University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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the Alumni Association. Under the direction of T. Hawley Tapping, general secretary, the Alumni Association organizes and coordinates the activities of Michigan ' s international body of Alumni. The work of organization and contact is accomplished through three main branches: through the University of Michigan Clubs; through Class organizations; and through its publication, the Michigan Alumnus. The University Club system of Michigan is generally acknowledged as the best in the United States, and it is the strongest of the Alumni organizations. University of Michigan Clubs embrace all classes and function along with class organizations. Under the present plan of Class organization, the president of each senior class appoints a permanent secretary of the group before the graduation activities take place. Secretaries contact members of their classes in many ways, ranging from aristocratic form letters to personal cor- respondence. Classes have identified themselves to the University by making gifts ranging from rocks to loan funds. Material representations such as railings and benches are becoming less common as classes have adopted the device of creating student loan funds. The Michigan Alumnus , edited by Mr. Tapping, is designed to present news of the University and alumni activities. It is published on a fortnightly basis with two exceptions, and it has an independent circulation list of about six thousand subscribers. Michigan ' s Alumni Ten- Year Program, a plan for financing needed University projects, was put into effect by the Alumni Association in 1927. The originator of this plan, Mr. Elmer J. Otta- way, President of the Alumni Association, sought a long time project in which a large proportion of the initiative came from the alumni, themselves. His Ten- Year Program calls for a statement by the University of its needs and then for the adoption of one or more of these needs, as their own particular objective, by one of the organized alumni groups such as the University of Michigan Clubs, the Alumnae Chapters, or the Alumni Classes. He also saw the possibility that individual alumni would find in the University statement a project which they might satisfy alone. Though seriously hampered by the depression, the Ten-Year Plan has proven successful. Perhaps its chief merit lies in the fact that instead of contributing to a general fund, each organi- zation can select a project of its own and work to carry it through. This brings a sense of respon- sibility and achievement to alumni groups. If any conclusion were to be drawn from the history of the Alumni Ten- Year Program to date, it would be to the effect that it is now, and is destined to be, a very important part of Michigan ' s Alumni history. THE BOARD OF REGENTS HEMANS SHIELDS ELLIOTT R. R. SMITH BEAL STONE MURFIN CRAM COOK RTTHVEN S. W. SMITH Page 18

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