The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-25
COLLEGE MEN TO DINE.
The University Clubs Seventh An
nunI Banquet Tonight.


The University Club of Savannah will
celebrate its seventh anniversary tonight.
with a dinner given in the banquet hall
of the De Soto.
Unique among the club organizations of
Georgia, the University Club stands pre-
eminent. 1t is the only club of its kind
in Georgia, though several have been or
ganized, which has stood the tide of years,
and carried out well the objects for which
it was founded.
Seven years ago to-day a number of the
alumni of the state university at Athens
who, for some time had been discussing
the necessity for such an organization met
at the residence of Mai. p. w Meldrim
and, after talking over the matter, decided
to organize a club which would be dis
tinctiVe in Its character, and which would
embody principles at once beneficial to
its members, but more especially to the
institution, which has given them the
powers and advantages they now possess.
Thus the University Club of Savannah
came into being.
Its objects are to promote good fellow
ship among university men, not only in
Savannah, but all over the state, to lend
helping hand to the old institution,
which deserves all they can do in it's be-
! half, and to promote the interests of
higher education in the state. But it has
! done more than this 1t has lent a help
| ing hand to young men, unable themselves
to afford a higher education. and no less
| than three Georgia boys have, through
| its finances, been furnished the means
of procuring an education which they
would not otherwise have had. Thus it
has. been a power for material good, as
! well as in creating a sentiment which
makes stronger the ties between the alum
nj and their alma mater.
At the organization meeting Col. John
! ScreVen was elected president and Mai
p. W. Meldrim vice president, and these
| offices they still retain. Mr.. Davis Free
man has made a most efficient officer as
! secretary and treasurer. Both the presi-
| dent and vice president are trustees of
| the university.
| An matricuiates of the States University
! in good standing are admitted to mem
ership in the club and for the good of
| the work in which ii is engaged. it is
the duty Of all such to ally themselves
| with IL. The club holds quarterly meet
| ings. and the bylaws require that on the
| occasion of each anniversary the mem
| bers shall dine together.
The club will meet tonight in the gen.
| tlemen's parlor at the De Soto, at 1880
O'Clock promptly, when the business meet
| ing for the election of officers and other
| o'clock they will sit down to dinner in the
| banquet hall, where, after short and well
! prepared menu, toasts on subjects in
/ which all university men are interested
/ will be delivered.
| The speakers of the evening will be
| Hon. Spencer r. Atkinson, associate JUS
tice of the state supreme court and a
| trustee of the state university; Mr.. Sam
| uel B. Adams of the law firm of Denmark
| e. Adams; Rev. A. NJ. Williams, pastor
4 of Wesley Monumental church; Mr.. T.
/ Remsen Crawford, press agent of the
/ Plant system. and well known Georgia
! journalist, and Mr.. T. Mayhem Cunning
| ham of the firm of Lawton & Cunning
| ham, all of them graduates of the state
/ university. These dinners are among the
| most pleasant affairs of the kind given
! in Savannah during the year. and they
| are always looked forward TO with great
| interest by the university men OF the city