University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION John W. Hallock, Secretary The General Alumni Association is an organization of more than twenty thousand graduates of the various schools of the University. Practically all colleges and universities maintain active alumni associations. It is the hope of our organization that we can provide a significant service, not only to graduates and former students of the University, but also to undergraduates. In order to accomplish this we arc anxious to carry in our alumni publications and to emphasize in our program of activities timely information about current student affairs. As stated in its constitution, its object is to promote the welfare and interests of the University of Pittsburgh and its alumni, to foster close cooperation between alumni and the University, and to support and advance the cause of higher education.' The Association docs more than that—it provides opportunity for helpful fellowship; it promotes the friendships and associations of student days; as an organization, it safeguards the interests of the University, its faculty, students, and alumni. It is a great, constructive, civic force and every eligible individual should align himself immediately upon graduation. Members of the General Alumni Association automatically become members of the constituent alumni association representing the school from which they were graduated. There are ten such constituent associations,—College, Engineering and Mines, Business Administration, Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Pharmacy, Downtown Division, Education and Graduate Schools, and Alumnae. The General Alumni Association holds only two stated meetings a year. Constituent school associations meet frequently and promote the distinctly professional relationships. The governing body of the General Alumni Association is Alumni Council. This consists of three elected delegates from each of ten constituent associations, three elected delegates from Pitt Clubs outside of Allegheny County, Don F. Saundiirs, Editor The Record and The Alumni Review and the elected officers of the General Alumni Association. Alumni Council divides itself into the following committees: Executive, Finance, Program, Publications, Alumni Headquarters, Membership, Relations with Constituent Associations and Clubs, Relations with Undergraduates, New Students, and Aims and Objects Committee. In populous centers Pitt Clubs arc chartered by Alumni Council to hold regular meetings and to foster and perpetuate an interest in University affairs. The oldest of rhese Clubs was formed in 1914. Clubs arc now active or arc in the process of organization in Westmoreland County, Johnstown, New Castle, Eric, Harrisburg, Connclls-villc, Allentown, Scranton, Philadelphia, Newark, N. J., New York City, Youngstown, Ohio, Steubenville, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Southern California. The General Alumni Association has two official publications, -The Pittsburgh Record and the Alumni Review. The Record is published four times a year and the Review seven times a year. Both publications arc sent to members in good standing. The Placement Bureau is operated by the secretary’s office, to assist in putting alumni in touch with prospective employers. A very effective work has thus far Deen done in this connection. Dues in the General Alumni Association arc $3-00 a year, payable July first. These dues include a year's subscription to the Pittsburgh Record and the Alumni Review; membership in one constituent school association (and to a Pitt Club if the alumnus lives in a Club territory), and all the general and special services mentioned. Above all, the payment of the annual dues aligns the alumnus with the organization which keeps him a member of the University body as long as he remains in good standing. For further information regarding the General Alumni Association or its activities, address the secretary, 1301 Cathedral of Learning. 19

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The feeling of quiet and rest always overhanging the University campus is disturbed by never-ending clashes and activities. Students move along sidewalks, up steps, chattering, quickly stepping. We feel the gothic spirituality of the Cathedral of Learning, though we feel, too, threats of collapse, groundless but inherent in a building whose long unbroken verticals explode into web-like stone work at the very top. The static Grecian tranquility and omnipotent assurance of Alumni Hall overlooks Gothic spirituality and clashes with it. But differences may be discounted before uses. Are the buildings part of an educational process which concerns itself with the challenge of a monotonous present? Does it concern itself only with oncc-vital thoughts of the past and with scientifically precise and unemotional inquiries into things? Look at the weeping-willow before Thaw Hall. The freshness and vigor of trees is endlessly real. The weeping-willow asks a question; it docs not answer it. It asks whether its vitality can find a counterpart in the spirit of the University.