New-York tribune., 1901-03-04
TO ENLARGE A GREAT CLUB.
THE UNIVERSITY LIKELY TO HAVE \
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THIRTY
FIVE HUNDRED.

The annual meeting Of the University CLUB
will be hsld in the clubhouse. at Fifty-fourth-
st and Fifth-ave, on Saturday. March 16. at o
o'clock. Especial interest is felt in this meet
ing because the council of the club recommends
the adoption of amendments TO the constitution
by which the limits OF membership will he
largely increased. Under the constitution as
il stands, the limit Of resident member
ship is LOO. and Of nonresident and army
and navy members 1900 making total of
5000. Since the club took possession of it's
stately and imposing home in Fifth-ave. the
desire for admission to it's privileges has been
far reaching and earnest The limit both of
resident and nonresident membership has been
closely approached, and the waiting list is
long Nearly nine hundred names appear
that waiting list. almost six hundred candi-
dates for resident membership and more than
three hundred for nonresident.
The club is in the soundest and strongest con-
dition financially and in every other way. The
council does not recommend the enlargement
OF membership because the club needs the
bers. but the building is so spacious that il
will not be OVeTCrOwded or OVertaXed IL sew
eral hundred new men are taken in. Great num-
bers OF the present members have relatives
and friends now on the waiting list whom they
are eagerly desirous of welcoming TO the club
at the earliest possible date. The council recon-
nends that the limit OF resident membership
shall be raised to 20t1 and that of non-resi-
dent and army and navy members TO 800, max
ing total OF 5000 The members of the club
will vote on the proposed amendments the
constitution March Ii. and it is generally
believed that they Will be adopted
The council also recommends that the conSti-
tuition be so amended to provide that the
house committee shall consist of not more than
five members. At present the house committee
has three nlemhers-Dr. David L. Haight.
Charles l.. Atterbury and James III. Sheffield. IL
Is extremely popular in the club. and is looked
upon by all the members as strikingIy efficient
able ana successful. BGt there is so great a
mass of details for the house committee TO look
after in so important club, with so extensive
membership. that it may be thought advisable
to increase the membership of the committee
To five in order 10 tighten somewhat the exactinS
duties and labOrS of the individuals of the
mittee.
The University Club does not elect it's presi-
dent. Vice-presidentS. secretary and treasurer
10y vote of the general body. Those officers
are chosen by the council. which is made up OF
groups OF members each serving certain num-
III the club Will elect members of the council to
fill vacancies due To the expiration Of terms of
office, and also 10 nil vacancy caused by the
recent death of Charles .. Beaman. The club
will also elect the successors of a part of the
committee admissions whose terms expire.
\ nominating committee. of which r. SOmers
Hayes is the chairman. has put in nomination
the following candidates:
For members of the council. To serve until
1oO+-Fdnund Wctmore. To serve until 1906
Edward King Walter q. Oakman, Douglas Rob
Inson Horace Russell and Charles Steele
For members of the committee admissions:
To serve until 19A-Alfred Ely. Erskine Hewitt
Arthur II Masten. Samuel II Ordway Herbert
L. Satterlee. Robert Thorne and Henry Gal
braith Ward.