Non-Resident Membership It may not be generally known among the members that there is a non-resident membership in the Club, and the Membership Committee takes this opportunity to remind members that there still remain some vacancies on this list. JOHN WHITE, Jr., Chairman, Membership Committee. BOWLING The bowling season has begun auspiciously, with every indication of the season being lively and interesting. Intense competition was shown in contests for places on the Amateur Boston Pin League. The team finally selected is composed of the following: Charles M. Goodnow, captain; Edward M. Armstrong, Henry W. Bail, Edward Eaton, and John G. Wallace. The Boston Pin Tournament which begins Tuesday, October 31, called out a number of entries far in excess of the sixty required to make up the twelve teams. Those who could not get a place on the team will have an opportunity in a second tournament to be started at the end of the present one. Several groups organized into teams and entered together. As far as possible, the committee has accepted such entries. This grouping of acquaintances will lend a great deal of additional sociability and rivalry to the contests. The weekly roll-off contest will begin Monday, October 30, under the following conditions: Any one rolling three consecutive strings will be allowed to compete no entrance fee. The members rolling the two highest scores each day of each week will roll off the following Monday at 7 o'clock P.M.; that is, twelve men will qualify for the roll-off. The one getting the highest three-string score at the weekly roll-off will compete for monthly roll-off, for which a prize will be given. Members entering the Boston Pin Tournament will be allowed to count their strings in the tournament for roll-off. Scores, to be considered, will have to be given to the attendants, and signed by the party with whom he is rolling, or some witness. CHESS, CHECKERS AND DOMINOES The following Committee on Games, for the season of 1916-17, has been appointed: W. G. Norris, chairman; William P. Greenlaw, George E. Parker, William Sabine, and Edmund Pratt. Plans are being made to hold chess, checker, and domino tournaments during the season. The Assembly Room, on third floor, has been set aside for a game room, and is to be fitted up for the purpose. soon be ready. It will All persons desiring to take part in the above-mentioned tournaments are requested to send their names to the chairman of the committee at once. HOUSE COMMITTEE Individual Articles for Members' Accommodation Members will find, in the barber shop, collars of all styles and sizes, whenever desired. Some time ago the committee, in deference to the many requests, purchased a supply of umbrellas to be rented to members who might be caught unprepared in a rainstorm. Pajamas, tooth-brushes and paste are also to be had for members who may be called upon to stay at the Club overnight on short notice. All these articles may be obtained of the Room Clerk, on the street floor. Billiard Instruction The House Committee has set apart Room W, on the tenth floor, to be used for instruction. Arrangements may be made with George F. Slosson, in charge of the billiard room, who will give personal lessons to members. A Locker Room, situated on the sixth floor of the Clubhouse, is at the disposal of members who wish to use it to make a change of clothing, etc. BLUE PLATE LUNCHEONS There are now being served in the Main Dining Room, eleventh floor, Blue Plate Luncheons, at 50 cents. These will provide · - at a slightly less cost than the regular table d'hôte a simpler, more compactly served meal, and have been instituted to meet the request for a somewhat less elaborate luncheon than the usual one. THURSDAY NIGHT DINNERS The Entertainment Committee wishes to call the attention of the recently elected members of the Club to the dinners preceding the Thursday night entertainments. The dinners have become a distinct feature of the entertainments, and are extremely popular. These dinners are informal, and occur at 6 o'clock. After the dinner is over, about forty-five minutes is given over to informal remarks, after which all adjourn to the auditorium for the stated event of the evening. Admission is by ticket, procured at the office of the Civic Secretary from the time that the announcement is made. Tickets will be given out to the capacity of the banquet room, and may be reserved by telephone. ART AND LIBRARY The committee acknowledges donation from Herbert F. Wallace of eight volumes of fiction. George H. Nutting has made further presentation of bookplates for the collection now being formed. Berryman, the cartoonist of the Washington Star, has presented the Club with two cartoons depicting the recent campaign in Maine. Carrington Howard has presented the Club with a poster advertising one of the later appearances of Joseph Jefferson. RECIPROCAL RELATIONS Below is a list of the clubs with which the Boston City Club has reciprocal relations. Members of the Boston City Club may have all the privileges of these clubs by presentation of their membership cards in the Boston City Club, such privileges being extended on a cash basis. Albany Club, Albany, N. Y. Arkwright Club, 320 Broadway, New York City. Business Men's Club, Memphis, Tenn. Business Men's Club, Richmond, Va. City Club, Chicago, Ill. Commercial Club, Dubuque, Ia. Commercial Club, Nashville, Tenn. Commercial Club, Omaha, Neb. Commercial Club, Washington, D. C. Ellicott Club, Buffalo, N. Y. Minneapolis Athletic Club. Moline Commercial Club, Moline, Ill. Underwriters' Club, 18 Liberty Street, New York. NECROLOGY Charles A. Smith |