Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-19
COMMERCIAL CLUB
DIRECTORS MEET
Plans Outlined for Three-story Brick
Workshop and Dormitory for A.
len Academy-BuIIdIng and
Loan Association
Proposed,

The roll call at the meeting OF the
directors Of the Commercial Club al
10 o'clock this morning showed Presi
dent l.. L. McInnis, Vice President A
w. Wilkerson, ]. w. Doremus, J. D
Martin, o. e. Saunders. A. w. Buch
anan, j. T. Lawler, Ed Hall, J. H
Wyant, A. NJ Waldrop and Secretary
L. NJ. Hewitt to be present. There
were also present Mayor ]. T. Ma
loney, Aldermen e. F. Parks and
Claud Walker, Profs. J. H. and r. O.
Allen, M. E. Wallace, Messrs. Hunter
Young. Holloway and others.
The committee on membership re.
ported there were now actually signed
up pledge members 20 Class A, Glass
B, ~ Class c, 33 Glass D, 16 special
20 clerks and mechanics, making a
total fund of s22S3 per year, and that
they expect to increase it by $500
more. Upon motion the membership
committee was continued.
Upon recommendation of the presi.
dent, a resolution was offered by Mr..
Lawler that the treasurer make a
complete report to the club every sec
ond Tuesday of the month, and that
all purchases or expenditures be first
approved by the finance committee, un-
less ordered by the board. Seconded
by Mr.. Hall. Carried.
Judge Doremus moved that Mr..
Hewitt be elected secretary for one
year at s125 per month. Seconded by
Mr.. Waldrop and two other directors
Unanimously carried. Mr.. Hewitt
thanked the board, and in doing so
stated that when he was appointed as
sistant manager of the Alamo Lumber
Company he was perfectly sincere in
his resignation to the board, but that
the urgent solicitation had prompted
his proposition, and he sincerely trust
ed that his future service will merit
the confidence imposed by the action
of the board.
President Mc1nnis then called for
Prof. j. H. Allen to state the PROPOSE
tion of Allen Academy. Briefly stated,
this is plan to make Allen Academy
more than ever a preparatory school
for A. & NJ. College. A. & NJ. has abol-
ished its preparatory course and the
school which makes speciality OF this
work will have great and ever
growing field. A three-story brick
building with shops in basement
and two stories fir dormitory pur-
poses will meet this condition.
This will cost about $4,000. The Allen
Academy board of directors have pro-
posed a plan of issuing per cent
bonds for this amount, secured, and
to be redeemed in ten years, for the
purpose of providing this necessary
equipment.
Allen Academy is the only school
in Texas doing special work to equip
for A. & NJ, and for ten years stu
dents of Allen Academy have been
given full credit for all work done
upon entry in A. & NJ, and Allen
Academy has been furnishing 10 per
cent of the student body of A. & NJ.
There was much talk along the line
of the business advantage to Bryan
by Judge Doremus, President McInnis,
Messrs. Wilkerson and Buchanan, and
Mr.. Waldrop said that he wished to
say that as a business proposition to
Bryan, Allen Academy students are of
vastly more value than those of A. &
NJ. because Allen Academy boys buy
everything they use from Bryan mer-
chants, whereas the A. & NJ. students
buy very largely from the campus. He
estimated that at least $500 is spent in
Bryan by every Allen Academy stu
dent, and it is all new money coming
into the channels of commerce.
Prof R. o. Allen said that Allen
Academy could never grow as per-