G ^ci^^sr'}. Digitized by tine Internet Arcliive in 2010 witli funding from CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Researcli Libraries in Illinois http://www.archive.org/details/constitutionofchOOchic CONSTITUTION OF THE Chicago Literary Club; Adopted March 6, 1876, WITH LIST OF OFFICERS AND SCHEMES OF EXERCISES From Date of Organization, April 21, 1874, AND Prksent Roll of Members. ' CHICAGO: FERGUS PRINTING COMPANY, 244-8 Illinois Street. 1879. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. THE NAME. HE name of this association shall be the ithicago Literary iClub. ARTICLE II. THE OBJECT. The object of this Club shall be social, literary and aesthetic culture. ARTICLE III. THE MEMBERS. Section i. There shall be two classes of mem- bers, Regular members, and Honorary members. Sec. 2. Members may be elected at the fourth regular meeting of the month, provided the candi- date shall have been nominated by the Committee on Officers and Members within the two months next preceding, and his name and those of his pro- posers shall have been posted in the Club rooms for two regular meetings before the ballot is taken. 6 Constitution. Sec. 3. Application for membership shall be in writing and signed by three members of the Club. The application shall state, in the blank form fur- nished by the committee, the candidates place of nativity, age, occupation, general qualifications, if a graduate of a college, the name of the college and year of graduation, and that the proposers believe that the candidate desires to become a member of the Club. Before the ballot is taken, not more than three persons shall speak in favor of the candidate. The name shall be passed if no one of the proposers be present, or if any of the proposers shall so re- quest. Sec. 4. The election of members shall be by secret ballot, and three blackballs shall prevent an election, provided that in case more than thirty bal- lots are cast, one blackball for every ten ballots and one for any fraction of ten, shall be necessary to prevent an election; and no candidate who has been rejected shall be proposed for membership within three months after such rejection. Sec. 5. Before taking his seat, each member elect shall signify his acceptance in writing to the Recording Secretary, and shall pay to the Treasurer five dollars, which shall be his dues for the four- months' term in which he is elected. The election of a new member, who does not qualify within two months after he has been notified of the same by the Secretary, shall be void. Chicago Literary Club. 7 Sec. 6. The annual dues of members shall be fifteen dollars, payable in advance, in three equal in- stallments, namely, on the first days of June, October, and February. Sec. 7. Membership may be terminated as fol- lows: (i.) By voluntary resignation, provided that the member resigning has paid all his dues to the Club, and is in good standing. (2.) By vote of a majority of the Committee on Rooms and Finance, in case a member has failed to pay his dues for two months after the same are pay- able, and notice of such arrears has been sent by mail to his usual place of address at least one week before such action on the part of said committee— except in case of the absence of such member from the city during the whole of the two months afore- said. (3.) By vote of three-fourths of the regular mem- bers present at any regular meeting for business, provided that at the previous business meeting there shall have been a motion regularly made and sec- onded, with reasons given, that the name of the designated member be dropped from the rolls. Sec. 8. Honorary members shall be elected like Regular members, but shall be exempt from active duties and the payment of annual dues. Members removing their residence from the city and vicinitv, 8 Constitution. who are in good standing and have paid all their dues to the Club, shall be enrolled as Honorary members. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS. Section i. The officers of the Club shall be a President, as many Vice-Presidents as Standing Committees, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Re- cording Secretary, who shall also act as Treasurer. The Chairman of each Standing Committee shall be a Vice-President. Sec. 2. These officers shall be elected by ballot, on the second Monday of June in each year, or in, case of a failure then to elect, as soon thereafter as shall be practicable. At the business meeting next preceding, the Committee on Officers and Members shall submit their regular nominations for all the offices to be filled ; and thereupon any member or members of the Club may make one or more nomi- nations in opposition to those of said committee. The election shall be according to common usage. The candidates for whom the highest number of votes shall be cast respectively, shall be declared elected. A special election may be ordered at any business meeting to fill a vacancy. Sec. 3. The officers of the Club shall perform such duties as are implied by their respective titles, Chicago Literary Club. q and such as shall be prescribed by the Constitution. Sec. 4. The officers of the Club shall constitute an Executive Board for the transaction of all busi- ness not committed to an\' Standing or Special Com- mittee, and for the general management of the affairs of the Club. Three members of the Executive Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness. A R T I C L E V. STANDING COMMITTEES. Section i. The Standing Committees of the Club shall be as follows: 1. On Nomination of Officers and Members. 2. On Arrangements and Exercises. 3. On Rooms and Finance. Sec. 2. Each Standing Committee shall consist oi" a Chairman and four other members, who shall be elected by the Club at the annual meeting on the second Monday in June. Sec. 3. The several Standing Committees shall perform the duties implied by their respective titles, and such other duties as may be specially imposed upon them by the Club. Sec. 4. The Committee on Rooms and Finance shall have charge of the Club rooms, and shall restrict the expenses of the Club to its income. lO" ^Constitution. ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS. Section i. Regular meetings of the Club shall be held on every Monday evening in the year, except in the months of July, August and September, and the exercises of each meeting shall be under the di- rection of the Committee on Arrangements and Ex- ercises. The first and third meetings of the month shall be for literary exercises. The second meeting shall be for conversation and entertainments, of which written papers shall form no part. The fourth meet- ing shall be devoted to the business of the Club and the election of members, at which meeting there shall be a collation. The fifth meeting (if any) of the month shall be for social purposes and such other en- tertainments as may be provided by the committee in charge. Persons not residing in Chicago or vicin- it\^ may be present at meetings of the Club, upon the invitation of a member; but no member shall be at liberty to give such invitation to a resident of Chicago or vicinity. Sec. 2. Additional meetings may be ordered by the Club, or called by the President, as occasion may require. Sec. 3. The order of proceedings at the regular meetings of the Club, unless otherwise specially pro- vided, shall be under the direction of the President. Chicago Literary Club. -j j ARTICLE VII. LITERARY EXERCISES. Section i. The literary exercises in general shall not continue more than one hour. Sec. 2. The essayist shall select his own subject and be free to express any opinions whatsoever thereon. Sec. 3. The Club, as such, shall express no opin- ions in religion, politics, social science, political econ- omy, or any other subject. It shall not by vote endorse or condemn any paper that may be read, or views that may be expressed by any member. No paper at the time it is read shall be open to adverse criticism in the Club. Sec. 4. The Committee on Arrangements and Exercises shall, on or before the first meeting of the Club in the Autumn, prepare and print a scheme of exercises, with the dates and the names of the readers and the editors for the whole season. The subject of each essayist shall be announced at the meeting next preceding. ARTICLE VIII. A QUORUM. Twenty regular members of the Club shall consti- tute a quorum for the transaction of business; but a 12 Constitution. less number shall have power to adjourn from time to time. ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS. The Constitution may be amended at any business meeting by vote of two-thirds of the members pres- ent, provided that the proposed amendment shall have been submitted to the Club at the business meet- ing next preceding. Chicago Literary Club. List of Officers From the date of Organizatiox, April 21, 1874. 1874. .^RESIDENT: ROBERT COLLYER. VICE-PRESIDENTS : JOHX A. JAMESON, DAVID SWING, JAS. R. DOOLITTLE. TREASURER: WILLIAM F. COOLBAUGH. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: RECORDING SECRETARY. HORATIO N. POWERS. EDWARD G. MASON. COMMITTEES: OX OFFICERS AND MEMBERS: JOHN A. JAMESON, THOMAS S. CHARD. DANIEL L. SHOREY, JOSIAH L. PICKARD, CHARLES D. HELMER. OX ARRAXGEMEXTS AND EXERCISES : DAVID SWING, WILLIAM F. POOLE, KAUFMAN KOHLER, JOSEPH HAVEN, WILLIAM MATHEWS. OX ROOMS AXD FIXANCE: JAMES R. DOOLITTLE, JOHN C. BURROUGHS, HENRY BOOTH, FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, ALEXANDER C. McCLURG. 1874-5. PRESIDENT: ROBERT COLLYER. VICE-PRESIDENTS: JOHN A. JAMESON, DAVID SW^ING, DANIEL L. SHOREY, TREASURER: FRANKLIN MACVEAGH. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: RECORDING SECRETARY: HORATIO N. POWERS. EDWARD G. MASON. COMMITTEES: OX OFFICERS AND MEMBERS: JOHN A. JAMESON, HOSMER A. JOHNSON, CHARLES D. HELMER, LEANDER T. CHAMBERLAIN, JOSIAH L. PICKARD. OX ARRANGEMENTS AND EXERCISES: DAVID SWING, WILLIAM F. POOLE. GEORGE HOWLAND, MINOT J. SAVAGE, WILLIAM E. FURNESS. OX ROOMS AND FIXAXCE: DANIEL L. SHOREY, ALEX. C. McCLURG, WILLIAM E DOGGETT, JOSEPH E. LOCKWOOD, HENRY S. BROWN. 14 ListofOfficers. 1875-6. t PRESIDENT: CHARLES B. LAWRENCE. VICE-PRESIDENTS: HENRY BOOTH, WM. F. POOLE, DANIEL L. SHOREY. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: HORATIO N. POWERS. RECORDING SECRETARY AND TREASURER: EDWARD G. MASON. COMMITTEES: ON OFFICERS AND MEMBERS: HENRY BOOTH, JAS. R. DOOLITTLE, ALEXANDER C. McCLURG, MOSES L. SCUDDER, Jr., HENRY D. LLOYD. ON ARRANGEMENTS AND EXERCISES : WILLIAM F. POOLE, KAUFMAN KOHLER, WILLIAM E. FURNESS, CHARLES A. WENDTE, ALFRED B. MASON. ON ROOMS AND FINANCE: DANIEL L. SHOREY, FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, EDW'D S. WATERS, JOHN L. PATTERSON, WILLIAM M. R. FRENCH. 1876-7. PRESIDENT: HOSMER A. JOHNSON. VICE-PRESIDENTS: EDW'D G. MASON, W^M. F. POOLE, DANIEL L. SHOREY, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: LEANDER T. CHAMBERLAIN. RECORDING SECRETARY AND TREASURER: WM. ELIOT FURNESS. COMMITTEES: ON OFFICERS AND MEMBERS: EDWARD G. MASON, EDWIN C LARNED, EDWARD S. STICKNEY, GEORGE C. CLARKE, HUNTINGTON W. JACKSON. ON ARRANGEMENTS AND E.XERCISES : WILLIAM F. POOLE, HORACE WHITE, JOSEPH B. LEAKE, JOSEPH KIRKLAND. ISAAC N. ARNOLD. ON ROOMS AND FINANCE: DANIEL L. SHOREY, EDW'D S. WATERS, FRANKLIN MACVEAGH. JOHN G SHORTALL, GEORGE SCHNEIDER. 15 Chicago Literary Club. 1877-8. • PRESIDENT: DANIEL L. SHOREY. VICE-PRESIDENTS: JOHN CRERAR, CHARLES G. SMITH, JAMES L. HIGH. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: JAMES N. HYDE. RECORDING SECRETARY AND TREASURER: \VM. ELIOT FURXESS. COMMITTEES: ON OFFICERS AND MEMBERS: JOHN CRERAR, WILLIAM H. CLARKE, EZRA B. McCAGG, JAMES S. NORTON, JAMES A. HUNT. ON ARRANGEMENTS AND EXERCISES : CHARLES G. SMITH, HENRY H. BABCOCK, BROOKE HERFORD, HENRY A. HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM J. PETRIE. ON ROOMS AND FINANCE: JAMES L. HIGH, MURRY NELSON, PETER B. WIGHT, WILLIAM MACDONELL, GEORGE E. ADAMS. 1878-9. PRESIDENT: EDWARD G. MASON. VICE-PRESIDENTS: WILLIAM F. POOLE, THOMAS F. WITHROW, HUNTINGTON W. JACKSON. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: BROOKE HERFORD. RECORDING SECRETARY AND TREASURER: WM. ELIOT FURNESS. COMMITTEES: ON OFFICERS AND MEMBERS: WILLIAM F. POOLE, HENRY W. BISHOP GEORGE C. CLARKE, OWEN F. ALOIS, HENRY STRONG. ON ARRANGEMENTS AND EXERCISES: THOMAS F. WITHROW, GEORGE HOWLAND, SAMUEL S. HARRIS, WILLIAM MACDONELL, ABRAM M. PENCE. ON ROOMS AND FINANCE: HUNTINGTON W. JACKSON, ROB'T T. LINCOLN, JOHN M. CLARK, ALEXANDER C. McCLURG, BENJAMIN M. WILSON. Chicago Literary Clue. n Schemes of Exercises. The Chicago Litf.rarv Club was organized April 21, 1874, when a Constitution and Code of By-Laws were adopted and officers were elected. Several preliminary conferences of the original members were held during the same and the preceding month. A new Constitution was adopted, March 6, 1876. The first regidar meeting of the Club, after its organization, was held May 4, 1874, at the Sherman House, where the meetings were contin- ued until November 22, 1875, when the Club occupied its own rooms at No 74 Monroe street. The following are the Schemes of Exercises in the Club from May 4, 1874, to the present time: 1874. May 4. Plan of Literary Exercises reported attd adopted. May 18. Essay, by Leander T, Chamberlain. ^//(^'evY.'— " Physical Pain; its Nature and the Law of its Distribution." Tune I. Election of Officers. June 15. Annual Dinner, and Inaugural Address hy Robert CoLLYER, President elect. 1874-5. October 19. Essay, by Kai'FMAN Kohler. J«^>Y.-— "Myths and Miracles." November 3. Essay, by William M.a.thews. Subject: — "Thomas De Quincey. " November 16. Essay, by Horace W. S. Cleveland. Subject: — "The Artistic Decoration and Improve- ment of our Streets." December 7. Informal, Horatio N. Powers, Editor. December 21. Essay, by Charles D. Helmer. Subject : — " The Ring. " January 4. Essay, by Robert Hervey. Subject: — "The Cenius and Character of Walter Scott." i8 Schemes of Exercies. January i8. Essay, by Simeon Gilbert. Subject: — " The Newspaper. " February i. Essay, by George B. Smith. Subject : — " Was Lord Bacon the Author of Shak- spere?" February 15. Essay, by Charles C. Bonxey. Subject: — "American Antiquities. " March I. Essay, by Edward G. Mason. Subject: — "Arthur Hugh Clough." March 15. Essay, by John A. Jameson. Subject: — "Culture and Professional Life." April 5. Essay, by Joseph Kirkland. Subject: — "Travel and Travelers." April 19, Essay, by William F. Poole. Subject: — " The Origin and Secret History of the the Ordinance of 1787." May 3. Essay, by Moses L. Scudder, Jr. Subject: — "Method in Political Economy." May 17. Essay, by Henry Booth. Subject: — "Evidences of the Resun-ection ex- amined. " June 7. Annual Election of Officers. June 21. Annual Dinner, and Inaugural Address by Charles B. Lawrence, President elect. 1875-6. October 4. Informal, Horatio N. Powers, Editor. October 18. Essay, by William Macdonell. Subjt ct .-— " Wordsworth. ' ' November i. Essay, by Charles W. Wendte. Subject: — "Church and State." November 15. Essay, by James R. Doolittle, Jr. Sjilject: — " Chaucer." December 6. Informal, Joseph Kirkland, Editor, December 20. Essay, by Isaac N. Arnold. Subject: — "James Fenimore Cooper." Chicago Literary Club. 19 January 3. Essay, by Edward S. Waters. Subject: — "The Pottery of the Renaissance." January 17. Essay, by Daniel L. Shorey. Subject: — "Recent English Legislation." February 3. Informal, W.M. Eliot Furness, Editor. February 21. Essay, hy ]oYi's (Z. Patterson. Subject: — "American Humorists." March 6. Essay, by Henry B. Mason. Subject:—'' An Old Picture." March 1 1. Conversation, Edwin C. Earned, Leader. Subject: — "The Influence of Modern Fiction." March 18. Essay, by Joseph B. Leake. Subject: — "Observations on the Common Law." March 25. Business and Collation. April I. Injormai, Abram M. Pence, Editor. April 8. Conversation, W. L. Fawcett, Leadei Subject: — "The Press, its Function and Influence." April 15, Essay, by Horace White. Subject: — " Financial Crises. " April 22. Busiuess and Collation. April 19. Essay, by Henry H. Babcock. Subject: — " Plant Culture. " May 6. Essay, by William J. Petrie. Subject: — "A Student of Comparative Theology Two Hundred Years ago." May 13. Conversation, ALFRED B. [NIason, Leader. Subject: — "Public and Private Charities; their Uses and Abuses. " May 20. Essay, by Hosmer A. Johnson. Subject: — "Life; what do we know about it?" May 27. Essay, by Wm. M. R. French. Subject: — "Chalk vs. Talk, with Illustrations." June 3. InJ'ormal, John C. Burroughs, Editor. June 10. Annual Election. , ^ 20 jivae 17. June 21. October 2. October 9. October 16. October 23. October 30. November 6. November 13. November 20. November 27. December 4. December 1 1. December iS. January 8. January 22. January 29. February 5. Schemes of E^ x e r c i e s. Coui't'isation, Daniel L. Shorf.v, Leader. Subject: — "Civil Service Reform." Animal Diinier a)id Inaugural Address, by Hosmkr A. Johnson, President elect 1876-7. Essay, by Alfred B. Mason. Subject: — "The Abolition of Poverty." Conversation, Daniel L. Shorev, Leader. Subject: — "The Restoration of Specie Basis." Essay, by Brooke Herford. Subject: — "The Need of more Rest in American Life. " Business and Collatioii. Essay, by W.M. ^L R. French. Subject: — Graphic Art; with Ilkislrations. Informal, James S.' Norton, Editor. Con-'ersation, Horace White, Leader. Subject: — "The Centenary of Adam Smith." Essay, by John J. Lalor. Subject: — " Population. " Business and Collation. Essay, by Henry A. HuNTiNCiTON. Subject: — "A Neglected Author." Conversation, Wm. H. Ryder, Leader. Subject: — "The American Public School." Essay, by Robert Colly er. Subject: — "The Compliments of the Sea>on." Essay, l)y Peter B. Wright. Subject: — The Practice of Architecture as a Fine Art." Informal, Thomas S. Chard, Editor. Business and Collation. Essay, by WiLLIAM Mathews. Subject : — " Sainte- Beuve. " Chicago Literary Club. 21 February 12. February I'j. February 26. March 5. March 12. March ly. March 26. April 2. April 9. April 16. April 23. April 30. May 7. May 14. May 21. May 28. June 4. June 1 1. June 18. June 25. Conversation, Daniel L. Shorey, Leader. Subject: — "The Government of Large Cities." Essay, by Edward S. Isham. Subject: — " Proudhon as a Social Phenomenon. " Business and Collation. Essay, by Charles Oilman Smith. Subject: — " The Physical Basis of Character. " Conversation, GEORGE Howland, Leader. Subject: — "The American College." Informal, John Crerar, Editor. Business and Collation. Essay, by James Nevins Hyde. Subject: — "The African Republic." Conversation, Ezra B. McCago, Leader. Subject: — " Literary Men in Politics. " Essay, by John J. Schobinger. Subject: — " Glaciers and Climate. " Bjisiness and Collation. Social. Essay, by Edward G. As ay. Subject:— "" The Bibliopole. " Conversation, \Vm. F. Poole, Leader. Subject: — " The Opportunities of the Man of Means and Leisure. " Informal, HoMER N. Hibbard, Editor. Business and Collation. Essay, by Horace W. S. Cleveland. Subject: — "Literary Culture in a Business Commu- nity. " Annual Election. Essay, by Joseph B. Leake. Subject: — " Eastern Highways. " A>inual Dinner and Inaugural Address, liy Daniel L. Shorey, President elect. 22 Schemes of Exercies. 1877-8. October i. Essay, by James S. Jewell. Subject: — " The Present Condition of the Darwinian Theory. " October 8. Conversation, Brooke Herford, Leader. Subject: — "The Labor Troubles, recent and tc come. " October 15. Informal, Samuel Appleton, Editor. October 22. Business and Collation. October 29. Reception. Essay, by Edward S. Waters. Subject: — "The South Kensington :Museum," Illus- trated by Stereoptic Views. November 5. Essay, by Henry A. Huntington. Subject: — "A Predecessor of Tennyson." November 12. Conversation, John N. Je\\ett, Leader. Subject: — " Newspaper Literature. " November 19. Informal, Benj. I\L Wilson, Editor. November 26. Business and Collation. December 3. Essay, by Franklin Denison. Subject:— ''K New Epic." December 10. Conversation, Samuel S. Harris, Leader. Subject: — " European Races in America. " December 17. Essay, by Charles A. Gregory. Subject:— ''T\\^ History of it." January 7. Essay, by Henry W. Raymond. Subject: — "The History of a Miniature Republic." January 14. Conversation, Trowbridge B. Forbush, Leader. Stibject: — "The Cause and Cure of Pauperism." January 21. Informal, John Wilkinson, Editor. January 28. Business and Collation. February 4. Essay, by William :\L\cdonell. Subject: — " Utilitarianism. " February 11. Conversation, Jasies S. Norton, Leader. Subject: — " Relations of the Legal Profession to the I'ublic. " Chicago Literary Club 23 February iS. Informal, John G. vShor'I'ALL, Editor. February 25. Business and Collation. March 4. Essay, by Walter C. Larned. Subject: — " The Devil in Literature. " March 11. Conveisction, Ezra B. McCagg, Leader. :" 'hject: — " What Knowledge is of most Worth. " March iS. Jn/o7-inal,]o?,¥.v\i Kirkland, Editor. March 25. Business and Collation. April I. Essay, by Horatio L. Wait. Subject:— '■'Mirlh..'''' April 8. Conversation, Thomas F. Withrow, Leader. Subject: — "The Literature of the Law." April 15. Infortnal, John Crerar, Editor. April 22. Business and Collation. April 29. Reception. Essay by WiLLlAM H. Clarke. " Subject: — " Recollections of some Literary Women Who have Visited Chicago. " May 6. Essay, by Edward F. Williams. Subject: — "The Outlook for Russia." May 13. Conversation, Henry Strong, Leader. Subject: — "The Defects in American Public Educa- cation. " May 20. Conversation, Henry Strong, Leader. Subject: — Continued from the meeting of May I3tx.. May 27. Business and Collation. June 3. Essay, by James L. High. ^■///y^r/.-—" A great Chancellor. " [Lord Eldon.] June 10. Annual Election. June 17. Essay, by Owen F. Aldis. Subject: — " Louis Napoleon and the Southern Con- federacy. " June 24. Annual Dinner and Inaugural Address, by Edward G. Mason, President elect. 24 Schemes of Exercises. 1878-9. October 7. Essay, by Augustus Jacobsox. Subject: — " Birth and Training. " Octolter 14. Conversation, Henry H. Bahcock, Leader. Subject: — " What should l)e the Limits of Free Edu- cation furnished l)y the State?" October 21. In/orinal, Joseph Kirkland, Editor. Octol)er 28. Business and Collation. Novemljer 4. Essay, by Walter C. Earned. Subject:—'' Will o' the Wisps. " November 11. Conversation, Wileiam F. Poole, Leader. Subject: — "The Mission and Function of Lul)]ic Libraries. " November 18. Informal, Thomas S. Chard, Editor. November 25. Business and Collation. December 2. Essay, by James A. Hunt. Subject: — "The English in India." December 9. Essay, by Alfred B. Mason. Subject: — " Inside Politics. " December 16. Essay, by David Swing., Subject: — "The Roman Empire." December 23. Business and Collation. January 6. Essay, by John N. Jewett. Subject :—'■' Amtricaxi College and University Edu- cation. " January 13. Conversation, Alfred B. Mason, Leader. Subject. — " State Taxation. " January 20. Informal, Clarence A. Burley, Editor. January 27. Business and Collation. February 3. Essay, by Edward S. Isham. Subject: — "Tumulto dei Ciompi. " February 10. Conversation, BENJAMIN D. Magrudkk, Leader Subject: — " The Chinese Question. " February 17. Informal, William Mathews, Editor. Chicago-Literary-Club. 25 February 24. Busi>iess and Collatwn, March 3. Essay, by TROWBRIDGE B. FORBUSH. Subject: — "Education and Crime." March 10. Conversation, Edmund Andrews, Leader. Subject ■.—'■'■i:\vQ Mound Builders." March 17. Informal, Huntington W. Jackson, Editor. March 24. Business and Collation. March 31. Reception. April 7. Essay, by George L. Paddock. Subject: — " Historic Periods in European Culture. " April 14. Convosation, vSelim H. Peabody, Leader. Subject: — " Utilitarianism in Education." April 21. Informal, Bryan Lathrop, Editor. April 28. Business and Collation. May 5. Essay, by Robert W. Patterson, Jr. Subject: — "The Quarrel between Jefferson and Hamilton. " May 12. Conversation, Wm. H. Barnum, Leader. Subject: — " Trial by Jury. " May 19. Informal, John Crerar, Editor. May 26. Business and Collation. June 2. Essay, by Isaac N. Arnold. Subject: — " Personal Reminiscences of Scotland and Anecdotes of Scott. " June 9. Annual Election. June 16. Essay, by Thomas W. Grover. Subject: — "The New American." June 23. Conversation, Benjamin F. Ayer, Leader. Subject : — Railways. " June 30. Inaugural Address, by the President elect Chicago Literary Club. 27 HONORARY MEMBERS. S. W. Andrew, Boston, Mass. J. W. Andrews, \V. A. Bartlett, Indianapolis, Ind. A. Brooks, N. Y. City. H. S. Brown, Philadelphia, Pa. L. T. Chamberlain, Norwich, Ct. E. C. Clarke, Boston, Mass. L. Dyer, Cambridge, Mass. J. W. Forsyth, U. S. Army. G. P. A. Healy, Paris, France. C. D, Helmer, Brooklyn, X. Y. R. H. Mason, Butte City, Mon. L. Mass, Bloomington, Ind. H. N. Powers, Bridgeport, Conn. M. J. Savage, Boston, Mass. G. B. Smith, Madison, \Vis. H. W. Thomas, Am-ora, 111. C. W. Wendte, Cincinnati, Ohio. S. H. \VheeIer, N. Y. City. Horace \Vhite, N. Y. City. REGULAR MEMBERS. October, r, iS-3. Charles Adams, George E. Adams, Joseph Adams, Owen F. Aldis, Edmund Andrews, Samuel Appleton, Isaac N. Arnold, Edward G. Asay, Benjamin F. Ayer, Henry H. Babcock, Henry C. Bannard, William H. Barnum, Cecil Barnes, Henry W. Bishop, Timothy B. Blackstone, Samuel Bliss, Charles C. Bonney, Henry Booth, Edward O. Brown, Clarence A. Burley, John C. Burroughs, George C. Campbell, Thomas S. Chard, John M. Clark, George C. Clarke, Horace W. S. Cleveland, Robert Collyer, John Crerar, Albert M. Day, Franklin Denison, 28 Regular Members. Charles A. Dupee, Laurence C. Earle, David Fales, Trowbridge B. Forbush, William M. R. French, Melville W. Fuller, William E. Furness, Frederick W. Gookin, Charles A. Gregory, Thomas W. Grover, Martin D. Hardin, George F. Harding, Samuel S. Harris, Pliny N. Haskell, Brooke Herford, John J. Herrick, Homer N. Hibbard, James L. High, Charles Hitchcock, Max Hjortsberg, George Howland, Edward D. Hosmer, James J. Hoyt, James A. Hunt, Henry A. Huntington, James Nevins Hyde, Edward S. I sham, Huntington W. Jackson, Augustus Jacobson, John A. Jameson, James S. Jewell, John N. Jewett, David S. Johnson, Hosmer A. Johnson, H. Webster Jones, Elbridge G. Keith, William H. King, Joseph Kirkland, John J. Lalor, Edwin C. Earned, Walter C. Earned, Bryan Lathrop, Charles B. Lawrence, Joseph B. Leake, Robert T, Lincoln, Henry D. Lloyd, Reuben Ludlam, Francis O. Lyman, Ezra B. McCagg, Alexander C. McClurg, Samuel P. McConnell, William Macdonell, Franklin MacVeagh, Benjamin D. Magruder, Alfred B. Mason, Edward G. Mason, Henry B. Mason, William Mathews, Samuel M. Moore, Murry Nelson, Chicago Literary Club. 29 James S. Norton, Ephraim A. Otis, George L. Paddock, Robert W. Patterson, Jr. Selim H. Peabody, Emerson W. Peet, Bronson Peck, Jr., Abram M. Pence, Norman C. Perkins, William J. Petrie, Josiah L. Pickard, William F. Poole, Henry W. Raymond, John G. Rogers, John W. Root, Julius Rosenthal, James B. Runnion, George Schneider, John J. Schobinger, jNIoses L. Scudder, Jr., Edwin H. Sheldon, Daniel L. Shorey, John G. Shortall, Mark Skinner, Orrin Skinner, Edward A. Small, Charles Gilman Smith, Frederick B. Smith, George W. Smith, Henry T. Steele, Edward S. Stickney, Henry Strong, William E. Strong, David Swing, John L. Thompson, Lyman Trumbull, Horatio L. Wait, Edward Stanley Waters, Peter B. Wight, Thomas F. Withrow, Dudley P. Wilkinson, John Wilkinson, Edward F. Williams, Norman Williams, Benjamin M. Wilson, Arthur W. Windett. DECEASED MEMBERS. Charles T. Adams, William Hull Clarke, William E. Doggett, Joseph D, Webster. PN O A /\ffVl < pt^