Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ANNUAL MEETING
sw Constitution Adopted, New olrec'
tors Elected, a Splendid Banquet
and Eloquent Addresses.

The business session Of the annual
meeting of the Commercial Club was
called to order Thursday night at Sis
by the president Of the club, Mr. T.. ].
Fountain. In the absence Of Score.
tary II. l.. Mcknight, John A. Moore
was elected secretary pro TEN. The
matter of changing the bylaws and
constitution was first brought up and
the new one, which had been drawn
up by committee, was read by Major
l.. l.. McIinnis and was adopted by the
club. The new constitution provides
for some radical changes In the club,
mainly to do the work OF the club
through committees, and the chang
ing OF the name from the Bryan Com
mercial Club to the Bryan and Brazos
County Commercial Association. 1t
provides for a chairman of each Of
the seven standing committees, who
are also directors OF the association,
and each chairman Is to report at a
regular monthly meeting just what
his committee has accomplished dur
ing the month. The chairmen oil
these committees had previously been
elected by the old board and are as
follows: Agricultural, J. Webb How
ell; highways, o. s. Johnson; educa
tional, l.. l.. Mclnnis; trade extension
j. l.. Edge city development. A. w
Wilkerson; finance and membership
Il. J. Fountain entertainment. Ec
Hall In view OF the fact that these
seven directors had been elected, II
left only nine new ones to be selected
and they are as follows: u. W., Cren
shaw, j. ID. Martin. A. NJ. Waldrop, o
p. Hall, w. J. Coulter. J. II. Conway
X. s. Webb, Sr., y. II. Edge and Il. J
jenkins
The reading OF the annual report o
Secretary Mcknight had TO be omitted
owing to the fact that he was absen
from the city.
The report OF the chairman OF thu
finance committee was read by Mr.
I Ed Hall and was referred to the In
y coming board OF directors.
A motion prevailed TO adjourn L
the tsatel Bryan. where a most credit
able luncheon was spread by Manage
J. s. Doane OF this institution.
The secretary pro TEN, Mr.. John A
Moore, In u few fitting remarks, In
troduced the first speaker Of the even
ing, Judge J. W. Doremus. whose sui
ject. "The Advantages OF Being Cit
zen OF Bryan" was handled in a mas
terful way. The Judge began his ad
dress by saying: There are nun
erous advantages In being a citizen o
Bryan, and a man always gets out o
a thing In accordance with what b
puts into II. A man Is not responsible
for where he was born, and In mos
cases is not afterwards responsible
for where he lives. came to Bryal
about 40 years ago and in that tim
the greatest change that is noticeabl
here Is In the high standard OF educs
ton. OF course the town has grow
from a mere village to a nice thriyin
little city. but In my opinion the on
2 great thing that has caused IN
change IL the higher moral though
Now one OF the best advantages
bsing a citizen Of Bryan Is that 20
are living In community where III
standard OF moral thought Is hardl
equaled In Texas. Today Bryan
churehes are equal to cities OF 6O,OO
or 1000 population. In 1860. nj
told. where this magnificent hot
now star.ds. there was a goose pom
and until 1s66. when the first railroa
came to Bryan from the south. a
that was here was a Wild prairi
The road had It's terminus here an
the iowa got Its start and In fe
years the road went further north an
another new growth struck the elf
and commerce started in earnes
The character OF the town then vi
very different to what |, is now. Ed
cation was on a low level and u
growth OF the town was spasmodi
New people came, schools Al