The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 21, 1915, SECTION FIVE, Image 64

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Newspaper Page Text8 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY - 21, 1915. MANY HOMELIKE DISTRICT CLUBS THRIVE IN PORTLAND Trvington, Portland Heights, Rose City Park, Laiirelhurst and Kenton Support Organizations That Impart Community Spirit in Affording Entertainment for Young Folk and Grownups. I - "2-T JL-v, fWA . -I ft! rf . i EM m& JL,.frlf',r ' " Terrier? ccs, Z Z &es2 SPcs&se z J'tree? BY CHESTKH -V MOORES. DO you belong to a community club? Do you fnjoy the benefits and comforts of a neighborhood home? If not, and you want to find out what you are missing, ask your friends in Irvinpton or Portland Heights, in Rose City Park. In Laureltiurst or in Kenton. Portland, the pioneer of tae North west in the social center movemenf which now Is sweeping all large cities, lias five attractive community cluS buildings which serve as social clearing-houses in as many residential dis tricts. These are the lrvington Club, on the north side of Thompson street between KHt Twenty-first and East Tweaty- recond streets; the Portland Ueignts Club, on the southwest corner of 'i'wenty-first and Spring streets; the Kose City Park Club, at the intersec tlon of andy road with East Fifty- seventh street: the Laurelhurst Club, on East Ankeny street between Lau relhurst avenue and East Thirty-nint-a street, and the Kenton Club, on West ltusst-. rtrect between Fen wick street And Pi n avenue. Ulbrr BollUInsa Planned. Plans have been put forward recent ly in Uadd Addition, lrvington Park and estover Terraces for the construction of similar buildings in those localities. The standard community club of Port land and the one of the entire North west which represents the model ideas lor such an institution is the Irving- ton Club, the first of its character or ganized in Oregon or Washington. It was 18 years ago that Walter M. Cook. Walter A. Goss, Vernon Hardy, Frank J. Raley, rr. li. W. Morse, Ralph TV. Wilbur and William F. Woodward organised a modest little tennis club that has since grown into a powerful institution for good and happiness. At first these men had to be satisfied with any vacant lot they could find for their Katherings and their games. But they and their initiated associates were not content, as they acquired quarters that were more and more pretentious, nor are they content now with their beau tiful and commodious building. In the near future they hope to own a club house that will instantly become one of the proud show places of Portland. The club grounds embrace a double nlock. 200 by 500 feet. This property and the comfortable building which rovers a small strip of it are owned Ty the club members free of any debt except for bonded street and sewer as sessments! Weekly Functions Held. The building is the scene of a popu lar function every Friday night, the present plan being to alternate .be tween card parties and dances. Occa sionally a children's party open to all the children in the neighborhood, whether their parents are members or rot. is given under the chaperonage of prominent clubwomen, who volun teer their presence gladly to insure proper conduct In every particular. Of ten 150 or 200 youngsters are made su premely happy on these occasions, dancing folk formations and romping through the best-liked children's rames. After the time has arrived that the little boys and girls must disperse, a committee of grown-ups is at hand to see that each of the tired tots Is re turned home safely and soundly. Although these playgrounds, as largo as the ordinary city block and fully equipped with up-to-date . appa ratus, serve a valuable public function by beinir open to all children every month of the year, they have been main tained by the club membership for three years without any assistance from the rity of Portland. A kindergarten and caretaker are employed to be In at tendance at all times and every reason able precaution is provided. No other playground In Portland is open through out the year and none is better man aged, but the lrvington Club still pays taxes on this public utility as well as on all of the 20 lots within the club's domain. elgrhHornood f ae Allowed. Whenever desired the) building is used by the women or men of the neighborhood for afternoon teas, or for afternoon or evening affairs of any kind. Even those who do not belong t the club, may rent it for private entertainments of any respectable kind. There is a well-polished dancing floor with a large fire-place at one end and with suitable dressing and rest rooms. During functions a maid has charge r the the ladies' dressing room and catering provisions have been made. The club now Is used as a kindergar ten during the Winter months and one Winter a series of educational lectures was given. The attempt of the club officials to keep tne building In use all the time has usually proved suc cessful. Card parties, dances, social re unions of college associations and out door dances held on the tennis courts in tho Summer are among the jolliest affairs. The six tennis courts t the Irving ton Club are considered the best in tho Northwest. They have been the scene of many championship tournaments and have been visited by some of the most skillful tennis "sharks" In the country. Shower bath and other supplementary rooms provide conveniences for the players. W. F. Woodward President. Officers of the club are: W. F. Wood ward, president; Frank S. Fields, vice president; F. L. Eddy. secretary Walter M. Cook, treasurer: and H. M, Haller, Johnson Porter, J. L. Bowman W. J. Hofmann. E. Seufert and H. P. Palmer, trustees, in addition to M Woodward. Jtr. Fields and Mr. Cook The social committee which Is respon sible for the entertainment features of tho club is composed of W. J. Hof mann. chairman, A. H. Cousins an Frank E. Smith. "We try to have everything that might interest the community and meet all demands within legitimate lines said Mr. Woodward. Mr. Woodward has been president of the club for th past six years and has been a prim mover in its successes since its in ception. Our principal attention, naturally is directed toward the growing child ren. The club gives these children op portunities of becoming "acquainted under happy neighborly surroundings and creates.for them social relation snips or tne rignt sort in tne presence of their parents. This tends to keep them off the streets and offsets the wrong kind of gatherings and theaters. District Made Papnlar. The club has been" a powerful factor in making lrvington a popular com munity to reside In. Our qualifica tions for membership have been lib eral, character being the one test. The fact that the club embraces represen tatives of every honorable calling has done much to make the community thoroughly democratic. "The new club building for which we are now working is the one dream of my life. I don't care if I die poor so long as that clubhouse is erected on a sound footing. To finance the build ing. which as planned at present will cost between 1U0,00 and fll.v0. we will sell bonds In such small denomin ations that the community will own the building after a term of years. Be fore- actively launching the building construction, we are going to pay off the street and sewer indebtedness by attracting 150 life members. Recently we have added 25 new life member ships for that purpose and we hope to complete the prescribed 150 before our next annual meeting the second Tues day in April. The club now has approximately 600 members, 155 of whom have cards for life. As the community has built up year by year, the club membership has swelled in increasing proportion illus trating that the community wants the institution in its midst. Natatorium Is Planned The proposed new building will, when completed, satisfy every social and athletic possibility. There will be a large natatorium. a spacious roof gymnasium and a special women tr. naslum. library, dancing and social rooms, living apartments and every other characteristic of comfortable club life. Next to the lrvington Club, In the order of its organization, comes the Portland Heights Club, which was es tablished as a social center for the resi dents on the Heights, September 3, 1908. Since that time the scope of the club has been broadened to include members residing in many parts of the city. At present the club entertains for members and their guests every Friday night either with a dancing party, a card party or both. Billiard and pool tables have been provided and two bowling alleys are at the disposal of the members at all times. Situated on a - large tract of land dotted by many large firs, the club house is most attractive and inviting. The dancing pavilion and smoking rooms are on the main' floor, while the pool, billiard and bowling rooms are be low. In the Summer, tennis courts and croquet grounds are furnished the membership. Tho social features of the club are is iVinari M ZvH&n Mia managed by a committee of three wo men who serve for one month at a time. The present board of directors of the club is composed of W. S. Dinwiddle. President: D. A. Pattullo. treasurer; T. J. Ueisler. William Young, W. J. Pat terson, Rufus Holman, and J. W. Ham mond, secretary. Club's Entertainments IVovel. For novelty and variety (if entertain ment the Rose City Park Club is per haps the leader. For instance last Fri day night a Deestriok Skule was staged at the club building under the direction of Mrs. D. J. Russell as teacher. Other features on the calendar for the half year are a minstrel show, an April fool party for children, a cotton ball, children dancing parties, auction bridge, 600 and informal dancing par ties, children's parties, a masque ball. St. Valentine's night, a colonial ball, an evening in Dixie land, member's evening. May Day and a children's par ty for belles and beaux. Each of these affairs is under the chairmanship of one or more patrons and patronesses. This club was organized under many difficulties three years ago when Rose City Park was yet young. The site for the present J10.000 club building vas purchased from B. S. Josselyn. ex-io- esi- dent of the Ptfrtland Railway, Light & Power Company. The club bulldincr contains a larsre assembly room for dancing with the supplement of kitchenette. A large clubroom occupies the main part of the ground floor, with smoking rooms and women's rest rooms adjoining. An ap preciated feature of the club is its mod ern bowling alley installed recently. Several bowling teams have been de veloped under the direction of Dr. Ar thur Laidlaw and have tested their skill with that of other teams in Portland Community Center Established. The club is essentially a communltv social center providing a place where all of the people of Rose City Park can meet frequently to become ac quainted. There are 225 members, dl vided Into three classes, life, resular ana social, in addition there are many auxiliary societies, the ladies' auxll iary. "The Home Makers Club" and the reading circlaa which gather occasion ally to hear lectures on various tonics. Arrangements nave been made so that tne entire clubhouse or major portions of it may be rented out for exclusive uses. The club Is ruled by these officers W. A. Lovett. president: Frank Schlce-el vice-president and chairman entertain ment committee: V. A. Crum. secrets rv E. F. Allshaw, treasurer: L. R. Bailey, chairman house committee: Frank v. ttiiton. chairman finance committee uireciors frank E. Hilton. E. F. All shaw, W. .A. Lovett. T. T. Gr. K M Carlton, D.- B. HowelL Frank Schlegel, a. o. oiaraing, a. Laiaiaw, Fred Brook er, Floyd Campbell, L, R. Bailey. W. P. Richardson. V. A. Crum. Louis Barter A little more than two veara asm th Laurelhurst Club was organized by a few pioneer residents in that new addi tion to Portland's restricted residential area, uuring tne first year the meet ings were held In the homes of the members, but now the club boasts of a permanent home that was completed and dedicated recently on a well-situated site adjoining Laurelhurst Park. Already the club has two tennis courts and It is announced that two ore will be finished and readv for use n the Spring. The grounds are to be terraced and landscaped to harmonize Ith the park surroundings. Tne lower floor of the club building xm29z-... Mai mm it WWW room, kitchen and dining-rooms. On the second floor are the billiard and cardrooms, shower baths and dressing rooms. The furnishings were chosen to give an air of simple elegance througn nut the hiillrlinB- The social activities of Laurelhurst center around the club. uuring tne season many important formal affairs are held, as well as frequent Informal evening parties and afternoon affairs. Every other Friday extension lectures are given by the faculty of Reed Col lege, followed with an informal danc ing party. The proximity of the-park to the club makes it Ideal for the mothers who can entertain their friends at the club while the children romp In the shade of the towering firs, free from danger of passing cars or vehicles. The Laurelhurst Club Is so arranged that members may hold private parties, while other members may enjoy the up per quarters without interfering with the private entertainment. The club is open from 12 o'clock until midnight and a caretaker is always In attend ance. Women Raise Funds. Funds to build the club were raised by subscription to life .memberships by the regular members. The furnishings were purchased from funds raised by the women of the club at entertain ments held prior to the erection of the building. The club has an active membership which takes a great interest in the so cial work of the club, as well as its ac tivities in civic improvement. It was through the work of the club that arc lights were Installed In the district and vacant lots kept cleared of weeds and undergrowth. At the recent election H. S. McCutch- an was elected president; Allen McCur. tain, vice-president; Dr. E. x. parKer, treasurer, and Owen Summers, secre tary. The directors are Mr. J. C. Eng lish. Mrs. H. S. McCutchan and Mrs. J. O. Humohrey. The infant of Portland 'community club group is the Kenton Club, com posed of the residents or iventon ana surrounding territory, which is now entering upon its second successful year. The handsome clubhouse is at 23 West Russet street. Just west of Patton avenue. The club proper Is . of the bungalow type with large reception rooms, rest- rooms and a large cement basement with kitchen, shower bath and all the modern conveniences. At the rear is a large hall. 40 by 60 feet, with an excel lent floor. This is used for a gymna sium, dances, card parties, concerts. etc. Large tennis courts that will be ready for the players early In Spring. Among the club members are a large number of active tennis players who have planned an active Summer on the courts. They hope to make tennis one of the prominent features of the season. Social Affairs Many. During the past year various com mittees arranged many . social enter- partv for the children of the entire neighborhood. The progressive 600 parties are held on the second WodneH Uiiv niRht of each month, ami the dunces on the fourth Wednesday even ins. Those Hffalrs are for the members and their friends. The women arrnnced a, ."h ristmns party- with a antii for the children, at which tlicy were ably assisted by the teachers and pupils of the Kenton School. Tim school orchestra rendered a number of selections, and the pupils gave Die usual holiday programme and Santa gave tovs, baers of candy ami nuts to 3J0 children. The success of the Kenton Club has been due to the fact that each member has seemed willing to put his shoulder to the wheel when he Is needed to carry forward imy club enterprise. The club Is intended primarily as a neigh borhood benefit, but its membership is open to all residents in tno nortnern part of the East Side. The club recently elected the follow ing officers to serve durinir the coming vear: c 11. Jbuilcn, president: ur. ft. M Strohecker. vice-president; John II. Seyfert, secretary, and Warren Heeler, treasurer. OREGONIANS IN EASTERN CITY ONE HAPPY FAMILY Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College Alumni in Schenectady Form Close Corporation Five Oregon Students at Johns Hopkins. Inrtiminu administrat ion as to t-Ttain reforms. l'ete Hurns, well known In Portln n,l, still in dolnv Orphrum time with hi eidloirc men a Irlo. He ban been play ing at the Orpheum In Brooklyn, htil leave on a aeries of oiit-of-toun rn. ic.'iRemrnts shortly. m Professor William Guthrie, who h tried morn cases before tho Supreme Court of the United 8tatea llian nn other Ilvtns; man. paid Oregon a rather doubtful compliment In a .lecture thfa week before hta class In constitutional law at Columbia University. "i"irenou is the most progressive or advanced or radical state." he said, putting en tirely too, much einphaHia tipu the "radical." N BY ARTHUR M. GEARY. I shooting before sunrise or after sun- EW YORK. Feb. 20. (Special.) I set Harold Cockerline, of Eugene, a 1912 graduate of the University of Oregon, came to New York from Schenectady, this week, with a strange tale. "Tell them for me," he says, "that the Oregon Agricultural College students are a fine crowd. The Oregon and Ore gon Agricultural College alumni in the employ of the General Electric Com pany, form one large happy family. We camped on Ballston Lake during five months last Summer and are going to do the same this Summer. During the three years that I have been at Schen ectady we have had our parties to gether, gone on picnics, and in fact formed a close corporation. "There are a couple of University of Washington alumni that club with us. Twice we have gone down to Pough keepsle and yelled ourselves hoarse for the crew from Washington." "Don't forget to mention that I have found that the Oregon Agricultural College graduates are hard-working. capable students and good fellows. For instance, you could not find a better natured fellow than McMillan. Last September, when he left to marry I classmate and bring her baok, we pad locked a cowbell around his neck without making him angry." Among the alumni of the Oregon Agricultural College at Schenectady are Mr. and Mrs. H. Phandhoffer, who have been the proud parents of a baby girl, christened Dorothy, since Janu arv 20. Mr. Phandhoffer is in the Western sales section of the switch board department. The others from the Agricultural College are Mr. and Mrs. F. O. McMillan (Elizabeth Deny; of Salem; Hugh L. Smith, of Marsh field, in the industrial control depart ment: "Shorty" Gordon, of Portland, in the engineering department, and George Morris, in the student engineer department. The University of ore gon alumni are J. P. McGulre, whose home is now in Ucana Junction, coio. and Harold Cockerline, of Eugene. F. W. Peters and John Dewhurst. of Se attle, are the two University of Wash ington graduates who have been adopted Ty the Oregon family. There are five students from Oregon in the Johns Hopkins Medical School. namely, Harold Bean. Carl Martzloff and Harold Bates, of Portland: Harvey Slater, of Salem, and Chris Sturgls, o Pendleton. They are all enthusiastic about the training that they are re ceiving. Harold Bean says: "Being the only medical school in the country that now requires an A. B. degree for a prerequisite of entrance. Johns Hop kins should rank with the best. The hospital of Johns Ifopklns receives patients from all parts of the South, due partly to Baltimore's being nearer than other hospital centers. These hospital facilities give the students opportunity to seo loading 'experts at work upon all kinds of case. Harold Bates ranks ninth In the senior class. This Is the highest rank ing received by an Oregon student since Dr. Horace Fenton, now practlc ing in Portland, was a student at Johns Hopkins University. Harold Bates is in New York at present, taking the competitive exam inations by which Internes in the New York hospitals are chosen. talnments. card parties, dances, lec- divtded into a ballroom, a lounging-tures and a most successful Christmas It will be of interest to sportsmen in Oregon to know that a Federal District Court, sitting in Arkansas, had held un constitutional the statute of Congress, nassed March 4, 1913, regulating the hunting of migratory birds. A note upon this case, united states vs. Shau- ver (214 tea. ion. in ine reoruary number of the Columbia Law Review reads: "The argument that the mi gration of birds constitutes interstate commerce is more ingenious man con vincing." Last Fall there was considerable complaint in Oregon concerning the new Federal law, especially in Klam ath County. It shortened the open sea son for ducks and geese and prevented Among the Oregon residents who sailed from Philadelphia on the Great Northern In Its initial run through the Panama Canal were Drake C. O'Reilly, lone Lewis and George Trowbridge, of Portland, and Colonel Young, of Van couver Barracks. POTATO STARCH DATA OUT Plant (o Cnt About $15,000 Will Care for 5000 Acres, I Intimate. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 1?. S.-. ImI ) A potato starch p'unt coallna frnir 110.1100 to (15.000 and properly con ducted during a aeaeon will take r of the cull product from about Rout acres, according to figures galhered by the Inlverslty of Oregon school .r commerce. The University snva: ' Potato starch commands three to four cent a pound In the New Enclnnd marKet. It bring, as a rule, one nd one-half limes the price of corn starch. Analysis ot more thnn 50 varieties of potatoes crown In Oreeon give an average starch content of 18 per cent. "Potatoes are not peeled for starch munufai turlng purposes. Roughly. bout 48 hour la required for pro duction; thereafter the reaidur may b used for diallllution of alcohol or re turned to the ground for fertiliser. Th starch-making proces la briefly: Orindlng. settling, clarifying, drylns.. Only one grade I produced." Monday a Nrreaaarr la. Exchange. Monday Is largely devoted t lir'-nK. Inc the loafing habit une arqulre.l n Sundn y. WOMEN IN VIENNA As the Winter has advanced the Ore gon baked apples, like the loaves ot bread, have grown smaller. The price of bread has finally been raised to 6 cents. The loaves would be taken for buns if they were further decreased to meet the rising price of wheat. Baked apples are still 5 cents, wtlh cream 10 cents. At the present rate we will be eating crab apples by Spring, un less the supply of small sizes gives out. j So long as the restaurants continue to serve Northwestern apples there will be no objection. Oregon students at Columbia have the habit of causing a disturbance In the fruit stands where any but the Western product Is offered. The Oregon and Washington apple have no serious competitors at this time of the year. There are a few fancy packed Virginia apples in the market, with red notices, reporting insinuat ingly the fine flavor that they possess. If they have merit, it must be In the flavor, as irregularity of size and ocas- sional blemishes are only emphasized by their fine clothes. George Merrlt, of Medford. formerly director of education for the Boy Scouts of America, has resigned his po. sitlon to accept a position with the Municipal Research Bureau. He re cently returned from Albany, where with other experts, he Investigated the books of the different state depart ments, with a view, to advising the VIENNA. Feb. 21. Kverj body their duty for the endangered Nllnr- land. Tho poor woman on her way In factory contributes her mile to the collection boxes. 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