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ANNUAL MEETINGThe Annual Meeting of the Western Mai-y.,land College Alumni Association this year wasmarked by the over-flow crowd which aaaem ,bled in McDaniel Lounge to review the buai,ness of the year. Possibly the main attractionconu-lbutlng to this sell-out attendance (someHi8 members were present) might be abtr-tb;uted to the proposed constitution revisionwhich was introduced to the floor fui- considm-,at ion.The revised constitution was adopted by aunanimous vote of the members present.Another novel event of the meeting, astaken from the minutes, included the report ofthe Blanche Ward pot-tr-ait committee as presentedby Mrs. Dorothy McDaniel Herr, chah-,man, which stated that the completed portraitwould be unveiled at the dinner meeting. Mrs.Ward's portrait now hangs in the receptionroom of Blanche WUI'd Hall.At the closing of the session Dr. William H.Adolph and Ezra B. Williams were welcomedus new Visitors to the Board Trustees. ofPreceding the formation of the ReunioningClass procession to the Dining Hall a fewmembers of the Board of Governors were pel'-suaded to pose for the picture which appeal'Son this page. From left to right they are:Alumni President, Mra. Taylor, '26; Clal'enceT. De Haven, '30; William C. Rein, '31; EzraWilliams, '26; and Mrs. Mal-tin (Lillian Jack.son,'45).AF1'EH THE DAY WAS OVEHWeather - Perfect. Attendance _ Enormous.Alumni Day-Magnificent.If you weren't there you really missed theevent of the year. Me Daniel Lounge, alwaysthe center of Alumni doings, was beginning tobuzz about nine-thirty. One of the first toarrive was Dr. Hugh ward, '22. There's aman you have to look up .to. He has a son attendingcollege but the son went home and"Pa" held the line, just as he used to in hisstarring days on the WMC gridiron.Sixty of the class of '25 (see p. 5) cameback, for some it was their first return trip toWMC, tsk, tak. After a luncheon at theCharles Car-roll Hotel (lasting until 5 P. M.)they added and spice to the ReunionClass with their gold and g-reenlapel tags flying.Mrs. Grace Hel'hlf! Miller, '92, got in late tothe Alumni Meeting and seeing such a crowdasked 01". EnSOI"if this was an entertainment.Upon being assured that it was the AlumniMeeting remarked, "I've been coming toAlumni meetings for fifty-nine years, and thisis the first time I've seen so many." (With theConstitution up for revision-no wonder.}Of COUI'se you could count on some of theWashington crowd to add zest to the meeting,Lyman Long, '24 and "Hill" Chase, '23 keptthings moving, one making a motion, the othereither seconding 01' making a counter motionVirginia [(a)'OW Fowble, '39 and CharlotteCoppage Young, '38 made reports of all theactivities of the Baltimore Club. There's anup and coming pair if I ever saw one.The Fifty Yea)' Class met out at Doll Baile'sfor luncheon. They're such a good lookingand peppy bunch, and could they yell! Theymade a gift of five hundred dollars to the College.That was when President EnSOI' beamedthe "mostest,"President and Ml·S. Ensor- greeted everyonein their attractive home during the afternoon'sactivities.Robert Br-icker, '38, the new President ofthe Philadelphia Club and Mrs. Bricker, Mrs.Strayer, 'f)3 and her son were enthusiasticambassadors from the city of "BrotherlyLove." One of our youngest and most ardentsupporters, new President of the WashingtonClub, was Mr. Ralph Smith, '49. Clarence W."Frenchie" De Haven '30 looked very distinguishedwith a smather-ing of gray in his hairand his double breasted white jacket with grayslacks. "Ez" Williams, '2G was his usual debonairself.The parade of the Reunioning Classes wasan innovation this year and longer than youwould have thought possible. The 525 whosat down for the Alumni banquet all seemedgay, hungry but particularly lively. There