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 Year Book

of the

Woman’s Club

of

Central Kentucky

1915--1916

Organized December 3, 1894
and Federated the same year

GUY JOHNSON PRINTING CO

 

 

   

OFFICERS

 

President

MRS. W. T. LAFFERTY

Vice-Presidents
MRS. A. M. HARRISON
MRS. S. T. HARBISON

Recording Secretary

MRS. NORTON SHARPE

Corresponding Secretary

MRS. C. A. THOMAS

Treasurer

MRS. J. A. EDGE

Auditors
MRS. WICKLIFFE PRESTON
MRS. SPENCER BROOKER

 

 

 

 

  

VICE-PRESIDENTS 0F COUNTIES

 

FAYETTE
Mrs. James Todd

WOODFORD
Mrs. Claude Williams

MADISON
Miss Laura Clay

CLARK
Mrs. David Prewitt

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Miss Laura Kinkead Miss Christian
Miss Margaret Preston Mrs. Berryman
Miss Josephine Simpson Mrs. J. R. Morton
Miss Katherine Cochran Mrs. Edwin Muller

Miss Julia Connelly Mrs. J. N. Elliott
Miss Mary Bryan Mrs. George Starr
Miss Schmidt Mrs. Minor Simpson
' Mrs. Williamson Mrs. Charles W. Moore

 

 

  

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EX-PRESIDENTS

 

Mrs. M. A. Scovill, 1895.

Mrs. A. M. Harrison, 1896-1897
Mrs. A. M. Harrison, 1997—1898
Miss Eva Stevenson, 1898-1899
Miss Eva. Stevenson, 1899-1900
Mrs. M. T. Scott, 1900—1901

Mrs. M. T. Scott, 1901—1902

Miss Eva. Stevenson, 1902-1903
Miss Eva Stevenson, 1903—1904
Mrs. A. M. Harrison, 1904—1905
Mrs. A. M. Harrison, 1905-1906
Mrs. Wickliffe Preston, 1906—1907
Mrs. Wicklige Preston, 1907—1908
Mrs. Charles W. Moore, 1908-1909

 

 

Mrs. Charles W. Moore, 1909~1910
Mrs. Wickliffe Preston, 1910—1911
Mrs. XVickliffe Preston, 1911-1912
Mrs. A. M. Harrison, 1912-1913
Mrs. A. M. Harrison, 1913-1914
Mrs. W. T. Lafferty, 1914-1915

 

 

 

  

Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky

 

MONTHLY CALENDAR

 

GENERAL MEETINGS
First Saturdays of Each Month
Mrs. W. T. Lafferty, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE
First Wednesdays
Miss Margaret Preston, Chairman
DRAMA STUDY CLASS
Second Saturdays
Miss Isabel Schmidt, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF CURRENT EVENTS
Second Wednesdays
Miss Simpson, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL HYGIENE

Third Saturdays—October, November,
December and January

Mrs. Clarence Williamson, Chairman

DEPARTMENT OF ART

Third Saturdays—February, March, April and May

Mrs. George Starr, Chairman

 

 

 

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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Third Wednesdays
Miss Cochran, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL HISTORY

Fouth SaturdaySHOctober, November, December
and January

Mrs. Minor Simpson, Chairman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fourth Tuesdays
Mrs. W. T. Lafferty, Chairman

DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS
Fourth Saturdays—February, March, April and May
Miss Christian, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE

Fourth Wednesdays

Miss Kinkead, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Fifth Saturdays and Fifth Wednesdays

Mrs. Berryman, Chairman

THE PLAY-GIVING COMMITTEE
Miss Julia W. Connelly, Chairman

Meetings will be held at call of the chairman

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE
“The world is full of poetry—the air

Is living with its spirit and the waves
Dance to the music of its melodies.”

CHAIRMAN

Miss Margaret Preston

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. W. W. Anderson

DIRECTORS
Mrs. E. C. Adair Mrs. John T. Shelby
Miss Martha Hume Miss Katherine McElliimioy

Critical and Interpretative Studies in Recent Poetry

Stephen Phillipps John Galsworthy
William Ernest Henley Henry N ewbolt
Alfred Noyes John Masefleld
Francis Thompson Robert Bridges

 

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DRA'MA STUDY CLASS
“The Stage but echoes back the public voice."

CHAIRMAN
MISS ISABEL SCHMIDT
VICE—CHAIRMAN
Mrs. VVickliffe Preston

DIRECTORS
Mrs. Lloyd C. Daniels . Mrs. Suydam Scott
Mrs. Charles Kerr Miss Rebel Withers

Purpose: To nocentuate the importhnce of the drama as a
vital factor.

 

STUDIE S AND READINGS

Children’s Plays Music Drama
Religious Plays Pageantry
Poetic Drama Jewish Theatre

 

THE PLAY-GIVING COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN
Miss Julia. W. Connelly

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Shelby T. Harbison
DIRECTORS

Mrs. Lee Huffman, Mrs. L. C. Daniels,
Mrs. Nellie P. Hopkins

 

 

 

  

 

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CURRENT EVENTS

“True to his charge he comes,
The herald of a. noisy world,

News: from all nations lumbering at his back.”

 

CHAIRMAN
Miss Josephine Simpson

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. J. R. Morton

DIRECTORS
Mrs. Norton Sharpe Mrs. Geo. Starr

Mrs. Suydam Scott Mrs. Minor Simpson

Mrs. Clarence Williamson

The Chairman hopes that all members of the Club
will contribute to the program of the Department
by coming to the meetings with some item of news

 

SOCIAL HYGIENE

"Cleanliness is next to Godliness.”

 

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Clarence Williamson
DIRECTORS

Mrs. R. K. Massie Mrs. A. M. Harrison
Mrs. C. B. English

 

 

 

 

 

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ART

“All nature is but art unknown to thee."

 

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. George Starr

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. A. C. Zembrod

DIRECTORS

Miss Sarah McGarvey Mrs. Henry Duncan
Miss Lucy Collier

 

MUSIC

“Music is God‘s best gift to man, the only art of Heaven given
to Earth, the only art of Earth we can take to Heaven."

 

CHAIRMAN
Miss Cochran
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Miss Sarah McGarvey

DIRECTORS
Mrs. Clay Goodloe Miss Kesheimer
Mrs. Lee Huffman Miss Isabel Metz

Miss Florence Rogers

 

LOCAL HISTORY

“So let us sing of names remembered,
Because, they, living not, can ne'er be dead."

 

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Simpson
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Wickliffe Preston
DIRECTORS
Mrs. Geo. W. Ranck Miss Mary C. Shelby
Mrs. E. S. DeLong Mrs. James Todd

 

 

   
  
  

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HOME ECONOMICS .

“The secret of thrift is knowledge; knowledge of domestic
economy saves income, knowledge of sanitary laws saves

health and life.”

Mrs. C. W. Moore

Miss Sweeney

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CHAIRMAN
Miss Christian
VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. F. 0. Young
Mrs. H. K. McAddams
Miss Bettie Barrow

 

SOCIAL SERVICE

“Youv who are enlightened, selLsuft‘icient, self-governed,
endowed with gifts above your fellows, the world expects you
to take your place and to fight against the powers of organ-
ized evil and of commercialized vice; against poverty, disease
and death, which follow fast in the wake of sin and ignorance;
against all the innumerable forces which are working to de-
stroy the image of God in man, and unleash the passion of the

beast.”

CHAIRMAN

Miss Kinkead ,

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Miss Jewell

DIRECTORS
Miss Helen Lafferty Miss Florence Rogers
Mrs. F. W. Clare Miss Anna H. Harbison
Mrs. C. B, English Miss Dorothy Embry a.
Mrs. Wellington Scott Miss Frances McClelland
Mrs. Curry Tunis Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld
Miss Aubyn Chinn Miss Mary Sayre Williams

 

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

 

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Charles Henry Berryman

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Mrs. E. L. Hutchinson

DIRECTORS
Mrs. Silas Mason Mrs. Desha. Breckinridge

STANDING COMMITTEES
Hospitality

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. J. N. Elliott

VICE-CHAIRMAN

Mrs. Embry Allen
Mrs. Robert M. Allen Mrs. Peter G. Powell
Mrs. Waller Bullock Hunt. Mrs. Silas Mason '
Mrs. G. Clay Goodloe Mrs. James Combs
Mrs. Wellington Scott Mrs. Newton Combs

 

House

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Edwin Muller

DIRECTORS

Mrs. Matthew Savage Walton, Mrs. H. S. Booker
Mrs. W. L. Morris, Mrs. W. P. Averett, Mrs. Bowman
Membership—Mrs. J. R. Morton.
Entertainment—Mrs. C. W. Moore
Press—Miss Mary Bryan

 

 

   
 
  

  
 

  
   
  
  

 

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TREASURER’S REPORT

 

MRS. J. ARTHUR EDGE, Treasurer

Iu account wit h the VVoman’s Club of Central
Kentucky, from July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1915

~-——— Receipts ~—

Balance ..................................... $ 250.66
Dues ......................................... 927.50
Guest tickets ................................ 24 50
Luncheon tickets ............................ 102 75
Commissions on pottery sales ................. 2.48
Rebate on Dean Sumner’s lecture ............ 6.50
Contributions for Federation Reception ....... 15.00

$1,329.39

—— Disbursements ——

Rent, and use of piano ....................... $ 460.00
Bronze tablets ............................... 80.00
Lecture and concert . ..... . . . . . . ............ . 130.00
New Year’s luncheon ..... . ............. . ..... 117.75
Social Service Department ................... 25.00
Teas and services of maid .................. . 41.50
General Federation dues ..................... 13.70
State Federation dues ......................... 13.70
Postage and stationery ....................... 18.78
Calendars and printing ...................... . 27.85
Expenses of Federation .............. . ....... 131.50
Miscellaneous ............................... 28.44
Balance ........ . ...... .......... 241.17

$1,329.39

 

  

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LIST OF MEMBERS

Adair, Mrs. E. 0., 722 West High

Allen, Mrs. Robert M., 421 West Third

Allen, Mrs. J. Embry, 365 Aylesford Place

Anderson, Mrs. F. Paul, 147 Kentucky Ave.

Anderson, Mrs. W'illiam Viallace, 191 Kentucky Ave.
Averett, Mrs. W. P., 136 East Fourth

Barker, Mrs. Henry S.. State University

Bain, Miss Irma, 516 West Third

Bain, Miss Edith, 516 West Third

Bateman, Mrs. W. M., 453 West Sixth

Bassett, Miss Katherine, 431 Fayette Park

Berry, Mrs. Bailey D., 54 South Ashland Ave.
Berry, Mrs. L. C., 311 South Ashland Ave.
Berryman, Mrs. Charles PL, Elmendorf

Bishop, Miss Lucie, Hanover Apts., Hampton Court
Blackwell. Mrs. T. W., 141 Forest Ave.

Bowyer, Mrs. Charles A., 404 North Broadway
Bonnycastle, Mrs. J. C., 710 West High

Brown, Mrs. Linwood A., 425 Transylvania Park
Brooker, Mrs. H. Spencer, 290 South Ashland Ave.
Bryan, Mrs. Daniel, 554 East Main

Bryan, Miss Mary, 554 East Main

Brumage, Mrs. Alpha, 414 Aylesford Place
Breckinridge, Mrs. Desha, 337 Linden Walk
Buckley, Mrs. B. F., 204 East High

Carrithers, Mrs. A. T., 407 North Broadway
Garrick, Mrs. Robert L., 466 West Third
Cassidy, Mrs. J. Ernest, 146 East Maxwell
Chalkley, Mrs. Lyman, 148 East Fifth
Chenault, Mrs. C. D., 462 North Limestone
Christian, Miss Katherine, Liberty Pike
Chinn, Miss Aubyn, State University

Clare, Mrs. Fulton W., South Ashland Ave.
Clarke, Miss Mary E., 117 Woodland Ave.
Clarke, Miss Kate, corner Market and Third
Clay. Miss Laura, 189 North Mill

Cochran, Miss Katherine, 419 West Second

 

 

 

 

 

    
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

 

 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  

 

 

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Collier, Miss Lucy, 335 North Broadway

Collis, Miss Harriet, 225 South Ashland Ave.

Connelly, Miss Julia W., Hamilton College

Combs, Mrs. Thomas A., Versailles Pike ;

Combs, Mrs. I. Newton, 247 North Mill ‘ i
Crossfield, Mrs. R. H., 421 West Second

Craig, Mrs. William, 414 Fayette Park

Daniels, Mrs. Lloyd 0.. 410 West Second

Dale, Mrs. Felix, 453 West Third

DeLong, Mrs. E. S., 354 North Limestone

Denny, Miss Massey L., 118 Park Ave.

DeRoode, Mrs. Rudolf, 530 Sayre Ave.

Dodge, Mrs. Victor K., Sayre Ave and Bell Court, West
Drake, Mrs. W. D., Frankfort Pike

Duncan, Mrs. Henry T., 433 Fayette Park

Edge, Mrs. J. Arthur. 187 North Mill

Elliott, Mrs. J. Nathan, 515 North Broadway
Elmore, Mrs. S. McC., South Ashland Ave.

Embry, Miss Dorothy, Hagerman Apt., West Second
English, Mrs. Clifton B., 646 East High

Fletcher, Mrs. F. W., Ivanhoe Apts., Hampton Court.
Foster, Mrs. Clinton L., 251 South Ashland Ave.

Forman, Mrs. M. Don., 421 North Broadway .
Garth, Mrs. C. L., 304 West Third a
Geary, Miss Mayme, 441 North Limestone

Glass, Mrs. S. A., 230 West High

Goodloe, Mrs. Green Clay, 244 North Broadway
Goff, Mrs. Thomas, 441 West Second

Goff, Miss Anna Chandler, 441 West Second
Goodwin, Mrs. William I., Hagerman Apts., W. Second
Goodloe, Mrs. Archibald, 270 South Ashland Ave.

 

 

 

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Gorham, Mrs. John B.-, 411 West Third

Graves, Mrs. Sterling P., Lexington, Ky.

Graves, Mrs. George R., 248 South Ashland Ave.
Gregory, Mrs. W. H., Waverly Apt., Hampton Court

Haggin, Mrs. Louis Lee, Russell Cave Pike.
Hamilton, Mrs. A. L., Tate’s Creek Pike
Hamilton, Miss Anna. J., Patterson Hall
Harbison, Mrs. Shelby T., 281 South Limestone
Harbison, Miss Anna Howard, 281 South Limestone
Harrison, Mrs. A. M., 530 Elm Tree Lane
Hawkins, Mrs. J. S.. 437 West Second

Henton, Miss Mary, Versailles, Ky.

Hopson, Mrs. H. P., 642 Central Ave.
Hostetter, Miss Whitney, 367 South Broadway
Hume, Miss Martha, Winchester Pike
Huffman, Mrs. Lee E, 417 West Third
Hutchison, Mrs. M. D., 431 South Broadway
Hutchcraft, Miss Mary Fithian, Paris, Ky.

Jewell, Mrs. A. H., 311 South Ashland Ave.

Jewell, Miss Francis, 311 South Ashland Ave.

Johns, Mrs. Frank E., 154 Woodland Ave.

Johnston, Mrs. Fayette, “Elmhurst,” Winchester Pike
Johnstone, Mrs. John, 201 North Mill

Kastle, Mrs. J. H., 238 East Maxwell
Kelly, Mrs. J. M., 157 Walnut

Kerr, Mrs. Charles, 658 North Broadway
Kesheimer, Miss Myrtle, 311 Madison Place
Kinkead. Miss Laura, 256 East High

Lafferty, Mrs. William T., 418 East Maxwell
Lafferty, Miss Helen, 418 East Maxwell St.
LeComte, Miss Margaret J., 412 West Third

 

 

 

  

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, .Lloyd, Mrs. Henry, North Broadway _._-, 7
Lyne, Mrs. S. C., Brannon, Ky.

Mason, Mrs. Silas B., Versailles Pike
Massie, Mrs. Robert K., Waverly Apt, Hampton Court
Massie, Mrs. William K., 341 North Broadway
Mastin, Mrs. George R., Old Frankfort Pike
Matthews, Mrs. Walter, 417 Transylvania. Park
Metz, Miss Isabel, Hamilton College.
Moore, Mrs. Charles W., 472 West Third
Morris, Mrs. W. L., 410 West Second
Morton, Mrs. J. R., 331 North Mill
Muir, Mrs. Wallace, 632 Elsmere Park
Muller, Mrs. Edwin, Hampton Court and Third
Murray, Miss Ella, 521 West High
. ,- ”Myers, Miss Irene T., 449 West Second ‘/../

 

McAdams. Mrs. H. K., 309 North Broadway
McCarty, Mrs. Harry, Nicholasville, Ky.
McClelland, Miss Francis, 301 South Broadway
McDiarmid, Mrs. J. 0., Hamilton College
McDougle, Mrs. John B., 437 West Second
McElhinney, Miss K. J., 403 Maple Ave.
McElhinny, Miss Martha, 403 Maple Ave.
McGarvey, Miss Sara, 417 West Third
McLaughlin, Miss Margaret, 226 East Maxwell 1
Newman, Miss Roberta, 145 East Second
Noel, Mrs. J. D., 604 Sayre Ave.

Noel, Miss Corinne, 604 Sayre Ave.

Payne, Mrs. A. G., 534 North Broadway
Patrick, Mrs. C. C., Old Frankfort Pike

Pettit, Miss Katherine, Lexington, Ky.

Porter, Miss Daisy Moore, 181 Kentucky Ave.
Powell, Mrs. Peter G., 471 West Third

 

 

 

 

  

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“Preston, Mrs. Wickliffe, Waverly Apts. Hampton Court
Preston, Miss Margaret, Waverly Apts., Hampton Court
Prewitt, Mrs. David, Winchester Pike

Pryor, Mrs. J. W., 261 North Broadway

l’uiiiam, Mrs. Keeling G., 505 East Main

Itanck, Mrs. G. W., 602 North Broadway.
Roberts, Mrs. George, 340 Transylvania Park
Ross, Mrs. Clifton 13., 429 North Broadway
Sandusky, Mrs. Isaac. 437 West Second
Scott, Mrs. John, 478 West Second

Schmidt, Miss Isabel, 404 North Broadway
Schnaufer, Mrs. W. T., 421 West Third
Scott, Mrs. Wellington F., 132 East Fourth

"Scott, Mrs. Suydam, 242 Market

Scott, Miss Sue B., 325 North Broadway

Shelby, Mrs. John T., 418 West Third

Shelby, Miss Mary, 418 West Third

Sharpe, Mrs. G. N orton. 174 East Maxwell
Shropshire, Mrs. J. C., 205 West Short

Shropshire, Mrs. Marion W., 631 Central Ave.
Simpson, Mrs. Minor, Tates Creek Pike

Simpson, Miss Josephine, Tates Creek Pike

Skain, Mrs. John, 137 Forest Ave.

Smith, Miss Jean L., 140 East Maxwell

Smith, Mrs. L. Theodore, 440 Walnut

Snyder, Mrs. W. R., 425 West Fourth

Spencer, Miss Nettie E., Lexington, Ky.

Starr, Mrs. George, 256 Rodes Ave.

Stofer, Mrs. Samuel 0., Forest Ave.

Stucky, Mrs. J. A., 903 East Main

Stoner, Miss Mary K., Hagerman Apts., West Second
Sweeney, Miss Mary E., Hagerman Apts., West Second

 

 

  

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Thomas, Mrs. Charles Allen, 304 North Mill
Thomas, Mrs. W. R., 473 East Main
Thomas, Mrs. Dora B., Lexington, Ky.
Thompson, Mrs. W. H., East Maxwell
Thompson, Mrs. M. G., Hamilton College.
Todd, Mrs. James A., Elmendorf.

Tunis, Mrs. J. T., 521 North Broadway.

Vanmeter, Miss Maybelle, 225 South Ashland Ave.
Vanmeter, Mrs. Joe C., Tates Creek Pike.

Walby, Miss Lucy E., 119 East Maxwell
Walton, Mrs. Matthew T., 462 West Third
Walton, Mrs. J. F., 460 Walnut

Walton, Mrs. Matt Savage, 330 Hampton Court
Welch, Mrs. W. R., 222 South Limestone
Wiglesworth, Mrs. J. M., Faywood, Ky.
Williamson, Mrs. C. L., 622 Central Ave.
Wilson, Mrs. S. S., Tates Creek Pike
Wilson, Mrs. A. E., 309 North Broadway
Williams, Mrs. Claude, Versailles, Ky.
Williams, Miss Ella M.. North Broadway
Winston, Mrs. Avery S., 255 North Broadway
Withers, Miss Rebel, 489 East Main

Wright, Mrs. H. B., Phoenix Hotel.

Wyatt, Mrs. Conway, 40 Mentelle Park

Young, Mrs. Frank 0., 257 South Limestone

Zembrod. Mrs. Alfred C., 456~West Fourth

 

 

  

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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I.
Name.

This association shall be called the Woman’s Club
of Central Kentucky.

ARTICLE II.
Object.

The objejct shall be to create among women an or-
ganized center of thought and action for the promotion
of social, educational, literary and artistic growth, and
what relates to the best interests of the community.

ARTICLE III.
Departments.

For the better execution of its object, the Club work
shall be divided into departments, representing differ-
ent lines of activity.

ARTICLE IV.
Officers

Sec. 1. The offiicers of the Club shall be a Presi-
dent. two Vice-Presidents, residents of the City of Lex-
ington, and as many more Vice-Presidents as there
may be counties represented in the Club, including
Fayette County, a Recording Secretary, a Correspond-
ing Secretary, 2. Treasurer and two Auditors. These
shall constitute the Executive Committee, who shall
select the Chairman of Departments and the Chairman
of Standing Committees.

Board of Directors

See. 2. The Executive Committee, the Chairman of
Departments, and the Chairman of Standing Com—

 

 

 

 

  

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mittees shall constitute the Board of Directors. This
Board shall transact the business of the Club, and
shall have power to fill vacancies occurring in its
own body during the interim between elections.
ARTICLE V.
Nomination and Election of Officers

Sec. 1. The officers shall be elected by ballot at a.
meeting held annually on the first Saturday in March,
and shall be installed in office on the first Saturday in
June. The Club Year shall begin with October.

A Committee on Election shall be appointed to
consist of three members of the Club, who shall serve
as tellers at the annual meeting, and shall have power
to choose assistants. The chairman of this committee
shall be the corresponding secretary. A blank ballot
shall be mailed to each member of the Club, which
shall be filled in and returned to the Corresponding
Secretary. The names of the three persons receiving
the highest number of votes for e‘rlch office Shall be
presented at the annual meeting, and the candidates
receiving a majority of the votes of those present at
said annual meeting shall be declared elected.

ARTICLE VI.
Duty of Officers.

Sec. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings
of the Club, preserve order, enforce all laws and regu‘
lations. have general supervision of the interest of
the Club, and perform such other duties as are inci-
dent to the office.

See. 2. The Vice-President, senior in order of elec-
tion and present at the opening of the meeting, shall
perfOrm the duties of the President in case of her
absence.

 

 

  

 

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Sec. 3. The Recording Secretary shall take notes
of the proceedings of the Club, make true entries in
her book of all things done and passed, and read the.
same at each business meeting. She shall have charge
of all books and papers of the Club, except those be~
longing to the Treasurer, or to any of the committees,
and shall perform such other duties as are incidental
to her office.

Sec. 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct
and have charge of the general correspondence of the
lub. She shall keep a record of all official communi—
cations sent out by her, and all communications re~
ceived by her for the Club. She shall sign and seal
all notices and invitations, and notify all persons of
their election to membership or office.

See. 5. The Treasurer shall collect all money for
dues, initiation fees, guest tickets and badges. All
money received by her shall be deposited in the name
of the Club in such bank as she may select, and shall
be drawn out only by her check as Treasurer. The
Treasurer shall at the first Board meeting in the
month make a statement of the finances, and at the
annual meeting in December she shall make an annual
report. She shall keep a correct account of all moneys
received and paid out, and her books shall be at all
times open to the inspection of the Board of Directors.

Sec. 6. The Auditor shall audit all bills and ac-
counts of Treasurer, and report in writing at the an-
nual meeting whether they are correct.

Sec. 7. No person shall hold more than one of-
ficial position at any time, nor (with the exception of
the Secretary) shall serve for a longer period than
two years in the office to which she may be elected.

 

 

 

  

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ARTICLE VII.
Membership

Sec 1. Qualifications for membership shall be char-
acter, intelligence and reciprocity.

Sec. 2. It shall be the privilege of each member in
good standing. who has held membership for one year
or longer to propose the names of two successful can-
didates during each Club year.

Sec. 3. The President shall appoint a committee on
membership, consisting of three persons, whose names
shall be known only to the President, and this commit—
tee shall receive 11 proposals for membership, and
shall send the names of proposed new members to the
President, and at the next meeting of the Board these
names shall be submitted for confirmation, for which
a two-thirds vote of the Directors shall be necessary.

 

' Sec. 4. To become a member of the Club the name
of the candidate, with full address and qualifications
for membership, must be proposed in writing by a
member of the Club. The name of a candidate pro-
posed for membership must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope, with the name of the endorser, and sent un— ’-
der cover to the President, who must not be informed
of the name either of the candidate or of her en-
dorser, but shall transmit the sealed envelope to the
Committee on Membership.

Sec. 5. Every member of the Committee on Mem-
bership and every Director shall be in honor bound to
keep secret the names of persons proposed until the
same shall have been elected to membership, nor shall.
the name of a defeated candidate ever be divulged by

 

 

 

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the Board outside thereof, or by any member of the
Committee on Membership. No Director shall be at
liberty to state the nature of her vote, or how another
voted.

Sec. 6. Daughters of members between the ages of
twelve and sixteen may be admitted to the Club with-
out being voted upon and upon the payment of half
the usual dues. They shall be entitled to all privileges
except holding ofliee and voting in the business affairs
at" the Club. -

Sec. 7. The membership of the Club shall be 1im~
ited to two hundred and fifty.

ARTICLE VIII.
Dues.

Sec. 1. The annual fee of five dollars shall be paid
to the Treasurer by each member of the Club at the
btsiness meeting in October, or within thirty days
thvreafter, otherwise the member is dropped.

Sec. 2. New members entering the Club at any
line during the Club year shall pay an initiation fee.
of five dollars, and be exempt from annual dues for
the: Club year.

ARTICLE IX.

Sec. 1. This Constitution may be amended by a
two-thirds vote of any meeting, notice of such inten-
tion having been given at a previous meeting.

 

 

 

 

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BY-LAWS.

 

ARTICLE I.
Regular Meetings
Sec. 1. The regular business meeting of the Club
shall be held on the first Saturday afternoon of each
month during the Club year of nine months, from Oc-
tober to June.
Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called by the Pres-
ident at the request of two or more Directors.
ARTICLE II.

Department Committees

 

Sec. 1. Standing Committees, each consisting of
five members of the Club, shall have charge of the de_
partments, and shall prepare the programs of the reg—
ular meetings in the order determined by the Board

of Directors. The chairman of these departments 311111
be announced in June of each year.

Duties of Chairmen.

Sec. 2. The duties of a Chairman of a. Departnent
Committee shall be to appoint the other members of
said committee to arrange and attend all meetings Int
the committee, to prepare and provide for such Club I
meetings as shall be under the charge of her com-
mittee, and shall be responsible for the proper axecu-
tion of the program of the day. At the annual meet- 3
ing she shall report the work of her departmelt dur~
ing the year.

ARTICLE III.
Standing Committees

Sec. 1. Standing Committees, each cons‘sting of

three members of the Club, shall be appointed by the

 

 

 

 

  

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Board of Directors. These for the present shlal be
five in number, namely, House, Hospitality, Entertain-
ment, Press and Finance.

House

Soc. 2. The House Committee shall have charge of
the Club rooms.

Hospitality.

Sec. 3. The Committee on Hospitality shall have
charge of the social meetings to be held at the dis-
cretion of the Board of Directors, the object of such
meetings being to entertain distinguished guests and
to extend the influence 0 fthe Club.

Entertainment.

See. 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on
Entertainments to provide lectures or other entertaim
ments to be determined by the Board of Directors.

Sec. 5. The Press Committee shall attend to the
press notices of the Club.

See. 6. It shall be the duty of the Finance Com-
mittee to sub-let rooms in the Club building, and col—
lcct rent for the same.

ARTICLE IV.
Guest Tickets.

Sec. 1. The Directors issue tickets to admit guests
to any meeting of the Club or departments or classes,
and members may obtain such tickets from the Treas-
urer on payment of twenty—five cents. Two compli-
mentary guest tickets may be issued to each essayest
or speaker of the day. Non-resident members of sim-
ilar associations shall be the guests of the Club.

 

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ARTICLE V.
Quorum.
Sec. 1. Thirty members shall constitute a quorum
at any regular or duly called meeting of the Club.
Quorum Board of Directors
Sec. 2. One-third of the Board of Directors, resi-
dents in the city of Lexington, shall constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of business. The Board of
Directors is required to have a. stated place and time
of meeting, and shall provide such rules for its gov-
ernment as may be necessary.
ARTICLE VI.

Board of Directors Shall Keep Account of Its Acts

 

Sec. 1. The Board of Directors shall keep a cor
rect account in the books kept for such purpose of
all its acts, except when a candidate for membership
is rejected, and the same shall at all times be open to
the inspection of any member of the Club. '

ARTICLE VII.

Sec. 1. No money shall be paid out on account of
the Club unless ordered by the Club or Board of Di-
rectors.

ARTICLE VIII.
Manual

Sec. 1. The deliberations of the meetings of the

Club shall be governed by Roberts’ Rules of Order. i

ARTICLE IX.
Amendments.

Sec. 1. These By«Laws may be amended by a
two—thirds vote at any meeting, notice of such inten—
tion having- been given at a. previous meeting.