"University alumni organize," June 12, 1914

UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ORGANIZE. Taking advantage of the presence in the city of a number of colored ' alumni of the University ot Iowa, a meeting was held last Thursdisy even¬ ing in the cafeteria of the Model drug store* conducted by .W. Hampton Mc- Cree. and an organization was ner- fected to be known as the lowo Col- Or^u ckiXLTkiTil aTiKJL %aj uc COnipO^€'.U Ol vii^ Negro graduates of the University of Iowa, of which there are abot^t twen- ty-ftve to date, and husbaniils and wives as associates. A dainty lunch¬ eonette was served, after which the following officers ^ere elected; S, Joe Brown, liberal arts *98, law *0l, presi¬ dent; Miss lieti^ fe Gary, liberal arts ^12, now professor of modern imgnag- es in Bishop college, Marshall, Texas, first vice president; Laurence C, Jones, liberal arts '0*?, founder and principal of the Piney Ridge Normal and Industrial instittate at llraxton, Miss., second vice president; Miss Adah F. Hyde. Des Mioines, liberal arts 12, recording ^retary; Aix^hie A. Alexander, Des koines, civil engi¬ neer 12, corresponding serretary; Wade Hampton McCree, pharmaceuti¬ cal graduate 13, treasurer. It is the purpose fof the organization to hold the annual meeting some time in June of each year. state l-iistorical Society of Iowa (Des Moines)