University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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1922 KENTUCKIAN, RODMAN WILEY The Alumni Association The Alumni Association, founded in 1 889, is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the country. Its policy from the beginning has been to work for the well-being of our Alma Mater. 1 he recent growth in membership and m strength during the last year has been unusual and has given much hope to the university officials in their plans for a larger and greater institution. The membership has increased four hundred per cent in a year and a half, and the alumni clubs from two to twenty-seven. This year eleven former students were elected to the Kentucky General Assembly, one of them a woman, the first to serve in such a capacity in the state. A big brother movement among the alumni clubs, especially those outside Kentucky, holds the interest of younger graduates and former students. Aid is offered in obtaining positions, suitable living quarters and social acquaintances. Meetings are held monthly, including informal get-togethers at homes of the members. A spirit of mutual helpfulness is spreading among the “Kentuckians” in forty-six states of the union and in seventeen foreign countries. “Do it for Kentucky” is their slogan. Page itoenty-four Vj nn„