Repository: UIHistories Project: Illio - 1896 [PAGE 76]

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elation i M to have an annual gathering, with banquet,and thus awaken and maintain inhtoet in the University. In '92 a banquet was given in honor of Dr. flelim II w ahody.then Regent of the University of Illinois. Several other Alumni have v,,10e been admitted to the Association. tfrk (puc6fo £tu6 of flk (yniocroitg of JtTmoiB.

This Association, consistingof graduates and undergraduates of the I 'ni\ei>it\ , met ami organized at tin- resilience of II. E. bobbins, fd"> hroadwuy. December Mb, l^U. There were present at that meeting: .lames F. Drake, State Senator; J o h n F. Hishop, architect; K. K. (V)le, teacher of science at the Centennial Pudding: H. B. Williams, assayer at the Pueblo s m e l t e r ; K. Corson, with the Missouri Pacific Railroad; K. B. Fonston, teacher of manual training in Central High School; \V. A. Balcom, division engineer of the Denver < Kin Grande Railroad; & 11. E. Bobbins, City Superintendent Schools; also Mrs. K. K. Cole, Mrs. K.Corson, Miss Raleom and Mrs. Kobbins. A pleasant evening was spent in recalling reminiscences of college life, and a new and growing interest in the Cniversity was awakened and established on a firm footing. II. K. Bobbins was elected President of the Club, and E. E. Cole Secretary. The second annual reunion was held at t h e residence of Senator J. F. Drake. 221 Tyler Street, and Mr. H. YV. Stark, of the Class of '95, was present. That evening will be remembered as a delightful social event. Friends of the Cniversity mav be sure of a cordial welcome in Pueblo when, ever they come this way, by making themselves known to any member of the Club.

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During the summer of 1891 Dr. YV. F. Oliver, of the class of'76, then residing at Trafton, Wash., wrote to G. W. Bullard, of'82, at Tacoma, suggesting the forming of an Alumni Association of the Cniversity of Illinois on the extreme northwest Pacific coast. The idea appeared to be a feasible one, and Mr. Bullard, with the aid of Dr. Oliver, at once opened correspondence with all graduates and former students of the Cniversity of Illinois then known to be in the Puget Sound country. Many enthusiastic responses were received in favor of an organization, and, by mutual agreement, October 1st, 1891, was set as the date for a meeting at Tacoma, where the Western Washington Exposition was then being held. Through the kindness of Hon. Henry Drum, once of the class of \S2, the meeting was called at his residence, where the following persons were present: H. C. Estep, 7 4 ; W. F. Oliver, 76; George M. Savage and William L. Parker, '80; James Bothweil, '81; Henry Drum and G. W. Bullard, '82; E. F. Bogardus, C. E. Bogardus, R. J. Davis and F. A. Smalley, '83; J. E. Lilly, '84; H. L. Reynolds, '85; S. F. Bullard, '86,and Robert G, Walker, '89. Letters of regret were read from F. A. E. Starr, 76, Portland, Oregon; Charles S. Hover, 72, Spokane, Wash., and Noah B. Coffman, 78, Chehalis, Wash. 88