The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-29
MANY ELIGIBLE
. TO MEMBERSHIP
Movement Started to heor-
aanize west Virginia UNI
yersity Alumni.

Versity Alumni.
s. rpera are more than 1900 per
" sons eligible to membership IN M
iS{ras4 virginia University Alufn''
Z "A .octat ton, according to tii1
IL - a,Itn,ni secretary, Frank Roy Yoke
who has sent circular letters 10 .lie
1,innni of the University, outi'ii.s
4; (; J n3lans. This large number 10
dnassto the fact that the cohs'i'"'
tion Of the association opens up
81 :, a, Tership to all former stuuehss'
whether or not they recelSeo q ~
u gree from the University.
Secretary Yoke will start at ohS 1I
organizing county alumni cluos q
M over the state. In tact. ne nan
ready been doing this klnu o. W." ~,
q and has completed the ols snng ciTh
8s az lewis County into a strons GU
l$5s 1 ~, met at Weston a few Gays
81 ss J, 81 l#STbis club elected ChaFles
So s,Ssixy president; Harold Nate'
S55 aanresident; Mrs. r. II. ffAlGn
# w 49, s. pss s T. j. Blair. Jrr
& . -. ,s,irer The club already has
\ - An I;esrship Of more than slAty-ll'e
perspns. ,or
2;s With strong county clubs an over
II .yKyasti Virginia, Secretary YOKE -
NJ confident that he can put acloss
bis program with a certaliity -
1 success. Several other ooul1o Us
have already done conslderaple =,
urinary work towards organlz MA
d zion and will be ready when oecro-
stary Yoke visits them.
RI the Uni
-. ~ a1nmni. copies Of which
- !, q 3 baen received here, reads as
B follows:
s35s!.srhe new constitution adoptedi
+4+be regularly called meeting helo
.sG nsNTorgantown, Thanksgiving, 19zl,
OK nrov1ties that any person VINO mas
295si hesen hui. is not now in ATTENDANCE
s5s az he University IS entitled 70
1nem bersfip in the alumni assocla-
5gs +iof Bxg this action, more tnan 4,
M 5on3 former students are ellSlple "
,sSS BECOME members and to you as III
this appeal is addressed
Invest Virginia University IS
anxious to get in touch Win Sou
ss. an al Il take it for granted that you
Bs ares Interested in the things tle
University is doing However S Snore
ss = time YOU may have spent, at Nest
ssSyersity your university.
off will be Impossible tor me to
see YOU all personally within the
Ig3s ssyery near future but do want 10
539 ~ AR from YOU. I know that the
an and women who have gone out
from the University are busy. Thc
ssss burdens of state rest upon you'
- shoulders but can you not give d
few minutes Of your time to write
me Give me your name, your au
dress, your profession or business,
sSyoi1r class, if you graduated me
ssSssIyesr YOU left scho1 provided you
Ss Il 111n,o E, graduate and, If you SO de-
sire. YOU may send me your dues
:s 5for35the curr emit year. The dues
- ava Va been fixed at three dollars
ISL ,eriyear. Payment OF dues entities
fS33Ss$yoi,IIs to all the publications OF the
@ association.
q gu may have criticism of the
= ~, fyersitv. You may know sorne
thfngs which should be done. There
s. s. 'SS,av be things which are beins
,ns switch should not be done
Four criticism is invited, be thai
srfticism con struct1Ve or destrnc
81 - zss5.s Whatever your criticism, il
3sSdesire. L assure you it will be
sSed in confidence l feel thai
J; Il the mouthpiece of the Assoc1a
Sand it would be folly for me
leak unless you told me whai
y l. promise to keep you ad
as to what the University L
and L want your help in find
what it should do.
N neither the apologist mol
4 kandfst for any instructor OF
= ar in the University. They
Vi fall by themselves: an
Viryinia-my
" and yours. She will be
is - make her
cl ask you this one question
Eve you done during the
s s5 to promote the progress
40 Virginia University anc
3.lss that progress the advance
"a filf=Sof your state and nation
won't you tell me what you have
5sdone ask this question in al
&sincerity. Some of us have don't
so little while many of you have
donegso much.
, ts14 1umnf of West Virginia Uni
I yersity,I am at your service. Ny
hon us that hand in hand ant
4 SAhoulder to shoulder we will 81
dovm they working for big
sers a better Ia greater University
: WITH your help, we will have an in
hditutfon greater than our noun
~ tsl VI g, rs ant more lasting than TIL
Of them =
y RT,t,ODHoUNDS LOSE TRAIL