го "This Club is founded in the spirit of good fellowship and every member of the Club knows every other member without an introduction." This concert is volunteer service by this section of the Turnverein. Some of the members of the chorus are members of the Boston City Club, and the Club is indebted to them for this evening's entertainment. .Chorus .Chorus Paul O. Boettcher 4. Brautfahrt am Hardanger, Norwegian Folk Song 5. Schoen Rotrant, Romantic Song 8. Rhinewine Song ... 9. Piano Solo, Selection Chorus with Solo by Mr. F. Bolz 7. German Students' Serenade 10. When hoch in den Wipfeln 11. Medley of German Folk Songs 12. Keller's National Hymn, "Speed our Republic" Mr. Paul Mueller, Jr., Accompanist Chorus ..Chorus .Chorus Thursday, November 13 Mr. Henry Pelkus, Conductor HON. J. HAMILTON LEWIS United States Senator from Illinois will deliver an address, "The Future Effect upon Republican Constitutional Government of America by the Construction of the Panama Canal." Hon. Louis A. Coolidge, presiding A dinner will be tendered these gentlemen at six o'clock. Tickets may be secured at the office of the Civic Secretary. Thursday, November 20 HON. CURTIS GUILD Former United States Ambassador to Russia "RUSSIAN TRADE AND BOSTON'S OPPORTUNITIES Hon. Samuel J. Elder, presiding. Hon. Joseph A. Conry, toastmaster. Dinner at six o'clock. Members may secure tickets for dinner at the office of the Civic Secretary. REVIEW OF OCTOBER EVENTS KOMMERS, OCTOBER 2-OPENING NIGHT The season of 1913 and 1914 was opened with a concert of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestral Club. A program of unusual merit was rendered, and particular appreciation was given to the trombone solo by J. N. Proctor. Previous to the concert, President Samuel J. Elder delivered a brief address on the work of the Club during the past year, and greeted the members on the opening of the new season. Thursday, October 9 On this occasion occurred the most important event in the month, the laying of the corner-stone of the new Club House. Hon. William Howard Taft was the principal guest of the Club on this occasion. He reached the city about two o'clock, and was immediately taken to the residence of Mr, H. Staples Potter of the Executive Committee, where he was met by members of the Executive Committee and a few others. Proceeding to the Club House, and arriving at 3.30, an informal reception was held, at which were present the guests of the day. The line of march was then formed for the site of the new building, and the exercises were participated in by the following: President Samuel J. Elder, presiding. His Excellency, Governor Eugene Ñ. Foss. His Honor, Mayor John F. Fitzgerald. His Eminence, William Cardinal O'Connell. Rev. Dillon Bronson. Rev. George A. Gordon. Mr. Geoffrey B. Lehy. Prayer of His Eminence, Cardinal O'Connell, at the Dedication of the City Club, October 9, 1913 O God of peace and harmony and love, hear us. - that in Thou art the Father of us all-our Creator, our Ruler, our Lord. Teach us to love one another as Thou, Lord, lovest us unity of hope and affection we may be to one another not a hindrance but a help. Strengthen Thou the foundations of this house in true fraternity, that all its noblest ends may be fulfilled. Let Thine eyes behold here the blessed concord which comes from unity of hearts in the accomplishment of good. Bring us all nearer to one another in understanding and in patience, that thus bound in fraternal love, the horrors of discord may cease. Let this hill beckon to all in the strife of the busy mart below, to come up here for peace and union, out of the turmoil and struggle. Send, O Lord, Thy blessed peace upon this house, that the wrangling of brothers may forever cease. Bless our nation with humble prosperity, and our city with godly order. And may Thy Holy Name be by all the earth honored and glorified. Amen. Address of His Excellency, the Governor, Eugene Noble Foss, at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Boston City Club, October 9, 1913 "I am glad to be here in my official capacity to extend the greetings of the Commonwealth to the members of this Club, and also to join with you in extending a hearty greeting to our distinguished guest, President Taft, who has dignified and honored this occasion. President Taft is always welcome in Massachusetts, whether he comes as President of the United States, as President of the American Bar Association, as a member of a distinguished educational institution, or as a private citizen. We are glad that he has made his home in a neighboring New England State, and we hope that he will continue to maintain a summer residence in Massachusetts. "The Boston City Club is more than an ordinary club. I like to think that it is an institution, an institution that is making for good citizenship. Its influence extends beyond the city, it extends through the State, it is felt throughout the country. "Its membership is made up of all classes, all nationalities, all shades of political opinion - Republicans, Democrats, and Progressives, and I hope some Independents as well. "I can only wish for this Club as it enters its new home that extended usefulness and influence to which it is justly entitled." Address of His Honor, the Mayor, John F. Fitzgerald, at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Boston City Club, October 9, 1913 "As Mayor of Boston, I am glad to be here to-day to express the hearty good wishes of its citizens at the laying of the corner-stone of this edifice. Boston is proud of the City Club, and when this splendid building is erected will be still prouder of an institution that has many accomplishments to its credit in the few short years of its existence. "I thank President Taft, as the Governor of the Commonwealth thanked him, in behalf of the citizens of Boston, for lending his presence to this occasion, and I think, before he takes his leave from this city that he will see still further evidence of the popular regard and affection that the citizens of Boston have for him. "Boston is proud of the work of the City Club, and grateful to the men who, by night as well as by day, have labored for its interests. This institution preaches righteousness. In these days we think too much of right, and too little of duty and responsibility, and if there is one organization more than another that has brought this message home to the million and a half people in metropolitan Boston during the past five years, it is the City Club. And Boston and its citizens are deeply indebted to its membership, to its officers, and to the men who founded it, and I thank Mr. Elder, the present president, and Mr. Lehy, its first president, who is conspicuous in its activities to-day, and has been since the Club was founded; and I thank the others upon this platform. "This city of ours is more than these buildings which we see around us; it is more than the magnificent structures that grace every corner of the city; it is more than an historical institution, with these buildings; it is a spiritual entity; it has a soul, and the soul is nowhere interpreted better than in the walls of the building that has stood for these years for every requirement of the social needs of our city, and we are but in our infancy as yet. "To-day there walked through the Boston streets a man who came from savagery, practically, in the mountains and fastnesses of Maine, and who brings right home to us the condition of society centuries ago before these buildings were born, and before the city was born, and when we look back and see the accomplishments since those times we can realize what the future holds for us. "And the benefits of civilization can be best accomplished through cooperation and unity of effort, brought about by organizations like the City Club. "I say that Boston is proud of the City Club and what it has accomplished in the past, and will be proud, I know, of its accomplishments in the future, and will be proud to honor the men who give up their lives and their time and their energy to the service of the city that it may be a better one, a holier one, and more proud even than it is to-day of the splendid records of its citizens of the past. "And I do not think that the soul of the City Club can be better typified than by repeating the lines of the immortal John Boyle O'Reilly when speaking in Boston of Wendell Phillips, whose memory is to be honored on Boston Common beside the spot where he was born, by a monument to be dedicated, I think, about the same time that this building is completed. And in speaking of this illustrious soul, who was born just a century ago in this splendid city of ours, he said: "Come, brothers, here to the burial! But weep not, rather rejoice, For his fearless life and his fearless death; for his true unequalled voice, Like a silver trumpet sounding the note of human right: For his brave heart always ready to enter the weak one's fight; 甘益 For his soul unmoved by the mob's wild shout or the social sneer's disgrace, For his free-born spirit that drew no line between class or creed or race. ""Come, workers; here was a teacher, and the lesson he taught was good; There are no creeds to be outlawed, no colors of skin debarred; And the richest of all are the unseen wreaths on his coffin-lid laid down President Elder then introduced Mr. Geoffrey B. Lehy, first President of the Club, who had presented the corner-stone about to be laid. Mr. Lehy spoke as follows: Remarks of Geoffrey B. Lehy on the Occasion of the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Boston City Club, October 9, 1913 "About nine years ago the City Club was formed. Then followed two years of struggling by a small group of men, who were striving to bring about a real establishment of the Club. Seven years ago the rooms of what we are now pleased to call our old Club House were opened with a membership of six hundred, and the Boston City Club took its place amongst the clubs of Boston. On that occasion you and the public were informed what the aims, objects, and ambitions of the Club were. To-day on this splendid occasion, when our wildest flights of imagination have been outdone, our rosiest dreams surpassed by reality, it is not necessary to offer any information about the objects or aims of the Boston City Club, either to its members or to the public, as this audience of members is sufficient demonstration of this community's love of broad democracy, the Club's real corner-stone. "The presence here of these distinguished and representative gentlemen, the Club's membership and waiting-list exceeding five thousand, this great gathering of men from all walks of life, this splendid home which you are erecting and which will approach one million dollars. in value when completed and furnished, the ceremony of placing the corner-stone by our greatly loved Ex-President, is ample reward for all who have had any part in the making of the Club what it is to-day, and it brings a great glow of satisfaction to every one of the original small group of men who wrought an idea into a substantial reality. "A stranger in our city to-day, seeing this great gathering of men gathered for some particular function, might well wonder what that function was. Seeing here the Governor of the Commonwealth and the Mayor of the city, he might suppose it a State, a municipal, or political affair; seeing here Cardinal O'Connell, a prince of the Catholic Church, |