Class of 1917
If you have read the 1933 report of the the Alumni Fund, I hope you have realized the poor showing made by the class of 1917 and also have noticed some of the interesting statistics in the class comparisons. Our percentage of contributors was the lowest of any class ever graduated! Yet, our total contributions were equal to the average of the classes three years each side of us, and above the general average of all the classes. It is very interesting to note that the number of 1917 contributors -fifty-five—is practically the same as the number who responded to our call last spring for active members, based upon the payment of a five-dollar class tax (even an expression of a willingness or desire to pay was considered sufficient to place you on the active list). With a total membership of 249 we can plainly see that at present the class is composed of sixty men, when we consider the above facts.
We must do better than that in 1934. We all know that more than 20 per cent could contribute and many more could show an interest if only their lethargy and habit of inertia would be overcome. Certainly many more than this number are proud to be Dartmouth men, and many even capitalize and utilize this fact for themselves whenever possible, so why not accept the obligation (if you consider it such) and accord the proper support to the College and to the class?
There is also room for improvement in our support of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Only 75 men subscribed for 1933. If we could organize as a class the annual subscription would be only $1.75 a year, but the class officers cannot obligate themselves to this plan unless the active membership of the class is raised at least to fifty per cent (as compared with twenty per cent in 1933).
When these notes are published the football season will be well under way, with the Harvard game but three Saturdays ahead. It has been suggested that the class gathering be changed this year from a stag party Friday night to a buffet luncheon Saturday noon, where the wives could be included and a better attendance expected. Further details of this plan will be sent to you later. Spike Maclntyre and Bunny Holden will be in charge of this luncheon, and each man expecting to be in Boston for that game should notify them of his intentions some time during October.
We have two startling departures from bachelor ranks to announce for this past summer: namely, Mike Donehue and Sunny Sanborn. Dr. Francis McGarvey Donehue was married to Mabel Bulger, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet John McCormack in Brooklyn, N. Y„ on the fifteenth of May. No knowledge of their present residence has been received. Ralph Sanborn married Ethel Lillian Parker on July first at Plymouth, Mass. They will be at home after September 15 at 19 Joy St., Boston.
The following new addresses have come to our notice during the summer: Elmer J. Gray, 2565 Union Guardian Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Paul R. Soule, 105 West Adams St., Chicago, 111. 915 Lane Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Donald F. Walton, Sheridan Ave., W. Orange, N. J. Asphalt Roof Coating Cos., 183 N. 13th St., Newark, N. J.
Secretary,Dr. Charle M. Gilmore Craig House, Beacon, N. Y.
