Monthly Meetings for 1921

Thirteen evening meetings of the Club were held at the Hotel St. Francis during 1921. Attendance at the dinners reached 2001; at the discussion about 2950.

January 20th-Club Mysteries (Full program Progress Report for 1920, p. 481). Present about 700.

February 10th-"The Harbor Transfer Bill." Committee on Club Quarters authorized at business meeting (President appointed Albert E. Boynton, Charles deY. Elkus, J. M. Kepner, E. J. Mott, H. H. Sherwood). Report of Section on Harbor Control; minority for transfer; majority against transfer; read by Chairman H. H. Wadsworth. Argument for transfer by Milton Marks, Assistant City Attorney; against transfer by John H. McCallum, president State Harbor Commission. Discussed by Courtney L. Moore, Richard J. Welch, L. M. King, Daniel A. Ryan, R. C. Ogden, Rolla V. Watt, Thos. S. Williams, P. R. Thompson, A. E. Anderson, A. E. Wolf, George Skaller, Milton Marks. Transfer disapproved, 32 to 5. (Published in Transactions, Vol. XVI, No. 1.) Present about 90.

February 21st-Corporation Tax Bill (S. B. 146). For the bill, Clyde L. Seavey; against, Wigginton E. Creed. Discussed by Edward Berwick, Howard T. Gardenier, Edward F. Treadwell, Thomas E. Haven, Charles P. Cutten, A. D. Lockwood. (Published in Transactions No. 2.) Present about 275.

March 3rd-"The School Reorganization Bills;" report of Section on Education, by A. B. Anderson. Report of Section on Education approved 36 to 0. (Published in Transactions No. 3, ("School Organization"). "The Agricultural College Problem," by Walter Mulford, acting dean of the College of Agriculture For the proposal, Elwood Mead; against, Norman Lombard. Discussed by W. V. Stafford, Edward F. Adams, R. Justin Miller, Frank V. Cornish, Myer Jaffa, A. G. McFarland, F. H. Dam, Frank T. Swett. Plan approved 23 to 2. Present about 120.

March 24th-"Probation, Parole and Indeterminate Sentence." Judge Louis H. Ward, "The Crime Wave-Do Our Penal Methods Increase It?" Augustin C. Keane, "Development of Probation as a Punitive Method;" Andrew Y. Wood, "Application of the System;" Capt. Arthur D. Layne, "Where Probation Fails;" Charles L. Neumiller, "The Working of the Indeterminate Sentence Law;" Justice Curtis D. Wilbur, "Some Suggestions as to the Application of the Indeterminate Sentence Law." Discussed by William S. Wollner, W. H. Nicholl, James A. Johnston, Albert E. Boynton. (Published in Transactions No. 4, "Penal Methods"). Present about 180. April 21st-President authorized to appoint a dinner committee of three members. (Appoints W. V. Stafford, Norman Lombard, Charles Raas.) "Restriction of European Immigration." Report by Section favoring restriction by H. H. Beers. Rabbi Martin A. Meyer, "America, the Haven of the Oppressed." Rev. C. S. S. Dutton, "The Problem of the Open Door." E. Clemens Horst, "Does the Farmer or the Country Need the Immigrant?" Discussed by Warren H. McBryde, C. C. Boynton, F. H. Dam, W. V. Stafford, W. F. Smith, W. K. Winterhalter, J. P. Rettenmayer. (Unpublished.) Present about 220.

May 19th-Resolutions of condolence on the death of John P. Young. "The Problem of Wage Adjustment." Report of Section on Industrial Relations by J. P. Rettenmayer. For the Employer, E. T. Thurston. For the Employee, Arthur S. Howe. Discussed by Walter V. Woehlke, Philip Bancroft, James W. Mullen, James B. Keenan, Charles W. Gompertz, Edward F. Adams, Roy W. Kelly, Russell Lowry. Closed by Miner Chipman for the Public. (Published in Transactions No. 5, "Wage Adjustment.") Present about 240.

June 23rd (Ladies' Night). "Censorship of the Movies-Is It Neces

sary?" For Official Control, Capt. O. C. Laizure, Chaplain of San Quentin prison; against, Peter B. Kyne. "Psychology of the Moving Picture," Dr. Harry B. Reynolds. Discussed by Lester G. Burnett, Peter Peshon, H. G. Rosebaum, Duncan Matheson, E. J. Dupuy, Rolla V. Watt, Daniel Crosby. (Published in Transactions No. 6, "Censorship.") Present about 300.

August 18th-(Ladies' Night). "Draft Revelations and the Public Health." Report of Section on Public Health. Dr. H. D'Arcy Power, “Lessons to be Drawn from the Draft Board Findings." Dr. Wm. Palmer Lucas, "The Sheppard-Towner and Fess-Capper Bills." Report of Section, for, Dr. Wm. Ophuls; minority report, against Fess-Capper bill, C. C. Boynton. Discussed by Dr. Adelaide Brown, A. J. Treat, C. M. Wollenberg, Dr. Robt. L. Richards, Dr. W. C. Hobdy, Peter V. Ross, Charles A. Murdock, Dr. Emmet Rixford, Dr. Morton R. Gibbons, Dr. W. W. Boardman, Dr. Philip King Brown. (Published in Transactions No. 7, "The National Health.") Present about 260.

September 16th-"California's Land Settlement Policy." Walter E. Packard, Superintendent of the Delhi Settlement, on "A Year's Experience in State Land Settlement." Elwood Mead on the Durham and Delhi Colonies. H. C. Cutting, in favor of private enterprise. Discussed by Lester G. Burnett, George P. Rixford, E. E. Bowles, M. Jongeneel, Charles Bransten, Thomas F. Hunt, C. E. Grunsky, W. K. Winterhalter, Edward F. Treadwell, James M. Hyde, Frank W. Trower, C. C. Boynton, Frank Adams, Edward F. Adams, C. M. Wooster. (Published in Transactions No. 8, "The State Colony Settlements.") Present about 75.

October 20th-Philip J. Fay chosen elisor; Committee on Nominations named: Reginald Knight Smith, Frank R. Devlin, Charles Raas, George H. Evans, B. Grant Taylor. "What Is Wrong with Civil Service?" Paul Eliel, report of Committee on Civil Service on conditions in San Francisco. Charles Wesley Reed on conditions in the state service. Discussed by C. M. Wollenberg, Edwin A. Cottrell, George L. Dillman, E. R. Zion, Charles A. Murdock, John W. Rogers, Leonard L. Leavy. (Published in Transactions No. 9, "Civil Service in California.") Present about 70.

November 17th-Committee on Nominations name for President, Thomas Danforth Boardman; Vice-president, William H. Waste; Board of Governors, Max Thelen, Morton R. Gibbons, Alonzo G. McFarland. Resolutions approving the Conference on Limitation of Armaments passed. "Earthquakes;" Dr. W. W. Campbell on strains due to variations in the earth's axis; Prof. A. C. Lawson on creeping movements of the earth's crust; G. A. Elliott on protection of water supply against earth rupture; Prof. Charles Derleth, Jr., on building construction to avoid earthquake damage; Prof. Bailey Willis on development and discovery of earthquake fault lines and methods of foretelling earthquakes. Resolutions adopted favoring investigation of earthquakes and publication of information; asking Congress to appropriate $15,000 a year to the Coast and Geodetic Survey to determine earth creep; approving investigations by the Carnegie Institute and the Seismological Society. Discussed by Barton W. Evermann, M. M. O'Shaughnessy; S. D. Townley, Bernard Benfield. (Published in Transactions No. 10, "Earthquakes.") Present about 200.

December 12th-Election of ticket presented at November meeting. Subject, "Traffic Hazards." John A. Britton, "Review of Present Traffic Conditions." Walter A. Chowen, on "Results to Society of Present Conditions.” Attorney General U. S. Webb (read by R. M. J. Armstrong) and Chester N. Weaver on "Need for Laws." Chief of Police Daniel J. O'Brien, on "Problems of Enforcement." Warren Gregory on "Remedies through Education." J. R. Molony on "Remedies through Public Safety Organization." Discussed by Police Judge Sylvester J. McAtee, Edward F. Adams, E. R. Zion, Capt. Henry Gleeson. Section instructed to continue investigation, draft model motor vehicle act and organize public safety council. (To be published.) Present about 220.

The following members have held the office of chairman of the luncheon meetings, the usual term of office being three months:

1908-Robert T. Devlin.

1909 Thomas E. Haven, Charles A. Murdock, W. H. Jordan.

1910-Byron Mauzy, W. B. Webster, J. B. Bocarde, Charles Wesley Reed. 1911-Alexander Russell, C. M. Wollenberg, John Ferguson, Thomas E.

Hayden.

1912-Philip Bancroft, A. H. Giannini, Alonzo G. McFarland.

1913-George E. Crothers, Dr. R. Knight Smith, Dr. George H. Evans, J. N.

Odell.

1914 B. Grant Taylor, Grant H. Smith Randolph V. Whiting, Frank D. Stringham.

1915-Charles R. Detrick, William H. Gorrill, Horace Davis, Zoeth S. Eldredge.

1916-J. M. Kepner, Thomas S. Williams, Albert E. Boynton, John F. Davis. 1917-R. B. Hale, Max Thelen, John A. Britton, B. F. Schlesinger.

1918-Rolla V. Watt, Frank P. Deering, John A. McGregor, Charles K. Field. 1919-Alexander F. Morrison, W. Mayo Newhall, E. W. Wilson, Warren Olney, Jr.

1920 Frank R. Devlin, William H. Waste, Charles H. Bentley, Charles S. Wheeler.

1921-Curtis D. Wilbur, John Gallwey, Frederick J. Koster, T. T. C. Gregory.

Fifty-four luncheons were held during the year. Arrangements were under the control of a central committee consisting of Alonzo G. McFarland, Philip J. Fay and Charles Raas, assisted by the chairman of the quarter.

Following is a record of the meetings for 1921:

JANUARY-MARCH QUARTER-Curtis D. Wilbur, Chairman.

January 7th-Dr. Lincoln Wirt, F.R.G.S., Commissioner in charge of Relief Stations, Syria and Mesopotamia, on “The Land of the Arabian Nights." Present 320.

January 14th-Walter Woehlke, on "Conditions in Germany." Present 548. January 21st-Edward Rickenbacker, American aviator in the late war, on "Command of the Air in Battle Time." Present 557.

January 28th-Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Community Church of New York City, on "Civilization and Progress." Present 346.

February 4th-Sam Higginbottom, Director of Agricultural Experimental Farm, at Allahabad, India, on "Political and Social Conditions in India." Present 366.

February 8th-W. T. Grenfell, on "Adventures in Labrador." Present 326.

February 11th-(Ladies' Day.) Warden James A. Johnston, on "Should the Indeterminate Sentence Be Retained?" Present 391.

February 18th-Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Potter, on "The American War Library in Paris; What We Did with a Million Dollars and a Million Books." Miss Martha Chickering, on "A Year in Poland." Present 218.

February 25-Frederic C. Howe, former Commissioner of Immigration at New York, on "The Nation's Immigration Problem." Present 403.

March 4th-Debate on the Proposed Spring Valley Purchase: For the Purchase-M. M. O'Shaughnessy, City Engineer; R. M. Searls. Against the Purchase Supervisor J. B. McSheehy. Present 316

March 7th-Gen Bramwell Booth, of London, England, head of the Salvation Army, on "World Unrest and How to Meet It." Present 356.

March 11th-Mme. Olivia Rossetti Agresti, on "Conditions in Italy." Present 294.

March 18th-Lieut. Ellery W. Stone, U.S.N., R.F., on "The Radio Telephone." Present 384.

March 26th-Lieut. Col. Charles Wellington Furlong, O.R.C., on "South America Today." Present 227.

APRIL-JUNE QUARTER-John Gallwey, M. D., Chairman.

April 1st-Capt. E. C. Voorsanger, on "Conditions in Palond." Present 360. April 6th-Major General Leonard Wood, U.S.A., on "American Ideals." Present 703.

April 8th-Dr. J. M. T. Finney, of Johns Hopkins University, on "Medical and Surgical Advances in the World War." Present 408.

April 15th-John A. Lapp, on "Social Optimism." Present 246.

April 22nd-Chester H. Rowell, on "What Shall We Do With Our Merchant Marine?" Present 346.

April 29th-Hon. James D. Phelan, on "Six Years in the Senate." Present 413.

May 6th-Rev. Walter John Sherman, on "Money Talks." Present 285. May 13th-Whiting Williams, on "What's on the Worker's Mind." Present 376.

May 20th-Dr. Edward H. Hume, of Chang-Sha, Shina, on "Awakening China-Shall It Be Our Friend or Foe?" Present 353.

May 27th-Rabbi Jacob Nieto, on 'W'orld Problems." Present 300. June 3rd-Mitri Alexandrovich Schwartz, on "Russia from the Inside." Present 537.

June 10th-J. B. Lippincott, on "The Colorado River Project." Present 306. June 17th-Dr. Karl David Lindner, on "Vienna Past and Present." Present 328.

June 24th-Commander John H. Blackburn, U.S.N., on "The United States' Interest in the Pacific." Present 274.

JULY-SEPTEMBER QUARTER-Frederick J. Koster, Chairman.

July 1st-Paul Eliel, Director Bureau of Municipal Research, on "Five Years in the City Hall." Present 218.

July 8th-Dean Thomas F. Hunt, University of California, on "Observations in Europe." Present 312.

July 15th-A. C. Miller, of the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D. C., on "The Federal Reserve and the Business Situation." Present 363.

July 22nd-Dr. Henry E. Jackson, President National Community Board, Washington, D. C., on "The New Industrial Revolution." Present 205.

July 29th-Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, Minister to China, on "The Future of the Chinese Republic." Present 410.

August 5th-Arthur Brisbane, on "The Newspaper of Today-What It Is and Why." Present 968.

August 12th-Robert Elliott Speer, Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, on "Can The Forces of Change in Asia Be Directed Aright?" Present 266.

August 19th-Dr. John C. Merriam, President Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C., on "The Ideals of Research and Their Meaning in Practical Life Today and Tomorrow." Present 407.

August 26th-F. W. Hirst, of London, England, on "Business Conditions in Great Britain and on the Continent." Present 513.

September 2nd-Chester H. Rowell, on "What I Saw in China and Japan." Present 505.

September 8th-Mrs. Annette Adams, on "Experiences of an Assistant Attorney General in Enforcing the Volstead Act." Present 340.

September 16th-Eduardo Ruiz, Consul General of Mexico, on "Mexico Today." Present 378.

September 23rd-Jonathan S. Dodge, Superintendent of Banks, on "The Banking Situation in California." Present 317.

September 30th--Dr. Alonzo Englebert Taylor, on "Conditions in Central Europe, and the Russian Famine." Present 450.

OCTOBER-DECEMBER QUARTER-T. T. C. Gregory, Chairman.

October 7th-Prof. E. C. Horne, University of Patna, on "The Present Political Situation in British India." Present 425.

October 14th-Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, Director of the Food Research Institute of Stanford University, on "Can Science Keep Pace With Human Needs?" Present 310.

October 21st-Robert Newton Lynch, Vice-President and Manager of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, on "American Business and the Disarmament Conference." Present 287.

October 28th-Judge Henry D. Clayton, U. S. District Judge, Montgomery, Alabama, on "The Clayton Bill." Present 343.

November 4th-Dr. Thomas W. Huntington, on “Cancer-Your Interest in the Fight Against. It." Present 266.

November 10th-Robert Dollar, on "The Washington Conference as It Will Affect Our Political and Commercial Relations with the Orient." Present 310. November 18th-E. Guy Talbott, on "Three Months in Southern Russia and Turkey." Present 290.

November 25th-General Armando Diaz, Commander in Chief of the Italian Armies. Special Reception.

December 2nd-John T. Pratt, of New York City, and Chester H. Rowell, on "Startling Revelations of the Budget Investigation; A Program of National Economy." Present 320.

December 9th-Dr. David Starr Jordan, on "Disarmament and the Washington Conference." Present 522.

December 16th-Ng. Poon Chew, on "China at the Washington Conference." Present 387.

December 23rd-Rev. Charles L. Kloss, on "Some European Impressions." Present 220.