Editing Club (organization) (section)

===Social club===
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[[File:Joseph Highmore - A Club of Gentlemen - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''A Club of Gentlemen'' by [[Joseph Highmore]] {{Circa|1730}}]]
Some social clubs are organized around competitive games, such as chess or [[bridge]].  Other clubs are designed to encourage membership of certain social classes. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s social clubs were the precursor name of gangs like the infamous Hamburgs of Chicago. Latino immigrant adult and youth groups organized themselves as social clubs like: Black Eagles, Flaming Arrows, Paragons and Young Lords. Those made up of the elite are best known as [[gentlemen's club]]s (not to be confused with [[strip club]]s) and [[country clubs]] (though these also have an athletic function, [[Club (organization)#Country or sports club|see above]]). Membership to gentlemen's clubs require the ability to pay large fees as well as an invitation by existing members who seek new recruits who meet personal criteria such as lifestyle, moral base, etc. Less elitist, but still in some cases exclusive, are [[working men's club]]s. Clubs restricted to either [[Military officers' club|officers]] or enlisted men exist on [[military bases]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The modern Gentlemen's club is occasionally proprietary, i.e. owned by an individual or private syndicate and run on a for-profit basis, but more frequently owned by the members who delegate to a committee the management of its affairs, first reached its highest development in London, where the district of [[St. James's]] has long been known as "Clubland".{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Current London proprietary clubs include [[Soho House (club)|Soho House]], which commenced business in 1995, and [[Soho]]'s [[Groucho Club]], which opened in 1985 as "the antidote to the traditional club." In this spirit, the club was named for [[Groucho Marx]] because of his famous remark that he would not wish to join any club that would have him as a member.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}