The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20
BOOSTERS HOLD FINE MEETING
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L desire at lulS Ilule 10 ludUh Iuc
members of the board of directors for
the earnest and careful manner in
which they have discharged their
duties. Ii is u purpose also from
time to time to appoint special com
mittees, as occasion requires, compos-
ed of members of the club WAC are not
members of the board Of directors.
Every member should feel and fully
realize his importance in this %organiza-
ton, and will be relied upon to take a
part, and will share in the reward or
our common cause, namely, the build
ing up of a greater and more prosper
GUS city. The field for our work is large
and promising. We must be active,
alert, diligent. and aggressive. Let
us be w~ide-awake to all opportunities
for municipal improvement. We must
stand shoulder to shoulder and act
with a common purpose, for the pro-
motion of the general municipal wei
fare. BY helping any enterprise in the
city, We are each made beneficiaries
because whatever helps the city as a
whole, helps every individual citizen
in it. Let us remember that in helping
to dispel the darkness for others We
illuminate u own pathway. Let us
not be content to wait Micawberlike
for something to turn up" but by the
exercise of our united strength in
every legitimate field of progress pro-
coed to turn something up"
Every member of the club should
feel that it is not only his privilege but
his duty to participate in this move
ment, and realize that in this union
| thara &c ctronoth If onvfhin0 nnn1Irc
to you or If you learn Of anything
which you feel should be acted upon or
considered, make it known. Every
work OF man originated in an idea. We
need your ideas.
There are many things required in
the development and improvement of
our city. The list is large and includes
railroads, factories, hotels, business
buildings, and everything that will tend
to our commercial, Industrial, social,
and moral development and better
ment. Let us hitch our wagon to a
star" and go after things this year,
1913. Let us drill for effective team
work, and buck the line" good and
hard. In our pursuit of new things,
however, we must not overlook or
neglect the things We now have.
Among the most important of these
interests to which we should give III
constant support and assistance Is the
college. 1t is a splendid institution
and whenever we can Re of assistance
to it, it's president, faculty, or student
body in any way we should manifest
this support by active effort in their
behalf.
The club is in a lourishing condition
with a membership of approximately
two hundred, and has, as shown by
the last quarterly report Of the secre-
tary, cash on hand over sixteen hun
dred dollars, an equipment of furni-
ture, piano, billiard and pool tables,
fixtures, and other personal property
invoiced at 1888. 83, and with but a
small amount Of Indebtedness. While
We have a comfortable surplus to our
credit, we must however, bear in mind
that it was derived from the ten dol
lar admission fees of members, and
we cannot reasonably expect to aug
ment our income to any considerable
extent in the future from that source,
and that practically our only source
Of income now is the dues of $1.25 per
month paid by members. And while
these dueS are more than sufficient to
pay the ordinary running expenses of
the club, and for the repair and re-
newal of the equipment, yet the
amount above these expenses is com
paratively small as / am Informed by
the secretary, probably about $500
per month. 1t is important therefore,
that we be careful in our expenditures
as there is no present means available
whereby we can replenish ur treas
ury: and once exhausted, our present
good standing and credit, would be i'm
paired and our efficiency correspond
ingly diminished. Without being par
simonious, we can, and should, use
care and husband our resources so
that no such disaster will occur. We
have comfortable and even luxurious
club rooms. Facilities are provided
for pleasure, comfort, and recreation
of ourselves and visitors. We are,
and have a right to be, proud of our
club rooms. These %congenial and
comfortable quarters tend to promote
that social intercourse and stimulate
the spirit of f~raternalism which so
largely contribute to the pleasure and
profit of organizations of this char
acter.
L WdnL every meHlDeT 10 lake d per
sonal inter st in the welfare and pro-
gress of his club . / want each one to
take an active part in it's work. To
have a working knowledge of is affairs
and purposes. To enjoy all privileges
which membership in the club affords.
When you have visiting friends, intro
duce them, and entertain them in your
club.
By reason of the reciprocal relations
which have been established with a
large number of Commercial Clubs
throughout the United States (the
names of which are printed on your
new cards., the benefit of your mem,
bership in this club 10 more than pure
ly local. BY this means you are ad
mitted to the privileges of about sixty
other commercial clubs throughout
the United States without the payment
70 any additional expense. Visiting in
any of these cities you will find that
your club card Is the open sesame"
which will at once offer you a welcome
and IN introduction to the live and
e~nterprising members of that commun-