Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual meeting of the Eastern alumni of Wells College, Mrs. Grover Cleveland was re-elected president...
...long been known that the alumni of Yale desire a change in the form of government of the college Yale is the most conservative of at American colleges, and this conservatism is in a large measure traceable to the Corporation. The majority of the Corporation is composed of a self perpetuating body of ten clergymen representing the Congregational church of Connecticut; besides these there are six representatives of the alumni in the governing board. But the clergymen, as a selfappointed majority, have control of the financial and educational policy of the college, and indeed of all matters connected with...
...true that the six representatives of the alumni infuse considerable life into the board, but not enough to represent fairly a body of graduates so widely scattered throughout the country as are those of Yale. The alumni of Yale point to Harvard where the method of government embodies what they desire at Yale and they say that the results obtained from the method here, justify the placing of the government of a great institution into the hands of its representative graduates...
...57th annual convention of the Apha Delta Phi fraternity will be held this year at New Haven in May 6 and 8. Rev, Edward Everett Hale, Pres. Gilman of John Hopkins, and other distinguished alumni members have promised to attend...
...whole of the old Foxcroft estate, which includes all the ground between Hammond street and the Museum, has passed into the hands of the University corporation. The Foxcrofts have been Harvard men for many generations, the name appearing eight or nine times in the list of the alumni; the family is at present represented in the University by one member. The house which is to be used by the University club will in the future be known as the Foxcroft House. The rooms in the upper part will be fitted as dormitories and thrown open to members of the University...