New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20

The following officers for the Committees on Ad-
missions and for the Council were elected without
a dissenting vote aG there was no opposing ticket
I'm the fed: For Committee on Admissions TO
serve until March. 1GNl)-Samuel r. Belts. Robert
Bridges Arthur II. Masten. Samuel II. Ordway.
William b. Rankine Henry L. Sprague and Her
bert l.. Satterlee. For Council TO serve until
March. 1O2,-Charles L. Atterbury Charles T.
Barney Jacob w Miller, Henry c. Mortimer and
Charles II. Russell
The following amendment 10 the constitution was
offered:
To add 10 the nrst subdivision Of such article,
And TO provide further that In the case Of any
nerson nominated after March 49, $685. such de-
gree In regular course after three years residence
and study shall not render him eligible TO mem
bership when It !s degree in law or In medicine
only"
This created lively argumenf lasting for TWO
hours. 1t ended by the amendment being laid on
the table
The new building Of the club. at the northwest
corner OF tffty-fourth-st. and Ffth-ave.. which
occupies large part OF the old 81. Luke's Hos
piial property is making steady progress toward
completion. but the work Is done carefully DELHI
tratey and substantially. There Is no occasion ,,
hurry. because the lease which the University
corner Of Twenty -sixth-st and Mad!son-ave., will
lot expire Hm NAY 2 is pn roTabbg iH ina
or cary in 1893 and the club will have ample time
in which to furnish the new house suitably and
rhe oiacal records Of the real estate transfers
in the Registers Office show that the University
stands the handsome sum Of ssO5.0O The total
Of the new building including furniture. will
Of tho club can congratulate themselves owning
outright Of the costest club sites in me
sivc ediace but many people who gaze at 1t as
they walk along the avenue do not mink that its
beauty the remarkably handsome and attractive
lf,h- no Dai ie
most fascinating specimen Of architecture and Is
looked at win loving admiration by all those
building OF that sort.
The University Club. when IT occupies its new
site and Of the building and for the conspicuous
position Of the clubhouse In Fiith;1ye' but IL will
the word for It's extensive mcmoership This club
more than hundred ana sixty Army and Navy
thousand five hundred and on It's list Of candidates
for membership there are now more than three hun
fact the present list OF candidates for the various
classes of membership Is in excess Of six hundred.
More than four hundred members were admitted in
Inc year ending March l. 1898 The members OF the
club who are familiar with the facts say that tho
finances are in n highly satisfactory condition. and
that tho club is exceedingly prosperous is
library contains more than fourteen thousand vol
umcs. In It's immense new house the tniver-
sity club will have p'enty % room for It's library
4 great many members regret that within year
NE: arc To leave the present comfortable. attrac-
tive and delightful quarters in Madison square.
which have boon 80 much lik"d 10y the mcmbcr-
shin and where 50 many pleasant years have been
pnsecd Tho University club has spent great
deal ~ money IN improving the property Mt
TEci,y.sixih.si and Mndison-oyc. and whatever
organization may come after ths club In tho use
Of this property as a home Will be exceptionally
fcrinnatc As is we'll known, tho present clubh,u.c
vas hulli by Leonard ". Jerome. and WAS occu-
pied n. various times by the American Jockey
cub tho New York Yacht Cub the Turf club. the
Madi,on club and the Union League club. AT the
marriage Of Mr.. Jsrome's daughter TO Lord Ram
dolph Churchill. the property was settled upon
Lady Randolph Churchill md upon hcr children.
The rental Of this nne property Is $4,000 which
goes 10 Lady Randolph Churchill and her children.