The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-10
COLUMBIA CLUB ANNUAL
JOHN b. COCKRUM IS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZATION.
The Omcers Selected Unanimously
The President Names a Good
Many Standing Committees.

The Columbia Club held it's annual cleo
ton last night and also received the re-
ports OF the retiring officers and commit
tees. There was no rivalry in the filing Of
the offices and every official was selected
by a unanimous vote. resulting as follows:
President-John b. Cockrum.
Vice President-John 8. Lazarus.
Secretary-Frank w. Morrison.
Treasurer-Charles Latham.
Observation-Disclosures c. Rouzer.
There was great interest taken in the
election. appointment of committees and
reports received on account of the work
of the club during the last year. the NOV
ing into the new home during the present
year and the work planned by the club for
the coming year.
A committee composed of John l..
Griffiths. Samuel B. Sweet and Horace E.
Smith was appointed to draft suitable reso-
lutions upon the death Of COL Richard w.
Thompson, of Terre Haute.
The committee having in charge the Law
ton fund reported that two-thirds of the
1900 to be raised by the club was in the
hands Of the committee, with every pros
pect Of the full amount being raised soon.
A crest for the club was selected, as were
club colors, which are TO be blue and gold.
The crest and colors are to be used In the
decoration Of the new building as we'll as
in decorations on special occasions and
upon banners.
COMMITTEES NAMED.
The president appointed the following
committees to serve during the coming
year:
chairman; John L. Griffiths, Thomas NJ
Membership Committee-Harry s. New,
chairman; William l.. Taylor, Charles s.
Hernly.
Reception Committee-E B. Martindale,
chairman; James Whitcomb Riley, William
p. Herod, d. p. Erwin. j. NJ. Winters,
Caleb 8. Denny, /. 8. Gordon, John NJ.
Kitchen. w. H. H. Miller. w. ]. Richards.
d. NJ. Parry, w. r. Zulick, A. w. Hatch,
III. p. WATSON, Chalmers Brown.
Library Committee-Charles L. Holstein,
chairman: Lew Wallace. Robert b. Keith,
Charles w. Merrill, Larz Whitcomb.
Arts Committee-Herman 1ieber, chair
man; Frank NJ. Andrews. Hervey Bates.
ST., Lewis Weisenberger. Charles Martin
dale. John NJ. Shaw. Jesse Fletcher, John
T. Brush, George A. Dickson.
Entertainment Committee-Harry j. Ora
ham, chairman; Ernest H. Burford. Ray P.
Van Camp. George w. Bliss, Eddy NJ.
Election Committee-Henry w. Bennett.
chairman; Harry B. Smith. William H.
Schmidt Fred A Joss, A A. Young.
George B. Elliott, Thomas P. Shufelton.
John r. Pearson. Maurice H. Raschig.
Committee on Public .Questions-Smiley
N. Chambers, chairman; Hugh H. Hanna,
George F. Null, William Fortune, Clarence
A. Kenyon, David X. Goss, j. H. Claypool.
Charles w. Fairbanks, Albert j. Beveridge,
Jesse Overstreet, Charles c. Perry, James
r. Carnahan. Russell M. Seeds, Colonel I.
N. Walker, Floyd A. Woods, Albert w.
Wishard. John c. Wingate, Robert A. Tay-
lor Winfield T. Durbin. Enoch G. Hogate,
James F. Statesman, Leonidas p. Newly,
Charles B. Lands, Charles l.. Jewett,
James A. Hemenway. George w. Faris,
Francis T. Roots, Quincy A. Meyers.
James w. Fesler, Schuyler Colfax, Eugene
II. Bundy, George +. McGinnis, William A.
Ketcham, George w. Steele. Carey Cowgirl.