CAPTER ELEVEN
 ADJUNCTS OF A GREAT UNIVERSITY

The Alumni Association
 To me it seems as if when God conceived the world, that was
 poetry; He formed it, and that was uculptue; He varied and
 colored it, and that was painting; and thecrowning all, He
 opled it with living beings, and that was the grand divine, eternal
 -CnALoTTE CUsawn.

 HROUGHOUT his administration Dr. Murphree main-
 tained close contact with the alumni of the Univer-
 sity of Florida. He gave every assistance in build-
 ing up the Alumni Association and in maintaining
it on a high plane of activity.
 The Alumni Association was first organized by the class
of 1906, the first class to be graduated by this institution as it
is now organized. The Association existed more as a social
group until 1919. At that time Dr. Murphree co-operated
with the officers of the Association to arouse the interest of the
alumni of Florida in forming an organization comparable in
aims and accomplishments to those of other state universities.
These efforts bore fruit and in the summer of 1926 President
Murphree advocated and obtained the employment of a full-
time secretary, and Mr. Ralph Stoutamire was secured for
this position. Mr. Stoutamire still holds this position, as well
as having general charge of the distribution of news under
the Extension Division of the University. Since August, 1926,
a full-time stenographer and bookkeeper has been employed.
 Scattered about over the state are a number of local alumni
associations, and plans are now being made for a thorough
organization program for the entire state in the fall of 1928.
 Mr. Stoutamire is editor of the alumni publication, "The
Florida Alumnus," a monthly magazine expressing a high
type of journalism and serving to unify the alumni of the insti-
tution in a splendid manner. An Executive Council is selected


 89