TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942 . .Penn State's Alumni Association Members Ballot By Mail To Elect Council And Board Which Govern Pehn State's Alumni Association ■ ’ The governing body of the Alumni Association is the alumni council. This council' is composed of men and wom en elected by designated alumni districts, with one repre sentative for the first 50 and one for each additional 100 alumni in the district. There are separate districts for men and women, guaranteeing that both shall have their pro portionate representation. Each alumni district has the privilege of making nom inations for the council,- keeping in mind that only-paid-up members of the. association are eligible to hold office. A central nominating committee is authorized to act for those districts •which fail to send in nominations. The election is held in April by means of a ballot sent out by, mail- The annual business meeting of the council is held in June. COST IS SMALL 1. The cost is $8 for five years. 2. The same five years on an annual basis would cost $lO, ■. • (For the first two years $2, all after that $3.) 3, Additional, value because the $8 after five years is still' applicable toward a $4O life membership while the an nual memberships are not. 4; It costs nothing-at: all immediately because the money -is ; to be paid with the student fees. Sophomores v can di ■ vide; the $8 over four Semesters, juniors over two. Sen . ' ioirs -wishihg 'to sign any time between now and ..' graduation; : S. Students dfopping out before their, full mem • . bership wijl'receive membership for a proportionate per iod,; . [;;y Election of trustees, luncheons, reunions, athletic events, sight seeing tours —all these are import ant parts of the annual Alumni Day activities. Above, Norwood H. (Barney)- Ewell, whose flying feet have brought Penn State much nation-wide attention,, ad dresses a group of alumni at a luncheon. i '•ii'&lwi • When Old Grads Meet THE DAILY COLLEGIAN 1 ; T- 'H~„ SMSS To Keep State With You Here are three of the Alumni Association’s publicatioxis which will help-keep Penn State with you. The Alumni New:* is published monthly, ten months of the year, and sent to-aIV members of the Association. Each issue carries news from the. classes, athletic stories, stories of achievements of indivi- dual alumni, reports from the district clubs, as wtell items of interest concerning the College and its students.. As a per- sonal service to members, a weekly Football-Letter is sent-ous each Monday during the football season, giving a side-lina story of the game played the previous Saturday. Four times a year the Alumni Association sends a four-page folder known as the Penn Slater to all alumni not members of . tire Associa- tion. This publication carries general news stories about thd alumni and the College and is intended to maintain a constant contact with this group of alumni. Above, Arnold C. Laich ’4l, last year’s All-College president, helps cement student-alumni relations at the luncheon. At the bottom are old grads taking on former classmates ■at an alumni golf match, another phase of the busy routine of a reunion. Old Main, that most familiar symbol of Penn State, needs no comment. : -• -‘us'.’- PAGE FIVE
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