Civic Improvement Association

President D. F. Allmendinger, when he assumed the chair in tb Civic Improvement Society, addressed the committee as follows: 

That no wrong impression be created as to the purpose of our association, I would suggest to our committee that the public understand that the association is not an arbitrary part of government; that its existence could not create taxation; that all expenses would be met wholly by contributions- our object and aim being to present to all citizens of Ann Arbor and vicinity such aid and suggestions and ask their help to make more beautiful our individual surroundings and the city generally. 

We should, from the importance of our city as an educational center, make Ann Arbor the most beautiful city of our state, and to this end we invite suggestions from every source, particularly asking the co-operation of our city officials and the people of the surrounding country. 

Our association being in its infancy we have hardly learned the first step but with earniest interest and unity we shall grow and hope to produce results surpassing our present dreams, remembering that each step will be but the stepping stone to something better and more beautiful.