The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-15
CLI N.
eSme Principles mat nsleViie the Pvivt-
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To ruG EpItoR ~ Ina SrN S0 Tol
many reasons n - unfortunate that there
eKtst- no codidcatiOn % club Laws but these
associations 90 gent lem.n Ar. in themselves
50 guided nv unutt'tsn a. we'll a. written
laws that nothing 81 the sort has ever been
held necessary noWeVeT. there are ~eN
stal leading eases IA England aud one.
fouhat " The I nion club. IA America
and these uniformly maintain such prin.
Oiple- a. almost any club member will con
crds
4 club - an organization where the
minority rules that - TO SaV that the " III
OF the ma iority Canno, set aside the rules
OF that club whether written or unwritten
Again a club has M right tn eVpel a member
a. it, discretion So long a. = member IN -
fTinges upon no written or unNritten Law
Of he club he cannot he disciplined
I he rorollarv To this rule IL that on =
question a. to What - an 'unwritten law
of the club nothing less than the unGni-
nous decision of the club can decide
30 inentIy l. this recoEnizsd that IL -
the custom Of a club member. finding him
self IN minority 81 one. Ia resign voluntarily
his mem ber-hip IN preference to compelling
the enforcement Of his r,le
In Ioubat " the Mon club. Mr. I.oubAt
elected 10 enforce this rule Ia the courts
After enforcing II in he courts he Of course
immediately resigned
club membership IL an extremely mar
row privilege. Out Of an immense elElbh-
Nv the choice ~ members i narrowed bv
the seysre-t 'e-tS kvsn after those tests
have h-en Satisfied the successful candi-
daies name IL publicly posted in the club
house so that any member NAV object to his
admission nay. more. il expected out Of his
LOYALTY 10 his club 10 object n no knows or
suspecta or has any cause 10 suspect, even
T.. 4 a
wise successful candidate IL or may IN fu-
'ure heroine undesirable a. q member
Once elected. however. the member can
not he denied the privileges of the club
unless he infrinEes some written or IN
written law Of the club Within the rules
Of tho club he cannot he denied access to
any portion of the premises occupied BY
the club He would even be entitled TO
insist upon adm saion 10 q room in the club
occupied by q private banquet He would
not Of course. by unwritten Law. he entitled
TO sit and partaks Of the banquet unless
he had been invited by the GiveT OF that
particular banquet. and had. in case Of .
subscription banquet. paid his share of ths
subscription. any more than he would he
entitled 20 eat some other persons dinner
a. = table in q restaurant but he could not
he denied admit siOn 10 the room in which
the banquet Was held II II we're one Of the
its funds
Applying the~e principles TO q late notable
case n follows
/ That a CUES, Of the club &. CUES, Of
the whOle club
, That . guest OF the club could not ac-
cept the invitation Of the club with a con
dition that certain members or certain
member 81 the club should or should not
be present
= guest 81 q club Who should stipulate
that upon any given occasion q certain
member Of that club should not he present.
or an OFFICER Of club Who should refuse,
~ that guests dictation or upon
any preteXt whatever. to permit the presence
upon tho club pTemi 49, Of any member Of
that club. would either of them be a violatoT
~ club law-ths guest an outsider,
which would make his offence neRli gible
aud q msrs matter ~ taste the oficer Of
the club a. an infringeT Of hoth written
and unwTiiten club Law. and therefore de-
-srving Of expulsion CLUHMAN
SOuTH OEANuE. y J September H.