Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
IN BUSINESS SESSION
George Washington Alumni
Association Meets.
OFFICERS ELECTED
FUND STARTED FOR THE EREC-
TON OF THE ALUMNI HALL.
Report of the Secretary for Past Year
Amendments to Constitution
Those Present.

Amendments to Constitution
Those Present.
The annual business meeting of the CO.
lumbar University Alumni Association, the
name of which was lately changed to the
George Washington University Alumni AS
ISOLATION took place last night at the Uni
versity Hall. There was a fair attendance
and many of the members, at the In
vitation of the committee, brought with
them their wives, and other ladies. Follow
ing the regular order of business and the
various impromptu addresses, a luncheon
was served in an adjoining room and a
held by the officers of the assoc
citation.
An election of officers for the coming
year resulted in the selection of the fol-
lowing: President, William Bruce King;
vice presidents. Dr. George n. Acker Adds
P. Browne, John Paul Earnest. John Joy
Edison, Henry F. Woodland and Myer Cohen,
the last two named being the only new
ones; secretary. H. l.. Hodgkins, and treas
urer. John B. Larner.
Report of the Secretary.
President King presided and introduced
the speakers The report of the secretary
showed that the most important work Of
the year had been the preparation of the
Address Book" of the alumni. the publica-
ton of which is to be made by June next
This volume will contain the names, &C.
equations and addresses of about 5000 grad
yates and will consist of about 100 pages.
1t will be issued part of the University
Bulletin and copy will be sent to each
graduate. The report of the secretary fur
Their showed that from the founding of the
university in 1921 to the present time &, 1874
degrees have been conferred upon 4,S0S per-
sons. OF these persons 935 known to
be dead. while informa ton is lacking in
regard to about 700 OF the 100 names on
this unknown list, many are of gradu-
ates of thirty or more years ago. 1t is
probable, therefore, that there are only
about 400 living graduates who are not
on the Secretary's mailing list.
The report also shows that during the
year the secretary has received and trans
mitted to the treasurer the following
amounts: Life membership fees, $50; ini-
tiation fees, $S3; annual dues, 500; subscrip-
tions to alumni smoker, $142; total of
$4O4.
Associations Formed Elsewhere.
One of the interesting features of the re-
port was the announcement of the organiza-
ton Of a number of alumni associations in
several cities of the country. Among them
it is noted that the Puget Sound Alumni
Association was organized more than a
year ago at Seattle. This winter the Colo
RADIO Alumni Association was formed, with
Lucius M. Cuthbert as president and Clar-
ence A. Brandenburg as secretary. A tenn
porary organization was made in Salt Lake
City during the winter and l received to-
day letter stating that permanent asso-
citation has now been completed with Dr.
W. F. Beer as president and c. l.. Olsen as
secretary. In New York city the New York
Alumni Association has organized with
Fritz Won Brieser as president and Oliver c.
Carpenter secretary. The Chicago Alum
nj, under the leadership Of James Harlan,
will soon effect an organization. A letter
received this week says that through the
efforts of DR.. James r. Rogers an associa-
ton will soon be formed in Los Angeles.
There are now about COO members of the
Washington association. there are 81 400 of
invested funds in the control of the treas
urer and $500 cash on hand.
Alumni Hall Fund.
The principal feature of the addresses
was the establishment of a fund for the
erection of an alumni hall in connection
with the new university buildings. This
hall is contemplated to contain the uniyer-
sity dining hall, reading rooms, a billiard
room and rooms for society and club meet
ings 1t will thus serve large purpose in
developing the university life and spirit
which is now recognized as valuable part
of college or university education.
1t will serve also second purpose, par
ticularly for the alumni. The building pos
sesses all the advantages of well-ordered
club. 1t will be the finest and handsomeSt
club house in the city. The alumni are
invited to become members of the club.
with all the advantages of the use of such
a club house. Dormitories will be reserved
fnr LIANT ali r1rof WIG TING fha ify
Membership in the club may be obtained
by alumni upon payment of annual dues
of $3.50 The payment of these dues will
entitle the member to the use of all the
public rooms and the privileges of the
hall, with the right TO use the private
chambers and service in the dining room
upon the payment of moderate fixed
charges. Every alumnus who contributes
500 or more to the building fund will be
life member, and entitled to all such
privileges without the payment of annual
dues
At the last annual meeting of the alumni
a resolution was adopted assuring the rails
ing of the sum of $50 600 for this build
ing. In fulfllment of this resolution con-
siderable progress has already been made
and substantial contributions have been
pledged. payable in annual installments
Subscriptions Received.
President King announced that, through
the earnest work of DIR. Needham, sub
scriptions had been promised to the amount
OF $1,000 from out-of-town members of the
alumni and $4,000 from those in the city,
and 1t was hoped that this sum would be
increased during the coming year to at
least $4,000 the total sum desired being
$3.50, 600
Amendments to the constitution were
agreed upon follows:
Article l. Strike out the words THE
Columbian University and insert the
words THE George Washington Univer-
sity."
Article III. Strike out the entire article
and insert the following: THE following
persons are eligible to membership in the
association: Graduates of any school, col
lege or department of the university; hold
ers of honorary degrees from the univer-
sity; members of the board of trustees and
of the faculties of the university"
DR.. Needham told the members present
what had been done along lines pointing to
the establishment of the alumni hall, and
said that such encouragement had been
met with that it might be safely assumed
that the hall would be a reality. His re-
marks were heartily received, as were those
of John Paul Earnest who has done much
good work in securing subscriptions to the
fund for the hail. John W. Holcombe pro-
fessor in the law school and an official of
the Interior Department, also spoke ON the
main topic of the evening.