The General Catalog

The General Catalog of Dartmouth College, long in careful preparation by Dean Emerson, is now published and ready for distribution among the alumni. Already over 3,000 applications for the book have been received. It is perhaps the most complete and reliable alumni catalog which has ever been published by any college. Excellent as have been previous editions, the present one shows many new and admirable features. Among them are: New arrangement, as well as increased number, of illustrations; new arrangement of officers of government and instruction in which the professors and instructors are given by departments which shows who have taught the different subjects from the first: the giving, at the end of each class, the total number in a class and the number who have died; the indication at the top of each page of the alumni list the year or years represented on that page; the classifying of the Chandler graduates with the regular alumni, with an "s" after their names; the arrangement of the Associated. Schools by themselves as to faculties and graduates; the including of Dartmouth graduates in the list of honorary degrees; the recognition of $8 K as an honor for those who have been initiated into that fraternity; the including of a geographical list of all living alumni; and also a list of the non-graduates so far as known, with what information was available. These many additions have caused much of the delay in publishing the book, but it is hoped that the increased value will justify in part, at least, this delay.

Some of the statistics compiled by Dean Emerson are of unusual interest and value. The living alumni holding the Bachelor's degree from the College number 4,150; those holding a degree from the Medical School number 850; from the Thayer School, 216; from the Tuck School, 61. Holders of advanced degrees, on examination, total 94; those holding honorary degrees, 305. When deduction is made for names occurring twice, the list of living alumni of Dartmouth College reaches 5,160. Other statistics show the occupations of living alumni; the occupations of alumni during fifty-year periods; the geographical distribution of alumni. The book is a mine of statistical and personal information.

Those who have not yet procured copies of the General Catalog may do so upon application to Dean Emerson. The price of each copy delivered is $1.50 unbound; $2.00 bound.