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

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can it build a reputation, gain the interest and the attention of the people of the State and ai)peal to the boys yet to come if nothing is said of what has been and is being accomi)lished at the school and of those who coni])ose the Alumni? The school makes the man, but, after all, the man makes the school in proportion to whether his record in after life is a failure or a success. Every act of moment, every accomplishment worthy of mention on the part of those who have been trained at College I ' ark reflects credit on the old College upon the Hill and attracts the attention of the ])arents who have boys to educate, and the attention of the bo3 ' S who have the right of selection of the college they are going to attend. Thus the need for the successful . lumnus ' constantly linking himself with his Alma Mater. There is an inestimable value to the college in having published along with every public notice of achievement of moment the fact that the princi- pal is a graduate of Maryland State. The Association should be strengthened by the interest and thought of every man who is eligible for membership. The combined thought of the many is better than of the few. It does not take very much time to attend a few meetings each year to give the Association the benefit of your views concerning the interests of the Alumni and the College ; to make suggestions of a constructive and beneficial nature and then help to put them into execution. Through the Association there should be established a greater feeling of brotherhood and a closer relationship, not only between the graduates, but between the Alumni and the student body. The undergraduate should be made to feel that the Alumni is taking a keen interest in him while he is a student and in his student life and activities; that they stand ready and eager to welcome him into the mem- bership of the Association when his course is completed, and then to lend their aid and co-operation whenever possible in getting him started upon a successful and useful career. It all means encouragement and inspiration to the under- graduate. The man with a fresh diploma in his hands should be made to feel that when he steps forth from the shadows of his Alma Mater, fresh in knowledge and well equipped so far as his books prepared him for the difificulties that come of actual e.x])erience in life ' s endeavor, he is not without frientls in the big business world, who stand ready to receive him with enthusiasm and willing, help- ful liand and who will advise and counsel him. It is the .-Mumni of the school from which he comes, who will be ready and anxious to give him a chance in the line for which he has been prepared, wherever it is within their power to do so. Let the Alumnus who reads this, and those who are yet to gain the title, flock to the fold and conil)inc their effort with ours for a greater Alma . hiter. Helj) the Association all that it ought to be, help to make it a greater organization for usefulness and force in furthering the interests of the school. Helj) to get every man active who should be a member and get every eligible upon the roll. In union there is strength, and the stronger the union between the Alumni, the College and the student body the greater the strength and the usefulness of Maryland State. 23

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The Alumni OFFICERS 1918-1919 E. Lalkie MiTCiiELi.. ' 02 President George H. Cai.vekt, ' 92 ice-President H. C. Byrd. ' 08 Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS AT LARGE OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE F . P. ' eitcii, 91 J. U. Mackall. ' 05 MEMBERS OF ATHLl-MTC COMMITTEE W. D. Gruff, ' 00 H. C. W ' iiiteford, ' 01 Relationship of Alumni to College and Students By E. Laurie Mitchell UST as the success or failure of an army depends upon the effort and the accompHshment of its individual units, so depends in a great measure the standing and the usefulness of an educational institution ujion the achievements of its former students and alumni, all of whom should lend to their Alma Plater the value of their accomplishments by keeping closely identified with the institution. This can be done in no better way than through a well-organized and interested Alumni Association. As has been observed, but little good can come of great accomplishments that are kept from the eyes of the world. What benefit to mankind would have resulted from the telephone, the wireless and other great inventions of the present day had the originators of those ideas kept them a secret instead of giving the information to the public at large? Just so with an institution of learning. Hov. '

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Greetings Gentle Readers, the 1919 Reveille is before you. As you peruse the record of this year ' s events em- bodied in this volume, and happy recollections of the past are summoned to your mind, let your thoughts dwell upon the serene solemnity of the days gone by and try to live those happy days again. 24