Download or read book The Bulletin of the Alumni Association of Rush Medical College, Vol. 12 written by Morris Fishbein and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bulletin of the Alumni Association of Rush Medical College, Vol. 12: July, 1916 The Alumni Association enters the period 1916 1917 better prepared to do things than ever before in its history. During the past year alumni interest was so awakened that alumni subscribed to the Haines fund, and the treasurer, even in View of greatly increased expenses, was able to show a substantial increase in the funds of the Association. But even now the number of alumni who conduct the work of the Association and who pay their dues regularly represents but a small percentage of the total number Of physicians who are eligible to active mem bership of the Alumni Association of Rush Medical College. Viewed in general, the proposition is a queer One. The living alumni of Rush Medical College number about 'of these less than 25 per cent. Pay dues each year. The others, by wish of the college and by the grace of a charitable directorship In the Alumni Association, receive the bulletin, receive general notices sent to the alumni of the college, receive invitations to Alumni Clinics and Alumni Banquets and Reunions. Many of them unabashedly take advantage Of'these various benefits with: out a thought that many more things could be done if they would but fill out the pink Slip and send in the annual dues. Certainly they seem prosperous. Certainly they gracefully withdraw one dollar from their heavy wallets and present it to the Treasurer if directly attacked, and yet they callously dump the pink Slip into the waste basket or file it away with the bulletin, and like Tennyson's brook, are content thus to go on forever. If the Alumni Association is to do all the things it Should do it needs the help of every alumnus. May we hope that this year will see a renewal and a revival Of the interest which every alumnus owes to the college? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.