The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-15
NEW Y0RK'S YALE CLUB
HOUSE IN MADISON SQUARE TO BE
 OPENED OCTOBER

Versity to be Subserved.
 The New York Yale club is now an established fact and it is expected that on or about October 1 the clubhouse at No. + East Twenty-sixth street will be thrown open, and the organization Will enter upon a career as successful as that of the Harvard club, which the Yale men have taken as the model of their own. Last evenings New York Post says of this pleasant new develop ment: That this result was never at tained before is regarded as surprising, in view of the fact that Yale has liv- ing in this city and vicinity probably larger body of alumni that any other university, and in consideration also of the circumstance that the reputation of Yale for sociability among its sons exceeds that of any other institution, being notably greater than that of Har- yard, which has had club here for the last ten years. At last, however, the Yale men herea bouts have thrown off the reproach of this lethargy, and have since the 1st of April created the club. That this was a work of some magnitude will be readily understood by all who have undertaken a similar task, It involved many meetings, much correspondence, a great deal of plan ming, and not little business ability. The history of the inception and carry ing out of the enterprise is as follows:
 The idea may be said to have been the product of the younger men. The interest of the older men was not hard to enlist, for it was palpable to them that the Yale Alumni association, the only organizati ton of Yale men in the vicinity, could not with it's four meet ings yearly meet the wants of gradu- ates whose desire was to see each other often, and work constantly together for the mutual interest of themselves and alma mater. The notion of the club received great impetus when, upon inquiry, it was found that in the city and vicinity were living not less than l,500 and perhaps as many as 1900 grad uates. It was recognized also that not all Yale men were rich enough to afford membership in the University club, while others had not been long enough
 
 there-even supposing that the Univer- sity club could take the place of an exclusive Yale club. It was seen that Yale club on the economical basis of the Harvard club would admit to the advantages of club-life many who otherwise must for some years be de- barred therefrom.
 So, with little loss of time, a num- Der of the younger graduates went around with subscription papers, and In few days had obtained about 200 signatures. Encouraged by this begin ming, they then prepared and sent out to a selected number of graduates in the city and vicinity circular in which the support of the recipients was in vited to proposed plan, embodying the usual features and restrictions.
 So numerous were the favorable re- plies that 1t the regular meeting of the Alumni association held here on the 7th of May the subject was brought to it's attention. There was some opposi- tion on the part of few who did not quite comprehend what was intended, and were prepossessed with the idea that the proposed club might prove hostile to the interests of the associa- tion However, a large majority of those present were heartily in favor of the project, and a resolution was passed approving it's formation, and directing the executive committee of the association to confer with the pro- motors of the club and to take such further steps as might be necessary to carry out the plan. It was not, how | CD y,,y1n fn otv, taa q the association as a body that the sub ject was brought before it, as it was to ascertain thus conveniently the senti- ments of the individual members. Co., operation, not competition. was the idea of the nitiators of the club, but it was foreseen that in time the effect of its successful operation might be to render the association superfiuous.
 Having ascertained that opposition was limited to an insignificant number and having in the meanwhile swelled the list of signers to 620 about twenty of the principal promoters got together in the latter part of May and appointed committees of organization During the rest of May, and up to the 10th of June. the members of the committees worked hard, drafted a constitution had the club incorporated, chose a pro- l visional council, and elected officers to serve until the first annual meeting of the fully organized club, which was ad- | journed from June 10 until autumn. Or | the Sth of July such progress had been made that another circular was sent | out to all those who had signified an | intention of joining, informing them of l the successful organization of the clut | and of their status as duly qualified tc | be members At about the same time | a circular was sent to about 400 others who had not yet signified any intention l of joining. Both of these communca. | tions were dispatched at an unfavora- | ble time. many of the persons to whom they were addressed being out of the | city-some where they were not likely | to receive mail for weeks-while the | demand for money made in each case initiated against prompt and proper answers. But notwithstanding all this and the further fact that the club had | no real existence except on paper the | responses were unexpectedly numerous and gratifying.
 l Thus, by the middle of July, the pre- liminary committees and officers fell | justified in leasing house. The house committee had been busy in the mean. time, and had found a place of settle. ment which seemed, under all the cir. | cumstances, almost real. This was tht