ORCHIDS TO 1921!

If this column were arranged in order of importance of items, the following should undoubtedly start this month's letter. No need to elaborate, but think the following memo from the Alumni Fund committee should be reproduced for posterity:

Read this blurb and then take a bow:

Congratulations to the class of 1921 on making the best showing of any class in the last 35 years. We have to go back to the President's own class of 1901 to find a better combined rating of contributors and quota. You scored 95% on the former and 109% on the latter. A marvelous record! A 1 Dickerson.

Yes, sir, the boys crashed through just as they did in the fall of 1917, and each and every one of you had a big part in it. Here are some interesting comparisons:

Class 1920 1921 1922 Entire College

LivingGrad-uates 222 246 252 395 11,095

Contributors 167 158* 325* 7>945

% of Contributors 75% 95 62 75 72

$2,458 2,566 2,455 3.613 110,000 Quota

Contributions 12,125.50 2,807.50 2,109.00 2,904.50 106,424.73

%ofQuota 86% lot) 86 80 97

CombinedRating162204148>55>69

The only classes that led us down the home stretch were the older small groups that have less than 100 graduates.