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Fan, issue 6, February 1946
Page 13
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FAN Jockey". In 1959, when the club came into existence with the laying of the cornerstone, the assembled fans voted on a suitable name. In the final balloting the names "Plutonian Explorer's Club" and "The Martian Thoat and Jockey Club" tied for first place. The present name is a compromise. Two disgusted inner-circle fans promptly committed suicide by leaping from the not-yet-built ninety-story tower, but this gesture was ignored. Seeing that their protests were in vain the two culprits at once reentered fandom under previously-prepared pseudonyms. They subsequently became active Jockeys and led a movement to purge the club of non-active deadwood. Four years after completion and occupation of the building, an obscure fan was thrown from the thirty-first floor window, for engaging in various nefarious enterprises among the fan-citizens inhabiting that level. His name is unknown at this late date because it was erased from all records of the club. However, various stories circulate about him to this day. Each floor of the building had its own meeting room, and anyone on that floor had the privilege of addressing its citizens. This fan was of the preaching type. Gaining the rostrum on several occasions, he preached and warned of a coming ice age. Furthermore, he quoted authorities and displayed scientific charts to prove his point. As soon as he had convinced a sizable group of the fate to come, he procured from somewhere a carload of fur coats and went about the building hawking them. Several occurrences of such nature took place on t he thirty-first floor, until the day he was - ah, removed from that level. His downfall, to coin a pun, came about because of a brick. This particular brick reposed in the wall opposite the elevators. After prying away all the plaster, thus exposing the brick, he claimed it was a genuine Egyptian brick, made of Nile clay, and undoubtedly was used originally in one of the pyramids. He hung a curtain over the hole in the wall and charged ten cents a peek. It was felt that his presence was detrimental to the club. Speaking of elevators, it is interesting to note that they were installed many years after the building was completed. Escalators were first used but had to be quickly discarded. Too many of the aged members, hangovers from the first, second and third fandoms, that flourished before the global war, were wont to ride them for hours at a time. Their long beards often became entangled in the mechanism, and many an ancient and honorable fan face nearly lost it. 13
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FAN Jockey". In 1959, when the club came into existence with the laying of the cornerstone, the assembled fans voted on a suitable name. In the final balloting the names "Plutonian Explorer's Club" and "The Martian Thoat and Jockey Club" tied for first place. The present name is a compromise. Two disgusted inner-circle fans promptly committed suicide by leaping from the not-yet-built ninety-story tower, but this gesture was ignored. Seeing that their protests were in vain the two culprits at once reentered fandom under previously-prepared pseudonyms. They subsequently became active Jockeys and led a movement to purge the club of non-active deadwood. Four years after completion and occupation of the building, an obscure fan was thrown from the thirty-first floor window, for engaging in various nefarious enterprises among the fan-citizens inhabiting that level. His name is unknown at this late date because it was erased from all records of the club. However, various stories circulate about him to this day. Each floor of the building had its own meeting room, and anyone on that floor had the privilege of addressing its citizens. This fan was of the preaching type. Gaining the rostrum on several occasions, he preached and warned of a coming ice age. Furthermore, he quoted authorities and displayed scientific charts to prove his point. As soon as he had convinced a sizable group of the fate to come, he procured from somewhere a carload of fur coats and went about the building hawking them. Several occurrences of such nature took place on t he thirty-first floor, until the day he was - ah, removed from that level. His downfall, to coin a pun, came about because of a brick. This particular brick reposed in the wall opposite the elevators. After prying away all the plaster, thus exposing the brick, he claimed it was a genuine Egyptian brick, made of Nile clay, and undoubtedly was used originally in one of the pyramids. He hung a curtain over the hole in the wall and charged ten cents a peek. It was felt that his presence was detrimental to the club. Speaking of elevators, it is interesting to note that they were installed many years after the building was completed. Escalators were first used but had to be quickly discarded. Too many of the aged members, hangovers from the first, second and third fandoms, that flourished before the global war, were wont to ride them for hours at a time. Their long beards often became entangled in the mechanism, and many an ancient and honorable fan face nearly lost it. 13
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