Arizona republican., 1910-05-04
CITY CLUB DINNER
 LAST OF THE SEASON
ABOUT SEvENTY-FivE MEMBERS
 WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
Though the Smallest Guest List the Session Showed an increas-
 ing Interest.

i it was the best of the series in that there was more general participa
 ton in the discussions which ranged l into club affairs toward the close. The
 attendance however was the smallest | of any of the club meetings though in 1 the neighborhood of seventy-five were l present. some of the members are l out of the city and some were diverted | by the election and other events so the smaller attendance did not indicate ! any cooling of interest in the club or | its future. On the contrary quite an opposite verdict would be assumed l from the interest among those who were there The secretary. J. r. | Cieaveland. wired his regret at being I out of the city
 | The dinner disposed of the meeting
 was under the direction of Rev. J. w.
 Atwood as chairman and toastmaster.
 function he performed with satisfac-
 ton to everybody and with q clerical
 humOr that added to his popularity, l In fact one of the speakers almost
 elevated him to a bishopric.
 The set speeches of the evening were delivered by A. C. Bartlett who v,ls [ the guest Of the club and by II. N. Wilkinson and General A. J. Samp- son who were assigned to lead the dis | cussion on the future of the club. Aft
 CT that came questions of club man. agem5nt in the future in which many 1 participated and during the discussion of which everything was placed before
 the house in q parliamentary way and l then in the best of hunsor tied up in parliamentary knot as though the club were presenting a satire on Uncle Joe and the national congress. After this had all been threshed out and a
 motion made to adjourn. the club got ! it's second wind. restored order and spent another hour in q discussion of
 plans for making tho present census | more thorough.
 MT. Bartlett's address was in large
 part speech of congratulation that Phoenix not only had such an organ iZation as the City club but that the community itself was doing so much for the present and for future gener ations. He recited much that has
 been accomplished. that he said would rebound to the benefit of the country
 throughout the future. and then he urged both continuance and an eX- pansion of such institutions. He spoke of this country as bourne for the in valid but more SD as a region sus
 ceptible Of magnificent development
 He emphasized the need of greater
 publicity t1 the world at large. both
 Df the possibilities of the valley and of
 he facts Of present accomplishment
 Of present day institutions he dwelt h.. 1x
 )f intellectual culture that should he
 ostered and expanded, that the rising generation might possess broader and more thorough education. He rec ognized that there are always few children that will be siuggards under any system but If the opportunity is given. most of the young people will assume a higher plane than their predecessors. He illustrated his points with a few good stories that wer. greatly enjoyed.
 MT. W;Ei;nson ;a speaking of tn, great work of the club. considered i on the broadest lines. He said Phoeni, is bound to grow. Business eXpan- sion will in great measure. take car6 of itst!f. Public institutions. such as churcnes and Y. N. C. A. and club houses. etc. will come along in due season and are now coming rapidly. He mentioned the early completion oi the r. NJ. C. A. and the early need of q Y ". C. A. He said the Trinity church would have q new building on Central avenue. perhaps as soon as pr. Atwood would be made a bishop. The Presbyterians are clamoring for q
 moi 1ar s.l, r..h
 Baptists are also trying to build. Then he spoke of the projected building of
 the Woman's club at q cost of $25.000. etc All these things he said would to
 a large extent be fostered and provid
 ed for by special interests but the City club had q great work in lending
 its influence to all these movements ir the right direction for building larg-
 CT and better city.
 Then he spoke of the more import
 ant work of cooperation and 3cquaint- lnce with each other. On political and
 other lines the tendency it to believe .he one who diff, rs in opinion is with out reason and as q noxious weed
 that cunbers the ground. hut closer acquaintance sometimes shows that one is as near right as the other. He also spoke of the usefulness of the club in receiving and entertaining as occasion offers. the great minds and
 great thinkers and great travellers of
 the world, by which association tn,
 club members may receive what might
 be called more liberal education. al of which aids in the making of a bet ter city.
 General Sampson in speaking of tn, future of the club began by telling somewhat Of conditions that obtain in
 Lucernc. Switzerland v:lich. he said is
 the cleanest and best governed city in the world. proceeding with illustra-
 tions to verify his statement. gathered
 in his observations as n tourist while
 enjoying short stay there Those facts he said make 1t the metropolis
 of the travelling world some three or
 four hundred thousand tourists pass
 ing through it annually. He said
 that in some respects the club repre-
 sents Lucernes best government: that
 is 1t fosters the same ideas that
 prompt the men who govern that not
 able city and in a measure will give
 Phoenix an impetus in that direction
 Speaking more directly of the club
 he spoke of the six months record be-
 hind it; of its good influences that