Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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The Society of the Alummi GRADUATES of the University are members of the Society of the Alumni. Former students of the Granville institutions, recipients of honorary degrees, members of the Board of Trustees, and members of the Faculty for at least three years, are received into membership upon payment of the annual dues of $3,00, This Society was founded June 28. 1859, William P. Kerr, ' 45. being the first President. Nearly 5,000 members are enrolled. Annual meetings ar; held in commencement week. The Council was organized in 1921. and holds quarterly meetings. The So- ciety maintains the Denison Alumni Bul- letin, published monthly at Granvill:, Ohio, during the college year under the editorship of th; Executive Secretary. Denison Associations of the So ciety of the Alumni are to be found in th: fol lowing cities; New York, Chicago Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington Pittsburgh, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles San Francisco, Denver, Rochester, N. Y., St. Louis, Charleston, W. Va., Wheeling Parkersburg, and in larger units as North Carolina, Florida, Japan, West China In Ohio, Associations ar3 found in Cleve land, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Canton Youngstown, Dayton, Norwalk, Mans field, Lima, Middletown, Springfield. Co lumbus and Newark. These Associa tions are the auxiliaries of the Society of the Alumni. It is through these or- ganized local groups that the Executive SecrJtary keeps the alumni in touch with the college and with each other. Before moving into a city where one ' s acquaintance is limited, graduates and undergraduates are urg. ' d to consult with the Executive Secretary, who stands ready to introduce them to officers and members of the local groups who in turn will intro- duce them into circles that are congenial and helpful. The alumni have launched and are carrying on to a successful termination a campaign for $300,000 for the endowment of three professorships. Pledges for nearly all this sum have been secured and cash payments received promise great success for the project. This fund will be placed in the hands of the Board of Trustees m 1931, the centennial of Denison. THE SOCIETY OF THE ALUMNI OF DENISON UNIVERSITY JOHN L. BJELKE Executive Secretary Founded 1859 Honorary President SAMUEL B. BRIERLY, m President ELLIS P. LEGLER, ' 07 Executive Secretary JOHN L. BJELKE. ' 16 THE ALUMNI COUNCIL Officers V. Ernest Field, ' 03, Chairman Karl Eschman, ' II, Secretary W. H. Johnson, ' 85, Treasurer Members TERMS EXPIRE JUNE, 1929 Lorena Woodrow Burke, ' 05, New York City Kirtley F. Mather, ' 09, Cambridge, Mass. Dorothy McCann Williams, ' 16, Granville Robert Collett, ' 14, Dayton TERMS EXPIRE JUNE, 1930 Samuel B. Brierly, ' 75, Chicago W. H. Johnson, ' SS, Columbus Frank B. Amos, ' 03, Detroit V. Ernest Field, ' 03, Indianapolis TERMS EXPIRE JUNE, 193 1 Blanchet Beattie, ' 02 Lester Black, ' 14 Katherine Hunt, ' 22 Karl Eschman. ' I 1 Page Twenty

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DR. C. L. WILLIAMS Fondest of all recollections of Den.son Ufe to hundreds of alumni and for us the sincere pleasure of knowing him, is Dr. Charles L. Williams. We need say nothing by way of introduction to Denisonians of Dr. Williams. ' Prof. Willy, as he is known and endeared to us. The place this grand old man of Denison holds in our lives is supreme and indisputable. A Princeton man, and a close friend of the late ex-President Woodrow Wilson, Dr. Williams is equally loyal to Denison as to his Alma Mater. Years spent here have won for him many pleasant friendships, acquired during the long period he was professor of English, and since then as Professor Emeritus and a Granville citizen. Dr. Williams spent ' the past wmer in Charlotteville, North Carolina, but was back from the South ahead of the birds. He ' s that way-always one jump ahead of the would-be early bird. Page Nineteen

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