keep renewed the ties that bind a man to his alma plater, should
seek some better and more frequent means of keeping its mem
bers informed concerning themselves and the college. One
alumnus has suggested that each year the Secretary of the Asso
ciation be authorized to send a circular letter to each member and
that this letter should contain an abstract of the minutes of the
last meeting, names of those present, name of the trustee
elected, the number of graduates admitted, any important
changes in the faculty, new buildings, new courses of study, and
other items of interest.
This could be printed at a slight expense and it would do much
toward creating and sustaining loyalty and life in the Alumni
Association. But a better and far easier way would be to subsi
dize the rREZ 14Arrcr,, which would then furnish all the alumni,
not subscribers, with two numbers of the Lance, the Alumni
and the Commencement numbers, which, naturally are of interest
to the Association members. Through these two issues could be
conveyed any or all intelligence, thereby reaching the alumni
twice a year, say, January and June.
And what is more the TREE LANCE is perfectly willing to be
made the organ of the Alumni Association and will welcome any
thing that the Alumni desire published. If this could be accom
plished the benefits would not only be mutual, but also con
siderable.
Another very important object of the Association is to aid the
college in furthering its interests. Recognizing the value of this
desire the college has extended to the Alumni Association the
privilege of representation on the board of trustees. Tbese rep
resentatives, three in number, are elected, one each year, at the
Alumni meeting. These men are representative of the Alumni
and again they are not; in their desires, their aims and their
efforts they are, but in this they are not, that the majority of the
alumni have had no voice in their election. At the meeting last
June less than thirty members of the Association were present
and half of those live here at the college and yet these thirty
people elected a trustee who should have been elected by at least
three hundred people—the alumni number about four hundred.
Of course, it is impossible, under existing conditions, for that
number to personally voice themselves but it is possible under