nciple."

Further articles touched on the formation of a community, the
supplanting of the spirit of competition, the highest education of the
young, simplicity of living, the importance of manual labour and
religious communion. Nine names were attached to this project, including
those of Percival Chubb, Havelock Ellis, and William Clarke, and it was
announced that a Fellowship would be formed on this basis, whether it
was accepted or rejected by the majority. These propositions were
discussed and no decision was arrived at.

Up to this point the minutes are recorded in the writing of Percival
Chubb. The next entry was made by Frank Podmore, and those after that by
Frederick Keddell.

We now arrive at the birthday of the Fabian Society, and the minutes of
that meeting must be copied in full:--

"Meeting held at 17 Osnaburgh Street, on Friday, 4th January, 1884.

"Present: Mrs. Robins, Miss Robins, Miss Haddon, Miss C. Haddon,
Messrs. J. Hunter Watts, Hughes, Bland, Keddell, Pease, Stapleton,
Chubb, Burns-Gibson, Swan, Podmore, Estcourt, etc.

"Mr. Bland took the chair at 8.10 p.m.

"After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and
confirmed Dr. Gibson moved the series of resolutions which had been
read to the Society at the previous meeting.

"Mr. Podmore moved as an amendment the series of resolutions, copies
of which had been circulated amongst the members a few days
previously.

"The amendment was carried by 10 votes to 4.

[Presumably the 4 included Burns-Gibson, Chubb, and Estcourt, who
signed the defeated resolutions.]

"Mr. Podmore's proposals were then put forward as substantive
resolutions and considered seriatim.

"Resolution I.--That the Society be called the Fabian Society (as Mr.
Podmore explained in allusion to the victorious policy of Fabius
Cunctator) was carried by 9 votes to 2.

"Resolution II.--That the Society shall not at present pledge its
members to any more definite basis of agreement than that contained
in the resolution of 23rd November, 1883.

"Carried unanimously.

"Resolution III.--In place of Mr. Podmore's first proposal it was
eventually decided to modify the resolution of 7th November, 1883, by
inserting the words 'to help on' between the words 'shall be' and the
words 'the reconstruction.'

"Resolution IV with certain omissions was agreed to unanimously,
viz.: That with