The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-06-12
SPEAKERS SWAT
ALUMNI INERTIA
Chiefs Of Local Association Had a
Dinner And Talked Theif
Problems Over
PLAN TO PROMOTE Solidarity

Old General Inertia was the object
of merciless attack at the meeting
of the officers of local alumni asso-
Citations in the Carolina Cafeteria
last night. They jumped on hin and
mauled him and trampled his snato-
my until the poor old boy called pite-
ously for the water bottle.
Even the benign\ countenanee of
Walter Murphy, who presided at the
gathering, was o'erspread with an
expression of malicious delight as the
ancient enemy was belabored into a
pulp.
Daniel L. Grant, general alumni
secretary, told the assembled COM
pany that. the vast majority of Uni
versity alumni showed in difference.
AS an instance Of this, he said. they
would not even fill out and return the
questionaires needed for an alumni
catalogue. Mr.. Grant has been strug-
Cling with this task for months, and
the lack of response is discouraging
Last night he reviewed the history
said that, if there were ever to be a
of efforts to organize the alumni and
said that, if there were ever to be a
real alumni organization, those Uni
versity men who were loyal and
active would have to bestir them
selves and shoot the virus of en-
thusiasm into the sluggish veins of
the now unresponsive majority, or
words to that effect.
General Albert L. Cox of Raleigh,
following Mr.. Grant, spoke of the
spasmodic quality Of interest in the
University on the part of the alumni.
He thought one fine way to keep
interest alive would be to hold meet
ings of University men in every
town visited by a Carolina ball
team or the Playmakers or the glee
club or any other organization from
Chapel Hill.
r. d. w. Connor introduced
note of cheer into the proceedings
by declaring that Mr.. Grant, instead
of being cast down by finding only
ten per cent. of the alumni active,
should feel encouraged that the pro-
portion was as great as that.
"Why," said Mr.. Connor, "if we
could have as many as ten per cent.
of our students active, we would
turn this grand old athletic associ-
alton here into a real educational
institution" daughter and cheers)
Mr.. Connor went on to say that
Mr.. Murphy, Mr.. Grant, and other
leaders Of the movement had ac-
complshed great deal since the re-
organization a year ago, that they
had good reason to feel encouraged.
Everything couldn't be done in a
short time.
W. S. Bernard, speaking of local
group meetings, said that three
things were needed to make them
successful;' first, information about
the University; second, some under
taking the group could concern it
self with, such as the Charlotte
alumni's creation of loan fund for
young men who wanted to enter the
University; third, fun--a rouslng
good time. He put great emphasis on
the third and dwelled upon the ina
portance of preparing a real enter
tainment, in advance, when there
was to be an alumni gathering. r
r. B. House of Raleigh told OF
his experiences in trying to get the
400 University alumni Of Wake
county together. He could count on
about so all the time, he said, to
come to meetings and to do anything
else they could for the University.
There remained $40 whom he could
mt get at. He said n9Sone man should
be responsible for as many alumni
as there are in a big county such as
Wake. There ought to be smaller
groups.
Oscar Coffin said he thought the
Alumni Review would be better II
it had more personal stuff about the
Busbee, Leslie We'll, and Frank
alumni
Among the notables present were
Charles WE'LL, Col. Wooten, Perrin
Winston.
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