The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. IX, 1910Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. IX, 1910
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
Inside of fourteen months we have brought the membership up to nearly
1,000, including many life members. We introduced them into our circle
from all over the United States and even further, for they included
members from such far distant points as the Hon. Thomas J. O’Brien,
American Ambassador to Japan, and Richard Bradshaw of Fort Pickens,
Florida. United States Senators, Congressmen, generals, bankers,
merchants—the best men throughout the land have joined our ranks.
It required hard work; but, as the Treasurer-General has pointed out, we
brought in about 400 members and nearly $2,000 in money at a cost of
approximately $700, which, as a business venture, has the endorsement of
a bank president, our Treasurer-General.
The great advantage of this increase is that, if we have 500 new members
and they pay us $2,500 a year, while there is no further expense in
connection with those members, they return each year an annual dividend
of $2,500, which will readily equal the dividends paid by any good,
working trust. So much for the genius of the race.
The work progresses splendidly. This morning’s receipts, for example,
consisted of five names. I have just handed them to the
Secretary-General in the form we always pursue, but it will give you an
idea of the membership we get and the way they come in if I read them to
you:
Mr. John P. Donohoe, a director of the Barclay-Westmoreland Trust
Company of Greensburg, Pa.; Major George W. McNulty, a civil engineer
and a man very highly regarded in constructive work in this city of New
York; Mr. John J. Powers, cashier of the Exchange Bank of Savannah,
Georgia, and President of the Knights of Columbus Investment company;
John G. Butler of Savannah, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Infantry
National Guard of Georgia, proposed by Colonel O’Leary, who is Colonel
of the First Regiment of Infantry of Savannah; Mr. Butler is president
of the J. G. Butler Supply Company, a director of the Citizens Trust
Company, and Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus; Mr. Thomas M.
Blake of this City, proposed by Mr. Danvers; and Mr. Desmond FitzGerald
of Brookline, Mass., past President of the American Society of Civil
Engineers and consulting Hydraulic Engineer.
The committee would urge that each one bring in at least one new member
this year, so that we may have 2,000 members before the close of 1910.
I trust the work of the Membership Committee meets with your
approbation.
DR. QUINLAN: The next order of business will be the report of the
Constitutional Committee. I will ask Mr. O’Brien to report in behalf of
that committee.
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