University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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f , ,? v Dine Needles C)21 Tke Alumnae and Former Students ' Association Of the North Carolina College for Women, Incorporated g the nucleus of the Alumna? n the institution, they deter- of ten dollars each founded N 1893 ten young women graduated from this college, forn Association. Realizing the benefit they had received f mined to extend aid to other young women, and by a gi in Alumnae Fellowship. For several years the main topic of interest at the annual meeting of the association was the perpetuation and use of the Fellowship Fund. This fund has grown to nearly $4,000.00 and has aided many students. In 1900 the custom of havmg an Alumnae banquet at commencement was estab- lished. For several years following 1900 the association gave an annual prize of $25.00 for the best essay submitted on some subject of historical interest. A portrait of Hon. J. Y. Joyner was presented lo the college about this time. In 1903 the General Education Board promised $2,500.00 a year for three years if Under the inspiring leadership of Dr. Mclvcr the Alumnae worked to raise ».is a.-nount. and by the generous aid of our friends and the co-operation of county and school groups they met the requirement and secured the sum of $7,503.00 from the General Education Board. At present there is in cash and notes about $17,000 in this fund. Hundreds of students have been aided by loans. In 1905 It was decided to organize the county groups of former students and thus secure the co-opera- tion of all in working for educational uplift in our state. A state Association of Former Students was Followmg the death of Dr. Mclver in 1906. the Alumnae Association at the 1907 commencement meehng determined upon the Mclver Loan Fund as their memorial to Dr. Mclver. In order to secure the co-operation of all in raising this memorial, the Alumnae proposed a consolidation of the Alumnae Association and the Former Students ' Association, which consolidation was approved and effected in May, 1907. It was decided lo employ a field secretary for the work of raisinn the Mclver Loan Fund. During the summer and fall of 1907 Miss Etta Spier and Miss Lewis Dull served as field secretaries, visiting and organizing fifteen counties. In l908- 09 twenty-three counties were visited by Miss Spier, and in 1909-TO she visited thirty counties. Fifty-eight county units were formed and sixty-eight counties visited. Twenty-two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars was pledged to be raised for the fund. In the summer of 1911 Miss Jane Summerell was employed as field secretary lo visit the oiganizations in the organized work. Moie than $9,000.00 has been paid in on the Mclver Fund, and numbers of In 1909 ihe General Assembly granted the association a charter of incorporation. Under this charter the association elected a board of trustees, nine in number, three being chosen each year to serve three years. The board elects the secretary and treasurer. The Alumnae Neais was slarted in 1912, and has been most helpful in keeping the Alumnae and former students in touch with each other and with the college. By the courtesy of the local chapter of the Southern Association of College Women, the association was able lo have an Alumnae address at the 1914 commencement by Dr. Eleanor Lord, who spoke on The Woman ' s College in American Edu- In 1915 Miss Laura Drake Gill delivered an address on Vocations for Trained Women. In 1915 work was begun on securing women on our college board of directors. The association planned at this time to secure an Alumnae Home on the campus as soon as possible. On Founder ' s Day in 1916 a bronze tablet in memory of Miss Kirkland was presented by the asso- ciation to the college. In 1918 the name of the association was changed to include the words Former Students. In October, 1919, Miss Ethel Bollinger of the Class of 1913, was elected as whole time Alumnae secretary-Treasurer. This was done with the approval of our college board of directors and by means of their aid financially. The secretary was instructed to organize the Alumna? and former students of the college in order that funds could be raised for the erection of an Alumnae building on the Teague field. This work was begun in October, 1919, and at the present rate of response and enthusiasm shown by the Alumnae, organizations will very soon be established in every county in the state, while it is hoped that the cornerstone of the building can be laid on next Founder ' s Day. rage tTi ent) -tjDo

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p ine Ieedles 192 ' t,t i ■y.n within ihc last year ihe active membership in the association has been doubled, and several inter- esting features of Alumnae activity have been revived and established. For instance, Saturday of com mencemeni week will hereafter be given over entirely to Alumna! activities. It is also desired to make Founder ' s Day more significant from an Alumnae standpoint. The reunion banquet at the Teachers ' Assembly will continue to be a pleasurable occasion for the Alumnae, and the custom of calling confer- ences of Alumnae and Former Students at the college yearly, will be continued. in its beginnings, and the field of responsibilities opening ahead is almost greater than can be realized. With the shaping of the work along more definite lines, and the whole time of one person given to that work, it is hoped that much can be accomplished for the college and the slate through the Alumnae and Former Students ' Association. Alumnae Association Omcers Miss COIT PrcsiJcnt Miss Jamison yke-PresiJeni Miss Bollinger Secretary) Page Iwenty-lhri