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THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS. i
Soon after this issue of the Alumnus reaches y0u the ballots for the  
annual election of Association officers will be distributed. The officers to bc Q 
elected are a President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and two mem-  
-_ bers of the Executive Committee. The following nominating committée,  
1 whose duty is to place on the election ballot at least two names for each l 
Q position, has been appointed: '.
`V _I. FRANK B1\'1"l`;\II.E, Chairman, University Book Store, Lexington, Ky. V
E. C. VVURTELE, Intersouthern Building, Louisville, Ky. l,
ANNA v\V1\LLlS, 326 Aylesford Place, Lexington, Ky.  
R. L. \\iE.\\'l£R, 115 Broadway, New York City. l 
H. H. I,O\\'l{\', 401 Eighth Avenue, La Grange, Ill. ,
lt would greatly assist this committee i11 its work if each alumnus would 1
suggest the Il2ll"ll€S of those persons \VllOlTl he thinks would best hll the above
positions. \\”on`t you, therefore, write the Chairman at once and give l1i1n ,`
such names? Do this right away as the ballots should be mailed within the  
  next week or so.  
Q WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT.  
; The Alumnus has been issued regularly for almost a year. Mr. Turner  
 A has given unstintingly of 11is time 2lll(l talent. He has enough work in attend-  
 , ing to his ollicial duties to tax his strength. Not only has he given of his  
 · time and talent, but he has done his work with an enthusiasm and Zlll optimism  
born of his unsellish love and devotion to his Alma Mater. He has worked  
  bravely when most men would have given up the job in pessimistic disgust.  
é He has carried the work when it seemed that a large majority of the alumni  
. did not care a tig whether the ]0urnal lived or died. He has issued the ;
journal when he had to advance funds and trust to chance for sufhcient funds 1 
to pay the bills. Q
_ (The above paragraph is written over the protest of the modest editor.)  
· More than 1,100 alumni have not paid dues for the year ending ]une, it
. 1915, Zll1(l june of the good year 1916 is fast approaching. Yet the journal  
i has been sent to these delinquents in the hope that there might be a spark i 
  of love Ellld devotion for the old school that could be revived. K
{ \Vhy is it that l1l€ll and women will accept the bounty of the State in ll
i receiving an education at the hands of the taxpayers and will not in return  
bestow a little affection upon the University? The Alumnus is the only  
medium through which the graduates can keep in touch with the institution l
and through which they 1nay express themselves concerning it. If ever  
there was a time in the history of the University when it needed the active
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