SECRETARY'S REPORT

The impact of war has revised the objectives of the Alumni Association some-
what but seem not to have decreased its erfectivenesse A good many local meetings
have been held through the year, espscially in the larger centers, even though
the opportunity for Alumni Association and University officials to go out and meet
with these groups, at least those out of the state, has been largely cut off.
About twenty full-sized meetings have been held, ahout half of which have been
within the state and half in distant placese The use of campus movies has helped.

Where meetings have been hald, the alumni ssemed to enjoy them more than ever
beforee The Ft. Worth alumni even went so far as to write a letter of appreciation
to the alumni president for sending the secretary to be with theme |

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MAGAZINE HITS THE SPOT

Chief means of contact this year has been the Graduate Magazinee Never in the
present editor's nineteen years have the expressions of appreciation been so numer-
our or so warme Special emphasis has been put on news of the men and women in the
Serviced.

The man power problem put a serious crimp on efficiency so far as the editorial
staff is concerned, and the publication schedule has been seriously and embarrasing-
ly delayed. It is fondly hoped that this situation can be improved by next year.

Membership has held up well and even improved during the yeare The disloca-
tions caused by war are apparently only increasing interest in and devotion to the
alma mater and fellow alumnie During the fiscal year, 18 persons have completed
life membershipe The total number of life members now is 447.

The number of persons paying regular annual dues increased approximately two
hundred during the years Out of those paying regular annual dues, 679 come under
the young alumni class of paying only $2 a year and 141 pay joint dues of $4.

The officers and directors of the Alumni Association last spring made the grad-=
uating class a proposition if they would get three hundred of their members to pay
alumni dues of 82 for the first year, the Association would give to the class fund
25¢ of each dues payment for the class memorial. The class made the goal. This
year the same proposition was made except the total was set at 275 because of the
decreased number of the class, It looks as though the 1943 class will go over its
goale

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HAVE A GOAL

The Alumni Association should have some great shining project of real value
to the University and its students and of real appeal to the alumnie It is the
belief of the secretary that we have such a project under way, only awaiting con-
tinued promotion to make it highly successfule That is the Freshman Loan War plane

Under this plan, the Association collects contributions of any size from alumni
any place over the world and turns them over to the Endowment Association to be
held in a speciel trust fund. Then it is the job of local groups of alumni in Kansas
communities each to choose some outstanding high school graduate who has great promise
in any particular field of activity but who could not attend college without helpe
The local group is to nominate its prospective student for o Freshman Loan Award
and put up $50 to grant him or her on acceptence of the nomination by the Univer-

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