Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-11
University CLUB
OPENS TONIGHT.
, Natalie House Warming to be
Given in This City This
Evening.
WILL Be A FINE AFFAIR.
o..,,,tlous Have Been Made for the
entertainment Of Four Hundred
Cuests-The New Home.

rs, ene new home Of the University
49, on east South Temple street VIII
!, formally opened tonight, with a
- warming that promises to be one
:, ,,s most notable functions ever held
! ,h,s city. Preparations have been
a. for the entertainment OF 400
anns,s and the cream OF Salt Lake
society will be in attendance The ele-
can't furnishing of the club has been
,n,anced by the addition OF wide
,,sortment OF plants and palms In the
nav of special decoration, and with the
oro music to be furnished and the
choice refreshments, the event VIII be
rortlcularly enjoyable. Thtre has been
.nch rush for invitations that the
limos had TO be drawn perhaps rather
close. but there has been equity and
,s,r treatment and no Intentional slight
or oversight
The University club has been In ex-
,.tenoe ever since 1886, though during
the first years Of It's existence 1t had
rather precarious time Of It. The
move originated in a notice inserted
IN a local paper June q, 1856, calling
an college men In town who desired
m unite in organizing University club
N send postal cards 10 X, j. JeSsup,
Vale graduate then as now reporter
IN this city. There were enough re-
sponses 10 warrant start though the
appearance OF foreign university man
named Bredemeier who was objection
able to a number OF local college men,
left the move IN statu quo for some
time But Messrs. Gage Of Amherst,
Elliott Of Harvard and Jessup OF Yale
finally took the matter up again, and
pushed Il through to successful organ
iratlon The club met for time In DIFF
ferent law offices, but finally secured
rooms In the Raybould building, after
wards on the top floor OF the Walker
Opera house and then on the upper
foor OF the Mccormick block. From the
latter place, the club moved Into the
Jennings building, May, 1899, which II
left this last fall TO take possession Of
the elegant new home to be opened to-
night.
The new building IL OF colonial style
Of light pressed brick with white stone
trimmings and with the basement IA
four stories and an attic high. A
marked feature IL n roof garden-the
first to be built in this city,
NEiO feet, and commanding a fine
view Of the valley to the south
and west The interior OF the house
Is Of old English style. The main floor
Is in Flemish oak. except the ladies'
dining room. which is IN birch. The
main hall Is c0mmodlous with recep-
ton room and cafe TO the right and a
good sized reading room to the left, A
feature is the large antique fire places
with the coat of aims OF the club.
Comfortable window seats and alcoves
ore there, with the electric light Ak
lures In old baronlal and oriental de-
signs Turkish rugs are on the hard
wood floors The prevailing tints are
In dark green, maroon and shades OF
ochre The ladies' dining room Is tint
ed In maroon and cream and frescoed
borders, and dainty electric lamps.
The ladies' entrance is just off this
apartment.
On the second floor are the library,
ladies' parlor and dormtories. The
parlOr is gem, with the prevailing
,nts In green and white shades, with
enameled and ornamental wood work
and white tiles. A rich green velvet
carpet covers the floor. and the hang
lngs are green over white lace curtains
The furniture Is mahogany, The lib
Tary is very comfortable apartment,
suitably furnished, and we'll equipped
9Th large cases OF books, something OF
contrast to the lawyers office on
East Temple street, where dozen
members OF the embryo club met to
received from Prof. l.. r.. Holden, the
hrst beginning OF library In a copy
OF the life OF Schuyler Colfax. Then
somebody gave a dictionary, and pres
entity the library began to grow until
hnally Il has assumed its present pro-
portions. A writing room adJons the
library The upper floor Is given up
TO doimltory rooms,
In the basement are very comfortably
furnished sitting, billiard, card and
stein rooms, the woods of the different
rooms being OF different kinds and well
arranged Then through the building
lhete are wash and retiring rooms and
clothes presses and otner desired con-
Venlences. The heating IL by steam
ana the electric light fixtures generally
OF the very best and most attractive
styles The Kitchen back Of the cafe
Is special feature. IL IL commodi-
Gus and Well arranged for every phase
OF culinary operations, and the ranges,
ana equipment generally are Of the
latest make and most effective designs.
THIS part Of the house certainly could
hardly be improved upon.
The present membership Of the Uni
Versily club IL about 200. and the Off
GERS are Frederick Lyon, president.
T. 5. Ferry, vice president; IL, BWind-
sof secretary Walter shoup, treasur-
W' j Nalcott Thompson. chairman 30
cal committee, George w. Ritter, chair
man house committee, a. X, Herman,
ehalrman Of finance committee. These
chtIrmen, with the officers named,
form the board Of directors,
Rev j, Brainard Thral was the FIRST
PRESIDENT Of the University club, aud
nus successors have oeen; George w
roster Richard II. Brown, Ellsworth
Daggeu II, NJ, Mccartney, u. u,
Stllchow, Walter X. Wright. Union
Norlhlngton Walter Murphy, William
a Wilson, Clarence n. Allen, Causten
Browne Iro Charles ". Brooks, A. C.
ElllS jr. George l., Nye and Frank