The Washington times., 1905-02-12
UNIVERSITY CLUB
CHOOSES OFFICERS
Little Excitement, However,
as Results We're Foregone'
FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE
Reports of Officers Show Large and
Increasing Membership-Twenty-
Five Admissions.

The new University Club Of Wash
ington held its annual election of Of
ficefs at the clubhouse, Sixteenth and
h streets, yesterday afternoon and
evening, in consequence of which there
was d large assemblage of members
there last night to hear the announce
ment of The result.
Although the polls closed at O'Clock
| the count by the teI1ers-Cherles G.
AeRoberts, Henry Y. TulIoeh and Rob-
ert S Hume-could not be completed I'M
I'll ten minutes before midnight. For
the twelve places on the club council
there Were twenty-four candidates,
while for an equal number of places on
the committee on admission twenty
/ FIVE persons were balIoted for. This
resulted in so great a number of COM
binations that the tellers found their
work exceedingly complicated.
While awaiting the returns the club
members enjoyed q buffet lunch, and
then heard the announcement OF the
teliers.
The members chosen by their fellows
to serve for the ensuing year are:
For eouncil-Ralph p. Barnard, of Le-
high and Georgetown; Gardner l..
Roothe, of Virginia: George B Cortel-
you. of Georgetown and Columbian;
| lace D. Mclean, of Princeton; Henry A.
Prcssey. of Mass. Int. Tech and Column
hian; William II. Taft, of Yale. UniVer-
| sity of Ohio, and University Of Pennsyl-
Yania; George o. Totten, jr,, of Column
| bia; Charles D. Walcott, of Hamilton,
| Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and University
| of Pennsylvania; Isaac r. Hit, jr-, of
| Northwestern: Isaac FL. Saunders, of
| Virginia Military Institute. and Arthur
| 2. Greeley, of Dartmouth
| For committee on admissions-Truman
Able, Of Columbia and Harvard; Henry
P Blair, of Dartmouth; Harry NJ Cla-
| baush, of Pennsylvania College and
Georgetown; Charles Ray Dean, of Chi
| cago; Henry II. Classic, OF Johns Hop
| kins and National Law School: ]. Holds
worth Gordon, of Columbian; Wallace
w Hite. of Yale: Colin II. Livingstone.
| of McGin; James @ Mckay, of Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; Rufus H. ThayeF,
of Michigan and ColuTabiani Ellis Spear,
| of BoWdoiu. and William y. Compton,
| OF Alabama.
Large Membership.
| The annual meeting was called to or
der at O'Clock by Prof. Charles Z.
/ Munroe, In the absence of the Hon. VIII
liam II. Taft. president Of the club.
/ The report of the secretary, Ralph p.
/ SiiD"BO tnEtilOSlSSaap " 49,
icomprfsing 66I resident members, i35 non
resident members, and honorary mem
DerS Mr.. barnard gave a concise re-
view of the difficulties in finding a club
hoqse and of the general progress of the
club for the first year The members
irepFeselI1 175 Institutions
Prosperous Treasury.
Prof. Charles E. Munroe treasurer.
I presented his report through the assist
| ant treasurer. Isaac H Saunders. show
ing total receipts of 81 .851. a, and dis
| barsefneEats of Sf7,o5S.S9. TWO thousand
dollars of the club funds has been in
vested in bonds, by direction 81 The club.
The report showed a ~ man
agement, resulting in the cIub
at a profit III all depar
Reports were rcceix various
committees as follows zz w ".
Hite chairman: Hterat nd dec
Grafton, George o. Tot. 3irrnan
IN ar. FetiIiSIt. ftlfu US III. iirInan
80 81 s eminent, NdiIac fcLean,
Votes Of franks were for the
T,f4rc y.ag.-