The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
UNIVERSITY CLUB
NOW A REALITY
Resident Membership $40,
and 200 Waiting.
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
Principal Colleges and Universities q
United States and Canada IN
the Organization.

Success for the new University Club
has been assured and the club is now
reality Such was the statement made
last night at the meeting OF the general
committee at the New Willard.
The present resident membership u
545. with IS non-residents and a waiting
list OF 200. Among the members already
accepted are some of the Leading mes
not only OF Washington but OF tas
country.
The character OF the membership Is in
created BY the personnel OF the board @
administration. which is composed %
the following: CHER Justice OF the United
States Supreme Court Fuller. OF Bow
dOin; Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
COrtelyOu. Georgetown, Prof Charles B.
Monroe. Harvard; Isaac RI. Saunders
Virginia Military Institute. clifford Pin
chot, chief OF the Bureau OF Forestry
Yale: Ralph p. Barnard, LehiSh. Henry
A. Pussey. Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. E II. Fowler. Dartmouth
George G Totten. Jr. Columbia Wal
lace p. Mclean, Princeton, Charles y.
Walcott director Of the Geologicai Sur
vey. Hamilton, and Isaac r. Hit, jr.,
Northwestern University Of Chicago
Universities Represented
All the prominent colleges and uni
versities of the United States and
Canada are represented in the list OK
membership. There are also members
and persons on the waiting list who have
graduated from the best universities Of
Canada. England, France, Germany. and
other countries.
The finance committee reported that
an option had already been obtained on
house near the Cosmos Club. and IL
will soon be fitted I'D in the latest style
Plans are already under consideration
club building on an extensive scale.
One Of the features Of the new building
IS expected to be the bachelors apart
ments for nonresident member The
dues for the residents have been raised
TO $50 per year and to SO per year for
nOn-residents
Membership Committee.
The membership committee is COM
posed of tie following:
Gen. Ellis Spear Bowdoin; St p.
Blair. Dartmouth; George Z. Patrick,
Cornell; Wallace ". Hite. Yale; H. II
Classic. Johns HOPKINS; John F. WI
kins Princeton: Howard A. COMBS
Worcester Polytechnic: J. Holdsworth
Gordon, Columbian: DR.. Truman Able,
Harvard; Charles F. Weller. University
Of Michigan; George p. Chase. Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania. and W. H Robi-
son. Vanderbilt
Among some OF the other prominent
members are:
Secretary Wilson, Department Of Ag-
riCulture; Senator Dryden. Represents
tive r. Wayne Parker Chief Justice
Clabaugh Of the District Supreme
Court; Justice Barnard. District SUI
preme Court; Samuel d. Stratton. Ji-
rector Of the Bureau OF Standards; s y.
70. North. director of the Census Fred
eric l. Allen, Commissioner Of Patents,
Ellis H. Roberts. Treasurer Of the
United States. DR.. } Tabor Johnson,
DR.. Q. W Richardson. DR. T. /. Nc
Donald. DR. L. NJ. Swormstedt John p.
Henderson. IT.. j. J. Darlington. Presi-
dent Charles -. Needham. OF Columbian
University: the Rev. Teunis HamIin,
the Rev. Charles Ernest Smith. Capt
AsS anger; ,, s. Aonalra. aIIggin,-
L. s. N. the Rev. John Van Setback.
jr.. Orsmby McCammOn. William Dud-
ley FOulke. ex-Civl Service Commits
siOner, the Rev TOhn Gordon x z
Armstrong. Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury: Isaac r Hit. ST.. the Rev.
a d. Mayo, and Prof William F Hill
debrand.