San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-14
UNIVERSITY Club.
SWINGS WIDE IT'S DOORS TO
WELCOME THE ELECT.
No Normal Opening Marks the
otium cum Dignita$e of Their
Entrance and Possession.

members are univ erSTCy men, DuC
as here applied it is moi so restrict
ed and all graduates Of reputable
colleges, of professional and seien-
tific schools of recognized standing,
of military and naval academies,
as we'll as university men, are
eligible to membership. 1t aims
to gather within its doors men Of
true culture. whose social i1Stinets
are ever in the direction of a
strong intellectual enViTenmeTt,
and to give to the law of mental
selection its widest application
consistent with a harmonious de-
velopment. 1t proposes to CRAFTY
this taste for a social intellectual
ism under conditions that appeal
to the purest esthetic sense, con-
scious that only the best iE human
culture can be thus at
tanned. To reach the high
water mark of this intent has been
the sole endeaYOr of University
club in preparing for itself home,
and that the execution of the plan
has fallen no whit behind the traC-
ing on the tressel-bOard is due to
the master workman whose hand
has guided the work.
University Club, of San Antonio,
Texas, was organized on the 18th OF
January, 1898, with sufficient funds
at its command to insure the sue
cessful contamination of it's plans,
the execution Of which were in
trusted to Mr.. c. X. Breneman, one
of its original promoters. That
q work is accomplished. University
Club is now at home in its own
quarters. the third story of Univer-
sity Block, built expressly for
its use. University block is of
solid granite, ornate, and from its
club room floor OYerloOks HOus-
ton street, upon which it
fronts, and commands a mag
nificent view in every direction,
except the west. The Club Room
vestibule opens from the main
corridor of the block, which is
reached either by the broad en-
trance of SOledad block, or through
the marble stairway of University.
Upon the beveled plate glass pam
els of the vestibule door the name,
University Club, appears in plain
gold leaf. An electric bell sum-
mons the porter, always on duty
within, and those who have the
"Open sesame" enter. Relieved of
overcOat, cane, rubbers, umbrella,
ETC., by the attendant, the ascent
to the parlOrs of the club is made
up polished stairway, in birds
eye maple, whose softly cushioned
steps echo no football to disturb
the sybarites within, as one as
cends to the rectangle forming the
central ground of the eighty feet
square which University club Oc-
cupies. At the hither end
of this rectangle hangs the
broad portiere before, the entrance
to the billiard hall, which is
furnished with a carom and pool
table, and luxurious coaches upon
a dais for those who are lockers on.
The wine room with its modern
cooler, superb plate and crystal,
comfortable chairs and tables en-
famille, choice wines, waters,
liquors and cigars, opens to the
right as you enter from the stair
way, while upon the left drops the
silken pOrtiere of the card room.
Beyond the card room and occupy
ing the rest of the block front are
the reading and library rooms, the
reception room being pleasantly
sandwiched between the wine and
the billiard rooms on the right.
With the exception of the card
room the entire floor is en- suite,
the broad openings before which
the rustling portieres fall giving
the ensemble the appearance Of
some cOurtly hall. The perfect
harmonizatiO n of color in wall and
wainscot land panel and drapery
with the rich tones of the AK
ministers and Gobelins that cover
the floor, presents an artistic pic
ture that repays study, the effect
of which is heightened by the
richly varied woods and upholster-
ings Of the furniture. An eX-
quisite taste in selection, coupled
with an innate love of the luxu-
rious, has dominated in every ar
rangement, interviewer with which
is that practical sense of the
sumptuous which subserves use in
all things. This taste and sense
of the utility of elegant appoint
ments has governed in the minut-
est details, leaving to the most