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Amendments.
9. This constitution may be amended or suspended only by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership, or a unanimous vote of those present at a legal meeting.
BY-LAWS.
i . The regular meetings of this club shall be held on
beginning at 7 : 30 P.M. during the autumn and winter, and 8 : oo P.M. during the spring and summer.
2. The first regular meeting in - shall be a business meeting for the election of officers.
3. Order of business :
i . Call to order. 2. Roll call. 3. Reading of the minutes of preced- ing meeting. 4. Unfinished business. 5. New business. 6. Reports of officers and committees. 7. Balloting upon candidates for membership. 8. Regular programme. 9. Adjournment.
4. A majority of the active members shall constitute a quorum for trans- acting business, but the members present at any meeting duly called shall be a quorum for carrying out its programme of exercises.
5. All business shall be done in accordance with the parliamentary rules of Cushing's Manual (or Roberts' Rules of Order).
6. A by-law may be suspended or amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
PROGRAMME. 1
FIRST MEETING.
The first meeting should be given to the explanation and discussion of the work proposed, the election of officers, assigning of topics, etc. As it is desirable to have as many as possible present, some special feature looking to that end should be provided. The character of the first meeting will have much to do with the success of the club.
1 For the selection of most of the references in this programme and for the charac- terization of all of them, the writer is indebted to Mr. C. H. Hastings, librarian in the Social Science Departments of The University of Chicago. The books selected are intended for the average reader with a fair amount of time at his disposal, and not for the specialist. They are almost all of recent date and can be obtained through any first-class bookstore. The explanatory matter, necessarily brief, is designed to furnish those who cannot read all the books some basis for a selection.
The thanks of the writer are also due to Mr. C. J. Bushnell for suggestions and for some assistance in making up references. Mr. Bushnell is the organizer and vice president of a social study club in Englewood, 111., which is following success- fully a programme similar to the one here proposed.
