The San Francisco call., 1899-09-12
GREER HARRISON
WORKS WONDERS
WITH OLYMPICS
Big Gain in Dues and
Initiation.
REsCIsSI0N OF THE BONDS
POLICY OF THE NEW ADMINS
TRATION rs PROGRESSIVE.
Amendment Carried Which Empow-
ers the Board of Directors to
Fix Dues and Initiation
Fees at Will.

Greer Harrison is the only man who
could have done It," was what old mem
bers of the Olympic Club said last night
when the meeting which was called TO
amend the section of the bylaws relating
to initiation fees and dues was finally ad-
journed. Greer Harrison accomplished
more in the short space of a single hour
last night than any other man in evidence
could have done with the Olympic Club
members in two years of constant cf-
fort
The members by unanimous vote
passed a resolution which empowers the
board of directors to nominate the amount
for initiation and dues. At present the
initiation fee of the Olympic Club is $40
and dues $3 BY the action of the mem
bers in special meeting the directors have
been given full sway to increase both
initiation and dues, but there was
pledge made last night that the amounts
would not exceed S25 for the nrSt ana 30
monthly for the second.
Installation Of officers was the nrSt
number on the programme: RetirinS
President John c. Kirkpatrick occupied
the chair of honor and in neatly trimmed
speeches installed the entire new board
of managers BY clever arrangement the
new president, Greer Harrison, was not
introduced until the last. The warmth
and arder of all other demonstrations
was as nothing to the reception which
Harrison's name provoked. MI Harrl-
had something 10 tel llle llSIIlDcI
and he reeled off his tale with most tell
Ex-Presdent Kirkpatrick had painted a
picture of the clubs financial condition,
In which he worked well up into the fore
ground the $4,000 debt which is due the
First National Bank and spoke of the IN
come which was SAT 900, and the expenses,
which reached within few hundred dol
lars of that amount. When he mentioned
the recision of bonds, an effort inaugu-
rated by the last board, the club members
awoke and kirkpatrick was roundly ap-
plauded.
Vice president, II. r. Mann; secretary, /.
J. Hassell; treasurer, II. X. Russ dlrec-
ors-Hammersmith James, Ramsdell, Eli
lott, Shea and Burns. Then came Greer
Harrison and he judged his time well.
I'VE have debt of over $32 900 without
a reasonable hope of paying II on, ne
said, unless some great change IS maqe
in the financial workings OF the club;
That is why we have called the special
meeting tonight which, II the members
are in accord with the directors, VIII enQ
in an amendment that Will De pahdced
After that President Harrison took his
audience back to ancient Rome in descrip-
tions of the new bathing arrangements
which the directors wanted to give the
members This would cost $4,000. New
handball courts where the men would not
get steam baths from their own persplra-
ton and which are to cost $1,000 were
"The club must be built back to its old
athletic efficiency" continued Mr. Harri-
son, land to do 1t we will have all kinds
of athletic entertainment. we VIII bring
the best amateur athletes from al! over
the world and make this club Mecca
of true amateur sport.
About this time the new president had
his men we'll in hand. A telegram from
Herman Oelrichs, which promised can
collation. of $40 900 bonds held by the
Fair estate, was the first big bomb ex-