University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. K- J . . •- ■ General Committee, but the time is fast approaching when the College cannot well afford to be without a vigorous and well organized Alumni body supporting it. To handle such work efficiently requires so m uch time and energy that no matter how anxious a man may be to serve the interests of the Association and his College he cannot well afford to spare the time from his own private business to handle such a State-wide organization as is proposed. It would seem wise on the part of both the College and its Alumni Association to provide in the near future for an organization secretary, who should, in part, at least, be paid for the doing of such work in a thorough manner and without sacrificing too much of his individual time and pleasure to accomplish permanent results. This naturally leads to the need for an Alumni Hall or Home on or adjoining the College campus. At the present writing we have under cnnsideralion the erection of an Athletic Clubhouse, where our teams may be lodged and trained under stricter supervision. It would seem fitting that the Alumni Association be prime movers in erecting such a building, and that it might well be so planned as to provide additional rooms for the use of resident and visiting alumni. We have always lacked at the College just such accommodations as this building would provide ; especially, since the passing of the old barracks, and the older members of the Alumni Association cannot fail to feel less at home among the new surroundings and landmarks that the next few years will bring forth. A comfortable Alumni building, serving both the purpose of an Athletic Clubhouse and an AlumiUi Hall, has the double advantage of serving two most desirable needs. The M. A. C. looks even more than in the past to the active support of its Alumni for its future development and usefulness throughout the State. It has reached that period in its history when the organization of its Alumni into live and influential local associations seems both logical and imperative in their own interest as well as that of the Institution. The aid which the Alumni have given their Alma Mater in the recent campaign for adequate appropriation shows both the need and the usefulness of such organizations. Whether this work justifies the employment of a paid organization secretary strictly in the business interests of the Institution and its graduates depends upon the development of the field before us. That such a secretary could also have charge of an employment bureau for graduates, as is customary with many institutions, is another feature that cannot be overlooked. There is a natural tendency among our successful graduates to turn to their college for additions to their working force. A bureau of this nature, with its office in an Alumni Hall and in intimate touch with the work and location of every graduate, would do far more toward cementing the interests of the College and its Alumni than any other agency. Wc need to put our slogan of a Greater M. A. C. on its most effective basis — permanent or- ganization and permanent benefit. 15

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