The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-26
CLUB IDEA
GOES RAPIDLY FORWARD
Secretary g. II. Winfrey Pleased With
Way College Men Are Taking
Hold.
TO HAVE 100000 HOME
Plans Contemplate Erection of Build
Ing shortly After Organization Sec
ond to None In City of Riclunond's
Size.

The movement for the establish
ment OF a University Club In Rich
mond is growing rapidly.
G. H. Winfrey, who is acting as sec
rotary for the committee backing
the plan, says that answers TO the
circular letters mailed several days
ago are coming in daily and that
more than three-fourths of the re-
plies received so far are favorable.
The men who favor the establish
!ment of such a club here represent
practically every profession and every
business In Richmond. Lawyers. doc-
tors. ministers. architects, engineers.
chemists, newspaper men. teachers
in colleges and schools, men holding
positions In public life. from judges on
the bench to embyro engineers build
ing the city's streets have answered
favorabiy. not only promising TO join
the organization. but also expressing q
willingness to actively assist in any
way to be done.
Many Colleges Represented.
These men who want the club come
from practically every college and
university in the East Men so far
listed are alumni OF the following In
stitutions:
Princeton. Dartmouth. Harvard.
University of Virginia. George WASH
ington. v. NJ. l., Glasgow, Edinburgh.
Berlin, Chicago. University OF Penn
syfvania. Trinity. Richmond College,
Medical College OF Virginia. Randolph
Macon. Washington and Lee, Hafnp-
.den-Sidney. Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology, William and Mary, Johns
Hopkins. Syracuse, Cornell. University
of Ohio, and Yale University.
With such q cosmopolitan crowd.
Richmond should soon have a Univer-
sity Club second to mono in the coun-
try In cities OF similar size.
The members Of the committee are
already so optimistic that they are
discussing q permanent location for
the club following year or two in
temporary rented quarters.
100000 Clubhouse.
The lowest estimate SO far made On
the permanent clubhouse. even though
II may be q few years off, is 100000.
They want the most desirable location
In Richmond. and they want q home
for the club which will truly rep
resent the ambitious. get-together
spirit OF the college mer Of Richmond
They want a place which has about
lege life as 1t is possible to get outside
of college. w,nagkI
In addition to the men who desire
active membership in the organiza-
ton several have already asked for
nonresident membership. They say
that they come to Richmond oftes and
may return to make their homes here,
and that they want the University
Club.
Several men not listed in any alumni
association here have written asking
for information. and the secretary has
been greatly gratified with these In
Quiries. He says that all college men
In Richmond who are Interested can
get the circular letter by sending him
their addresses.
Many desirable men are not MEM
bers of their local alumni organixa-
lions. and many likewise desirable
men come from weil-known colleges
like Dartmouth. Trinity. Leland
Stanford and others which have no
alumni associations here. These men
should DO. az some have already done.
write to the acting secretary. q. H.
winfrey. lo2 West Street. city. for
the circular letter Of information.
which will be sent promptly.