New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
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\, The aanual meetins 81 the III UIm
iHi Sehool Alumni Association which.
held Monday evening q the hishIi
s6hpol 40 = distinct disap sentiment to
lstkose who had charge Of the affair. in re-
gSrd 4 to numbers. Only about forty
OF the four hundred members Of the asso-
citation were present and this tended to.
put a blanket on the enthusiasm usually
shown at these affairs. N
After the basketball game between the
High School and Alumni teams the
alumni met in the assembly room and
the meeting was soon called to order by
President a. j.. Book. The president
first discussed the situation regarding
the piano which has been purchased for
the assembly room at the high school.
At the meeting last year it was decided
that the alumni associatio should en-.
deayor to procure. the funds necessary
TO purchase a grand piano for the new
high schoo as gift from the alumni. AZ
committee consisting Of ia. ~ Book
Elmer Haeberle, Herman Raabe, DR..
"A. W. Seifert. Miss Lulu Doehne and
Miss Vera Strickler was appointed to-
collect the funds but the response Of the
alumni has fallen far short Of their ex-
lpectations. It was the consensus Of
opinion that another effort should be
made ITO secure contributions and the
committee is now anxiously waiting FOL. a
generous response from those who have
not yet contributed. !.
] After the usual reports Of committees
and officers President Book called upon
Mr.. Hess for q short talk on the work
now being done in the new high school
and the superintendent mentioned the
changes which have taken place since the
old graduates were students. In the
last, year five new departments have been
added to the curriculum, the library, the
! ! manual training department, the home
economics and commercial courses, and
the evening classes. The increase in at
tendance has also been noteworthy,
about 225 pupils being in attendance at
the regular day sessions and almost 100
being registered for the evening classes.
In an endeavor to cause return Of the
old enthusiasm in the association and in
crease the attendance at the annual
meetings it was decided to name one of
the classes each year to take charge of
| all of the preparations for the following
meeting and the class Of 1911 was chosen
to provide the entertainment for next
years session. The election Of officers
followed. Miss, Elsie MART was elected
president, Alois Eibner succeeds Miss
Lulu Doehne as vice president and Miss
Genevieve Vedder was elected recording
secretary. The finances Of the organi-
cation will be handled during the coming
year by Ferdinand Ochs, as financial
secretary, and A. L. Boock as treasurer.
After the business meeting the mem
bers adjourned to the Turner Hall gym
nasium where dancing was INDUCED in
Tor a few hours. A delightful lunch was
served in the Dutch Room. The COM
mittee in charge ofsthe affair feels deeply
indebted to the members Of the orchestra
who kindly furnished the music for the
dancing and also to Miss Elfrieda Toberer
who had charge Of the lunch prepare
tons. 10.
Just what the members Of the class of
| 1911 have in mind to draw, out a large
attendance for the annual meeting next
year is hard to conjecture. AT an in
formal meeting of some of the members
of the class after the dance the matter
was discussed and several novel ideas
were suggested. One of the prominent
officers admits being an adept in the art
of legerdemain and may consent to
appear on the program as a prestidigita-
tor. Another member Of the class gave
a life-like imitation Of. Charlie Chaplin,
so there is no doubt that the class has
versatility. But whatever may be de-
cided upon there is no doubt that
vigorous measures are absolutely neces-
sary to resuscitate the failing spirit Of the
organization.
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