Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - First Year at University (1935) [PAGE 49]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

T

ill; publication of this booklet waa epon orcd jointly by the U rersity C nmittee on Freshman Week and th< Student Alumni A ^he

Student Alumni Association, 01 mi/ed in 1932, has prim iv( . the furthering of interest in the University of Illinois, the CI n r loyalty to the University a m o n g its students and its alumni, and the ,lying of information to outstanding seniors in p r e p a r a t o r y schools who } in the University of Illinois. The program which has been carried on by the Student Alumni A ation has been especially directed toward bringing information to intei ii 0 rs in preparatory schools. Talks before high-school assemblies by memb< of the Student Alumni Association, the showing of the Alumni Associati . ralkin. movie, "The Illini Trail," before high schools, providing copies of "Tl Illio, the University year book, and " T h e Daily Illini," student daily newspaper, to high schools in the State, have been some of the activities. On the campus of the University, the Student Alumni Association has planned and operated dances, smokers, and luncheons for groups of high-school s t u d e n t s w h o have visited the campus. The Association has worked with high-school teachei who are University of Illinois Alumni in determining which of these many high-school students are interested in the University of Illinois and want further information about the University. T h e Student Alumni Association is supervised and sponsored by the University Alumni Association, which maintains an active contact between graduates and the University. One of the recent activities of the University Alumni Association has been the preparation of a sound-motion picture of the campus and various activities of the University. T h e Student Alumni Association has sponsored the showing of this picture in a n u m b e r of high schools throughout the State, particularly in some communities where citizens have not maintained active connections with the University. T h e Student Alumni Association is a vital and energetic organization. In providing funds to assist in the publication of this booklet, it has done so in the spirit of service to the high-school students.