
to solicit the patronage Of the public
but to offer them Il frst-class intellec-
tual entertainment and invite their at
tendance. The era of sentiment IN
newspaper work has been succeeded by
matter-o fact, hard business prin-
clples and the club will not counten-
ance any effort that has for Its ultimate
object the securing of advantages or
favors without honest compensation.
The Press Club will stand upon its mer-
its; if it falls 1t will fall conscious of the
fact that it made an honorable struggle
for existence. The proposed lecture
will he literally advertised ard the ad-
vertisemenls paid for. Is believed
that the entertainment will he of a
| high order of merit and thi alone is
| the only inducement that will be of
fered to the public to attend. Mr..
Griswold was at one time ed tor of the
Detroit Advertiser, long since delunct,
but his literary renown was won under
the nom de plume 1.-The Fat Contrib
utor."
The committee was instructed To pro-
ceed at once with the arrangements for
the lecture.
The room committee reported prog
| ress. The new rooms are located on
Ionia-st., over Fowle's art store. They
have been thoroughly renovated, re.
paired and remodeled. The committee
| was instructed to proceed and furnish
the dining room and parlor in accor-
dance with their own tastes and within
the appropriations" so to speak, sci
| apart for that purpose. The club then
adjourned, TO meet next Sunday at
| O'Clock III the coy new club rooms
| which, however. viii not be dedicated
until n later day.
In bidding farewell TO the old organi.
zation and to the sombre surrounding,
of its pollce-court-room home, the
members feel that the parting "a one
calculated toinspire them with renewed
confidence in, and appreciation of, the
newer and better club.