The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-19
Is BACHELORS
PREFER SINGLE
BLESSEDNESS
University Men Who Fear High
Cost of a Wife Organize
Club That SCOTS at
Matrimony.
ARE NOT WOMAN HATERs
Members Seek Temptatin to
Marry By Having Dates-
Pity the Love.Blind and
Teahounds.

Men! Attention.! Before paving th7
- DOWN and installments of from $40
70 $1,000 a month for a wife. stop an,
'hlnk. There may be same o.her form o
society better than marriage.
AT any rate, thirteen men stu Ien,s /,
me University have decided that there /
more desirable state than that of ma
simony. In fact, they think that this j.
one state which should never have beer
allowed in the Union. These men pre-
Ter bachelors club to that cruel weapon
OF the ante-bevo days-the rolling pin
Because Of .this performance and solemn
resolve never 10 marry they have organiz.
ed the Bachelors Club.
Most of the rules set down in the con.
siitution Of this club are secret. but some
OF them are willingly divulyed 50 that
those lcve-blind brothers. walking on the
dangerous brink Of malrimony. may ap.
ply these rules. and so t,lrn their taffy.
bound feet to the broad field of freedom.
One important rule is that each mem
ber must post his dates so they can be
seen by all other members. Oh. yesi or
course. these men have dates" 1t is
easy for misogynists to remain single, but
tie members of this clubiare not woman
haters. They actually Hike women.
Their reason for going with girls is to
increase the temptation to marry. In
stead OF avoiding temptation they hunt
tor il. This may explain why the club
Is located at 1917 Broadway-directly
north Of Stephens College.
Perhaps the rule which can be enforc-
ed with the paddle viii be Of most inter-
est to the smittcn youth. This rule is
that no member shall have dates" in OK.
cess Of the number necessary to consli-
tuie sufficient temptation for him. The
weak members are thus protected from
dangerous fate. II, however, any mem
ber should be overcome by temptation
and get married, the club will not punish
him. They consider that his punishment
viii probably be severe enough, anyway.
The following are the offices of tne
Bachelors Club: President. Bernard Won |
Hoffman; vice-president, Harry Z. Dodds;
, ,ecre,ary.treasurer, William A. Metsker: |
scrgeans-atarms, Thaddeus S. Allen:
other members, Eugene I. Hogue, Stan. |
ley e. Rckhoff, Gilbert ". Hills, Eugene
7. Stout, William Ultch, Brice Durbin,
". Haeberle, r. c. King, and Clyde
Nichols.
Russell Schmidt. "a studeni-al Unive-s-
ity High School. is an 'associsie member
but, as one man explsined while flourish
ing a well-shaped paddle. he hasn't been
made a real member Of the club YET"
All the divisions in the University are
in the club except the School
of Law.
That's one mistake VIC haven't made
yei," said one member. -bui we're look
ng around for law student. However,
We do not solicit members; they must
Iirst ask to join before We can take them
m
II is fairly safe prediction that some
II these men viii be bachelors for the
'est Of their lives-Bachelors Of Science
,r Arts at any rate. Whether they will
'emain single is not so certain.
The house occupied by this club is I
'enied and msnsged by Mrs. ]. D. Jane
on who is sponsor" and not matron,
leeosding to the bachelors. She SAYS that
,nless man vows never to marry he /,
.annot stay in her house. In
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