New Britain herald., 1919-04-24
COMMONWEALTH HAS
 ANNUAL SESSION
B. B. BaSSette PreSident- -RepOrt
 of Secretary Is Read

Buell. E. Eassette was chosen to suc- ceed himself in the office of president of the Commonwealth club last night at the 11th annual meeting held i'll the Y, MI C. A. directors hall, and with the exception of the office of treasurA CT, the same officers were chosen as at last years meeting. Because of tho fact that the former treasurer, w. A.. House, was unable to continue in Of fee, James C. Moody was chosen for that post.
 Officials Elected. Other officials chosen for the year. following the reading of nominat tions by the committee on nominations headed by Judge F. B. Hungerford, were: Secretary. William E. Fay; treasurer, James C. Moody; chairman of lecture committee, Clinton Farm ham, membership committee, Mrs. Louis P. Slade; civic committee, Dr. F. J. Mann; publicity committee, James M. Doyle; social committee, Mrs. w. B. Montague; executive com mittee, William Hagen, Mrs. John IT. kirkham and Mrs. ]. D. Russell.
 Increase In Membership.
 The present en bership of the club as seen by the report Of Secretary William E. Fay is PTS, which is an increase of about 30 over last years mem bership. During the year three meetings were held with an avera ge attendance of 200.
 Following a discussion last night upon the Russian and Slovak situation and the league of nations the secre~ tary was empowered to transmit the support of the club to the senators and representatives of Connecticut and ask that they, too, support the league of nations.
 Review of Past Year.
 The first meeting of the preceding year was held in the Y. M. C. A. December 4, 1918, and an address was delivered by Miss Elizabeth Has anovitch on "Ukrainfa." Miss Hasan- ovitch, having lived in the Russian district of Ukrainia- was well Versed upon her subject and her talk was most interesting. Bolshevism was clearly explained by the speaker and 8 prosperous future predicted.
 At the second meeting, held Febru- ary 12 1919, Dr. Edward L.. Cum mings talked on "The League of Na- tions'' before one of the largest meet ings ever held by the club. Over 200 were in attendance. Acknowledgment and endorsements of the clubs resolu- tions regarding the league of nations were received from Senators Mclean and Brandegee, and Representatives Freeman, Tilson, Glynn, Merritt and Lonergan.
 Last nights meeting was the third of the year and the principal business was the reading of reports and elec- ton of officers. Ira F. Harris of Nashua, N IT.. was the principal speaker of the evening and had for his themc, Around the World in 80 Minutes.' The report of Secretary William F. Fay for the year was read and accepted.
 Want More Members. Tn his report the secretary touched upon the importance and purpose of the club and announced that the off, cers of the club are hoping soon to be able to have moro accommodations for meetings which will enable the mem bership committee to double the present mem bership of 244 m members. Because of unusual conditions brought about by the war, the number of meet ings this year was limited to three. The purpose of the club was express 1 ed in the secretarys words, which fol- | low:
 l 'It may not be out of place to call attention to the fact that this club in it's arrangement of programs has ! lived up to it's object of working for the good of our cosmopolitan city Long before the coining of such ex- pressions as the melting pot or Amer l icaniZation' this organization went quietly about it's business of working for this very end. The discussion of the perplexing problem of Russia and Ul1rainia by Miss Hasanovitch, the in l spring address by pr. Cummings on the league of nations, the resolution 1 forwarded to the states representa- 1 tives at Washington supporting the
 movement and the program of tonight
 with it's story of travel about the world have all in a way helped to
 carry along the idea of the club as
 expressed by it's motto" The motto
 referred to and which has been adopt 1 ed by the club is: "F'or the common good of our cosmopolitan city"
 The talk by MT. Harris, a New l Hampshire banker, was interesting
 and well illustrated by stereopticon | views. Mir. Harris has traveled the
 globe and is a prominent public l