Thursday Evening, January 23 "UNDER FOUR FLAGS 99 Latest U. S. Government Official War Film Auditorium, 8 o'clock Monday Evening, January 27 (Forum) RALPH ADAMS CRAM "A NEW MAP OF CENTRAL EUROPE " 8 p.m. Thursday Evening, January 30 Auditorium, 8 o'clock MAJOR HENRY C. EMERY American Military Attaché at Petrograd WALTER I. BADGER, ESQ., will preside. Major Emery returned home in November, after having been imprisoned by Germany in three different prison camps. He was captured on the Aland Islands, off the coast of Finland. He was in Russia during the Revolution, and during his stay in Germany had an opportunity of observing the beginning of the German Revolution. His observations on the present situation in Russia and Germany will be well worth hearing. Dinner at 6 o'clock; tickets at the Civic Secretary's office. FORUM ANNOUNCEMENTS The January meetings are as follows: Monday, January 13, 1919, 7.45 p.m. Speaker: JOHN LOGAN FINDLAY, of Worcester. Subject: "The Russian Revolution." Monday, January 27, 1919, 8 p.m. Speaker: RALPH ADAMS CRAM, LITT.D., LL.D., of Boston. Subject: "A New Map of Central Europe." Mr. Cram has very decided views on the nature and scope of the proposed League of Nations. There will be two Forum Meetings in January, viz., on the 13th and 27th. The Forum Committee has tried to adhere to a program of two meetings a month, to be held on alternate Mondays. The current Forum season started last November with meetings scheduled for November II and November 25. In December this arrangement was changed somewhat; first, by having the meetings scheduled on two successive Mondays (December 9 and December 16) because of the Christmas holiday; and second, by providing an extra Forum Meeting for December 23, to afford an opportunity to the members to hear Mr. Raymond Blathwayt, of the British Foreign Office, who was expected to be then in Boston, and was strongly recommended to the committee. He was, however, unable to appear, and Mr. S. K. Ratcliffe was secured at very short notice as the speaker for that evening, and his luminous talk on the political, social, and economic situation in England brought about by the war, was followed by an animated question period of over an hour, which was much enjoyed by the members. The attendance at the December meetings, however, was not as full as the committee would like, and which should greet the able speakers and the pertinent subjects of their addresses It is earnestly hoped by the committee that the attendance at the coming meetings will be generous, and fill to overflowing the capacity of the hall. The Findlay meeting was postponed from November 25, 1918, because of the Testimonial Dinner given by the Boston City Club that evening to the Massachusetts Committee of Public Safety. There is no subject upon which the American people have received such conflicting and meager information as the true situation in Russia, and yet few subjects are more potent in their possibilities and influence upon the entire world welfare than the present situation and doings in Russia. The members will have in Mr. Findlay a man who speaks from firsthand knowledge and contact with the tremendous events that took place in, and are now sweeping through, that country. He left the United States early in the summer of 1917 with the first Y. M. C. A. party for Russia. He was present during the November Revolution, and was a witness of the chaos, anarchy, and riots which followed. He saw the multitudes of German agents at work in Russia and was present during the demobilization and collapse of the army. He brings valuable information to the American people. Note that the meeting is scheduled for 7.45 P.M., instead of the customary hour of 8 P.M. This is to allow for a 15-minute discussion and suggestions by the members upon subjects, speakers, and methods which would help the Forum meetings to grip the interest of the Boston City Club, and make them truly effective and successful. It is hoped that an intimate talk of this kind will make more clearly known to the committee how it may serve the wishes and needs of the members. REVIEW OF RECENT EVENTS DINNER TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Boston City Club, November 25, 1918 MR. GEORGE S. SMITH, PRESIDENT "Gentlemen, the real guests of this evening, to whom the City Club is delighted to pay honor, are Mr. James J. Storrow [applause], Mr. Henry B. Endicott [applause], Mr. Abraham C. Ratshesky [applause], Mr. James J. Phelan [applause], Charles S. Baxter [applause], Edmund W. Longley [applause], Mr. John F. Stevens [applause], Mr. J. Frank O'Hare [applause], and Mr. B. Preston Clark [applause]. "These men have been the executive committee of the Public Safety Committee, and to them, and through them to all their associates and intimate coworkers, this Club pays tribute and homage tonight [applause]. "If one should ask me what the underlying motive was in the minds of our Entertainment Committee in inviting these men here, I would say that it was to refute the apparent fact that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country [applause]. Is it because human nature has changed so little, if any, in the far-reaching centuries that men are prone to criticize more than they are to commend? I do not think so. Is it because men are indifferent to the sacrifices and services of their friends and neighbors and intimate fellow-citizens simply because they are such? I do not think so. I think the great majority of men have a keen appreciation for the single-minded sacrificial service on the part of men in their own communities, and as individuals to individuals, are happy in expressing their appreciation. But I do think this, that from the standpoint of organizations and the voice of organizations, we have not shown our appreciation. "We to-day are in the days when problems of reconstruction are being talked, and many glittering generalties will serve speakers under the broad caption of reconstruction, and platitudes will be many. But if I were to suggest the underlying basis of reconstruction I would say that it was social reconstruction; and it can begin in an audience like ours. Why? Because there are men here from every station in life. There are poor men and there are rich men, who have come to pay as one man, and with one impulse, and with one worthy inspiration, their tribute to these men who have made, for twenty-one months, such tremendous sacrifices not alone in behalf of their state but in behalf of their nation. And when you can bring all classes of men on to a common basis of recognition of the inherent goodness of those men who are serving them, you are going a long ways toward healing the class chasms and prejudice of misunderstanding [applause]. And so I say that beginning to-night the Boston City Club as an organization, — and and it is going to have abundant opportunity in the years to come, - is going to say that every prophet within our ken and scope is going to have honor paid to him, and that as an organization we are going to demand that appreciation also be organized, that the community as one and public may express, Monday Evening, January 13 (Forum) JOHN LOGAN FINDLAY "THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Banquet Hall, 9th floor Thursday Evening, January 16 Auditorium, 8 o'clock DR. DAVID JAYNE HILL and HARRY F. ATWOOD Dr. Hill is president, and Mr. Atwood is field secretary of the National Association for Constitutional Government. "WHAT WAS THE GREATEST EVENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY? WHY? FREDERICK P. FISH will preside. The speakers will endeavor to show that some of the efforts to undermine the principles of our Federal Constitution are likely to be successful unless the public is better instructed and the country organized to resist dangerous innovations. It is believed that progress should be made along the lines of the logical development of our present institutions. Dinner at 6 o'clock; tickets at the Civic Secretary's office. Monday, January 20 LUNCHEON, 1 O'CLOCK Ninetieth Anniversary of EX-MAYOR THOMAS N. HART Mayor ANDREW J. PETERS presiding. Tickets at Civic Secretary's office. The interesting and remarkable career of ex-Mayor Hart, covering many years of active participation in city affairs, is deserving of the fullest possible recognition by the Club. It is a rare privilege to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of so public-spirited a citizen, and the committee earnestly hopes that the occasion will be made a memorable one in the history of the Club. Thursday Evening, January 23 66 UNDER FOUR FLAGS" Latest U. S. Government Official War Film Auditorium, 8 o'clock Monday Evening, January 27 (Forum) "A NEW MAP OF CENTRAL EUROPE' Banquet Hall, 9th floor 8 p.m. Thursday Evening, January 30 Auditorium, 8 o'clock MAJOR HENRY C. EMERY American Military Attaché at Petrograd "PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS OF RECENT EUROPEAN WALTER I. BADGER, ESQ., will preside. Major Emery returned home in November, after having been imprisoned by Germany in three different prison camps. He was captured on the Aland Islands, off the coast of Finland. He was in Russia during the Revolution, and during his stay in Germany had an opportunity of observing the beginning of the German Revolution. His observations on the present situation in Russia and Germany will be well worth hearing. Dinner at 6 o'clock; tickets at the Civic Secretary's office. FORUM ANNOUNCEMENTS The January meetings are as follows: Monday, January 13, 1919, 7.45 p.m. Speaker: JOHN LOGAN FINDLAY, of Worcester. Subject: "The Russian Revolution." Monday, January 27, 1919, 8 p.m. Speaker: RALPH ADAMS CRAM, LITT.D., LL.D., of Boston. Subject: "A New Map of Central Europe." |