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Wofford College Bulletin, Alumni Issue, January 1918 Wofford College Wofford College Digital Commons @ Wofford Alumni Bulletins Campus Publications 1-1-1918 Wofford College Bulletin, Alumni Issue, January 1918 Wofford College. Alumni Office Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/alumnibulletin Recommended Citation Wofford College. Alumni Office, "Wofford College Bulletin, Alumni Issue, January 1918" (1918). Alumni Bulletins. Paper 6. http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/alumnibulletin/6 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Campus Publications at Digital Commons @ Wofford. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Bulletins by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Wofford. For more information, please contact [email protected]. I Vol. III JANUARY. 1918 No. I 1!1mofforb <!tolltge ;8ullttin ~lumni 3Jssut PUBLISHED QUARTERLY by WOFFORD COLLEGE SPART ANBURG, S. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Spartanburg, S. C., as second class matter, May 17, 1916, under Act of Congress August 24, 1912. OFFICERS OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, 1917-18 ·d t T G Herbert '90 ................ ..... Florence, S. C. P res1 en - · · ' · · d S First· y·ice- p res1·d en t - S . H . McGhee ' '95 ..... .. ..... Greenwoo , . C. Second Vice-President-R. T . Caston, '71. Wofford College Bulletin Secretary and Treasurer-A. G. Rembert, '84 ....... Spartanburg, S. C. ALUMNI ISSUE Alumni Orator-W. B. Duncan, Ex. '86. Vol. III JANUARY, 1918 No. 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, Ex-Officio ALUMNI REORGANIZATION-IMPORTANT •-g .. Spartanburg, S. C. Warren DuPre, I · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Fl S FEATURES , . orence, . c . C R ogers, 98 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · S b J· · 'O? . partan urg, s . c . At the regular meeting of the Alumni Association at the B. H. Brown, ~ - · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · commencement of June, 1915, a reorganization was effected with a view to bringing the former students of the college into DIRECTORY OF COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS closer touch with one another and into more frequent touch Anderson-President, G. Cullen Sullivan, Anderson, S. C.; Secretary with the college. and Treasurer, R. E. Holroyd, Anderson, S. C. In the new constitution adopted the following features are Greenwood-President, W. W. Nickels, GreenwooSd, ~· C.; Secretary deserving of special note : and Treasurer, 0 . M. Dantzler, Greenwood, . ·d t H Dial Laurens S. C.; Secretary and Treas- 1. Member ship - Any former student of the college, Laurens-P res1 en , w · · • ' urer, E. F. Lucas, Spartanburg, S. C. whether a graduate or not, may regard himself as a member. Marion-Dillon-President, T. B. Hamer, Manon, S. C.' Secretary and 2. Annual Dues-There shall be a fee of two dollars, Treasurer, T. C. Easterling, Marion, S .. C. Marlboro-President, J. C. Covington, Cho, S. C.; Secretary and payable annually to the Secretary and Treasurer. This fee is a Treasurer, J. C. Moore, McColl, S. C. voluntar'y one. "d t (*) · Secretary and Treasurer, A. W. Sum- Orangcb urg-P res1 en, ' 3. Alumni Bulletin-A Quarterly Alumni Bulletin shall be mers, Orangeburg, S. C. issued and sent, free of charge, to all who pay the annual dues of the Association. 4. Class Organization-(1) Every class shall elect a per­ manent officer, known as Class Secretary and Treasurer, who shall have charge of working up reunions and caring for and applying to their proper use any funds under the direction of the class. (2) The Class Secretary shall have authority to appoint the necessary committees to assist him. (*) To be appointed later (3) In case of vacancy in the office of Class Secretary and Treasurer, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Alumni Asso­ ciation shall appoint a Class Secretary and Treasurer to hold office until the next reunion of the class and the election of his successor. ALUMNI ISSUE 5 4 VVoFFORD COLLEGE BULLETIN So far the amount of the dues .voluntarily sent in response 5. Class Reunions-( 1) Each class shall hold reunions at to repeated reminders has little more than sufficed to cover commencement, one, three and five years, respectively, after the cost of THE BULLETIN. In 1916 the ah_;_mni dues were paid graduation, and every fifth year thereafter. All members of by 120; in 1917 by 148. Since the list given in October issue classes, at any time during their course, are expected at these the following have paid. reunions, irrespective of whether graduates ar not. (2) Every class shall, upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of I. C. Blackwood Theron Earle C. C. Twitty H. L. Bomar T. C. Easterling W. H. Wannamaker its graduation, make some suitable gift to its Alma Mater. J. M. Bowden J. W. Everett J. J. Wolfe 6. Local and County Organization-The officers of the M. M. Boyd J.C. Kearse Alumni Association shall assist in and encourage the organiza­ Magness Byers C. L. Smith (Brazil) tion of county and other local associations. Little has remained over for carrying on the various plans 7. Executive Committee - "The Executive Committee" necessary for complete organization. Indeed what few steps shall consist of the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and have been taken would have been impossible without the help of Treasurer, and three additional members, at least two of which Mr. D. L. Betts, who_amid the exacting demands of his duties, additional members shall be residents of the City of Spartan­ has loyally and without charge, given of his time and service. burg.-Article III, Section 1, of Constitution. Much is left to be done. The details of class organization .are far from complete. Our mailing list is imperfect, contri­ butions for THE BULI,ETIN are falling off, county and local groups need quickening to greater and more continuous activ­ it~. All of this calls for means to pay the cost of postage, NOTES AND REMINDERS pnntmg, stenographic and clerical work. The alumni fee for The Bulletin VVith this number THE BULLETIN be- 1918 is now due. VVhy may not the limit be set at three gins its third year. During this period hundred for the year? Send your check now. its circulation has increased from some seven hundred to more than thirteen hundred. Be it noted that this circulation is The foregoing are facts, not complaints. The balance of conditioned upon the obtainable addresses of former students of the college and not upon the payment of any subscription things done makes greatly for encouragement. Marked prog­ ress has been made toward a compact alumni organization. An price. For there is no charge for THE BULLETIN-a fact so~e increasing number of letters from former students reveals the of our alumni seem to have overlooked. Only a short while quickening of old sentiments and college loyalty. The alumni ago a post card notice of annual alumni dues w~s .ret~,rned attendance at Commencement has shown an increase, both in with the curt remark "You may stop my subscnptton. A numbers and in the fine spirit of fellowship. voluntary annual fee of two dollars has been provided for ~n the Thanks to those of our alumni who have taken of their revised constitution of the Alumni Association. It is designed not only to meet the cost of publishing a quarterly bulletin, but valuable time to write for THE BULLETIN, it has been thus far both interesting and successful. In many of these articles to meet the expenses incident to effecting a more compact are facts and details valuable for any history of VV offord alumni organization, to compiling an alumni directory .and the College, and therefore of education and Methodism in South furthering of other plans for making closer and more vital con­ Carolina. All of them are rich in the sentiments and memories, nection between the alumni and their college. 6 \VoFFORD CoLLEGE ButLETIN ALUMNI lsSUE 7 they quicken and inspire because of their spirit of college loyalty. Surely, thus far there is no cause for discouragement There will be, of course, no little ~ork in meeting the above re­ quests. You may count on prompt help from this office so far as it can at the outcome and at the larger promise of our new move­ be given. But, after all, the real source of compelling interest must ment toward the reorganization of the Vv offord College be sought in the class itself through the zeal and persistence of its Alumni Association. committee. Let's work together to make the alumni feature of the next Com­ mencement even more notable than in 1917 ! Reunion for 1918 The coming Commencement will be Please let me hear frorn you at your earliest convenience, and keep the reunion occasion for the classes end­ me from time to time informed of your plans and their progress. ing in 3 and 8 and for the classes of '15 and '17. Below are Sincerely, given the names of committees appointed from each of these A. G. REMBE;RT. classes. \Vhat these committees are expected to do is out­ Secretary and Treasurer Wofford College Alumni Association. lined in the following letter which has been sent to their several members. MY DEAR SIR :-According to the plan adopted in the new Constitu­ tion (see July ALUMNI BULLETIN), Commencement, 1918, is the reunion year of your class. By class is meant not only graduates, but all who entered from the Freshman year. To secure a creditable attendance, the hearty co-operation of the class, and especially a committee thereof, is indispensable. As Secre­ tary-Treasurer of the Association, I ask that you will act on such committee, together with those named below. Enclosed you will find class list from the Freshman year, with ad­ dresses so far as known at this office. Please get in touch with other members of the committee with a view to planning for committee organization for a full reunion of class at Commencement, and also with a view to securing for the October BULLETIN the following data : 1.
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