REUNION OF THE ALUMNI 



NOVEMBER, 1908* 



A reunion of former students of the University was 

 held in Baltimore, on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of Novem- 

 ber, 1908. The principal features were a "smoker" at the 

 Johns Hopkins club ; a meeting in commemoration of 

 President Oilman; a "tea" given by the Alumni Associa- 

 tion ; class dinners ; a football game at Honiewood ; and a 

 reception by the President and Board of Trustees of the 

 University. 



The reunion was the unexpected development of a 

 movement begun last spring, when the general Athletic 

 Association appointed a committee to consider the possi- 

 bility of stimulating the interest of former students, 

 and to arrange for an athletic reunion, if this should be 

 deemed advisable. The committee consisted of the follow- 

 ing persons: George L. Radcliffe (A. B., 1897, Ph. D., 

 1900), chairman; Ronald T. Abercrombie (A. B. ? 1900, 

 M. D., 1904) ; Theodore E. Straus (Proficient in Elec- 

 tricity, 1894) ; Joseph T. England (A. B., 1902) ; James 

 Baily (1909). During the summer the members of the 

 committee were constantly in touch, by correspondence 

 and otherwise, with many of the older alumni. These dis- 

 played a keen interest in the proposed gathering, but two 

 facts soon became apparent. One of them was that a 

 very large number of the alumni were not attracted espe- 

 cially by the prospects of an athletic reunion, but looked 

 forward eagerly to a meeting embodying class and other 

 social features. The second point was that all of the 

 former athletes were desirous that the reunion should 

 embrace other features in addition to the athletic ones 



*Prepared by Mr. George L. Radcliffe, Chairman of the General 

 Committee. 



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