The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
B. A. (. TO HAVE FINE QUARTERS Elaborate Plans Made For Opening Of New
 Building

The Birmingham Athletic clubs board of governors is planning for the most elaborate social affair in Bir- minghani's history upon the occasion of their house-warming to be held in their new building at Third and Twen- ty-third street when this, one of Bir- mingham's newest skyscrapers, is com pleted. That's some time off yet, but even this early the club officials have been working on the details for that big night.
 Indications are that the affair will be staged the night of June 1, 1925. On that date they must relinquish their present building to the new purchasers and move out. It. Is in the contract that the building under course of con struction must be completed by that date and President Herbert Cobbs an- nounced Saturday night that officers of the club were making all their plans for this date for the house-warming and ball. He didn't state the nature of the entertainment but the opening night will probably be celebrated with a mag nificent ball on the gymnasium and au- ditourium floor, which, when com pleted, will represent by far the biggest dancing floor in the entire Birmingham district.
 Many innovations are being planned in connection with the clubs new home," said Mir. Cobbs. "For instance, we will have the largest indoor swim ming pool in the south. A program has already been mapped out whereby the club will stage swimming parties for men and women on certain nights of each week. Then on three after moons each week the pool will be given over entirely to ladies' swimming par ties and no men will be allowed in the pool at that time.
 And, in addition to that, the people of Birmingham might be interested in knowing that aside from the big audi torium and gymnasium floor where dances can be staged, the roof is being so constructed that it can be built into a roof garden with banquet, dances and the like staged with the stars for a canopy. The social life of the club will take on an added impetus just as soon as we move, as committees have already been appointed to work out a semi-monthly schedule for entertaining the club members and their feminine friends with dances and the like"
 The life of the Athletic club hears the half century mark and its growth and progress is in keeping with the growth and progress of Birmingham For instance, how. few of the present charter members do you suppose ever dreamed when the club was founded and housed in the little shack on Morris avenue that it would ever boast th' ownership of the ten-story structure which is now going up on the north east corner on Third avenue and Twen ty-third street?
 A general outline of the structure ant what the various stories of the building will be used for has never been printed MT. Cobbs stated Saturday that the frs floor would be given over to stores, { foyer for the club and to the gymna sium and auditorium. The latter skirt back farther than the rest of the build ing. but is an integral part of th structure. It will be two stories high with balcony seats and will seat 2,3O' neople when it is completed, many nor than the largest theater in Birming ham is capable of seating.
 The first three floors above tn ground floor will be given over to clu rooms and the remaining six storie will be used as bachelor apartments fo club members.
 Il MT. Cobb stated that while the build ing now under course of construction would not be as large as some of tn athletic club buildings in the metropoli fan eastern cities, and while the Lo Angeles Athletic club building probabl
 covered more ground, that the neV home of the B. A. c. would be as fine as modern and as complete as to fur niture and fixtures as any athletic clu in the entire country.