The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-17
CALIFORNIAN CLUB.
OFFICERS FOR NEXT TEAR ELECT
 ED-NEXT BURNS CELEBRATION

Thirtieth Year of the Clubs Existence
 Celebrated the Other Night-Prepara-
 tions Now Being Made for the Annual
 Entertainment on s'Burns' Night.
 The New Haven Caledonian club at it's regular meeting the other night eel ebrated the thirtieth year of the socie- tvs existence in New Haven. The principal business transacted at the
 meeting was the election of officers for 190l the discussion of their Burns celebration and the appointment of committee to carry out the necessary arrangements for the same. The ol1l- cers elected are as follows: Chief, James Mustarde; first chieftain, Charles Men- zies; second chieftain, John MacLauch- lin; third chieftain, William Liddell, and fourth chieftain, George Wood. Fol lowing the election it was unanimously resolved that the club celebrate the an niversary of Burns birthday as has been it's custom for the last thirty years and that it take the form of a concert with the usual oration, to be followed by the annual dance of the club. The members of the club natur- ally feel just pride in their Burns celebrations, which was handed down to them as an heirloom from the old New Haven Burns club, which existed nearly half a century ago. The aim of the club for the past thirty years has been to make each succeeding celebra- tion better than another until now they have almost reached the highest pin nacle that can be attained in such en- tertainments. The best talent that could be procured regardless of expense has always been the motto of the so- ciety, and this year the committee of arrangements will follow out the same plan and are already in communication with some of the best interpreters of Scottish song to appear in New Haven on the 24th day of January, which is likely to be the date decided on. The committee is as follows: Charles Men zies, John MacLauchlin, jr., James MacArthur William Liddall, John Hume, Richard Bell, and James Mus tarde.
 Following the business meeting a so- ciable was held at which Chief R. D. Pryde presided. In proposing the toast of the club MT Pryde spoke at some length on what 1t had accomplished dur ing it's existence of the great amount of good it had done, not only to it's own members, but to Scotsmen in general It had endeavored during the thirty years of it's existence to hold it's self above reproach, and merit not only the approval of it's members but also that of the public at large. Chief Pryde call ed on Peter Sterling, one of the oldest members of the club, to reply. Mr Sterlin gave brief and interesting sketch of the early history of the so- ciety, the difficulties it had to contend with then, and the men who formed 1t. and who were instrumental in building the foundation on which they at the present time were so securely establish ed He was proud, he said to be member of the club, and trusted it would go on and prosper in the future as it had in the past The next toast that of John MacLauchlin, was propos- ed and received with the greatest en- thusiasm To him, the speaker said. more than to any other man the club was indebted for the present prosperous financial condition of their funds For years he had presided over their treas ury, and had guarded it with so much care and economy that they were en- abled to-day not only to meet all their but to considerably increase their capital. Other toasts followed which were interspersed with songs until l2 o'clock at which time the mem- bers joined hands and sang "Auld Lang Syne."