University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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; 3 3 a l 3 , 4 mug. am; John Nuvccn Forty-six years ago the first class was graduated from the new University of Chicago. Seareely had the class been graduated when the members felt that they should organize an alumni asso- ciation to maintain some helpful contact with their Alma Mater and with each other. The first decade of the University's history, consequently, witnessed an organized Alumni Association, steadily increasing in numbers and growing in strength and activity. The second decade saw the establishment of an Alumni Magazine to carry to its readers the news of the University and its alumni, and to create a forum for diseussi0n and suggestions on University affairs. The Magazine has advanced steadily and now, in its thirty-first year, has more than ten thousand readers. In form and content it is regarded as one of the leading alumni pub- lications in the country. The Alumni Association was reorganized in the third decade to conform m0re successfully with the desires and interests of the varied groups of Chicago graduates. As a result there are today nine Alumni Associations, which combine to form the Alumni Council of the University. Clmrleton Beck The Alumni Council is the central body, repre- senting all alumni, and supervising or conduct- ing all alumni activities of general import. During the same period the Alumni Council sponsored a movement to endow its work. With inspired leadership and generous cooperation a fund of: nearly $100,000 was raised during 1919 and 1920, a sum that has been increased by life memberships taken out during the past twenty years, until it now approaches $150,000. The most outstanding alumni activity of the l0urth decade was the raising of approximately $2,000,000 to add to the endowment of the Uni- versity, the income to be used for faculty salaries. This campaign was the greatest evidence of alumni loyalty ever demonstrated by the sons and daughters of Chicago. Nearly 12,000 alumni were contributors to the cause. As the years pass it is Clear that the alumni are playing a larger and more helpful part in the advancement of the University. In this serv- ice, firmly grounded on the intelligent appre- ciation and loyalty, all alumni are most heartily urged to take a part. -20e ?mmwerW-m;xww nuanau ....t...L.5..,..g.i...,;.uv:w i l :

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