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Show STRONG APPEAL TO SCHOOL SPIRIT U"ew Life to Be Injected Into the High. School Alumni Asso- TftiS EMBERS of the High' School fll Alumni association held an Im- portant meeting last evening- at at the west side high school and Inaugurated some Important movc-mcnts movc-mcnts which arc expected to work for the benefit and progress of the assocla- Principal Eaton opened the meeting hi making a short address, in which he alseussed the needs of the alumni as-rociation as-rociation and the work which it ought to accomplish. He urged tho students to always attend their alumni associa-iion associa-iion meetings and recommended the de-plopmenx de-plopmenx of a closer spirit of frlend-"hip frlend-"hip and fraterr.lly. He declared that i and taken a step In this dlrcr-tlon dlrcr-tlon and saw to it that all the members of every graduating class were made acquainted with each oilier. He urged Hl the adoption of a regular alumni day af Lagoon, which should occur clur-it clur-it g the week-of the cadets' annual en-c.in.pment en-c.in.pment at that resort. al the close of Principal Eaton's re-marks re-marks Miss Grace Berge delighted the audience with a awoc-t soprano solo. Th" executive committee has adopted a number of new schemes which were Hl presented to and accepted by the mem-bers mem-bers last - evening.: Hereafter .alumni meetings will be held every month, and 1 an effort. will be made in this way to 1 bring all the members' into closer ac-qualntance. ac-qualntance. Beginning1 with next year. 'the Rod 1 ; ud Black, the high school paper, will de-vote one page to alunuli news. This page will be edited by a. member elected from the alumni association. It in the intention of the association to establish a regular alumni day. This will be of a varied nature from. 'year to year and will be used to stimulate the nchool along those lines In whicli it is -weakest. It will aim to develop ath-letlcp ath-letlcp and oratory" by giving medals to the winning competitors. 1 Hereafter the graduates of every new 1 class will be presented with certillcates 1 of membership, and all the old mem-bers mem-bers will be treated likewise when they 1 clear up their accounts with the- treas- The Alumni book, otherwise known 1 as the "Red" book, will be regularly published hereafter and sent to overy charter member. It will contain news and Information regarding members of the alumni association. Harry Fulton, IWarrea Paul and. Dr, Fred Meakin were appointed a committee commit-tee to make arrangements for an excursion, excur-sion, which will be run to Lagoon during dur-ing the cadets' encampment. On Tuesday,' May 31. the Alumni as-i as-i soclatlon will tender Its annual reception recep-tion to the graduating class. The first feature will be a banquet, which will be held In the west side Ambly hall. Later in the evening the students will adjourn down stairs and enjoy the pleasures of an open air dancing party. A special floor will be laid for the occasion. occa-sion. On Thursday, May 26. the Juniors will give their cIuhs day exerclees at the Theater. On the following Saturday night the seniors will perforin some nobby atunts and take final leave of their school. |
