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The College Alumni Association
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The Winston-Salem Teachers College Alumni Association is one of the
strongest and most progressive alumni associations in the country. The work
of our College Alumni Association is significant in many respects. Its strength
grows out of its organization an its great loyalty and steadfast. devotion to
the philosophy, ideals, and programs of the College. The Alumni Association has
made many and varied contributions to the Alma Mater. In recent years the
Association has purchased band instruments costing $1.500, provided scholarships
for worthy students, established cash prizes that are given at commencement, and
has done much in the way of good public relations for the Institution. For several
years the Alumni Association of the College has given ten scholiarships pf $100
each to outstanding high school graduates who wish to attend Winston-Salem Teachers
College. A recent significant achievement of the Alumni Association was the
furnishing and epuipping of almost an entire building on the College campus--
the Alumni and Public Relations Building.

Many new students come to us each year as the result of the influence of our
graduates. One of the standards of the American Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education is "Admission, Selection, Guidance and Placement". In its
report on its inspection of the College in January, 1947 the Inspection Committee
of that Association made this statement under this standard: "The recruitment
program of the college attains its grestest success through a strong alumni
association".

The Alumni Association had made unique contribuytions to the work, program
and organization of alumni associations of other Negro colleges. In April, 1946
the Alumni Association of the Winston-Salem Teachers College was instrumental
in the formation of a National Alumni Association when it invited the alumni
associations of all Negro colleges to send representatives to Winston-Salem