Alumni Fund

The Alumni Fund, the annual report of which is being carried as a supplement to this issue, closed July 3 after receiving $89,405.89 from 5,081 Dartmouth men. The closing date was extended beyond the usual June 30 date in order to permit general alumni participation in the special Emergency Fund, which was started during Commencement by a contribution of $2,000, the largest single contribution received by the Fund, from an anonymous donor in addition to his regular gift in order to tide the Fund over during the unusual prevailing conditions. The participation of other alumni in this special supplementary fund brought its total to $4,285.60.

The amount subscribed during the campaign was 18% less than the $109,195.01 total of 1931. The number of contributors, 5,081, showed a falling off of 4.4% from the previous year's 5,316. The quota remained at the figure of the previous year, $135,000.

The decrease in the net total resulted from the decrease in the average contribution to a much greater extent than from the decrease in the number of those participating. This observation is made by Halsey C. Edgerton in the treasurer's report for the year, in which he points out that the average contribution for the year was $17.60 as compared with an average of $20.54 for the previous year. "This represents a drop of over 14% in the average subscription," Mr. Edgerton says in the Financial Report. "The decrease came in spite of the fact that a goodly number of subscribers recognized that some would not be able to maintain their regular subscription and so increased their own or made a second contribution either direct or to the so-called Emergency Fund."

Whitney H. Eastman '10 of Milwaukee, elected to the Alumni Council as a member-at-large.

Benjamin W. Couch '96 of Concord, N. H., chosen to Alumni Council to fill vacancy left by retirement of Philip S. Marden '94 as chairman of the executive committee of the Alumni Association.