DETOOPMENT OF THE* COSMOS CLUB 
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Objects and Activities . 
In response to a growing desire among scientific men 
resident in Washington, D. C. , for the establishment of a social 
club composed of men devoted to or interested in science, profes- 
sionally- or otherwise, the Cosmos Club was organized November 
1$, 187S, at an informal meeting held at the home of Major John 
W* Powell, 910 M Street NW. When the by-laws were adopted by 
the incorporators the scope of the Club was extended to include 
persons interested in literature as well as science, and later i£. 
was broadened to include those interested in art. 
Although the original idea of the founders of the Club was 
to provide for the social needs of its members, soon softer its 
organization the Club recognized that it had the further function 
of providing for the technical needs of its members and there ty 
contributing to the advancement of science, literature, and art, 
and its development has been directed to theses purposes, Ey com- 
bining and fostering these purposes and following well-established 
traditions the Cosmos Club has come to occupy an enviable position 
among the clubs not only of this count ly but of the world, and it is 
recognised as an effective factor in the advancement of the interests 
which it represents. 
