Wofford College Digital Commons @ Wofford Alumni Bulletins Campus Publications 10-1-1916 Wofford College Bulletin, Alumni Issue, October 1916 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, October 1916" (1916). Alumni Bulletins. Paper 2. http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/alumnibulletin/2 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]. ~11111111111111111111111111 11 11111111~ 11 1 1 11 1 1111111111111111111111111111 I I Vol. I OCTOBER, 1916 No. 4 • = IIntfnr~ (!lnllrgr iullrttu = .Alumni lJ.asur PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY WOFFORD COLLEGE SPARTANBURG, S. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Spartanburg, S. C., as second class mat­ ter, May 17, 1916, under Act of Congress Aug. 24, 1912. g~111111111111m111111111111111111111~1111111111111111111111111111111111111~~ I • Wafford College Bulletin ALUMNI ISSUE OCTOBER, 1916 Vol. I No.4 GREETINGS FROM PRESIDE T JAMES KILGO. Greetings to All the Sons of Wofford and Her Few Daughters! In addressing you, I desire to direct your thought to one ®ffirrrn of .!\lumni .!\.anntiatinn. l!llli-17 subject-our dear old mother. Did you ever know even three President-]. W. KILGO, '81... ..................... -............................ Columbia, S. C. of her sons to be associated for thirty minutes without lovingly referring to her? In thus addressing all her sons, could I speak First. v·ice- p resi.d en t - T · G · HERBERT ' '90 ... ---·-············Florence, s. c. of any other in whom they all would be so much interested? . p .d t S H McGHEE • 5......... Greenwood, S. C. Second Vice- resi en - · . · ' 9 To you who have had the privilege of annually visiting the dea1 old being is given the opportunity of knowing her obligation to A G R EMBER T '84 ·················· Spartanburg, S. C. Sec'y an d T reas.- · · ' the minor children of her household, her embarrassment a few ' 6 Dallas Texas Alumni. 0 rat or-0 . D · \ i\TANNAMAKER ' 9 ····················· ' years ago to give them shelter, how she enlarged her building to that end, relying upon her many sons to relieve her of the burden that enlargement entailed and to give her what aid was possible 1Exrrutiur Qlnmmittrr in caring for our younger brothers. We all know because of the perfection of her motherhood in bringing her sons into complete President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, Ex-0 fficio. and symmetrically educated manhood how the family year by WARREN DuPRE, '78 ................................................................. Spartanburg, S. C. year has increased. Not all of you, perchance, know how bur­ ........Florence, S. C. dened she is to meet the demands upon her by this large increase. She wishes her sons scattered throughout the earth to be made S. C. ~. ~~::::s~: ~:~::::·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. .:::::::::::::·::::::::::::::::~::::::~partanb urg, acquainted with her needs, knowing their sympathy and love for her will bring them to her aid. As the president of our Alumni Association, having intimate knowledge of the condition of our alma mater, I use this method to acquaint you with her presen: embarrassment. For the first time in her history she is in debt; not a debt incurred by bad management, nor by any loss of her resources, but by the increased demands made upon her for a larger service. To relieve her of that debt and to increase her resources, a special agent is employed, who is even now in the field appealing to her friends for gifts. Foremost among those giYing will be her own sons. Some of you, my brothers, cannot be seen by this agent, and yet this appeal will reach you and you 4 vVoFFORD COLI.EGE BULLETIN ALUMNI ISSUE will demand as a loyal son the privilege of having a part in tht 5 support of our old mother. I do not demand, but suggest, that ( 2 ) The Cla_ss Secreta?' shall have authority to appoint the "what you do, do quickly." To those of you out of touch with necessary committees to assist him. the situation, let me definitely say that the debt referred to was (3) In case of Yacancy in the office of Class Secretary and incurred in building a dormitory. That debt amounted to fifty Treasurer, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Alum · A · . Ill ssocia- thousand dollars. How gracious and reasonable would be the act tion shall appomt a. Class Secretary and Treasurer to hold office for Wofford's sons to pay for that building and allow all gifts until the next reun10n of the class and the election of his suc­ made by friends to go for Wofford's living expense. On next cessor. June I invite every son of Wofford to meet at that building­ 5. Class Reunions.-(r) Each class shall hold· · "The Carlisle Memorial Hall"; but "before the roses bloom in reun10ns at comme~cement one, three, and five years, respectively, after June" let Wofford's sons lift that debt. graduat10n, and every fifth year thereafter All b . · mem ers of Appreciating the honor you conferred upon me by making me classes, at any time dunng their course, are expe t d t h · · · f c e a t ese your president, and with kindest wishes for you all, I am, reumons, irrespective o whether graduates or not. Sincerely, ( 2) Every class shall, upon the twenty-fifth . ]As. W. KILGO, · d · anmversary of its gra uation, make some suitable gift to its Alma Mater. President. 6. Local and C aunty Organization -Th ffi . · e o cers of the A_ lumm Associat10n shall assist in and encourage the organiza­ ALUMNI REORGANIZATION-IMPORTANT t10n of county and other local associations. FEATURES. 7- Executive Committee.-"The Executive C .t At the regular meeting of the Alumni Association at the COUJ. consist· o f th e President,· Vice-President. s omm1 tee shall mencement of June, 1915, a reorganization was effected with s, ecretary and Treas urer, and three additional members at least t f ·l . h . - view to bringing the former students of the college into closet . I b ' wo o w 11c addi- t10na mem ers shall be residents of the c·ty f S touch with one ar.other and into more frequent touch with · 1 i o partanburg " the A rt1c e III, Section r, cf Constitution. - college. In the new constitution adopted the following features a deserving of special note: NOTES AND REMIXDERS. I . Membership.-Any former student of the college, whether The generalization that lar b d · a graduate or not, may regard himself.as a member. to much mod1'fi t. 1 _ge o ies move slowly must yield ca 10n m t 1e light f d 2 . Annual Dues.-There shall be a fee of two dollars, pay~ clusions. But no such d'fi . 0 m~ ern astronomical con- able annually to the Secretary and Treasurer. This fee is made up of "h mo_ i. cat10n applies to those large bodies uman wanous" · ll voluntary one. varied men who m k -es~ec1a y of the many and 3. Alumni Bulletin.-A Quarterly Alumni Bulletin shall ing. Such has b a e hup the al_umm of an institution of learn- een t e experience . t . issued and sent, free of charge, to all who pay the annual du toward effecting the . m s artmg the mo\·ement of the Association. of the \\'offord al r_eorFgamzat10n and quickening the activit)' umni. rom pre t . d. 4. Class Organization.-( I) Every class shall elect a pe co-ordinating movem t f h. sen m icat10ns, however, the manent officer, known as Class Secretary and Treasurer, w word-has begun ~n o t is great body-and great is the.just shall have charge of working up reunions and caring for wered or tasks as~i - ~ver have letters been so promptly ans­ applying to their proper use any funds under the direction summer. gne so cheerfully accepted as during the past the class. 6 V OFFORD COLLEGE BULLETIN ALUMNI ISSUE 7 To one response special attention deserves to be called. In l\IY DEAR SIR :-According to the plan adopted in th C . e new onstitu- the BULLETIN for July appeared the following paragraph, whose tion (see July ALUMNI B ULLETIN), Commencement rgr · h . ' 7, lS t e reunion potential importance justifies this re-emphasis: year of your c lass. B Y c l ass lS meant not only graduates but "In the memory of nearly every former student stand forth entered from the Freshman year. ' all who To secure a creditable attendance, the hearty· co-o t" f in a glow of interest or even of compelling influence some college . pera ion o the class and espeaally a committee thereof, ls indispensable A S ' experience, some phrase caught living from the lips of professor · · I k · s ecretary-Treas urer of t h e A ssoc1at1on, as that you will act on such · · or fellow student, some anecdote enhanced in meaning by the with those named below. committee, together light of later events. All this exists-a very- treasure of human Enclosed you will find cla5s list from the Fr h . es man yPar with ad interest and suggestion-possibly even of historic value. But dresses so f ar as known at this office. Please g t · h- ' . - · e in touc with oth their calling forth must depend on the initiative of individuals. members o f t h e committee with a view to plannin f . er · · f f 11 · g or committee organ 1zat10n or a u reunion of class at Commencem t d .