The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-10
OAKLAND CLUB MEETING.
The Library Committee Submits AN In
teresting Report. Letter From Pres
ident Proctor.

when the committee Oh library sub
mitted Il report which is both inter
esting and shows that the committee
bias been at work endeaVoring TO ac-
cOmplish something that will be of
! lasting benefit TO the organization
A letter from President Percy Proc
ter was also read in which that gen
tleman conveyed to the members of
the club the compliments of the sea
son and made some valuable sugges-
tions for the future welfare of the or
ganizatiou.
The Library Committees report is
| as follows:
To the President and Members Of the
Oakland CIu6.
We, AS the Committee on Library,
submit the following report
Last month there was presented to
the Club by the worthy President,
Mr.. Percy Proctor, the bound vOlumus
of the Century N0gGziHe. covering
the period of the last ten years, viz.
1890 to 1900 inclusive.
This is very handsome present
and the committee suggests that the
| Club tender a vote OF thanks TO the
| donor.
! The President made the suggestion
| to the committee that it would add
| to the attractiVeneSs of the reading
rooms. especially to the ladies of the
members families, if there could he
! obtained from IA central free library
! books for short period of time. This
| committee acting on the suggestion
Immediately wrote to Miss Mamie
| Perry, assistant librarian of the Pratt
| Library, Baltimore, asking her if
! books could be SO loaned. also for any
! other information on the subject that
| she might possess. As yet we have
received no reply but hope to have
report at the next meeting of the
! Club. We believe that if an arrange
ment could be made to obtain books
from free library for a short length
of time the reading rooms would be
much improved and that the ladies
would find it a more pleasant place to
! spend the afternoons than they now
| do.
The committee has also written to
Senator McCOmas and Hon. George
a. Pearre, Congressman from this
District, asking them to obtain for
! the Club such books as they, as mem
bers of Congress are able to get. The
answer of Hon. Geo. A. Pearre is
herewith given.
Mr.. Mccullough Brown, one of this
committee, has notified us that he
has purchased and had mounted a
map of Garrett county which he will
present to the Club. Although the
map has not yet been received the
| Committee suggests vote of thanks
be rendered Mr.. Brown.
While the committee has accom-
| plished comparatively little as yet
toward the welfare of the Club. it
stands ever ready and willing to con
| tribute so far as lies in its power to
make this club not only the most
pleasant and attractive place in Oak
land but also a model club which
shall be the basis of similar organiza-
lions to be formed in other small
towns in the country. In pursuance
of this policy this committee intends
at once to communicate with persons
of standing to enlist their services to
put the Club and library on a good
| footing.
CHAS. H. LOAR,
Chairman Committee on Library
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. /, 1901. I
&. II. Lo0r and John Z. SinceU,
Oakland, Nd.
GENTLEMEN:-I have your favor of
December Goth, stating that Oakland
| Club proposes the formation of a
| hna 70, no 80 30
and asking me to furnish such publ
cations as may be available to me as
member of Congress. In reply beg
to say that it will give me great pleas
ure to send you such publications as
may come into my hands.
Wishing you Happy New Year, |
am Very truly yours,
GEO. A. PEARRE.
Mr.. Procter's letter is as follows:
GENTLEMEN:-Allo me first to
wish you all happy and prosperous
New Year.
| hope that all the chairmen of all
the special committees have called
the members together, elected secre-
taries, arranged for regular meetings
and outlined the duties to be per-
formed. Last year, the first of the
| Clubs existence, was one of expert
ment; this year should be one of ac-
ton. Each committee can do some
thing that will benefit the town, and
to benefit the town means to help
ourselves. | think that each COM
mittee should meet once month at
least the secretary of the committee
notifying the members of the time of
meeting, and accomplish something
at every meeting. All movements in
the larger cities toward improvement,
both in attractiveness and business,
emanate from commercial and social
organizations such as is the Oakland
Club.
l urge each member to constitute
himself committee of one to bring
up the membership of the Club to
the limit of one hundred. We can
maintain the Club ON the income of
dues from fifty members only, but we
should have the dues of second fifty
with which to pay for advertising
matter, for prizes, for entertainments,
for committees expenses and for
club house. This money all will come
back to us in one way or another.
| Prospective members can be reached
by one of these inducements. Some
men will join because of the games,
the reading matter and the social
features. Others will Join because