The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-30
TIE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL
SUCCESSFUL MEETING OF III. III. $.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

1t Was Held in the New Music Hall Last
Night and There Was Very Large At
tendance--O Ulcers Elected.
The eighteenth annual meeting of the
Hillhouse High School Alumni associa-
ton was held last night in the New
Music hall and was one of the most
successful meetings In the history of
the association. The executive COM
m1ttee, which had charge of the affair,
put forth their best efforts to make the
entertainment and dance surpass all
past endeavors, and they succeeded adj
mirably. The spacious hall was well
filled with members of the association
and their friends, and all were well re-
paid for having attended.
Dr. William Pitt Baldwin, president
of the association called the meeting
to order and in a few well chosen words
gave each one a hearty welcome. The
secretary, Benjamin F. Rowland, then
read the minutes of last years meeting
and also gave the secretary's report,
which follows:
"As it has been the custom at these
annual meetings for the secretary to
give brief outline Of the happenings
for the past year as pertain to the asso-
citation and the old Hillhouse high
school, I am compelled to follow in
their footsteps. On looking over the
data which / have, I find can readily
| comply with the old custom, especially
the part which says a brief outline
"There is nothing of especial interest
| in the actions taken by the executive
committee of the association during the
past year, with the exception that we
| find ourselves in this new hall, free
from all the annoyances that pertain
/ to crowded space and blessed with an
orchestra composed of more than three
pieces.
| I'm regard to the association, it is
| steadily growing, and although some
| drop out on account of back dues, ETC.,
| the additional members which we take
in each year more than make up for
the loss. We now have a membership
| of about $780,
| ut was with sadness that we record
| ed the death of J. D. Whitmore, who
passed away August 16, 1897. Through
| his death the association lost valua-
| Bile supporter and friend. Many of us
can recall the kindness with which he
always gave helping hand to those
| who were struggling with some hare
| problem during their four year course
at Hillhouse. He was always an en-
thusiastic advocate of the idea Of AT
| ~, I, ;,, i'm with ha ict
| school, and from him the boys always
obtained kind, encouraging word an6
| helping hand to spur them to brine
honor to old Hillhouse high school, botf
| in the athletic and and educatlona
| sense.
Now, as it is the requirement as wei
| as the privilege of the retiring secreta-
ry to advance few suggestions to the
association, I would like to draw YOU
attention to the following: When this
association was organized by Morris F
| Tyler and his worthy coadjutors 1T was
| their purpose and object that this asso
citation should be the medium by which
a spirit of sympathy and union should
be fostered between graduates and for
mer pupils of old Hillhouse high school
! Every one of us ought to feel proud OF
his or her connection with old Hill
house, as it is an institution of which
no one need ever feel ashamed. 1t is
because feel it is an institution wor.
thy of our hearty support and main
| tenance that / would like to sugges
that we revive and nourish this spirit
of sympathy and union that should ex'
| list between the graduates.
The question is, how can these de
| lightful friendships of school life b.
more firmly cemented and perpetuated
and also how can the bond of union be
| tween the past and present be given {