 Many alumni classes elected secretaries to maintain correspondence with classmates . In 1905 , the Class Secretaries organized to form what is now called the Cornell Association of Class Officers , which meets annually to develop alumni class programs and assist in organizing reunions . The Cornell Alumni News is an independent , alumni @-@ owned publication founded in 1899 It is owned and controlled by the Cornell Alumni Association , a separate nonprofit corporation and is now known as Cornell Alumni Magazine . 
