90 C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL June, 1918 



Jllumni nidbt 



The reception and entertainment tendered by the Alumni Association to the 

 members of the first year class was held in the college building on the evening 

 of May 15th. 



After the rendering of the "Star Spangled Banner," Prof. Wimmer intro- 

 duced Professor Diekman, who spoke as follows : — 

 Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



It is both a pleasure and a privilege to be permitted to address you this 

 evening. I will not take up much of your time with any lengthy discourse but 

 will be as brief as the circumstances will permit, and then leave you to enjoy 

 the rest of the excellent program which has been provided for your entertainment 

 and that of the class. As you know, the Alumni Association each year, in order 

 to show its interest and concern in the welfare of the undergraduate body, ten- 

 ders to the members of what has been the First Year Class, and now will forni 

 the nucleus of the 1918-1919 Second Year Class, these so called "Junior Night 

 Exercises." 



I had the honor of addressing all the members of the Junior Class at least 

 twice a week for thirty weeks and a few members of the class even oftener than 

 that. I will therefore not say much to the members of this class, but will say 

 things about them. I have as the result of the recent examination gathered quite 

 a store of new and more or less valuable information and while conservation is a 

 national order of things at this time, I. feel that I ought to share at least a small 

 amount of this information with you, but am prevented from doing this by lack 

 of time. I would not have you believe, however, that the members of this class 

 or the class as a whole were lacking in scholarship. What they inaividually and 

 collectively have accomplished will be told you by others later on in the evening. 



Classes are noted for and judged by other things, however, than scholarship 

 and general behavior. There is that somewhat indefinite and intangible, yet very 

 real and important factor, known as "class spirit." This usually makes itself man- 

 ifest first about the time the class organization is effected, and a careful analysis 

 of the situation at that time gives a fairly accurate forecast of what the class is 

 going to accomplish in matters other than scholarship. I believe that I am well 

 withm the limits of the truth when I say that the class spirit developed by the 

 class of 1919 ranked well with that of any class in the history of the College. 

 The calibre of class members chosen to fill the various class offices was of the best 

 type, and talk about running an election with printed ballots, arguments for suf- 

 frage, etc., why Tammany Hall is not to be considered in the same class. 



The members of this class exhibited true patriotic spirit in the matter of 

 subscribing for the government loans and the proceeds of their subscription was 

 added to the so-called Student Loan Fund. 



I would also at this time say a word to any employer of these young women 

 and men, who may be in the audience, in regard to the matter of taking a personal 

 interest in the employee and assisting her or him in the matter of studies and more 

 especially in allowing sufficient time for studies. These young women and men 



