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THE COLONNADE CLUB.

Incorporated in October, 1907, the Colonnade Club was formed to increase
the efficiency and welfare of the University of Virginia by promoting cordial
and friendly relations and desirable co-operation among its teaching and administrative
staff, and, so far as possible, to assist the University to keep in touch
with its alumni, and its alumni to keep in touch with the University and with
each other, to the end that the loyalty of the alumni to the institution might be
developed and strengthened.

At this writing, the resident membership of about 100 includes most of the
teaching staff and administrative officers, together with a number of local alumni
and friends of the University. The number of non-resident alumni members is
considerable.

The addition of the "Alumni Annex," the erection of which was largely
rendered possible by the Club's contributions, materially helps to make it the
center of the alumni life of the University and provides a commodious, attractive
and comfortable building with chambers sufficient, ordinarily, to accommodate
all returning alumni, where they will be sure of a welcome, and, with
the University Commons nearby, will feel at home. The rooms will be ready
for use without formality, and ordinarily without notice (rate, $1 a day; light,
heat, attendance and use of bath). Largely through the Club's influence, more
alumni are revisiting the University than ever before, both singly and in class
reunions. The Club is also proving useful as a headquarters for visiting educators
and other influential visitors at the University.

In accordance with an arrangement, effected in June, 1916, between the Club
and the General Alumni Association, the annual dues of non-resident members
of the Club who are also members of the General Alumni Association have been
reduced from $4 to $2.50, and such non-resident members are entitled to all the
rights of resident members, including the right to vote when present at meetings
of the Club. On the other hand, non-resident members of the General Alumni
Association who are not members of the Club are entitled only to the privileges
that "card holders" of the Club enjoy.

The Club's non-resident dues for those who are not members of the General
Alumni Association are $4 a year; or this rate may be commuted to $25 for
ten years or $50 for life.

The present officers are: Raleigh C. Minor, President; Howard Winston,
Treasurer; Russell Bradford, Secretary; Raleigh C. Minor, William M. Forrest,
Walter S. Rodman, Llewelyn G. Hoxton, Lewis D. Crenshaw, John J. Luck, and
Beverley D. Tucker, Jr., Board of Governors.