New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
Cleveland's Son to Address
Meeting on Alumni
Day, Thursday
REFORM PROPOSED
BY UNDERGRADUATES
Committee Considers Gen.
eraI Use of IL of Present
Club Buildings
rFrom a STAT Correspondent o, The Tribans,

Princeton, n. j., Feb. 1.-THE an
nouncement that Richard F. Cleveland
10, son of Grover Cleveland, will speak
on the recent movement to abolish un-
dergraduate clubs in Princeton at
general meeting TO be held as part Of
the annual alumni day programme
promises TO bring a large number OF
graduates TO Princeton on Washing
tons Birthday.
Cleveland will outline his objections
to the present club system-in when
the two upper classes take part-and
explain the position Of the siXty-three
sophomores who have pledged them
selves mot to join any elective eating
club while members Of Princeton Uni
yersity. Other talks on the club move
ment will be given by George W. Per-
kins. jrr.. IT, and Thomas H. Ander'
son, ir., II.
Interest High on Campus
Interest in the club situation still
runs high on the campus. Converts 10
the cause of Cleveland and his associ-
ates in starting the revolt against the
existing system are daily growing III
numbers, and it is expected that When
the club invitations are sent out sun
more men will declare their intention
to remain without club affiliations.
The committee organized at the re-
quest of the Senior Council; with a
membership composed of undergradu-
ate representatives of each club, 10 IN
yestigate the club system and suggest
ing desirable changes in it, is holding
regular meetings.
Its first action was to encourage
"mixing" among the members OF dlI-
ferent clubs by providing that eacn
club should invite at least five mem
bers of another club to dine at its
house each month.
The only plan thus far presented
abolishes the present system as erect
ually as the sophomore plan, but at the
same time outlines the building up OF a
new system, with the twelve best CLUB
buildings as a foundation.
Features of Suggested Reform
As outlined in "The Daily Prince
tonian," the plan is as follows:
"There are at present twelve club
buildings of sufficient size and comfort
to house the total enrolment OF botn
upper classes. These, under a central
administration, would afford practi-
cally the same degree Of comfort that
=.
siderably reduced cost.
ask OF these buildings would be as.
signed to each class. At the end OF
sophomore year the oncoming juniors
would be arbitrarily apportioned to the
buildings in groups of about fifty men.
Shortly previous to that time any num-
Der of men not to exceed twelve would
hand in their names to the university
and be assigned to the same club for
the period of one term, when readjust-
ments might be made. A man could
sign up with several groups, and those
groups having a similarity OF member
ship as far as possible would be placed
together. Such details as free inter-
course between clubs would be encour-
aged in order that membership might
not become too much localized.
Plan Being Completed
an brief, this is the main idea of the
plan, though further details as to the
handling of the club property, the
housing of the alumni, etc, as well as
definite university cooperation, are rap
idly becoming formulated"
II is expected that the alumni day
meeting will bring forth a general dis
cussion of the problem between the
and the graduates who
are club members. Inasmuch as it was
the graduate body which brought the
greatest opposition against President
Wilson when he endeavored 70 intro
duce his quad" system, it is likely that
the alumni will take this first oppor-
tunity to express their stand in the