BOSTON UNIVERSITY CLUB TO BREAK GROUND JUNE 1
Plans for the University Club in Boston, which have been under way for some time, are now complete and the committee in charge has definitely decided to break ground for the new building on June 1 of this year. The club will be located on the corner of Trinity Place and Stuart Street, directly opposite the CopleyPlaza Hotel. The lands, building- and equipment will cost about $1,800,000.
The membership will be restricted to 5000 college and university graduates, non-graduates of two years' attendance, and holders of honorary degrees. Non-resident membership will be open only to those whose homes are not within a 30-mile radius of City Hall.
The proposed building, which will be in close connection with the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and the trolley lines, will be composed of six stories containing offices, clubrooms, and dining and sleeping accommodations. The basement will include all of the athletic equipment, consisting of seven squash courts, six bowling alleys, 22 dressing rooms and 364 lockers. In addition to this there will be a gymnasium equipped with light athletic equipment, a swimming pool of championship length with a gallery, a hot room, a rubbing room and a barber shop.
On the first floor will be the main entrance and offices for the business administration of the club. The rest will be devoted to small shops which are of utmost importance to the financial support of the organization.
The real club floor, with an auditorium equipped with a motion picture machine and seating about 700 people, will be located on the second floor. The partitions are so constructed that the lobby, lounge and dining room can be used together with the auditorium for a banquet or any large gathering, giving a seating capacity of more than 1500.
A library, four card rooms and billiard room will feature the third floor. There will also be a "Committee Room" which can be used later as an extension of the library or a private dining room if the necessity arises.
The ladies dining room will be on the fourth floor, the rest of the space being used for private dining rooms and bed rooms. The fifth and sixth floors comprise the sleeping quarters for resident guests and out-of-town members. The rest of the building is so planned that additional stories can be added if required.
If a man takes out his membership before April 1, he is exempt from paying the initiation fee of $100 and also will not have to pay his first year's dues, with the exception of a $25 deposit, until the club is ready for occupancy in the spring of 1925.
