REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FREDERICK CHASE '05 President Chase reported that action had been necessary to fill the position of vicepresident of the Association made vacant by the resignation of Henry W. Stevens '75. This was done by the appointment of Nathaniel G. Burleigh '11. The Committee had also been instructed to consider the report of a special committee made at the last meeting of the Association. This committee recommended first, that classes be so organized that the collection of dues be a recognized procedure in the class; second, that more information be available to secretaries on the cost of publications of reports, news sheets, etc.; and third, that consideration be given to the suggestion that a full-time paid business manager of the MAGAZINE be secured. Careful consideration was given to these recommendations but it was felt that no action was desirable on the first and the third. The classes are so varied in their numbers, interests, and purposes that it was felt no standard policy could be adopted in respect to finances, or if adopted, that it could be carried out. With reference to the third recommendation, it was considered that while the time might arrive when a full-time paid business manager was desirable this time had not yet come. The MAGAZINE was making steady progress in subscriptions and advertising revenue but its operations could hardly warrant at present the expenditure contemplated in its recommendation.
Investigations were made to obtain information on publication costs. So far as the more ambitious class report is concerned, a very valuable pamphlet was prepared by E. H. Crane '98 showing costs, type styles, size and make-up which was distributed to all secretaries present. Attention was further called to an early recommendation of the Secretaries Association that a uniform and standard size for all class reports be adopted, namely, a type page of 4 by 6% inches with pages cut to bind 5% by 8 if.
A number of classes publish news sheets with more or less regularity. The following classes were referred to as following this procedure: 1898, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924. It was found that for classes publishing four to five hundred copies of a news letter the cost ran approximately $30 to $40 per issue, plus mailing and cuts. A mimeographed abstract of the replies received concerning these news letters will be available as well as the pamphlet prepared by Mr. Crane.
In concluding its report the Committee expressed commendation of those classes that were printing news sheets in addition to supplying notes to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Such activity cannot fail to have a directly beneficial effect on class unity that will more than repay the large effort involved.
