Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-14
THE COLUMBIAN ALUMNI
Annual Meeting and Reunion Held in Uni
versity Hall.
Officers Chosen for the New Yenr-
The Work of the AssociatfOn
Since It's Organ iza ton.

Inc annual meeting OF the Alumni ASSO-
citation of Columbian University last night
in the hall of the university, corner 15th
and H, was made a social as well bust
ress function by the presence Of large
audience invited for the occasion. The meet
ing was presided over by Mr.. Jesse H. Will
son, president of the association, with Prof.
Hodgkins secretary. Addresses were. de-
livered by Mr.. Wilson, President Whitman,
Rev. Dr. S.H.Greene. Representative Corlss
of Michigan. a graduate of the law school;
Prof Montague. DR.. Shute. Mr.. r. H. Mar
tin, DR.. H. C. Thompson, Prof. C. L. Mon
roe and Prof. w. A. Wilbur.
Officers Elected.
An amendment to the constitution was
adopted increasing the number of vice pres
idents of the association to six. Dr. Chas.
w. Richardson was elected president. The
following were unanimously CHOSEN vice
presidents: Rev. Charles H. Butler, first vice
president for the college department.; John
w. Chappell, second vice president for the
medical department; A. b. Browne, third
vice president for the law department; NJ.
M. Ramsey, fourth vice president for the
scientific department.: George w. Haw, fifth
vice president for the dental department.,
and ]. NJ. Reynolds, sixth vice president for
the graduate department. Prof. H. l.. Hodg-
kins and Mr.. John B. Larner were unant-
,
respectively.
The Work of the Association.
Secretary Hodgkins presented his annual
report, in which he said:
1.-The work of the secretary's Office has
been much greater this year than at any
time since was occupied with the prepara-
ton and publication of the historical cata-
logue. This Increase has been hue to the
natural growth of the association and to the
added number of alumni, with all of whom
we endeavor to keep in regular communica-
ton; and also to the fact that a special
meeting of the associa ton was held in June
last. My mailing list now contains the
names of more than 1900 graduates and
officers of the university, which is an in
crease of about one hundred over that of
one year ago"
After reviewing the details of his work
Cor the year, the report said:
I'm conclusion, permit me to say a word
of review. The Alumni Association was
organized i'll February, 1887, less than nine
years ago. 1t started with less than 100
members; it now has more than 100
Article of the constitution reads as fol-
lows: The objects of this association shall
be to unite the graduates in closer SYM
pathy and to promote tie general welfare
of the university How we'll 1t has &C
cCmplished the first object, you are able to
done to promote the general welfare of the
university few facts and figures may
help US to Judge. It has published two
pamphlets, it has published the Historical
Catalogue, 1t has issued circulars almost
innumerable, it has, by individual subscrip-
tiCbs. supplied the university reading room
with magazines and papers. Its members
have subscribed more than $4,000 to the
university. When the association was Or
saniZed the university had 4S1 enrolled
students; 1t now has nearly LOO. That a
fair proportion of this increase Is due to the
Influence, direct and indirect, of this asso-
l. to fnI Zoo 90
week ago I met on the street member of
this association, a recent graduate of the
college and the law school. | asked him
for a contribution TO the S5,oo fund
When he stated, with much regret, his
present inability to contribute, l suggested
that ne send us students as his conTibu-
ton. This he declared he has done and eX-
rected to continue to do; that he believed
he had sent not less than five students to
The university, each year, for several years
past That many others can make similar
statements we all well know 1t seems to
me, from the knowledge have of the feel
ing of the alumni, gained from the expert
ences of these many years that have been
secretary of the association, that the deeds
of the past are the promises of greater
things to be done in the future"
Members and Guests.
Among those present were President and
Mrs. B. L. Whitman, Prof and Mrs. A. P.
Montague, Prof. and Mrs. H. L. Hodgkins,
Prof. ard Mrs. c. E. Munroe, Prof. Edward
Farquhar, Weston Flint, DIR. ]. r. Yelling
ton, DR.. A. F. A. King, DR.. Francis P. Nor
gan, W. A. DeCaindry. Brainard Avery,
Clarence A. Brendenburg, DR.. Robert
Fletcher, Dr. c. A. Ball. DIR. and Mrs. An
ton Coe, Rev. ]. E. Grammer, D. D., Walter
c. Clephane, DR.. and Mrs. ]. Hall Lewis
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Saunders, Prof. ]. H.
Gore. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Corson, DR.. and
Mrs. W. X. Butler, Jno. B. Corliss of Mich
teron HrpyI m a n
nan, VIM S. Torbert. e. P. Murray. c. X.
Macy, E. Hilton Jackson, r. F. Foster, Miss
Foster, Col. John NJ. Wilson, U.S.A., Judge
l: G. Kimhall. Alfred N. Fuller, Allan J.
Mattingly. Harry G. Kimball, Prof. and
Mrs. VIM. A. Wilbur H. w. Durnall, A. T.
Ryan, P. Egbert Stevens, Miss Stevens Per-
ny B. Turpin, Miss Addie Mcguire. N. L.
Dr. d. w. Prentiss, S. B. Prentiss. Rev. ].
]. Muir, DID, Geo. N. Henning, DR.. Dewitt
c. Chadwick, Miss Annie S. Hazelton, DR..
and Mrs. A. G. Wilkinson. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. l.. Wilkinson, Miss Wilkinson. Miss Fos-
ter, Col. John NJ Wilson, DIR. J. Hamilton
Stone, DIR. Amelia Erbach, A. B. Duvall,
Miss Duvall, Jesse W. Rawlings, Miss NJ.
C. Priest, Miss Ida Munroe, H. w. Turner.
DR.. j. e. Walsh, DIR. and Mrs. George C.
Samson, DR.. Thoe. Gill, DR.. and Mrs. J. b.
G. Custis, pr. Meyer Herman. DR.. 3. '.
Davidson. George w. Drew, H. F. Wood
ard, Dr. C. w. Richardson. DR.. ]. Wesley
Bovee, Miss Sarah Mason, Tracy l.. Jeffords,
Charles T. Earle, DIR. and Mrs. P. Fireman,
Dr. C. w. Appler, Horace Mann, H. C. Sur
guy, Mr.. and Mrs: G; N. Richards, Miss
Mcneil, Prof. and Mrs. l.. Amateis, DR.. E.
A. de Schweinitz, Prof. and Mrs Herm.
Schonfeld, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Kredler
T. A. Lambert Bart DAILY, Prof. o. T.
Mason. J. C. Nichols, VIM. H. Babcock, Dr.
G. r. PrewItt. Rev. C. H. Butler, c. ]. Crosse
close, J. B. Diver, L. H. Diver, DIR. w. j.
Acker DIR. J.Hall Lewis, Prof. Al. Hunting
ten, Prof. ]. MacBride Sterret, Miss Edna
A Clark.
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