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 HISTORY OF 
 
 THE INDUSTRIAL CLUB 
 
 OF CHICAGO
 
 History of 
 
 The Industrial Club 
 
 of Chicago 
 
 From Its Organization in 1905 
 
 To Its Merger With 
 
 THE COMMERCIAL CLUB 
 
 in 1933 
 
 Privately Printed 
 
 at The Lakeside Press 
 
 Chicago : 1 934
 
 
 The Industrial Club of Chicago 
 
 GENESIS OF THE CLUB 
 
 IN the year 1 905 the commercial and civic Hfe of Chi- 
 cago was responding to the quickening influence of 
 "The Chicago Plan," to the advancement of which 
 an organization known as The Merchants Club was 
 pledged. 
 
 It was this spark which kindled, in the mind of Gustave 
 F. Fischer, a desire to create a similar organization and 
 arouse the interest of the younger generation, particu- 
 larly those engaged in the industrial life of the city, to 
 become active in similar civic undertakings. 
 
 The subject of creating such an organization was dis- 
 cussed informally by Mr. Fischer with Mr. Richard E. 
 Schmidt and Mr. Philip W. Seipp. Both were favorably 
 impressed with the project and lent their encouragement. 
 
 In discussing the best method of organizing such a 
 club, it was decided to submit the plan to their associates 
 who formerly constituted the Board of Directors of the 
 Germania Maennerchor, the prominent German social 
 organization at North Clark Street and Germania Place, 
 of which society Mr. Fischer had been President. At the 
 1 905 anniversary dinner of the Board of Directors of this 
 society the project was presented and unanimously en- 
 dorsed, and Mr. Fischer was instructed to proceed with 
 the organization. Accordingly, the plan of organization
 
 was worked out and the members of the old Board of 
 
 Directors of the Germania Maennerchor became the 
 
 charter members of the new organization. They were as 
 
 follows: 
 
 William A, Birk Walther R. Michaelis 
 
 Gustave F. Fischer William H. Rehm 
 
 John George Graue Richard E. Schmidt 
 
 Albert F. Madlener Philip W. Seipp 
 
 The minutes of the first meeting of the organizers of 
 the new club read as follows: 
 
 Minutes of meeting held June i, 1905, at the Germania Maenner- 
 chor for the purpose of organizing a club on the lines of the Chicago 
 Commercial Club and the Merchants Club by the younger element 
 of Americans of German descent. 
 
 The following were requested to be present: 
 
 Gustave F. Fischer J. George Graue 
 
 Wm. A. Birk William H. Rehm 
 
 Richard E. Schmidt Charles V. Wohlhueter 
 
 Albert F. Madlener Edgar J. Uihlein 
 
 Walther R. Michaelis Philip W. Seipp 
 
 of which the following were present: 
 
 Gustave F. Fischer Wm. A. Birk 
 
 Albert F. Madlener Walther R. Michaelis 
 
 Richard E. Schmidt Philip W. Seipp 
 
 It was moved by Mr. Seipp and seconded by Mr. Birk that Gus- 
 tave F. Fischer be appointed temporary chairman, which motion 
 was carried. 
 
 Moved by Mr. Michaelis and seconded by Mr. Birk that Philip 
 W. Seipp act as temporary secretary; motion carried. 
 
 Mr. Fischer read the Rules and By-Laws of both the Mer- 
 chants Club and the Commercial Club, and the general idea of 
 a club was discussed informally. 
 
 It was moved by Mr. Seipp and seconded by Mr. Schmidt that 
 the club about to be organized should be called "The Industrial Club 
 of Chicago." Motion carried. 
 
 It was moved by Mr. Seipp and seconded by Mr. Michaelis that
 
 Mr. Fischer proceed with the necessary steps to obtain a charter for 
 the Industrial Club of Chicago; motion carried. 
 
 It was moved by Mr. Birk and seconded by Mr. Madlener that 
 the temporary preamble of the Club should be as follows: "The 
 object of the Industrial Club of Chicago is to advance the public and 
 industrial interests of the community by interchange of thought and 
 association of its members." Carried. 
 
 Moved by Mr. Birk and seconded by Mr. Madlener that the 
 directors of the organization shall be composed of nine members, 
 from which membership they shall elect a President, Vice-President, 
 Secretary and Treasurer, the remaining five being on the Executive 
 Committee; motion carried. 
 
 Moved by Mr. Seipp and seconded by Mr. Schmidt that a com- 
 mittee be appointed to present a constitution and set of By-Laws; 
 motion carried. The Chair appointed Mr. Birk and Mr. Seipp and 
 himself (it being the unanimous desire of those present that Mr. 
 Fischer be on this committee) as members of this committee. 
 
 Moved by Mr. Michaelis and seconded by Mr. Madlener that a 
 committee of membership be appointed, which motion was carried; 
 the Chair appointed the following as committee: Messrs. Schmidt, 
 Madlener and Michaelis. 
 
 There being no further business, it was moved by Mr. Michaelis 
 the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Mr. Madlener, and carried. 
 
 Philip W. Seipp, 
 Temporary Secretary. 
 
 The charter and object of the club having been agreed 
 upon, securing name or title was the next matter of im- 
 portance. The title, "Industrial," had been chosen, as on 
 consulting the dictionary definition of this term it was 
 deemed most comprehensive in defining the scope and 
 character of the proposed organization. 
 
 An application for a charter for "The Industrial Club 
 of Chicago" was forwarded to the Secretary of State of 
 Illinois, only to be returned in due course because a 
 charter for an "Industrial Club" had been issued several 
 years before.
 
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 This was a surprise to the organizers as no such club 
 was known to any of them. Research revealed that while 
 there was such a club, it had not been active for a number 
 of years and but two of its members were still living. 
 These gentlemen made the necessary affidavits, and 
 complied with the other necessary legal formulae, to the 
 end that the Secretary of State might accept a surrender 
 of their charter and issue a new charter to The Industrial 
 Club of Chicago under date of October 2, 1905. 
 
 The Articles of Incorporation and the original By- 
 Laws are given on the following pages. In connec- 
 tion with the latter, it might be pointed out that two 
 membership classifications were provided for. Active and 
 Associate, the intention being to limit the number of 
 active members and, at the age of 55, transfer them to 
 the Associate Class, thereby creating vacancies in the 
 active membership for men of the younger generation, 
 that the work of the organization might be carried on 
 aggressively, yet without losing the counsel and cooper- 
 ation of the older members. 
 
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
 
 STATE OF ILLINOIS 
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
 
 James A. Rose, Secretary of State 
 
 To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: 
 
 Whereas, A certificate, duly signed and acknowledged, having 
 been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on the second day 
 of October, A.D. 1905, for the organization of 
 
 THE industrial CLUB OF CHICAGO 
 
 under and in accordance with the provision of "An Act Concerning 
 Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, and in force July i, 1872,
 
 and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy of which certificate is hereto 
 attached, 
 
 Now, Therefore, I, James A. Rose, Secretary of State of the 
 State of Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by 
 law, do hereby certify that the said 
 
 THE INDUSTRIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO 
 
 is a legally organized Corporation under the laws of this State. 
 In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be 
 affixed the great Seal of State. Done at the City of 
 Springfield this second day of October, A.D. 1905, 
 and of the Independence of the United States the 
 one hundred and thirtieth. 
 
 James A. Rose, 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 STATE of ILLINOIS,] 
 
 ^SS. 
 COOK COUNTY. 
 
 To James A. Rose, Secretary of State. 
 
 We, the undersigned, Gustave F. Fischer, Philip W. Seipp, Albert 
 F. Madlener, Walther R. Michaelis, John George Graue, Richard 
 E. Schmidt, William H. Rehm, and William A. Birk, citizens of the 
 United States, propose to form a corporation under an Act of the 
 General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled "An Act Concern- 
 ing Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, and all acts amendatory 
 thereof; and for the purpose of such organization we hereby state 
 as follows, to-wit: 
 
 1. The name of such corporation is 
 
 THE INDUSTRIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO 
 
 2. The object for which it is formed is to advance industrial and 
 public interests through an association of professional and business 
 men and a free interchange of views. 
 
 3. The management of the aforesaid Club shall be vested in a 
 Board of Nine Directors, who are to be elected annually. 
 
 4. The following persons are hereby selected as the Directors to 
 control and manage said Corporation for the first year of its cor- 
 porate existence, viz. 
 
 Gustave F. Fischer, Philip W. Seipp, Albert F. Madlener, Walther 
 R. Michaelis, Richard E. Schmidt, John George Graue, William 
 H. Rehm, William A. Birk and Charles V. Wohlhueter.
 
 5- The location is in the City of Chicago in the County of Cook 
 in the State of Illinois, and the postoffice address of its business 
 office is at Room 1626 First National Bank Building in the said 
 City of Chicago. 
 
 Signed: 
 
 GusTAVE F. Fischer 
 Philip W. Seipp 
 Albert F. Madlener 
 Walther R. Michaelis 
 John George Graue 
 Richard E. Schmidt 
 William H. Rehm 
 William A. Birk 
 
 STATE OF ILLINOIS,] 
 COUNTY OF COOK. 
 
 I, Elva L. Abbott, a Notary Public in and for the County of 
 Cook and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that on this sixteenth 
 day of June, A.D. 1905, personally appeared before me Gustave F. 
 Fischer, Philip W. Seipp, Albert F. Madlener, Walther R. Michaelis, 
 John George Graue, Richard E. Schmidt, William H. Rehm, and 
 William A. Birk, to me personally known to be the same persons 
 who executed the foregoing certificate, and severally acknowledged 
 that they had executed the same for the purpose therein set forth. 
 
 In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 
 day and year above written. 
 
 Elva L. Abbott, 
 
 Motary Public. 
 
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 Original By-Laws 
 
 ARTICLE I 
 
 OBJECT 
 
 The Industrial Club of Chicago is formed to advance 
 industrial and public interests through an association of 
 professional and business men and a free interchange of 
 views. 
 
 ARTICLE II 
 
 MEMBERSHIP 
 
 Section i . The Club shall consist of those by whom it 
 was organized, and of such other members as shall be 
 hereafter admitted, in accordance with its By-laws. 
 
 Sec. 2. The membership shall be classified into active, 
 associate and non-resident members. The number of 
 active members shall in no case exceed sixty, and no per- 
 son over fifty years of age shall be eligible to active mem- 
 bership. 
 
 Sec. 3. Applications and recommendations for active 
 membership shall be made to the Executive Committee 
 in writing, and signed by not less than five active mem- 
 bers. When a candidate for active membership is unani- 
 mously approved by the Executive Committee, it shall be 
 the duty of the Secretary to send a printed ballot contain- 
 ing the name of such candidate to each active member of 
 the Club. Each active member may thereupon vote upon 
 the election of such candidate by writing "Yes" or "No" 1 1
 
 opposite the name of such candidate and returning such 
 ballot to the Secretary within two weeks from the date of 
 such ballot. Two negative votes shall exclude the can- 
 didate. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every active member upon arriving at the age 
 of fifty-five years, or whenever he shall in any way be- 
 come unable to attend the meetings of the Club, may, 
 with the unanimous consent of the Executive Committee, 
 become an associate member. 
 
 Sec. 5. Whenever in the unanimous judgment of the 
 Executive Committee, it shall be deemed necessary and 
 to be to the interest of the Club to make room on its 
 active membership list for one or more desirable appli- 
 cants for admission, said Executive Committee may re- 
 quest and put upon the associate membership list one or 
 more of its active members who may be over the age of 
 fifty-five years, beginning with the eldest. 
 
 Sec. 6. Any active or associate member, who by re- 
 moval from the city, shall cease to be a resident thereof, 
 may, by a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee, 
 become a non-resident member. 
 
 Sec. 7. In the admission of members, due regard shall 
 be had, so far as practicable, to the branch of business in 
 which they are engaged, so that the various industries of 
 the city shall be fairly represented in the Club. 
 
 Sec. 8. Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of the 
 Executive Committee, determined by a vote at any of its 
 regular meetings, any member shall be deemed to have 
 disgraced himself, or it shall be held that his further con- 
 tinued membership would disgrace the Club, said Exec- 
 1 2 utive Committee may expel such member.
 
 ARTICLE III 
 
 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 
 
 Section i . The officers of the Club shall consist of a 
 President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer 
 and five Directors, who shall be elected at the regular 
 annual meeting in April in each year, and shall hold 
 office until their respective successors are elected. The 
 officers and board of directors shall constitute the Exec- 
 utive Committee, in whom shall be vested the govern- 
 ment and management of the Club. 
 
 Sec. 2. A nominating committee of five active mem- 
 bers, shall be selected at the regular meeting of the Club 
 in March of each year, and it shall be the duty of this 
 committee to prepare a list of candidates for the respec- 
 tive offices and directors of the Club, and cause the same 
 to be mailed, by the Secretary, to each member entitled 
 to vote, at least two weeks before the meeting at which 
 the annual election shall be held. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any ten or more active members may nomi- 
 nate other candidates for the same office or offices; pro- 
 vided, however, that such nomination shall be made in 
 writing, and signed by the members making them, and 
 filed with the Secretary; provided, further, that such 
 nominations are made and copies thereof mailed, by the 
 Secretary to each member entitled to vote, at least five 
 days prior to such annual election. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any vacancy occurring in the Executive Com- 
 mittee, for any reason whatever, may be filled by the re- 
 maining members thereof. The person so appointed shall 
 hold office until the next annual meeting, or until his 
 successor is elected. ^3
 
 ARTICLE IV 
 
 MEETINGS 
 
 Section i . The regular meetings of the Club shall be 
 held on the Third Thursday of each month, from Novem- 
 ber to April, inclusive. The Executive Committee shall 
 have authority to change the day whenever it deems it 
 advisable to do so, and shall at all times designate the 
 place of meeting. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any member may, with permission of the 
 Executive Committee, invite one guest to attend each 
 meeting of the Club, but no guest shall be present on the 
 invitation of the same member on more than two occa- 
 sions during any one Club year, except by special invita- 
 tion of the Club itself. 
 
 Sec. 3. Absence by any active member from three suc- 
 cessive regular meetings of the Club, without satisfactory 
 explanation, shall be considered as a withdrawal from 
 the Club, and the name of such member may be stricken 
 from the membership roll by the Executive Committee. 
 
 Sec. 4. Meetings of the Club shall take precedence of 
 all social engagements, and whenever any active member 
 is unable to attend any regular meeting of the Club, he 
 shall send his reasons for not attending, in writing, to the 
 Secretary, in ample time to reach him on the morning 
 of the day on which such regular meeting is to be held. 
 
 ARTICLE V 
 
 INITIATION FEES, DUES AND FINES 
 
 Section i . An initiation fee of Twenty-five Dollars shall 
 
 be paid by each person upon admission to membership. 
 
 14 Sec. 2. The annual dues of active members shall be
 
 Forty Dollars, payable upon admission to membership 
 and at the beginning of each year. The fiscal year shall 
 end with the regular meeting in April. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any active member who shall fail to give a 
 reason satisfactory to the Executive Committee, for his 
 non-attendance at any regular meeting, shall be fined 
 the sum of Five Dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. Associate and non-resident members shall have 
 the same privileges and duties as an active member, but 
 shall not be entitled to vote at any election, nor be 
 eligible for office, and shall be exempt from the payment 
 of dues and fines, other than such assessments as the 
 Executive Committee may levy for any regular or special 
 meeting of the Club actually attended by an associate 
 or non-resident member or for any such meeting that he 
 has expressed an intention of attending. 
 
 Sec. 5. Any member may be dropped from the mem- 
 bership roll for non-payment of initiation fees, dues, 
 fines or assessments by the Executive Committee, when- 
 ever, in its discretion, such member has had ample no- 
 tice and time within which to pay the same. 
 
 ARTICLE VI 
 
 AMENDMENTS 
 
 These By-laws may be altered or amended by a two- 
 thirds vote of the members present at any meeting of the 
 Club, provided notice of the proposed alteration or 
 amendment shall be given at a previous regular meeting 
 of the Club, and a copy thereof mailed by the Secretary 
 to each member of the Club at least two weeks before 
 such meeting. ^ 5
 
 The First Year, 1905- 1906 
 
 As has already been recorded, The Industrial Club of 
 Chicago was officially incorporated on October 2, 1905. 
 The following officers and directors were elected: 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 GUSTAVE F. FISCHER, PRESIDENT 
 
 WILLIAM H. REHM, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 ALBERT F. MADLENER, TREASURER 
 
 WALTHER R. MICHAELIS, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 JOHN GEORGE GRAUE RICHARD E. SCHMIDT 
 
 CHARLES V. WOHLHUETER 
 
 THE first year of the Club's existence was devoted 
 largely to the selection of its membership. Many 
 informal meetings were held at which policies 
 were discussed and new members were introduced. It 
 was a period fruitful in new friendships, which have en- 
 dured down to the present among those who have sur- 
 vived. That little group of early members became imbued 
 with the spirit of civic service and laid the foundation, 
 that first year, for a Club to the influence of which Chi- 
 cago came to owe much in the years which followed. I /
 
 Membership was both a pleasure and a privilege from 
 the first. 
 
 To relate in detail the story of The Industrial Club's 
 twenty-eight years of useful service to Chicago would 
 indeed be an ambitious undertaking, scarcely justifying 
 the labor involved in its preparation or the time required 
 for its reading. Instead, this modest volume has been pre- 
 pared, in compliance with a resolution adopted by the 
 members at the last Wilson Dinner, to preserve in a single 
 volume a brief outline of the outstanding events and 
 developments making up the Club's history. In the pages 
 which follow a year-to-year history will be presented, in 
 capsule form, with the names of the officers and directors 
 for the year. An occasional digression will be made to 
 amplify the story of some special project. 
 
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 The Second Year, 1906—1907 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 GUSTAVE F. FISCHER, PRESIDENT 
 
 WILLIAM H. REHM, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 GUY V. DICKINSON, TREASURER 
 
 GEORGE H. HIGH, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 HARRY B. CLOW JAMES KEELEY 
 GEORGE E. MARCY ALBERT F. MADLENER 
 WALTHER R. MICHAELIS 
 
 THE second year started with a membership per- 
 sonnel that assured the future success of the Club, 
 and with a definite program of civic betterment. 
 The work of improving the Jury service in Cook 
 County was the first major undertaking. Thousands of 
 citizens — business men, professional men, laborers, labor 
 leaders, judges, lawyers, politicians, and men engaged 
 and versed in jury duty — were circularized and inter- 
 viewed, and a thorough canvass of opinion in connection 
 with this important civic duty was made. 
 
 The members of the Club pledged themselves to jury 
 service and agreed to compel, so far as possible, like 1 9
 
 service by the thousands of their employees. The first 
 objective was to make it possible to have a time fixed for 
 service by the individual when it would least interfere 
 with his business, or his daily endeavor of making a 
 living for himself and his family. A comprehensive study 
 of facts and experiences, and of jury laws in this country 
 and England, resulted in the drafting of a new "Jury 
 Commissioners Act" applicable to Cook County. To 
 anticipate, efforts were made at each session of the Illi- 
 nois State Legislature thereafter, but not until twenty- 
 five years later, in 1931, was the objective realized. 
 
 The Club, in the meantime, secured some improve- 
 ment in (a) the care of jurors while on duty; (b) the 
 treatment of jurors by Judges and Bailiffs; (c) sanitary 
 conditions of jury retiring rooms. For a time periodicals 
 were furnished by the Club for use in jurors' waiting 
 rooms. 
 
 Much criticism had been made because of the char- 
 acter of hotels selected for the housing of juries sitting on 
 Criminal cases, and food supplied by such hotels. To 
 meet this condition and supply a remedy, through the 
 eflforts of our member, Mr. Edward J. Brundage, who 
 was the President of the Cook County Board of Com- 
 missioners, the entire sixth floor of the old Criminal 
 Court Building, at Dearborn and Michigan Streets, was 
 remodeled with suitable rooms for the housing of these 
 juries at night. Comfortable furniture, clean beds, sani- 
 tary lavatory and toilet facilities were installed, and all 
 protection for the jurors and safeguards against tamper- 
 20 ing with the jury were provided for. One of the most
 
 memorable meetings of the Club was on the night when 
 these rooms were opened to public inspection and dedi- 
 cated. 
 
 Portable ovens were installed in the basement of the 
 building by Kinsley, who was engaged as the caterer, 
 and as good a dinner as any prepared in a fully equipped 
 kitchen was served. 
 
 To anticipate again, these rooms were finally dis- 
 carded by a subsequent administration, but the informa- 
 tion acquired by the Jury Service Committee of the Club 
 was applied in designing and laying out the Jury build- 
 ing assigned to the housing of juries in the present new 
 Criminal Court Building. 
 
 The formal dinners of the Club began in its second 
 year. 
 
 The first dinner meeting was held on January 19th, 
 1907, when, appropriately, its first undertaking, "A 
 Better Jury Service" was discussed. Hon. Albert C. 
 Barnes presented the views of the Judiciary, Hon. John 
 Barton Payne those of the lawyer, and Mr. Charles H. 
 Wacker those of the business man. 
 
 The second was held on April 4th, 1907, when the sub- 
 ject of "Industrial Insurance" was discussed by Governor 
 Charles S. Deneen, Mr. Herman A. Schumacher, Uni- 
 versity of Bonn, Germany, and Mr. Edward T. Bent, 
 Illinois Coal Operators' Mutual Employers' Liability 
 Insurance Co. This meeting was of particular interest 
 because of the pending legislation, which resulted in the 
 enactment of the original Workmen's Compensation Act 
 in June, 191 1. 21
 
 On February 22, 1907, Professor Starr of the Univer- 
 sity of Chicago, gave an illustrated talk on his trip to 
 Africa, at a closed dinner. A series of lantern slides of 
 the members, in caricature, by Mr. John T. McCutcheon 
 with appropriate verses on each member by Mr. Angus 
 S. Hibbard was an interesting feature at the final meet- 
 ing at the close of the second year. 
 
 Other closed meetings during the year were held 
 
 November 24, 1906: 
 
 English Jury Service Judge Marcus Kavanagh 
 
 Better Jury Service Mr. Mason B. Starring 
 
 December 10, 1906: 
 
 Industrial Insurance Professor Henderson 
 
 The golf outings of the Club, which later proved to be 
 of great interest and pleasure, and became a regular 
 feature, were started in the summer of 1907. A "Gabel 
 Friihstiick" at the Germania preceded the first tourna- 
 ment, held at Exmoor Country Club. 
 
 The honors of the tournament were won by the 
 following: 
 
 Champion, Guy V. Dickinson 
 President's Cup, John H. Wood 
 Club Trophy, James R. Baker 
 
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 The Third Year, 1907-1908 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 GEORGE M. REYNOLDS, PRESIDENT 
 GEORGE P. RINN, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 RANDOLPH ORTMANN, SECRETARY 
 WILLIAM F. JUERGENS, TREASURER 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 HARRY I. MILLER FREDERICK H. RAWSON 
 
 JOHN H. WOOD WILLIAM H. REHM 
 
 GUSTAVE F. FISCHER 
 
 WITH the work in jury reform well started, dur- 
 ing its third year the members turned their 
 attention to a variety of other subjects, local, 
 national and international, the breadth and scope of 
 which are reflected in the subjects for addresses on the 
 following dates by men of a calibre which only a club 
 with the standing of The Industrial Club of Chicago 
 could command as its speakers: 
 
 August 8, 1907: 
 
 Proposed Legislation Mr. Harrison B. Riley 
 
 November 7, 1907: 
 
 Parcels Post . . Postmaster General George von L. Meyer 2^
 
 January 21, 1908: 
 
 The Hague Conferences . . . Honorable Jacob M. Dickinson 
 
 April 16, igo8: 
 
 Benefits of the Re-naming and Re-numbering of Streets in Chicago 
 Mr. John J. Riley, Map Department of Chicago 
 Colonel L. D. Stewart, Post Office Delivery Department 
 
 It might be added in passing that the last mentioned 
 address dealt with the street numbering and naming sys- 
 tem now in effect in Chicago, to which project the Club 
 was glad to give its active cooperation. 
 
 The Annual Golf Tournament was held at Glen View 
 Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Edward R. Heissler 
 President's Cup, Harry J. Powers 
 Club Trophy, Harrison B. Riley 
 
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 The Fourth Year, 1908- 1909 
 OFFICERS 
 
 MASON B. STARRING, PRESIDENT 
 
 HARRY A. WHEELER, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 HENRY BENEKE, TREASURER 
 
 HARRY H. LOBDELL, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 WILLIAM A. GARDNER GUSTAVE F. FISCHER 
 
 ANGUS S. HIBBARD EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE 
 
 WILLIAM H. REHM 
 
 THE fourth year of the Club's history was an event- 
 ful one, marking real progress in the matter of 
 jury reform, for on November 28, 1908, the jury 
 rooms in the Criminal Court Building were dedicated. 
 
 At the four regular meetings of the Club membership 
 during the year, the following programs were carried 
 out: 
 
 October 15, 1908: 
 Continuation Schools 
 
 Mr. E. G. Cooley, Superintendent of City Schools 
 
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 November 28, 1908: 
 
 Jury Rooms in Criminal Court Building 
 
 Hon. Harry Olson, Chief Justice of the Municipal Court of 
 
 Chicago 
 Mr. Gustave F. Fischer 
 Mr. Edward J. Brundage 
 Mr. William Busse 
 Mr. William A. Amberg 
 
 January 15, 1909: 
 
 The Consular Service 
 
 Honorable James Brown Scott 
 Mr. Edward J. Brundage 
 
 February 12, 1909: 
 
 One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln 
 Honorable Jacob M. Dickinson 
 General Smith D. Atkins 
 General Frederick Dent Grant 
 
 As a result of the meeting on January 15, 1909, legisla- 
 tion for a Consular School, to train men for the business 
 side of our Foreign Relations, similarly as men were 
 trained at West Point and Annapolis, was proposed by 
 the Club, and a bill was introduced in Congress by Hon. 
 Frank O. Lowden. Although the Legislation failed of 
 passage, the movement had a marked effect upon im- 
 proving the Consular Service. 
 
 The meeting commemorating the "One Hundredth 
 Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln," on Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1909, was an outstanding event in the history 
 of the Club. Hon. Jacob M. Dickinson delivered the main 
 address. He was asked to perform this service because, as 
 a lad of fifteen, he was a soldier in the Armies of the 
 South, and it seemed that no more fitting tribute to the 
 20 memory of our great President could be rendered than
 
 by the delivery of the memorial address by a man who, 
 with all his family and friends, had been arrayed against 
 the North. At this memorable meeting Mason B. Star- 
 ring presided; at his left, at the President's table, sat Prof 
 Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton; at Mr. 
 Dickinson's right sat General Frederick Dent Grant, son 
 of the great General of the Civil War. A goblet used by 
 Mr. Lincoln at the White House was used in proposing 
 a silent toast to his memory. 
 
 The Annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Ward W. Willits 
 President's Cup, James R. Baker 
 Club Trophy, George P. Rinn 
 
 Another Golf Tournament was held during the 1 909 
 season at Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, at which the 
 Club Trophies were won by Hon. William J. Calhoun, 
 George E. Marcy and Carl Schuttler. 
 
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 The Fifth Year, 1909-1910 
 
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 OFFICERS 
 
 HARRY A. WHEELER, PRESIDENT 
 
 SILAS H. STRAWN, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN F. GILCHRIST, SECRETARY 
 
 WILLIAM A. BIRK, TREASURER 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 HARRY H. LOBDELL RICHARD C. HALL 
 
 LOUIS MOHR HARRISON B. RILEY 
 
 WARD W. WILLITS 
 
 THE Club's fifth year was marked by action which 
 resulted in a more sane celebration of Inde- 
 pendence Day, as it has since come to be 
 celebrated. 
 
 On May 5, 1909, a luncheon was given to the Peace 
 Conference Delegates, Wu Ting Fang and Count von 
 Bernstorff, and other guests from the Peace Conference. 
 On December 16, 1909, a dinner was given in honor 
 of Hon. William J. Calhoun, who favored the Club with 
 an address, "The Industrial Club of Chicago — Its Place 
 in the Community."
 
 Other meetings held during the year, with their sub- 
 jects and speakers, were: 
 
 August 26, 1909: 
 
 Sane Celebration of Independence Day, Professor F. W. Shepardson 
 
 November 1 1 , 1 909 : 
 
 Sane Celebration of Independence Day . Mr. Mason B. Starring 
 
 November 18, 1909: 
 
 Consular Bill Mr. Silas H. Strawn 
 
 Consular Schools Mr. Marvin B. Pool 
 
 Revision of Illinois Law Respecting Taxation and Special Assessments 
 Mr. Harrison B. Riley 
 
 January 20, 1910: 
 
 Federal Corporation Law 
 
 Mr. Frederick H. Rawson 
 Mr. Harrison B. Riley 
 Mr. George M. Reynolds 
 
 February 17, 1910: 
 
 Federal Control of Corporations . Honorable Charles Nagel 
 
 March 17, 1910: 
 
 Taxation Mr. Harrison B. Riley 
 
 April 21, 1910: 
 
 The University of Illinois and Its Significance for the Commonwealth 
 Honorable Edmund J. James, President of the University of 
 IlUnois 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Midlothian 
 Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Silas H. Strawn 
 President's Cup, William A. Gardner 
 Club Trophy, George H. High 
 
 29
 
 The Sixth Year, 1910-1911 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 WILLIAM A. GARDNER, PRESIDENT 
 
 HARRISON B. RILEY, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 HUGH MCBIRNEY JOHNSTON, SECRETARY 
 
 CARL SCHUTTLER, TREASURER 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 MARVIN B. POOL EDWARD M. SKINNER 
 
 FREDERICK BODE WILLIAM V. KELLEY 
 
 JOHN F. GILCHRIST 
 
 WITH the matter of jury service reform estab- 
 lished as a definite part of the Club's pro- 
 gram, and showing definite progress, during 
 the sixth year an intensive study was undertaken of a 
 number of important subjects, as reflected in the subjects 
 of the five meetings held during the year: 
 
 November 26, 1910: 
 
 City Government by Commission 
 
 Honorable Lafayette Young, United States Senator from 
 Iowa 
 
 January 4, 1 9 1 1 : 
 3^ Jury Service Honorable Albert G. Barnes
 
 January 31, 191 1: 
 
 Tax Problem Mr. John P. Wilson 
 
 March 23, 191 1 : 
 
 Impending Currency Legislation . . Mr. George M. Reynolds 
 
 April 25, 191 1 : 
 
 Subways Mr. Bion J. Arnold 
 
 It began to emerge during this administration that the 
 poHcy of the Club would be to take up one reform or 
 civic project at a time, study it, take such action as it 
 could; then, as other problems and projects came along, 
 take them up one at a time, while continuing to foster 
 the projects already under way. In this fashion it had 
 already developed considerable influence in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Ward W. Willits 
 President's Cup, Harry B. Clow 
 Club Trophies, Gustave F. Fischer 
 George P. Rinn 
 
 31
 
 The Seventh Year, 191 1— 19 12 
 OFFICERS 
 
 WILLIAM H. REHM, PRESIDENT 
 
 FREDERICK BODE, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JAMES R. BAKER, TREASURER 
 
 CHARLES E. ROLLINS, JR., SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE HOWARD G. HETZLER 
 FRANK C. LETTS FREDERICK H. RAWSON 
 
 RICHARD E. SCHMIDT 
 
 DURING its seventh year the Club launched an 
 I attack on the Salary Loan Shark and proposed 
 the organization of a State Industrial Wage 
 Loan Society. The activities during this administration 
 were largely of a publicity nature, but they led up to the 
 developments which will be recorded in later pages. 
 
 Again the schedule of meetings and addresses will 
 serve to indicate the character and scope of the problems 
 in which the Club was interesting itself: 
 
 August 17, 191 1 : 
 
 Anti-Loan Shark Mr. Marvin B. Pool 
 
 32
 
 October 14, 191 1 : 
 
 The Tariff, The Evil of Schedule K 
 
 Honorable Oscar W. Underwood, Chairman of Ways and 
 Means Committee of the House of Representatives 
 
 November 24, 1 9 1 1 : 
 
 Proposed State Industrial Wage Loan Society 
 
 Mr. Rudolph Matz and Mr. Guy M. Blake of The Legal 
 Aid Society 
 
 January 26, 191 2: 
 
 Foreign Municipal Services . Mr. Willlwi Hudson Harper 
 
 February 23, 191 2: 
 
 Modern Industrial Development 
 
 Honorable Martin W. Littleton 
 
 April 18, 1 91 2: 
 
 Amended Jury Commissioners Act 
 Mr. Harry Rubens 
 Mr. ALEX.A.NDER F. Reichmann 
 Honorable Albert C. Barnes 
 
 It is worthy of note that the officers of the Club never 
 permitted interest to lag in the jury reform project to 
 which it had set its hand. 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Minnekahda 
 Country Club, Minneapolis, and the honors were won 
 by: 
 
 Champion, Guy V. Dickinson 
 President's Cup, Frederick Bode 
 Club Trophy, Thomas E. Wilson 
 
 33
 
 34 
 
 The Eighth Year, 191 2— 19 13 
 OFFICERS 
 
 FREDERICK BODE, PRESIDENT 
 
 FREDERICK H. RAWSON, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 EDWARD M. SKINNER, TREASURER 
 
 W. RUFUS ABBOTT, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 HARRY H. LOBDELL THOMAS E. WILSON 
 GEORGE E. MARCY EDWARD R. HEISSLER 
 
 FRANK C. CALDWELL 
 
 THE eighth year marked increased activity in the 
 campaign of pubhcity aimed at the Salary Loan 
 Shark evil. The proposed bill for a State Indus- 
 trial Wage Loan Society, which was sponsored by the 
 Club, was given significance by making it the subject of 
 a formal meeting. Mr. Rudolph Matz and Dr. Frank 
 Gunsaulus were the speakers on this occasion. 
 
 During this year, also, an important meeting was held 
 for the discussion of "Conservation of the Water Re- 
 sources of the Country," with Mr. Hugh L. Cooper as 
 guest of honor.
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Midlothian 
 Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Guy V. Dickinson 
 
 President's Cup, Gustave F. Fischer 
 
 Club Trophies, W. RuFus Abbott, Thomas E. Wilson 
 
 35
 
 The Ninth Year, 191 3- 191 4 
 OFFICERS 
 
 MARVIN B. POOL, PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN H. WOOD, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 FRANK G. CALDWELL, TREASURER 
 
 W. RUFUS ABBOTT, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 FREDERICK BODE D. F. KELLY 
 
 WILLIAM H. REHM GUSTAVE F. FISCHER 
 
 HENRY BENEKE 
 
 THIS year marked the fruition of much of the work 
 of the Club's second major undertaking, the 
 battle against the Salary Loan Shark. 
 Perhaps this is the appropriate place to digress from 
 the chronological record of the Club's activities to com- 
 ment briefly on this second reform activity. The task, 
 ultimately achieved, of putting the loan shark out of 
 business in Illinois, naturally fell into three phases. 
 
 First — Conducting an aggressive publicity campaign 
 
 through press and public meetings during 191 1 and 191 2, 
 
 convincing the employer that there were two sides to the 
 
 3^ question: that the way to cure the evil was not to dis-
 
 charge the victims, and that the Small Loans business 
 was a necessity which should be regulated, not ignored, 
 and a substitute provided that would efface the loan 
 shark. 
 
 Second — Activities of the Club's Remedial Loan and 
 Legislative Committees in gathering information and 
 statistics from all sources, studying legislation on the sub- 
 ject in other states, preparing bills to regulate the busi- 
 ness, and keeping so closely in touch with the legislature 
 at Springfield that they entered into the spirit of the work 
 and were qualified to enact a proper Small Loans Law 
 when the proper law was found. 
 
 After an intensive campaign at Springfield, the first 
 bill for the regulation and control of the loan shark busi- 
 ness was defeated in the Forty-seventh General Assembly, 
 largely through the opposition of an eflfective loan shark 
 lobby and the lack of knowledge and information on the 
 subject available at that time to either legislators or the 
 Club's legislative committee. 
 
 However, the Club's committee was at that time as- 
 sured by the leaders in both Houses that they would sup- 
 port a bill creating a law that would permit The Indus- 
 trial Club of Chicago to form an experimental "wage 
 loan society" to demonstrate its theories and secure the 
 facts on which to base future legislation on this subject. 
 Furthermore, if this experiment should prove a success, 
 they believed the legislature would then support and 
 enact a bill to so regulate the small loans business through 
 the State as effectually to remedy the evil. 
 
 Third — The formation within sixty days of the passage 3 7
 
 of the enabling act of June 20, 191 3, of the First State 
 Industrial Wage Loan Society, with a paid up capital of 
 $93,300 subscribed exclusively by members of the In- 
 dustrial Club of Chicago. To anticipate, it may be stated 
 here that it was a success from the start and, based on the 
 experience and facts thus obtained, the Fiftieth General 
 Assembly, on June 14, 191 7, enacted the following law 
 that effectually killed the loan shark evil in Illinois: 
 
 Senate Bill No. 171, House Bill No. 431, The Wage Loan Bill (An 
 Act to license and regulate the business of making loans in sums of 
 S300 or less secured or unsecured, at a greater rate of interest than 
 7 per cent per annum, prescribing the rate of interest and charge 
 therefor and penalties for violation thereof, and regulating the assign- 
 ment of wages or salaries earned or to be earned when given as 
 security for any such loan). 
 
 Since the Wage Loan Bill became a law in 191 7, there 
 have been practically no violations and no complaints of 
 outrageous loan shark practices with which the papers 
 and courts had previously been filled. The Industrial 
 Club of Chicago had accomplished its purpose and the 
 job for which the First State Industrial Wage Loan So- 
 ciety was formed was completed. 
 
 After the officers and directors of the Society had 
 worked untiringly for several years, and their object was 
 attained, there seemed no reason why other companies 
 operating under the new law should not supply the funds 
 needed for this purpose. Because of this and other 
 considerations, the directors welcomed a proposal to 
 merge with the Chicago Morris Plan Bank which had 
 recently been organized with a capital of $1,000,000 and 
 3^ $100,000 surplus (chartered as a state bank) to conduct a
 
 business where small loans would be made to needy bor- 
 rowers based on character and endorsed by two friends. 
 
 This new plan largely did away with the then common 
 practice of giving wage assignments as collateral for 
 small loans. 
 
 In the operation of the Chicago Morris Plan Bank the 
 local management and stockholders were not in full 
 sympathy with many of the policies of the Industrial 
 Finance Corporation (The Morris Plan Holding Com- 
 pany of New York) which held a minority interest in the 
 local company. This minority interest was purchased on 
 May 285 1929. The bank's business was moved to its pres- 
 ent location on the second and third floors at 105 West 
 Madison Street, corner of Clark, and the name was 
 changed to the Personal Loan and Savings Bank. 
 
 To resume the orderly course of narration of the 
 Club's activities, the ninth year was a year of numerous 
 meetings, carried out on the following schedule: 
 
 May 23, 1 91 3: 
 
 China Honorable William J. Calhoun 
 
 September 25, 191 3: 
 
 Owens-Glass Currency Bill 
 Mr. Harry A. Wheeler 
 Mr. George M. Reynolds 
 
 November 6, 191 3: 
 
 ' Loan and Chattel Mortgage Evil and Plans for Remedial Loan Legisla- 
 tion Mr. Arthur H. Ham 
 
 December 5, 191 3: 
 
 Problems and Work of the Committee of Fifteen on Social Evil in Chicago 
 
 Mr. Rush C. Butler 39
 
 December i8, 191 3: 
 
 Patriotism and Philanthropy Mr. Bird S. Goler 
 
 January 30, 1914: 
 
 International Congress Meetings Paris, France, on the Regulation of 
 
 Customs Rules Mr. Frederick Bode 
 
 Economics of Labor Mr. Frank C. Caldwell 
 
 February 28, 1914: 
 
 The Philippines Hon. Jacob M. Dickinson 
 
 April 23, 1 91 4: 
 
 A Sense of Proportion .... Secretary W. G. Redfield 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Gharles Piez 
 
 President's Cup, Hugh McBirney Johnston, 
 
 Club Trophies, Howard Elting, Marvin B. Pool 
 
 40
 
 The Tenth Year, 19 14— 19 15 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 JOHN H. WOOD, PRESIDENT 
 RICHMOND DEAN, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 V. F. MASHEK, TREASURER 
 RICHARD E. SCHMIDT, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 MARVIN B. POOL FRANK C. CALDWELL 
 
 W. RUFUS ABBOTT DAVID ALLEN NOYES 
 
 RICHARD J. COLLINS 
 
 DURING the year that marked its entrance into its 
 I second decade, the Club raised its eyes, as it 
 were, to the outside world. 
 Without relaxing in its practical activities in connec- 
 tion with the loan shark evil or jury reform, it devoted 
 more and more of its formal meetings to international 
 affairs, as the schedule of meetings discloses: 
 
 November 19, 1914: 
 
 Mexico Honorable John Lind 
 
 December 17, 1914: 
 
 Panama-Pacific International Exposition 
 
 Captain Godfrey L. Garden, of the U. S. Navy 4*
 
 January 21, 1915: 
 
 Gathering Club members only 
 
 February 18, 191 5: 
 
 American Interests in the Far East . . Dr. Harry Pratt Judson 
 
 April 29, 1 91 5: 
 
 Trusts in International Commerce . Honorable Joseph E. Davies 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Charles K. Foster 
 President's Cup, Edward M. Skinner 
 Club Trophies, W. Rufus Abbott 
 
 James R. Baker 
 
 John H. Wood 
 
 Howard Elting 
 
 Frank C. Caldwell 
 
 William V. KLelley 
 
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 The Eleventh Year, 19 15— 191 6 
 OFFICERS 
 
 FRANK C. CALDWELL, PRESIDENT 
 
 W. RUFUS ABBOTT, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, TREASURER 
 
 RICHARD E. SCHMIDT, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 JOHN H. WOOD HOWARD ELTING 
 
 JOSEPH M. CUDAHY V. F. MASHEK 
 
 FERRY W. LEACH 
 
 THE memorable event of the eleventh year of the 
 Club's history was the visit of Hon. Woodrow 
 Wilson, President of the United States, to Chi- 
 cago, as the guest of the Club, on January 31, 191 6. 
 Those of the members who participated in perfecting the 
 plans for the President's reception will recall the busy days 
 at the offices of Rufus Abbott. Many perplexing and diplo- 
 matic questions had to be met and solved, in connection 
 with the affair, and it may be set down to the credit of 
 the Club that it succeeded in presenting to the President 
 at the Chicago Auditorium a "hand-picked" yet thorough- 
 ly representative gathering of Chicago citizens. 43
 
 It should be recorded in passing that President Cald- 
 well of our Club, serving as presiding officer, made one 
 of the shortest yet most fitting and impressive introduc- 
 tory addresses on record. 
 
 Two other formal meetings were held during this year, 
 with addresses as follows: 
 
 November i8, 191 5: 
 
 Two Economic Qiiestions . . Honorable Myron T. Herrick 
 
 January 27, 1 916: 
 
 Preparations for Peace Mr. Walter L. Fisher 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Kansas City 
 Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Ward W. Willits 
 President's Cup, Angus S. Hibbard 
 Club Trophies, William F. Juergens 
 
 F. C. Letts 
 
 Richard J. Collins 
 
 George E. Marcy 
 
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 The Twelfth Year, 1916-1917 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 W. RUFUS ABBOTT, PRESIDENT 
 HOWARD ELTING, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOSEPH M. CUDAHY, TREASURER 
 RICHARD E. SCHMIDT, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 FRANK C. CALDWELL JOHN H. HARDIN 
 
 V. F. MASHEK CHARLES PIEZ 
 
 SILAS H. STRAWN 
 
 DURING its twelfth year much of the Club's 
 I executive energy and activity were devoted to 
 reorganizing and operating the First State 
 Industrial Wage Loan Society, which in itself was an 
 undertaking of first magnitude. 
 
 However, during this administration the Club held 
 four outstanding dinner meetings, with addresses on the 
 following topics: 
 
 November 23, 191 6: 
 Welcome Home 
 
 Colonel J. B. Sanborn, First Infantry 
 
 Colonel Milton J. Foreman, First Cavalry 
 
 Colonel J. Garrity, Second Infantry, I. N. G. 4*5
 
 February 26, 191 7: 
 
 Some Difficulties and Opportunities of the Railroad Situation 
 Honorable Walker D. Hines 
 
 March 15, 191 7: 
 
 The Rockefeller Foundations . . . Dr. George E. Vincent 
 
 April 19, 191 7: 
 
 Our Blundering Federal Public Building Policy 
 Mr. Charles Harris Whitaker 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Chicago 
 Golf Club, Wheaton, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Silas H. Strawn 
 President's Cup, Silas H. Strawn 
 Club Trophies, Horace W. Armstrong 
 Frederick Bode 
 Guy V. Dickinson 
 William F. Juergens 
 Marvin B. Pool 
 Philip D. Armour, HI 
 
 46
 
 The Thirteenth Year, 1917— 1918 
 OFFICERS 
 
 THOMAS E. WILSON, PRESIDENT 
 
 RICHARD E. SCHMIDT, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 FRANK O. WETMORE, TREASURER 
 
 GEORGE A. RANNEY, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER CHARLES A. MUNROE 
 
 W. RUFUS ABBOTT CHARLES PIEZ 
 
 SILAS H. STRAWN 
 
 DURING this year the Club honored Governor 
 I Frank O. Lowden of lUinois with a formal 
 banquet on February 21, 1 9 1 8, at which many 
 distinguished citizens of Chicago were present. It was 
 an occasion calculated to weld the interests of the State 
 and the City of Chicago. 
 
 Two other memorable gatherings were held during 
 the year, as recorded in the annals of the Club: 
 
 November 15, 191 7: 
 
 Russia and the Great War 
 
 Dr. Frank Billings and Mr. E. A. Guest 
 
 47
 
 April 1 1, 1918: 
 
 Financial Legislation Honorable Reed Smoot 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Chicago 
 Golf Club, Wheaton, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Ward W. VVillits 
 President's Cup, Ward W. Willits 
 Club Trophies, Charles A. Munroe 
 Frank O. Wetmore 
 
 48
 
 The Fourteenth Year, 19 18-19 19 
 OFFICERS 
 
 CHARLES H. MUNROE, PRESIDENT 
 
 RICHARD E. SCHMIDT, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 FRANK O. WETMORE, TREASURER 
 
 ROBERT W. STEWART, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 JOHN H. HARDIN D. F. KELLY 
 
 GEORGE A. RANNEY SILAS H. STRAWN 
 
 THOMAS E. WILSON 
 
 ON April 23, 1 919, during the fourteenth year of 
 I the Club's history, there occurred a departure 
 from the Club's normal routine which, though 
 not realized at the time, was prophetic. This departure 
 was the first joint dinner of The Industrial Club and 
 The Commercial Club. 
 
 The subject of the meeting was "The Merchant Ma- 
 rine," and the guests of honor and speakers were Captain 
 Robert Dollar of San Francisco and Mr. Homer L. 
 Ferguson of Newport News. 
 
 A noteworthy gathering of this year was the Dinner 
 given on January 1 6, 1 9 1 9, in honor of members who 49
 
 devoted their time in the service of the Government to 
 the winning of the War. 
 
 One other formal dinner was given during the year, on 
 March 20, 191 9, the subject being "The Four Parties to 
 Industry," the speaker being Hon. W. L. Mackenzie 
 King. 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Robert F. Carr 
 President's Cup, Harry B. Glow 
 Club Trophies, Edward R. Heissler 
 William F. Juergens 
 Marvin B. Pool 
 Albert F. Madlener 
 
 50
 
 The Fifteenth Year, 19 19-1920 
 OFFICERS 
 
 SILAS H. STRAWN, PRESIDENT 
 
 JAMES R. BAKER, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 J. B. MCDOUGAL, TREASURER 
 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 WILLIAM F. JUERGENS CHARLES A. MUNROE 
 
 ROBERT J. THORNE GEORGE A. RANNEY 
 
 D. F. KELLY 
 
 THIS year marked the first "Wilson Dinner" at 
 the Saddle and Sirloin Club. The members of 
 The Industrial Club of Chicago will long remem- 
 ber these social "get-togethers" as the guests of Mr. 
 Wilson, which were subsequently given by him annually 
 and which added much to the friendships and the spirit 
 of good fellowship which came to play so important a 
 part in the lives of the Club's members. 
 
 On December 18, 191 9, an important discussion was 
 held by the Club on "The Condition of Unrest in the 
 Community." Two other formal dinners were held dur- 
 ing the year, as follows: 5^ 
 
 UNIVERSITY Of 
 
 ILUNOIS LIBRARY 
 
 fj URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
 
 January 31, 1920: 
 
 The Illinois Constitutional Convention 
 Honorable Orrin N. Carter 
 Honorable Morton D. Hull 
 Mr. Frederick R. De Young 
 
 March 26, 1920: 
 
 The Foreign Trade Outlook . Honorable Eugene Meyer, Jr. 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Champion, Ward W. Willits 
 President's Cup, Charles A. Munroe 
 Club Trophies, George A. Ranney 
 
 John W. O'Leary 
 
 Guy V. Dickinson 
 
 Frederick Bode 
 
 Ward W. Willits 
 
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 The Sixteenth Year, 1920— 192 1 
 OFFICERS 
 
 ROBERT F. CARR, PRESIDENT 
 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 GEORGE E. SCOTT, TREASURER 
 
 HOPEWELL L. ROGERS, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 SILAS H. STRAWN W. RUFUS ABBOTT 
 
 BRITTON I. BUDD ARCH W. SHAW 
 
 JOHN H. HARDIN 
 
 AT this time The Industrial Club of Chicago became 
 /\ interested in the University of Illinois. Dr. 
 X A- David Kinley, President of the University, 
 addressed the members of the Club on the night of 
 October 23, 1920. This was followed by an "Outing of 
 Members" on October 30th, consisting of a visit to the 
 University, at which time the members were escorted 
 over the campus and through the various colleges by 
 heads of the various departments of the University, and 
 were subsequently entertained at the Illinois-Chicago 
 Football Game. Visits to the Illinois Football Games con- 
 tinued annually for some years. Those participating 53
 
 will remember them as real "Red Letter Days" in the 
 history of the Club. 
 
 The outstanding effort of the Club during this year 
 was in its program of helpfulness along the general sub- 
 ject of higher education. Another memorable event was 
 the Dinner on December ii, 1920, when Dr. George E. 
 Vincent addressed the members on "An Adventure in 
 Public Health." He spoke on the work of Dr. Gorgas in 
 clearing up yellow fever in the Canal Zone by the elimi- 
 nation of a particular type of mosquito that carries that 
 infection. It was a most interesting evening. 
 
 Two other meetings of importance were held: 
 
 January 22, 1921 : 77?^ Staters Responsibility for Industrial Justice 
 Honorable Henry J. Allen, Governor of Kansas 
 
 March 24, 1921 : Inside Facts of the Peace Conference 
 Mr. Bernard M. Baruch 
 
 This last mentioned meeting was of special interest 
 owing to Mr. Baruch's position during the World War as 
 Chairman of the War Industries Board, with which sev- 
 eral of the Club's members were associated. 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Chicago 
 Golf Club, Wheaton, and the honors were won by: 
 Champion, Ward W. Willits 
 President's Cup, V. F. Mashek 
 Club Trophies, Joseph C. Belden 
 John H. Wood 
 Robert McDougal 
 Frank O. Wetmore 
 David A. No yes 
 Howard Elting 
 54 V. F. Mashek
 
 The Seventeenth Year, 1 921 -1922 
 OFFICERS 
 
 ROBERT W. STEWART, PRESIDENT 
 JOHN H. HARDIN, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 ARCH W. SHAW, TREASURER 
 HOPEWELL L. ROGERS, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER GEORGE E. SCOTT 
 
 PHILIP D. ARMOUR, III ELMER T. STEVENS 
 
 ROBERT F. CARR 
 
 DURING this, its seventeenth year, a number of im- 
 I portant meetings were held, several of them 
 memorable in the Club's history. The list 
 includes: 
 
 Mays, 192 1 : 
 
 Puritanism Dr. Edward Parret Sherman 
 
 December i, 1921: 
 
 Dinner given by Mr. Thomas E. Wilson at Saddle and Sirloin 
 Club. Guests were taken to Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 January 10, 1922: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 55
 
 January 26, 1922: 
 
 The Relationship of Government to Business 
 Senator Walter E. Edge 
 
 February 14, 1922: 
 
 Democracy and Individualism 
 
 Solicitor General James M. Beck 
 
 March 29, 1922 
 
 The Probable Future of Interest Rates 
 Professor David Friday 
 
 April 20, 1922: 
 
 Tax Reform in Illinois and the Income Tax Law 
 Professor Edwin R. A. Seligman 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy^ George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 President's Cup, Silas H. Strawn 
 First Flight, Charles K. Foster 
 Second Flight, Frank C. Letts 
 Third Flight, Albert F. Madlener 
 Foursome Event, Silas H. Strawn 
 
 George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 
 Douglas R. Stuart 
 
 Frederick H. Scott 
 
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 The Eighteenth Year, 1922- 1923 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 JOHN H, HARDIN, PRESIDENT 
 RUSH C. BUTLER, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 EARLE H. REYNOLDS, TREASURER 
 FREDERICK H. SCOTT, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 ROBERT W. STEWART JOSEPH C. BELDEN 
 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER JOHN W . o'lEARY 
 
 GUSTAVUS F. SWIFT 
 
 A NOTABLE broadening of the subjects which were 
 engaging the attention of the membership is re- 
 ^ vealed in the subjects of the addresses at the 
 formal meetings held during this year, as recorded in 
 the Club's annals: 
 
 October 19, 1922: 
 
 The Constitution of ig22. Why Not . . Mr. Harrison B. Riley 
 
 December 7, 1922: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was enter- 
 tained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and later 
 attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 57
 
 December 14, 1922: 
 
 The International Position of Russia Today 
 
 Professor Archibald Gary CooLiDGE of Harvard University 
 
 January 25, 1923: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 February 15, 1923: 
 
 The State Department and Its Service to the Public 
 
 Honorable William Phillips, Under-secretary of State of 
 the United States 
 
 April 5, 1923: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 April 30, 1923: 
 
 Currency and World Prices 
 
 Mr. Frederick C. Goodenough, Chairman of Barclays 
 Bank, Ltd., London, England 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Chicago 
 Golf Club, Wheaton, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, R. Douglas Stuart 
 President's Cup, David Allen Noyes 
 First Flight, Frank H. Warren 
 Second Flight, Joseph C. Belden 
 Third Flight, Arthur Reynolds 
 Foursome Event, Benjamin H. Marshall 
 
 Charles K. Foster 
 
 Donald M. Ryerson 
 
 Harry B. Clow 
 
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 The Nineteenth Year, 1923-1924 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 GEORGE A. RANNEY, PRESIDENT 
 
 FREDERICK H. SCOTT, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 MELVIN A. TRAYLOR, TREASURER 
 
 JOSEPH C. BELDEN, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 JOHN H. HARDIN JOHN W. o'lEARY 
 
 JOSEPH T. RYERSON ELMER T. STEVENS 
 
 EDGAR J. UIHLEIN 
 
 THIS year initiated the Club into the work of the 
 Chicago Crime Commission at its first dinner, 
 held on November 13, 1923. The President of the 
 Commission, Mr. Edward E. Gore, and the Managing 
 Director, Col. Henry B. Chamberlin, were the speakers. 
 Seven other gatherings, two of them of a social nature, 
 were held during the year, as follows: 
 
 November 3, 1923: 
 
 Fifty-one members of the Club attended the Football Game 
 between the University of Chicago and the University of 
 Illinois at Champaign, Illinois. 
 
 59
 
 December 6, 1923: 
 
 The members of the Club were the guests of Mr. Thomas E. 
 Wilson at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and later 
 attended the International Live Stock Exposition as guests 
 of Mr. Wilson. 
 
 December 13, 1923: 
 
 Problems Common to the United States and Canada 
 
 Honorable Charles Stewart, Minister of the Interior of 
 the Dominion of Canada. 
 
 January 16, 1924: 
 The Human Future 
 
 Dr. Vernon Kellogg, Permanent Secretary of the National 
 Research Council 
 
 February 21, 1924: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 March 20, 1924: 
 
 The New York State Police, Its Organization and Operation 
 
 Mr. John A. Warner, Supt. Department of State Police of 
 
 New York 
 Mr. Albert B. Moore, Lieutenant Inspector of the State 
 Police of New York 
 
 April 24, 1924: I 
 
 The Relation of a University to the Public 
 
 Professor Charles H. Judd of the University of Chicago 
 
 It was during this regime that the interests of the 
 Club's membership in a State Police Force for Illinois be- 
 came aroused, resulting in active Committee work before 
 the Illinois State Legislature. 
 
 60
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Chicago 
 Golf Club, Wheaton, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 
 President's Cup, Philip D. Armour 
 
 First Flight, Frank H. Warren 
 
 Second Flight, F. O. Hale 
 
 Third Flight, George E. Marcy 
 
 Foursome Event, Rush C. Butler 
 Philip D. Armour 
 George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 Floyd O. Hale 
 
 Driving Contest, Hopewell L. Rogers 
 
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 The Twentieth Year, 1924- 1925 
 OFFICERS 
 
 RUSH C. BUTLER, PRESIDENT 
 
 HOWARD W. FENTON, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 WILLIAM MCCORMICK BLAIR, TREASURER 
 
 FRANK H. WARREN, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 JOSEPH C. BELDEN GEORGE A. RANNEY 
 
 THEODORE F. MERSELES JOSEPH T. RYERSON 
 
 R. DOUGLAS STUART 
 
 THE year that marked the Club's completion of 
 two decades of service to Chicago's interests was 
 a busy one, as can be seen by studying the fol- 
 lowing schedule of meetings and social events: 
 
 October i8, 1924: 
 
 Forty-seven members and guests of the Club attended the 
 Football Game between the University of Illinois and the 
 University of Michigan at Urbana, Illinois. 
 
 November 6, 1924: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club. New members were intro- 
 duced and reports were made by chairmen of the various 
 committees.
 
 December 2, 1924: 
 
 Curiosities of President Making 
 
 Mr. Robert L. O'Brien, Editor of the Boston Herald 
 
 December 5, 1924: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and later 
 attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 January 29, 1925: 
 
 Mutual Interest in the Solution of the Railroad Problem 
 
 General W. W. Atterbury, Vice-President of the Penn- 
 sylvania Railroad System 
 
 March 19, 1925: 
 
 Different Kinds of Education 
 
 Dean Gordon Laing, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts 
 and Literature of the University of Chicago 
 
 April 30, 1925: 
 
 Business and Government 
 
 Mr. Richard F. Grant, President of the Chamber of Com- 
 merce of the United States of America 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Chicago 
 Golf Club, Wheaton, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, R. Douglas Stuart 
 
 President's Cup, Arch W. Shaw 
 
 First Flight, Philip D. Armour 
 
 Second Flight, Ralph A. Bard 
 
 Third Flight, W. H. Mann 
 
 Foursome Event, Philip D. Armour 
 
 Wm. McCormick Blair 
 
 Rush C. Butler 
 
 R. Douglas Stuart 
 Driving Contest, Benjamin H. Marshall 
 
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 The Twenty-First Year, 1925— 1926 
 OFFICERS 
 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER, PRESIDENT 
 
 JOSEPH T. RYERSON, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN W. o'lEARY, TREASURER 
 
 FRANK H. WARREN, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 RUSH C. BUTLER ARCH W . SHAW 
 
 CHARLES M. KITTLE R. DOUGLAS STUART 
 
 CHARLES W. SEABURY HAROLD H. SWIFT 
 
 EDGAR J. UIHLEIN 
 
 IN this year, in which it reached its majority, the Club 
 held its one-hundredth meeting. It was held on 
 January 28, 1926. The evening was given over to a 
 general review of the Club's history, recited by its former 
 Presidents. 
 
 Five other gatherings were held during the year: 
 
 October 22, 1925: 
 
 Street Traffic in Chicago Mr. Elmer Stevens 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 October 24, 1925: 
 
 Forty-eight members and guests of the Club attended the Foot- 
 ^ ball Game between the University of Illinois and the Univer- 
 
 04 sity of Michigan, at Urbana, Illinois,
 
 December 3, 1925: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and 
 later attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 March 25, 1926: 
 
 Various Terminal Proposals with Their Relations to the Chicago Plan 
 Mr. Edward J. Noonan 
 Mr. William Artingstoll 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 May 6, 1926: 
 
 Twenty-first Annual Meeting 
 Federal Reserve Operations 
 
 Mr. Pierre Jay, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The 
 Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Bob-O'Link 
 Golf Club, Highland Park, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, Philip D. Armour 
 
 President's Cup, Melvin A. Traylor 
 
 First Flight, Frank H. Warren 
 
 Second Flight, Robert F. Carr 
 
 Third Flight, W. Rufus Abbott 
 
 Foursome Event, Rush C. Butler 
 
 R. Douglas Stuart 
 Philip D. Armour 
 George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 
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 The Twenty- Second Year, 1926— 1927 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 FREDERICK H. SCOTT, PRESIDENT 
 
 ARCH W. SHAW, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN W. o'lEARY, TREASURER 
 
 HAROLD C. SMITH, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 CLAUDE G. BURNHAM JAMES B. McDOUGAL 
 CHARLES K. FOSTER CHARLES W. SEABURY 
 
 FRANK H. WARREN 
 
 DURING its twenty-second year the Club made its 
 I initial step into its third major undertaking — 
 the financing of the survey of the Illinois Asso- 
 ciation for Criminal Justice. This came about through 
 an address on "The Work of the Missouri Association for 
 Criminal Justice," by Mr. Guy A. Thompson, President 
 of that Association, at a dinner held by the Club on 
 December 9, 1926. 
 
 This year also marked the second joint dinner of The 
 
 Industrial Club of Chicago and The Commercial Club, 
 
 held on November 4, 1926. Mr. Silas H. Strawn, Past 
 
 ^t) President of the Club, delivered an address on "China."
 
 Other meetings held during the year were: 
 
 June 9, 1926: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 October 30, 1926: 
 
 Thirty-eight members and guests of the Club attended the Foot- 
 ball Game between the University of Illinois and the Univer- 
 sity of Pennsylvania, at Urbana, Illinois. 
 
 December 4, 1926: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was enter- 
 tained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and later 
 attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 Januars" 6, 1927: 
 Australia 
 
 The Right Honorable Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 
 Prime Minister of Australia 
 
 January 27, 1927: 
 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 March 17, 1927: 
 
 Paroles and Law Eriforcement 
 
 Mr. Hinton Graves Clabaugh, Supervisor of Paroles and 
 Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles of the 
 State of Illinois 
 
 April 28, 1927: 
 
 Twenty-second Annual Meeting 
 Chicago's Crime Problem 
 
 Honorable A. C. Backus, Editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel 
 
 At this point it is perhaps appropriate to deviate from 
 the running record to include a resume of the activities 
 of the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice, written 
 later bv Rush C. Butler. It follows: ^7
 
 ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR 
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
 
 Resume of Its Activities 
 
 On January 27, 1927, at a closed meeting of The Industrial Club, 
 it was decided that its members would finance the activities of the 
 Illinois Association for Criminal Justice to the extent of Si 00,000 
 during the period it was making a survey of conditions in the State 
 of Illinois. More than Si 00,000 has been provided for that pur- 
 pose. In addition to this the Club's Committee on Jury Service, 
 headed by its former President, Gustave F. Fischer, acted as like 
 committee for the Illinois Association. Mr. Fischer wrote the report 
 on the subject of Jury Service appearing in the Illinois Crime Survey 
 published in 1929. Eighteen members of The Industrial Club served 
 on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Association. 
 
 The report of the survey has been published and given national 
 circulation. It is believed to be the standard work of its kind. 
 
 Rush C. Butler. 
 
 To resume: The annual Golf Tournament was held at 
 Knollwood Club, Lake Forest, and the honors were won 
 by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, R. Douglas Stuart 
 
 President's Cup, Melvin A. Traylor 
 
 First Flight, Frank H. Warren 
 
 Second Flight, Howard W. Fenton 
 
 Third Flight, Thomas E. Wilson 
 
 Foursome Event, Rush C. Butler 
 
 R. DouGL.A.s Stuart 
 Philip D. Armour 
 George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 
 Driving Contest, Philip D. Armour 
 
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 The Twenty-Third Year, 1927— 1928 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 HOWARD W. FENTON, PRESIDENT 
 
 FRANK H. WARREN, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN W. O'lEARY, TREASURER 
 
 HAROLD G. SMITH, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 ALFRED T. CARTON FREDERICK H. SCOTT 
 
 JOSEPH T. RYERSON CHARLES W. SEABURY 
 
 ELMER T. STEVENS 
 
 THE principal serious business of the Club during 
 this year was the work of its specially appointed 
 Committees which had in charge the survey of 
 the Criminal Activities and Criminal Laws in the State. 
 The social gatherings and formal meetings of the year 
 included: 
 
 October 27, 1927: 
 
 Illinois Association for Criminal Justice 
 
 Mr. Rush G. Butler 
 
 Mr. Arthur V. Lashley 
 Closed meeting at The Chicago Club 
 
 November 12, 1927: 
 
 Twenty-nine members and guests of the Club attended the 
 
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 Football Game between the University of Illinois and the 
 University of Chicago at Urbana, Illinois. 
 
 December i, 1927: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and 
 later attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 December 8, 1927: 
 An Economic Ramble 
 
 Mr. Charles E. Mitchell, President, National City Bank, 
 New York 
 
 January 19, 1928: 
 
 Agriculture, A Real Problem 
 
 Mr. Charles Nagel of St. Louis Mo., Chairman of the 
 Business Men's Commission on Agriculture 
 
 March 22, 1928: 
 Industrial Research 
 
 Mr. Charles F. Kettering, Vice President, General Motors 
 Corporation 
 
 April 19, 1928: 
 
 Twenty-third Annual Meeting 
 
 Military Aviation and Its Relation to Commercial Aviation 
 
 Mr. F. Trubee Davidson, Assistant Secretary of War 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Knollwood 
 Club, Lake Forest, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, R. Douglas Stuart 
 
 Presidents Cup, Philip D. Armour 
 
 First Flight, Joseph C. Belden 
 
 Second Flight, Thomas S. Hammond 
 
 Third Flight, Gustave F. Fischer 
 
 Foursome Event, Stanley Keith 
 Rush C. Butler 
 R. Douglas Stuart 
 Philip D. Armour 
 7^ Driving Contest, Robert Stevenson
 
 The Twenty-Fourth Year, 1928-1929 
 OFFICERS 
 
 JOSEPH T. RYERSON, PRESIDENT 
 
 ELMER T. STEVENS, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN S. BROEKSMIT, TREASURER 
 
 RALPH H. HOBART, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 HORACE W. ARMSTRONG HOWARD W. FENTON 
 
 ALFRED T. CARTON GUY A. RICHARDSON 
 
 FRED W. SARGENT 
 
 THE attention of the Club membership was pretty 
 well engrossed during this year with the Crime 
 situation, as evidenced by its first formal dinner 
 of the year, held on October 23, 1928, devoted to: 
 
 "Special Grand Jury Investigation of the Crime Situation in 
 Chicago," Mr. Frank J. Loesch, President Chicago Crime Com- 
 mission, 
 
 and, again, a joint discussion on "Crime" with The 
 Commercial Club on November 27, 1928. 
 
 Other meetings and gatherings during the year were 
 held as follows: 7^
 
 November 20, 1928: 
 
 Present Day Affairs in Cuba 
 
 Honorable Noble Brandon Judah, U. S. Ambassador to 
 Cuba 
 
 December 6, 1928: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and 
 later attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 January 31, 1929: 
 Poland 
 
 Honorable Charles S. Dewey, Financial Advisor to the 
 Polish Government. 
 
 March 21, 1929: 
 Rail Transportation 
 
 Mr. Carl R. Gray, President, Union Pacific Railroad 
 Company 
 
 April 18, 1929 
 
 Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting 
 
 What Industrial Research Has Done for Electrical Communications 
 Dr. Frank B. Jewett, President, Bell Telephone Labora- 
 tories, Inc. 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Lake 
 Geneva Country Club, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, Stanley Keith 
 
 President's Cup, Donald M. Ryerson 
 
 First Flight, Thomas S. Hammond 
 
 Second Flight, Richard J. Collins 
 
 Third Flight, John S. Broeksmit 
 
 Foursome Event, Stanley Keith 
 
 Donald M. Ryerson 
 Philip D. Armour 
 William McCormick Blair 
 
 Driving Contest, John Stuart 
 
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 The Twenty-Fifth Year, 1929- 1930 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 w. Mccormick blair, president 
 
 CHARLES WARD SEABURY, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN S. BROEKSMIT, TREASURER 
 
 GEORGE W. BLOSSOM, JR., SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 DAVID A. CRAWFORD JOSEPH T, RYERSON 
 
 PHILIP W. MOORE ELMER T. STEVENS 
 
 CHARLES JOHN WHIPPLE 
 
 IN the year the Club rounded out its first quarter 
 century, it held its third joint dinner with The 
 Commercial Club, thus still further cementing the 
 friendship and merging the interests of these two organi- 
 zations which were destined actually to merge very 
 shortly, as their kinship became more and more apparent. 
 The program of formal meetings and social gatherings 
 for this year was as follows: 
 
 October 21, 1929: 
 The New Ireland 
 
 Honorable Desmond Fitzgerald, Minister for the Defense, 
 
 Irish Free State I j
 
 December 5, 1929: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and 
 later attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 December 19, 1929: 
 
 Bank for International Settlements 
 Mr. Melvin a. Traylor 
 Joint Open Meeting with The Commercial Club at the Drake 
 Hotel 
 January 23, 1930: 
 
 Modern Tendencies and the Problems of Industry 
 
 Mr. David Sarnoff, President, Radio Corporation of 
 America 
 March 20, 1930: 
 
 General Discussion 
 Crime 
 
 Colonel Robert Isham Randolph 
 Mr. Elmer T. Stevens 
 Mr. G. Wayland Brooks 
 Closed Meeting at The Chicago Club 
 May 15, 1930: 
 
 The Transfer Problem and Its Importance to the United States 
 
 Mr. Ivar Kreuger, Managing Director of The Swedish 
 Match Company, Stockholm, Sweden 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Flossmoor 
 Country Club, Flossmoor, Illinois, and the honors were 
 won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, Philip D. Armour 
 President's Cup, Merle Jay Trees 
 First Flight, Frank H. Warren 
 Second Flight, Melvin A. Traylor 
 Third Flight, John H. Wood 
 Foursome Event, Thomas S. Hammond 
 David A. Crawford 
 Ralph A. Bard 
 Merle J. Trees 
 74 Driving Contest, George W. Blossom, Jr.
 
 The Twenty-Sixth Year, 1930— 193 1 
 OFFICERS 
 
 ELMER T. STEVENS, PRESIDENT 
 
 F. EDSON WHITE, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JOHN S. BROEKSMIT, TREASURER 
 
 GEORGE W. BLOSSOM, JR., SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 W. MCCORMICK BLAIR MARK CRESAP 
 DAVID A. CRAWFORD BYRON S. HARVEY 
 
 GUSTAVUS F. SWIFT 
 
 DURING this year joint meetings with The Com- 
 I mercial Club became the rule rather than the 
 exception, as will be seen from the schedule of 
 meetings for the year: 
 
 October lo, 1930: 
 
 The Significance of a State University 
 
 Dr. Harry W. Chase, President, University of Illinois 
 Joint Open Meeting with The Commercial Club at the Black- 
 stone Hotel 
 
 November 4, 1930: 
 
 The Financial and Economic Situation in Germany 
 
 Dr. Hjalmar Schacht 
 Joint Open Meeting with The Commercial Club at the Black- 
 stone Hotel 70
 
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 November 21, 1930: 
 
 The Bank for International Settlements and Stabilization 
 
 Sir Charles Addis, Director of the Bank of England 
 Joint Open Meeting with The Commercial Club at the Palmer 
 House 
 
 December 4, 1930: 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and 
 later attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 December 16, 1930: 
 General Discussion 
 Crime 
 
 Colonel Charles Edwards, Former Chief of Police of 
 
 Kansas City, Missouri 
 Colonel Robert Isham Randolph, President, Chicago 
 Association of Commerce 
 Joint Closed Meeting with The Commercial Club at The 
 Chicago Club 
 
 March 18, 1931: 
 
 Proposed Solution of the Prohibition Problem 
 
 Colonel Henry W. Anderson, of Richmond, Virginia 
 Open Meeting at the Stevens Hotel 
 
 May 28, 1 931: 
 
 Some of the Problems of a United States District Attorney 
 
 Hon. George E. Q.Johnson, United States District Attorney 
 Closed Meeting of the Club 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Glen View 
 Club, Golf, Illinois, and the honors were won by: 
 Championship Trophy, George W. Blossom, Jr. 
 President's Cup, DeForest Hulburd 
 First Flight, Frank H. Warren 
 Second Flight, Horace W. Armstrong 
 Third Flight, George P. Rinn 
 Foursome Event, David A. Crawford 
 Merle J. Trees 
 Ralph A. Bard 
 Thomas S. Hammond 
 Driving Contest, David A. Crawford
 
 The Twenty-Seventh Year, 193 1— 1932 
 OFFICERS 
 
 CHARLES WARD SEABURY, PRESIDENT 
 
 R, DOUGLAS STUART, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JAMES B. FORGAN, JR., TREASURER 
 
 RAWLEIGH WARNER, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 LAIRD BELL STERLING MORTON 
 
 JOHN A. HOLABIRD DONALD RYERSON 
 
 ELMER T. STEVENS 
 
 THE natural affinity of The Industrial Club of 
 Chicago and The Commercial Club was becom- 
 ing increasingly apparent with each passing year, 
 as more and more joint meetings were arranged, and it 
 was only a matter of time when the two organizations 
 would join forces and create a single strong club. 
 
 October 7, 1931: 
 
 Emergency Relief Campaign 
 
 Mr. Edward L. Ryerson, Jr. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Insull, Jr. 
 
 Mr. Robert M. Hutchins 
 Joint Closed Luncheon Meeting with The Commercial Club, 
 
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 November 24, 1931: 
 
 Mayor's Advisory Committee 
 Mayor Anton Cermak 
 Mr. Sewell Avery 
 Closed Meeting, with The Commercial Club members as guests 
 
 December 3, 1931 : 
 
 At the invitation of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, the Club was 
 entertained at dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club and 
 later attended the Live Stock Exposition. 
 
 January 25, 1932: 
 
 A Century of Progress 
 
 Mr. Rufus C. Dawes 
 Special Closed Luncheon Meeting, followed by personal inspec- 
 tion of buildings under construction by many members 
 
 April 6, 1932: 
 
 The Economic Outlook 
 
 Sir Josiah Stamp, President, London, Midland and Scottish 
 Railway and Director of the Bank of England 
 
 The annual Golf Tournament was held at Shore 
 Acres, Lake Bluff, and the honors were won by: 
 
 Championship Trophy, Robert A. Gardner 
 
 President's Cup, Philip R. Clarke 
 
 First Flight, John Stuart 
 
 Second Flight, Rawleigh Warner 
 
 Third Flight, Gt^okge P. Rinn 
 
 Foursome Event, Philip R. Clarke 
 
 Dr. Vernon C. David 
 
 Col. Frank Knox 
 
 Raw^leigh Warner 
 Driving Contest, R. Douglas Stuart 
 
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 The Twenty-Eighth Year, 1932— 1933 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 ARCH W. SHAW, PRESIDENT 
 
 ALBERT W. SHERER, VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 JAMES B. FORGAN, JR., TREASURER 
 
 RAWLEIGH WARNER, SECRETARY 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 LAIRD BELL THOMAS S. HAMMOND 
 
 KENT S. CLOW CHARLES WARD SEABURY 
 
 DONALD M. RYERSON 
 
 SHORTLY after the annual meeting, on November 
 1 7, 1932, after more than a quarter of a century of 
 hfe as The Industrial Club of Chicago, the admin- 
 istration, feeling that the best interest of Chicago's 
 industrial and commercial interests would be best served 
 by pooling the interests and influence of the two organi- 
 zations, brought about the merger of the Club with The 
 Commercial Club, which had previously been merged 
 with The Merchants Club, the original agency which 
 set off the spark which brought it into being in 1905. 
 Thus this chronicle comes to a close, ringing down the 
 curtain on one era of Chicago life and, it is hoped and 79
 
 confidently expected, raising the curtain on a period of 
 even greater usefulness to the community of the new 
 combined organization. 
 
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 List of Members 
 
 Abbott, W. Rufus^^ 
 Andersen, Arthur"^ 
 Armour, Lester"*^ 
 Armour, Philip D.^ 
 Armstrong, Horace W.^ 
 Arnold, Bion J.^^ 
 Baker, James R.* 
 Ballard, Ernest S.'^ 
 Bard, Ralph A."^ 
 Belden, Joseph C.^'* 
 Bell, Laird^ 
 Beneke, Henry^® 
 Beven, John L.^ 
 Billings, Frank* 
 BiRK, William A.* 
 Blair, W. McGormick'*^ 
 Bloom, Edgar Selden^^ 
 Blossom, George W., Jr.'*^ 
 BoAL, Ayres^ 
 Bond, Wm. Scott^^ 
 Broeksmit, John S> 
 Brundage, Edward J.* 
 BuDD, Britton 1.°^ 
 Burnham, Claude G.* 
 Butler, Rush G.^^ 
 Caldwell, Frank G.* 
 Calhoun, William J.* 
 Carr, George R.°^ 
 Garr, Robert F.^^ 
 Carton, Alfred T.^ 
 Clark, Edwin H> 
 Clark, Mangel T.* 
 Clarke, Philip R.^ 
 Glow, Harry B.* 
 
 Clow, Kent S."^ 
 Collins, Richard J.* 
 Crawford, David A.'^ 
 Gresap, Mark W.^^ 
 Crowell, Henry P.^^ 
 Gudahy, Joseph M.^ 
 Dallas, Charles Donald* 
 David, Dr. Vernon C."^ 
 Dering, Jackson K.* 
 Dewey, Charles S."^ 
 Dick, Albert Blake, Jr."^ 
 Dickinson, Jacob M.* 
 DuRBiN, Fletcher M> 
 Elting, Howard^® 
 Fenton, Howard W.'* 
 Fentress, Galvin"* 
 Field, Marshall, HP'^ 
 Fischer, Gustave F.^^ 
 Folds, Charles W.* 
 FoRGAN, James B., Jr.^ 
 Foster, Charles K.^^ 
 Gardner, Robert A.^ 
 Gardner, William A.* 
 Gilchrist, John F.°^ 
 Goodspeed, Charles B.^ 
 Graham, Ernest R.^^ 
 Grant, General Frederick 
 
 Dent* 
 Hale, F. O.^ 
 Hammond, Thomas S.^ 
 Hardin, John H.^^ 
 Harvey, Byron S.^^ 
 Heath, Ernest W.* 
 Heilman, Ralph E."^ 
 
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 Hetzler, Howard G.* 
 HoBART, Ralph H."'^ 
 HoLABiRD, John A."^ 
 
 HOLDEN, HaLE'^^ 
 
 Hopkins, James M.^^ 
 
 HULBURD, DeFoREST'^ 
 
 Insull, Samuel, Jr.'^ 
 Johnston, Hugh McB.* 
 JuDAH, Noble Brandon"^ 
 Juergens, William F.* 
 Keith, Stanley^ 
 Kelley, William V.* 
 Kelly, D. F.^b 
 Kittle, Charles M.* 
 Knox, Frank"^ 
 Lamson, Warren A/ 
 Leach, Ferry W."'* 
 Leavell, James Reader-*' 
 Letts, Fred C* 
 Lewis, Dr. Dean^^ 
 Lobdell, Harry H.°^ 
 Loesch, Frank J.^^ 
 Lord, Russell* 
 Madlener, Albert F.^^ 
 Marcy, George E.^^ 
 Mashek, V. F.^^ 
 McDouGAL, James B.'^^ 
 mcdougal, robert^^ 
 McRoberts, Samuel^^ 
 
 MiCHAELIS, WaLTHER R.* 
 
 Miller, Darius* 
 MoHR, Louis* 
 Moore, Philip W.^ 
 Morton, Sterling^ 
 MuNROE, Charles A.^'^ 
 NoYES, David Allen^^ 
 O'Leary, John W .^b 
 Ortman, Randolph* 
 Q Otis, Joseph E., Jr."^ 
 ^■^ Palmer, Dudley C."^ 
 
 Peabody, Stuyvesant"^ 
 Pearce, Charles S.°^ 
 Phemister, Dallas B,"^ 
 PiEZ, Charles* 
 Pool, Marvin B.^^ 
 Preston, Fred A.^ 
 Randolph, Robert L"^ 
 Ranney, George A.^^ 
 Rawson, Frederick H.°^ 
 Reed, Kersey Goates* 
 Rehm, William H.* 
 Reynolds, Earle H.^ 
 Reynolds, George M.^^ 
 Richardson, Guy A."^ 
 Riley, Harrison B.^^ 
 Rinn, George P."^ 
 Ripley, Robert H.* 
 Rogers, Hopewell L.^^ 
 Rollins, Charles E., Jr.^^ 
 Ryerson, Donald M.* 
 Ryerson, Joseph T.'^ 
 Sargent, Fred W,^^ 
 Scott, Frederick H.^ 
 Scott, George E.^^ 
 Seabury, Charles W.^^ 
 Seipp, Philip W.* 
 Shaw, Arch W."^ 
 Sherer, Albert W.^ 
 Skinner, Edward M.^^ 
 Smith, Harold C.^ 
 Starring, Mason B.* 
 Stevens, Elmer T."*- 
 Stevenson, Robert"^ 
 Stewart, Robert W.^^ 
 Strawn, Silas H."^ 
 Stuart, H. L."^ 
 Stuart, John^^ 
 Stuart, R. Douglas* 
 Sunny, Bernard E.""^ 
 Swift, Gustavus F/
 
 Swift, Harold Higgins^ 
 Thorne, Robert J. ^^ 
 TrayloRj Melvin a.* 
 Trees, Merle Jay^ 
 UiHLELN, Edgar J. ^^ 
 ViLEs, Lawrence M.^ 
 Vincent, Dr. George E.^'^ 
 Walling, Willoughby G.'^ 
 Warner, Rawleigh"^ 
 Warren, Frank H."*^ 
 Waud, Ernest P."^ 
 Wetmore, Frank O.* 
 
 Wheeler, Harry A.^^ 
 Whipple, Charles John'^ 
 White, F. Edson* 
 WiLLiTS, Ward W.°^ 
 Wilson, Oliver T.* 
 Wilson, Thomas E."^ 
 Winterbotham, John H. * 
 Wood, John H.^^ 
 W^ooD, General Robert E> 
 Woolley, Clarence M.^'^ 
 WoosTER, Clarence K.* 
 
 Key to Symbols 
 
 ■'' — Active 
 "^—Honorary "A" 
 ^^— Honorary "B" 
 ^^ — Non-Resident 
 * — Deceased 
 
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