ECONOMICS Insurance and the State, W. F. Gephart. Social Environment and Moral Progress, Alfred R. Wallace. Plutarch's Lives. Sheridan Memorial. Payne-Burgess Testimonial. Homes of American Authors. BIOGRAPHY Story Life of Lincoln, Wayne Whipple. Maj. Gen. William Francis Bartlett. TRAVEL Things seen in Morocco, A. J. Dawson. A Sentimental Journey thro France and Italy, Laurence Sterne. REFERENCE The Law of Arrest, H. C. Voorhes. Cotton Industry of the U. S., Melvin T. Copeland. FICTION Joan Thursday, Louis Joseph Vance. The Grand Assize, Hugh Carton. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo, E. Phillips Oppenheim. DRAMA AND ART History of Art (2 vols.), Wilhelm Lubke. NATURAL HISTORY Useful Birds and Their Protection, Edward H. Forbush. Nature's Garden, Neltje Blanchan. Game Birds and Wild Fowl, Edward H. Forbush. GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY The Art and Library acknowledges with appreciation gifts to the library from the following: The following artists will exhibit in the Club House during the month of April: Miss Marion Howard, Miss Rosamond Coolidge, Charles W. Hudson, F. H. Richardson, Mrs. Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter, Heinrich Roth, Abbott Graves. RECIPROCAL RELATIONS The Boston City Club has reciprocal relations with the following clubs: Albany Club, Albany, N. Y. Arkwright Club, 320 Broadway, New York City. Business Men's Club, Richmond, Va. City Club, Baltimore, Maryland. City Club, Chicago, Ill. City Club, Hartford, Conn. City Club, Milwaukee, Wis. City Club, St. John's, Newfoundland. Commercial Club, Chattanooga, Tenn. Ellicott Club, Buffalo, N. Y. Moline Commercial Club, Moline, Ill. Underwriters' Club, 18 Liberty Street, New York City. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE NON-RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP By a recent vote of the Board of Governors, a non-resident class of membership has been established. This is limited to 500 names, of per sons residing outside the fifty-mile limit from Boston. There have been admitted to this class about 120, leaving 380 vacancies. Applications for membership within this class should be sent immediately to the Membership Committee, and all such will probably be acted upon at an early date. CHARLES M. ROGERS, Chairman Membership Committee. APPLICANTS FOR MEMBERSHIP The following applicants are to be considered for membership in the Club. The Membership Committee would welcome any helpful comments from members concerning any of these applicants. O'Donnell, Thomas F. Cloyes, Harold G. White, William F. Winchester, Walter F. Burke, John Goss, Harry A. Spicer, H. W. INSPECTION OF NEW CLUB HOUSE By vote of the Board of Governors, inspection of the Club House may be made by ladies between the hours of 9 and II A. M. Cards of admission may be obtained at the office, and should be signed by the member issuing them. This vote goes into effect April first, and will continue for the month. All guests should be directed to enter the Club House by the Ashburton Place door. "A QUEST FOR SONG" A choice edition limited to five hundred numbered and autographed copies of John Kendrick Bangs' poem, "A Quest for Song," which he read at the dedication has been brought out by Mr. Bangs' Boston publishers at $1.00 each, and members wishing copies may leave their orders at the Club office or at the Civic Secretary's office. Sylvester H. Taylor NECROLOGY Thomas G. Joyce PARTIAL LIST OF EVENTS OCCURRING IN THE CLUB HOUSE DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH MARCH 2 Dinner of the Western Massachusetts Club, composed of members of the General Court from the Western part of the State. Representative John Mather, of Northampton, presided, and among the guests and speakers were: Hon. Calvin Coolidge, President of the Senate, and Hon. Channing Cox, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARCH 2 Dinner of the Boston Society of Architects. The members listened to an illustrated lecture on Cretan architecture by Prof. J. O. Sumner, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an address by Arthur A. Shurtleff. The guests then inspected the new Club House. MARCH 3 March dinner and meeting of the United Improvement Association. The principal speaker was Edward A. Filene, who spoke on the "Effects of the European War." He laid particular stress on the fact that after the war the European nations would be obliged to restrict their purchasing to the bare necessities of life, and subsequently sell their own goods for whatever they could get for them. President Benjamin Č. Lane presided. MARCH 4 Meeting of the officers and Executive Committee of the Greater MARCH 4 Dinner of the Boston Society of Printers. Herbert L. Baker, Sales MARCH 5 Annual dinners of the Alumni of Bates and Colby Colleges. For Bates the following officers were elected: President, Herbert V. Neal,'90; Vice-President, Miles Greenwood, '91; Secretary, Richard B. Stanley, '97. Melville C. Freeman, '94, presided at the Colby dinner. Among the speakers were President Arthur J. Roberts, of Colby; and Major Herbert M. Lord, U. S. A., an alumnus. MARCH 5 Dinner of the salesmen of the Thomas G. Plant Company. Treasurer F. R. Briggs was toastmaster, and the speakers included other officers of the company. MARCH 6 Dinner of the Alumni of the Shirley Industrial School. Carl Dreyfus, Chairman of the School Trustees, presided, and introduced as the first speaker, Frank Baker, President of the Alumni Association. Other speakers were: Judge John D. McLaughlin, of the Supreme Court; Judge Harvey H. Baker, of the Juvenile Court; Dr. Louis M. Palmer, one of the Trustees. The whole meeting was one of enthusiasm, and at its close cheers were given the speakers to show that their remarks were appreciated. |
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