eventually be completed in 1925. Another indication of the existence of such an oranization is the mention of an alumni basketball game in the 1919 Acorn. While reference is made to some alumni-related activities and organization in succeeding yearbooks and other publications, there are few, if any, indications of a formal perpetuating organization of former students. A milestone in the history of the alumni association began with the appointment of Aaron Ward Tracy as President of Weber College in 1922. The student newspaper, The Herald, referencing the appointment, reported in its August 24, 1922 edition that it is doubtful if any choice could be given greater joy. A former student and faculty member, President Tracy was to hold office for 13 years, from 1922 to 1935, during which time a unique chapter in the history of the Alumni Association was written. President Tracy placed considerable priority in the Alumni movement, feeling that such association could help the college in many ways including desperately needed financial assistance. So dedicated was President Tracy in bolstering Alumni awareness, that the membership elected him Alumni President in 1922 and reelected him to the same office the following year; the only known example of a Weber College president who served as head of the Alumni Association at the same time as his tenure as college president. One of the earliest recorded activities of the newly formed association is found in a 1922 yearbook, reporting that an Alumni Day was held when former students visited the College to re-live their days of romance. A faculty member, Harvey Taylor, was in charge of the event at which 410 were in attendance, representing practically every class from 1896 to 1922. President Tracy, who also served as chairman of the activity, referred to the event as a great love feast. In commenting on the history of the association, Mrs. Lucille Parry Peterson, secretary to President Tracy for eight years, stated that Tracy had in mind developing a four-year college even at that early time on the downtown campus between 25th and 24th Streets and Adams and Jefferson Avenues. Only one facility, the Moench Building, comprised the college at that time. The gymnasium building, while in various stages of planning and development, would not be completed until 1925. Drawing on his great love of drama and the theatre, President Tracy urged his associates to produce a series of unique theatrical presentations utilizing visiting directors as one means of obtaining funds for the development of a four-year college. One of his reports stated that the Alumni had presented a play entitled, Harp of Life from a very definite point of view, this play was the choicest play ever presented for the interest of our institution. Receipts were reported to be 625.00 with expenses totaling 115.00. Tradition is that one of the first projects funded by the Alumni was the commissioning of a large portrait of David O. McKay, former Weber Stake Academy Principal and then L.D.S. Apostle and Church Commissioner of Education. In his personal papers, President Tracy stated, the purpose of the Weber College Alumni is to assist the college in securing a larger campus in order to meet the needs of the future. The Weber College Alumni Association is that body of men and women numbering 1,424, who have graduated from it since the year 1895 the funds which the Association may set aside for the benefit of Weber College are governed by a Board of Directors, membership of which consists of the President of the College, the secretary to the President, the President of the Student Association and the officers of the Alumni Association, he said in remarks made during the 38th Annual Weber Commencement on May 28, 1926. The Weber College has incorporated within a trinity organization; namely that of the Weber College Alumni Association, that of the Associated Students and that of the College proper, he stated. We love the Weber College Alumni Association because it is ours, because its members are the fruits of this remarkable institution and because they labor unselfishly for its promotion and welfare. Mrs. Peterson referred to President Tracy as a visionary man. He looked forward to what the Alumni could do. President Tracy kept the college going. There wouldnt be a college today except for President Tracy.Another significant step taken in the history of the Alumni Association was their official incorporation as a legal entity qualified to hold property and transact business, chartered by the state on October 5, 1925, by Secretary of State, H. E. Crockett. The first Board of Directors listed John Q. Blaylock as President with Harvey L. Taylor and Bertha Eccles Wright as Vice-Presidents, Erma Galbraith as Secretary, Lucille Parry as Treasurer and Student Body President, Donnell B. Stewart and College President, Aaron W. Tracy as directors. In reflecting back to that period of time, Cecil E. Tucker, secretary of the Associa- tion in 1934 and 1935, during the critical years when the college was transferred from the L. D. S. Church to the state of Utah, recalled that one of the goals of the Association was to purchase the eight or more homes adjacent to the college including a facility just east of the college gymnasium, known as the College Inn, in order to control the environment of the campus. He remembers President Tracy saying, I wouldnt like to see a saloon or other undesirable business located on this block. Tucker stated that the intent of the Alumni Association was to purchase homes in the area on contract with the rental from the units applied to the development of the campus after the retirement of the mortgage payments. When the anticipated income proved insufficient to meet the obligations, however, the Alumni Association was forced to default on the contracts. The Alumni Association was sued for failure to pay and at least some of the properties eventually reverted to the former owners. It is also of interest to note that an entirely new vocational program known as the Weber School of Beauticians was established and supervised by the Alumni Association in 1932-1933. The transfer of the college from the L.D.S. Church to the state of Utah in 1933 presented some unusual and difficult decisions relative to the organization and even the continuance of the Alumni Association. Since its formal charter in 1922, the Weber Alumni Association had functioned under the general philosophy and control of an L. D. S. Church-owned institution. President Tracy, recognizing that the Alumni was a viable organization with its members experienced in many