The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-28

MEETING
PLANNED

There will be a general meeting of
the members of the University club of
Hammond tonight for the purpose of
taking up the consideration of the
question OF selling out to the Ham
mond Chamber OF Commerce. Loyal
members declare it is strange cir
cumstance that makes ii necessary for
the club to decide over again a ques-
ton that was definitely and positively
turned down at a recent meeting.
The question comes up in different
form, 1t is true. Then the matter
under discussion was the advisability
of ANAL gamating with the Chamber of
Commerce. Now it is a question of SELL
ing out the lease and assets of the or
ganization to either the Chamber OF
Commerce or the Elks lodge
Two Factions.
This question has ifvided the mem
bership of the club into two warning
factions. One faction Is in favor of
selling out, giving up any idea of con-
tinuing the life of the organization
which has been such social factor in
the past, throwing UP the sponge with
out an effort to save the club.
The other believes that the club is a
victim They believe that members have
insidious1y questioned its financial re-
sponsibility and prophesied its loss OF
members to the Hammond Country club
until the members have at last come to
believe that there is a condition that
warrants the club in selling out.
Eager to Buy Club.
| They believe that now that other
members of the club have attempted
to create a condition by which com
peting organizations may come in and
profit either by recruiting their mem
bership from the University club ranks
or by purchasing the lease and furnit-
ure of an institution that has been
built up through years of effort by the
members who are still loyal.
The majority of the members of the
University club do not intend to be
| sold out by the minority against their
wishes. They claim that it will be
an easy matter to raise the amount OF
the clubs Indebtedness and put it on a
| debt free basis.
| One of the most loyal members Of
fered to give 500 towards wiping out
the debt of the club and assuring its
| future as a permanent downtown So
| ciaI organization.
| In Good shape.
| Inc CiuD mas an equipment IndL Is
worth 81 900 conservatively and its in
| debtedness is less than third of that
amount. 1t has not run a dollar be-
hind in the past year.
/ The sole contention of those who are
y willing to see the club sold is that Il is
going to lose a number of its members
to the country club. Those who are 10y
al deny that there will be loss of suf-
! ficient Importance to worry about. On
the other hand, they say that if an ef-
fort had been made to increase the
membership this year the club would
i now be In excellent shape.
A Public Factor.
The friends of the University club
believe that 1t is an institution that
ought to continue its existence IN Ham
for a downtown club and that even If
the University club is sold out against
the wishes of the majority that it will
not be long before a new club of a sim
liar character viii be organized with
a downtown clubhouse.
They point to the fact that the club
has literally donated its rooms to the
i medical society, the sanitary associa-
II ton, the Manufacturers association
4 and even to the promoters of the coun-
Il try club. They do not understand why
this assault should be made on SOL
vent, going institution The meeting
tonight promises to be a red-hot one.
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