The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-18
NGDEN
. Department
Opdau Nov 12
THAT ROOM IN THE STEVENS
BLOCK.
Ogden, Nov. IS.

We are a nation of presidents. Inc
American who has attained middle
youth without having at some time in
his career been president or other titled
officer of at least one organization
is indeed a rarity. Every month in
almost every city or town numerous
societies. associations, leagues, clubs,
or something of the sort are formed.
Some of them live and prosper. Others
die out with the temporary enthusi-
asm that formed them. Some perish
slowly, some abruptly, and some grow
steadily but surely and advance be-
yond the scope of what the projectors
expected. OF this latter class is the
Olympian club of Ogden. Of course. 1t
is an athletic club. It was organized
last March with a small membership
and has since continued in an unpre-
tentious manner until people who have
not observed its growth are surprised
to. find it in the front rank of organiza-
tons of it's class in Utah. It's mem
bership is made up of all classes, pro-
fessions and creeds. Little by little
and without going in debt the club has
purchased apparatus until it now has
finely equipped gymnasium at its
rooms on the second floor of the Stew
ems building, just opposite the Utah
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The object of this club says the
constitution, Shall be the physical de-
velopment and mutual enjoyment of
its members" The motto of the or
ganization is very appropriately the
Latin for "a sound mind in sound
body" Meetings are held once
month for the transaction of business,
but every day and evening the large
room is open to the members and at
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stfuct1Ve spectacle may be seen It is
doubtful if in any other country than
america such a gathering of men
having such varying tastes, ranks and
professions, could be found Surely in
that club-room the distinctions of So
clety are laid aside with the coats and
vests and very likely with the shirts
OF the would-be gymnasts. A banker
Is OF no more Importance than his
cis .Ii' unless he has greater athletic
SKILL The man that can lift heavy
mortgages is perhaps not viewed with
any greater favor than if he can lift
heavy dumbells ii ~
IN lhat room may sometimes be seen
lawyers meeting for a friendly hoyine
oout, and an hour later thew NAV he
IN court engaging in a legal battle
probably nc. SO friendly; and in that
room the term tricks of the bar
means tricks on the bar of the hori-
zontal or parallel variety
Iherein do politicians conereea+e
t the only pull that counts is NOT
the political. but the one of the tug of
war variety. They familiarize them
serves with the machine, but it is q
rowing machine and not a political
one ana they try to acquire a good
grip by handling ropes and rings that
are not the ropes and rings of politics.
IN mat room when they speak of a
CHEST they don't mean money chest
ana ABILITY to initiate securities is conn
ted of less value than the ability to
innate the lung tester. In that room
when a man speaks of punching A wind
bag he means what he SAYS. and the
thing most sought after is not the
balance of power, but the power of
balance. "a
Following are this terms officers of
the club: Herbert r. Macmillan. pres
ident; Walker West vice president.
Alva Sebring, secretary; C. H. Stevens
treasurer. Other members are: J. IT
Macmillan, Jr., Hon. S. P. Ash. c. TT
Brough, j. W. Stevens, H. G. Adams
G. G. Graves. B F OFT. T. Larson. Judge
l.. r. Rhodes, d. E. NJ Conroy. Archie
Mcintosh, John Pierce, c. H. Gunnell
Horace E. Peery. Harold J. Perry. II.
6. SNYDER, ], c. Brown, Robert Robin
son, 6. P. McCabe, ~Maroni Poulter.
Professor G. A. Eaton, j. Ruffa, J. IT.
Smith, J. N. Dockham. J. Cliffinger. r.
Wells, H. ]. Thompson, A Conlish, W.
6. Sturtevant, R. H. Gates, S. Rosen-
baum. Ed Rosenbaum. A W. Smith.
James Remick, NJ. Pruett