Repository: UIHistories Project: Illio - 1896 [PAGE 77]

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Mi Drum railed tin in.. 1111L- i.. .udor, iind non.m.ii.«I W. F. Oliver at temr a n c h a i r m a n , who wan elected. <i W. Bollard u i • hosen temporary *6Cre1 I-,, v SIIIIIC linn «a> spent in i nt.. ii n:il discussion l.i\ «n in:* i pel main nt Oi . . m i / a lion, after which I he t e m p o r a r y oilicers were elected p n u i : i IM nl ofh< . i - ..I tin VJSS.M i.ili.-n. The N v i v i n n was instructed to writ r a i l forme i s t u d e n t s li\ ine north • « alitornia and went «'f t h e Ivocky M o u n t a i n s of tin- organization of tin- \sso. ia l i o n < .\ c o m m i t t e e of t h r e e was a p p o i n t e d to frame a constitution and l.\ law* ami the date of t h e next meeting was net for March 11th. 1^*2. T h e e v e n i n g wan t h r u spent socially. Light r e f r e s h m e n t s were s e r v e d , and an old-time - p " i t p r e vailed, while many I'niversitj reminiscences were told l»\ those pn sent. At tiie tilst a n n u a ' meeting. In Id at Seattle March IItin IS*. 12, a constitution and hvdaws were a d o p t e d . T h e n a m e of the organization was fixed ,> tin* Puget Sound Alumni Association of the I'niversity of Illinois, »ttd t h e t e r r i t o n covered is the Siatcs of W a s h i n g t o n , ( tregon and I d a h o . The Vssociation holds a m e e t i n g on March Mid of each year, the a n n i v e r s a r y of the founding of t h e I ' n i v e r s i t y . A haiapiet is nerved e a r h in t h e e v e n i n g , after which various toasts a r e r e s p o n d e d to. T h e a t t e n d a n c e is usually t w e n t v five or m o r e , and a very pleasant time always a t t e n d s each m e e t i n g The second annual m e e t i n g was held at Tacoma, with a banquet at t h e Hotel Tacoma. The third m e e t i n g vras held at Seattle, at t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. II. c . Kstep, t h e Seattle m e m b e r s furnishing t h e banquet and e n t e r t a i n i n g t h e visiting m e m b e r s . T h e fourth a n n u a l m e e t i n g was held at Olympia. at the h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. W h i t h a m , with t h e aid of t h e Olympia m e m b e r s . A very ,4 9 pleasant feature of this m e e t i n g was t h e g r a n d c h i l d r e n of t h e University * (the children of Mr. and Mrs. W h i t h a m ) waiting on t h e table. T h e fifth a n n u a l meeting, held March 11th, 1896, was at t h e new h o m e of Mr. a n d Mrs. (i. \V. B a l l a r d , at523 North J Street, Tacoma, w h e r e t h e usual good time was h a d , and a warm fraternal spirit prevailed, t h e Tacoma m e m b e r s assisting in e n t e r t a i n i n g t h e visit iiig m e m b e r s . T h e present officers of t h e association a r e : W. F. Oliver, of Buena, King County, Wash., P r e s i d e n t ; II. B. Slauson, Seattle, Vice-President. T h e office of Secretary and T r e a s u r e r is filled by J . E. Lilly, B u r k e Building, Seattle. T h e m e m b e r s h i p now n u m b e r s a p p r o x i m a t e l y fifty persons, including t h e wives and hiiHbands of former s t u d e n t s . Any one who has a t t e n d e d t h e University as a student can become u mem h e r .

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