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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



Eleventh Hoo-Hoo Annual 



The concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo 

 held their eleventh annual convention at 

 Milwanliee, Wis., oommencing Tuesday 

 reorninir of last week. It Avas very largely 

 ntrendcd and proved to lie one of the most . 

 Buercssfid ineetiHRs ever held since the 

 organization was started, i A noticeable 

 and pleasant feature cf the meeting was 

 the presence of a large number of ladies, 

 and the entertainment jirogram was ar- 

 ranged to a groat extent for tlieir particu- 

 lar benelit. 



THE BUSINESS PROORAIM. 



The first scssiuii of tlic nu'ctiiig was 

 called to order at !):0i) a. ni., on the ninth 

 day of the ninth month. The roll call was 

 made immediately, after which the Snark 

 of the I'niverse, A. H. Weir of Lincoln, 

 Neb., read his annual report. Using the 

 symbolic figm-e nine, the report was given 

 nndcr nine different heads. Section 1 re- 

 ferriHl to "vicegerents and vicogerencics," 

 and tlie idea conveyed was tliat "if the 

 onler lias a "keynote" with wliich all its 

 work and influence and substantial prog- 

 ress and development is attuned, it will 

 be found in tlie oflioe and work aud in- 

 fluence of the vicegerent. If he is active 

 and energetic, enthusiastic and forceful, 

 the order flourishes. If he is indifferent 

 and careless, tlie order languishes." He 

 recommended that tlie size of the vicc- 

 grerencies l>e reduced and that each brother 

 aid the snark and scrivennter in securinij 

 goo<l working oflicials. 



Siection 2 recommended that the cousti- 

 tntion and by-laws be so changed as to 

 make eligible to elective office only those 

 ■who have served at least one term in ap- 

 pointive otfice— those who had .served a 

 year as a vicegerent would thus become 

 eligible to memljership on the supreme 

 nine. This would, in his opinion, elevate 

 the office of vicegerent, it would mean rec- 

 ognition for eflicient senice, aud mem- 

 bers would be inclined to consider the ap- 

 pointment as vicegerent as desirable. 



Section 3 related to organization, and in 

 effect was that the vicegerencies be given 

 a mon? definite and eflicient organization. 

 and that some provision be made for an 

 annual meeting in each vicegerency. This 

 seclloa also recommended that the Junior 

 Hoo-Hoo should be a regularly appointed 

 officer in each vicegerency. 



, Section 4 referred to the ritualistic work, 

 the chief puriwrt of which was the advisa- 

 bility of changing the work sa that tlio 

 initiatory ceremony would become more 

 Impressive and to eliminate unworthy or 

 objectionable features. 



Section 5 recommended that a "special 

 committee" on location be appointed at 

 each session, to have the matter of the 

 next place of meeting under consideration 

 and to report at the ensuing session their 



recommendations as to where the ne.tt 

 meeting should go. 



See-on C referred to the membership 

 limit, which numerically had almost been 

 reached. The recommendation of the 

 snark was: 



1. That the limit of membership be re- 

 tained and that when the number 9,999 

 had been reached that no higher number 

 be issued. 



2. Members received after the limit has 

 lieen reached to be placed in a new series 

 and numbered consecutively from one up. 

 That is, open a new series to be known 

 as "Series A." The first member received 

 after the limit will be "Series A No. 1, " 

 or simply A 1, A 2, etc. 



Section 7 touched upon the relief work 

 of the order, but no definite plan was sug- 

 gested. He hinted that it might be the 

 part of wisdom to organize a department 

 under some form of mutual insurance. Un- 

 der present circumstances the order could 

 not go beyond temporary and immediate 

 relief in urgent cases. He thought it the 

 duty of the members in each vicegerency 

 to take care of the ordinary cases origi- 

 nating in their territory. 



Section 8 referred to that part of the 

 order now known as the Osirian Cloister, 

 which Snark Weir characterized as des- 

 tined to become the great social feature 

 of the order, but that there was anything 

 exclusive or of a class character about it 

 he denied. No one but a member of Hoo- 

 Hoo can be admitted, and eligibility de- 

 pends on past official service or recom- 

 mendation of a member of the cloister. 



Section 9 completed the report and con- 

 tained an appeal for careful and earnest 

 consideration of the interests and subjects 

 presented in the other eight sections. 



It was a carefully prepared, thoughtful 

 and exhaustive document, and was re- 

 ceived approvingly by the members pres- 

 ent. 



Scrivenoter Baird's report was a com- 

 plete summary of the year's business in 

 the order. The receipts of the year 

 amounted to ?13,821.04, and disbursements 

 $13,840.87, with a balance on hand of 

 .$4,477..39. He reported that 79 concate- 

 nations had been held during the current 

 year, with eight life members, six honorary 

 members and 1,131 regular members as a 

 result. 



The reports of the snark aud the scrive- 

 noter had been printed and were distrib- 

 uted among the members for further at- 

 tention. 



Immediately following, the .session open 

 to the public was called to order by ex- 

 Snark N. A. Gladding, who had been 

 chosen to preside. In a happy speech li ■ 

 Introduced es-Governnr Upham, who at 

 the last moment liad been requested to 

 welcome the guests instead of JIayor 

 Kose, who had been suddenly called out 



of town. The governor was extremely fe- 

 licitous in his remarks and was given the 

 Hoo-Hoo yell, as was Chairman Gladding 

 on taking the chair. 



Snark Weir responded on behalf of the 

 order; W. I. Ewart, Higli Priest of Osiris, 

 responded on behalf of the Osirian Clois- 

 ter, and J. E. Defebaugh on behalf of the 

 "House of Ancients." 



Before noon adjournment the following 

 committees were announced: 



Resolutions— F. H. Gilman, chairman, 

 Minnesota; R. W. English, Colorado; 0. D. 

 Bourke, Illinois; Harvey Avery, Louisiana; 

 Joseph M'yles, JNIichigan; George E. Wat- 

 son, Missouri. 



Place of Next Meeting— P. N. Snell, 

 chairman, Wisconsin; Curt M. Treat, New 

 York; C. H. Johnson, Illinois; T. W, 

 Griffiths. Jr., Texas; Joseph Oppenheimer, 

 Illinois. 



Distribution— C. V. Kimball, chairman, 

 Illinois; J. R. Roper, Michigan; J. J. Cam^ 

 l)ion, Ohio. 



Complaints— T. W. Dobbins, chairman, 

 Ohio; B. F. Williams, Texas; B. F. Mc- 

 Millan, Wisconsin. 



Legislation— N. A. Gladding, chairman, 

 Indiana; C. H. Moore, Texas; M. A. Hay- 

 ward, Ohio; H. H. Hemenway, Colorado; 

 James Brizzolara, Arkansas. 



Good of Order— George B. Maegley, 

 chairman, Kansas; J. Lee Ensign, Georgia; 

 C. H. Stanton, New York; Harry Gorsuch, 

 Missouri; ,James Wilson, Jr., Oliio. 



Constitution aud By-Laws— W. E. Barns, 

 chairman, .Missouri; George Schwartz, Mis- 

 souri; Ed. M. Vietmeier, Pennsylvania; C. 

 F. Braft'ett. Illinois; E. Stringer Boggess, 

 West Virginia; W. M. Stephenson, Minne- 

 sota; George V. Denny, Georgia. 



New Ritual— Piatt B. Walker, chairman, 

 Minnesota; B. A. Johnson, Illinois; J. E. 

 Defebaugh, Illinois; Cliff S. Walker, Ohio; 

 Carl F. Drake, Texas. 



Auditing— D. Tramway Call. Texas; O. 

 E. Yaeger, New York; W. C. Fellows, Ala- 

 bama. 



Press— B. F. Cobb, chairman. Illinois; 

 Sam K. Cowan, Tennes.see; C. A. Newning, 

 Texas; Charles H. Adams. Michigan; A. M. 

 Ramsey, Georgia. 



Ihe annual concatenation took place 

 Tuesday evening and was witnessed by 

 fully 200 membei-s. The officers of the 

 occasion were: 



Snark— A. H. Weir. 



Senior Hoo-Hoo — W. H. Xorris. 



Junior Hoo-Hoo— George B. Maegley. 



Bojuni— James Brizzolara. 



Scrivenoter— A. L. Annes. 



Jabberwork— L. E. Fuller. 



Custocatian — George V. Denny. 



Arcanoper— E. Blaisdell. 



Gurdon— C. F. Braffett. 



There were seventeen initiates, as fol- 

 lows. 



Earl Hayes Cradford. S. Crawford & 

 Sons. Cedar River, ilich. 



George Decatur Fellows, Racine, Wis. 



William Cooper Sargent, Chain Belt 

 Company, Milwaukee. 



Earl Oshlvosh Kenyon, Paine Lumber 

 Company. Oshkosli. Wis. 



Harlan Page Ilulibard, E. C. Atkins & 

 Co.. Indianapolis. Ind. 



Fred William Rockwell. Rockwell Manu- 

 facturing Company, Milwaukee. 



