Monday Club (Lexington, Ky.)

The Monday Club was a social club for faculty established in 1891 at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky. The club's purposes, as expressed in its constitution, were "the furthering of social intercourse and for the advancement of higher thought." Membership was open to the faculty of the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky and also to the staff of the Agricultural Experimental Station of Kentucky. The club's first President was James Kennedy Patterson, then president of Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky (now University of Kentucky). Joseph H. Kastle was the first Vice President, and R. N. Roark was the first Secretary/Treasurer. Members presented academic papers at meetings.