Show j L M MEETING M IS SIGN SIGNIFICANT I FICA NT I T Td To The Tho Telegram it fr tl i The meeting of t the tho alumni of the university nl h held ld last night Is ts significant t Tho The cr University lb of or Wisconsin ln of or toda today Is 18 the tho creation of ot her alumni In 1870 although an nn an old Institution that university a wn not u rut a far tar In advance of or our own 0 university n as It is now The Tho alumni became restless restless rest rest- less leBs and und under r the leadership of ot W. W F F. F created a stir that became state wide lege then forming the habit of furnishing college presidents front froni her alumni part parted d with Chamberlain 1 who was s onn sons to become known as the worlds world's greatest geologist and i he became president at Madison This Thle was ns the first triumph Accomplished through the efforts of or former students alumni of or Wisconsin even CAen grew presumptuous Some Som h m members of or the legislature as ns If by a 11 concerted plan and ana advocated d the tho cause ulle of or the university with so much p power w r and fulfil filial affection that the tho appropriations for tor th their lr alma mater became almost prodigal nI The Tho large expenditures which followed each tach year nr did not appear r to hurt tho the state In any way muc much l less ss It but nn n the contrary contrary con con- the state selm ct to th be enriched and tho the Alumni became lecog- lecog as Important factors not only In the of or the university but In the growth of ot the commonwealth The They engaged in n politics and at nt conventions the they stood on guard that those thole who ho were Indifferent to the state slate Institutions might not riot havo tho the power to retard th their lr ad nd- nd Enthusiastic support support of at the university became one of ot the testa tests of or good s citizenship Wisconsin 1 is a great a-great state slate and will become greater ter as ns tho the powerful Influence of or her grunt great nt university tty Continues to cle nto ele n nto te her citizenship and enlighten the world The Tho alumni of Utah have havea a n like opportunity to arge n n duty to their university and nd the Rt state tt They are arc now putting Turin orth their efforts There arc are also atso unmistakable signs that the p people of oC the state will UJ allow no step backward hut but on tho the contra contrary w will wUl II arouse hi ht themselves themselves them them- selves a new enthusiasm for the U. U of or U U. W. W V y v VAN A- A PELT 4 c. c |