There are many things that a group of persons organized into a club can do better than the same persons working separately. It is, therefore, often convenient to know how to form a club. The following paragraphs give the necessary steps:

1. The Call For The Preliminary Meeting

Some person or persons who are interested in the formation of a club for a special purpose give notice of a meeting to consider the matter.

2. Organization Of The Meeting

Some one, usually the person whose name stood first in thecall, stands wherever he happens to be and asks the meeting to come to order. He then asks for nominations for chairman, and puts the names to vote in the order in which they were presented until some one has a majority. The newly elected chairman takes the seat prepared in advance, calls for nominations for secretary, puts the names to vote, and declares the result.

3. The Real Business Of The Meeting

The chairman states the purpose of the meeting and asks for informal discussion. After a time some one moves that a club be organized. If the motion is carried, another motion should be made that a committee be appointed by the chairman or elected by the persons present to prepare a constitution and present it at a specified time. When this motion is carried, and the committee is chosen, the business of the meeting is over, and a motion to adjourn is in order.

4. Making The Permanent Organization

At the time appointed, the constitution is presented and voted on, the chairman elected at the preceding meeting presiding. The officers provided for by the constitution are elected, an opportunity to sign the constitution is given, and the club is thus organized.