ALUMNI FUND REPORT

The Second Annual Report of the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation for the year ending July 1. 1916 has just come from the press. Although copies of this interest report have been sent to all the alumni, some facts gleaned from it are well worth presenting.

The class prior to 1875 having the largest percent of donors is the class of 1864 with 19 living graduates of whom 15 or 78% are donors to the Alumni Fund The class subsequent to 1875 having the largest percentage of donors is the class of 1892. 51 4-5% of this class or 28 out of a possible 54 are subscribers to the Fund. The three classes making largest donations are 1887 with $1007, 1886 with $790. and 1899 with 5646.50. The class of 1886 had 15 contributors with an average contribution of $52.66, and the class of 1879 had 13 with an average contribution of $47.92. From the class of 1856 there was one donor who gave $75. A most important item is the fact that there were 467 contributors each giving $5 or less which netted a total of $1638.50.

The value of the alumni contributions is shown by the fact that in 1914-15 and 1915-16 the college deficits for these two years were paid from the alumni funds. The Committee of the Council believes that the alumni should raise not less than $50,000 a year for the benefit of the College.

The total of the invested funds in the hands of the college Treasurer in 1915 was $27,073.17. Deducting expenses of $787.70 from the total contributions of the year 1915-16, we have a total net contribution of $10,989.79. Due to student loans repaid and interest on loans and income from General and Special Class Funds the total amount available for the year was $13,963.93. $5OO was reserved for the Tucker Fellowship, $4,987.79 was applied to cover the college deficit of 1915-16, leaving $8,476.14 to be added to the principal of the special class and alumni funds, so that the balance of the invested funds in the hands of the college treasurer July 1, 1916 was $35,549.31.

The number of contributors to the fund this year was 726, and their total contribution was $10,170.49, whereas in 1914-15 the total number was 535 and their contributions $6,580.27.

Altogether the report is most interesting and vital and should be read carefully by even? alumnus of the College.