Financial Aid

In a recent statement on the financial aid program of the College, Prof. Francis J. Neef '23h, chairman of the Committee on Scholarships and Loans, revealed that total cash aid of $142,500 was made to approximately 20 per cent of the Dartmouth student body during the academic year 1936-37. This total, which did not include special grants made by the Tuck, Thayer and Medical Schools, provided an average amount per man of slightly more than $306. Of this total amount, approximately $138,200 was derived from funds definitely under the control of the College for financial aid and from the annual appropriation of the Trustees for financial aid purposes. The balance of approximately $4,300 was contributed by cooperating agencies such as the Ely and Travelli Funds of Boston, and the Dartmouth Educational Association.

In addition to the cash aid, there was made available $7,362 through the National Youth Administration, and 112 men participated in this program. Employment at the Dartmouth Dining Association brought a credit of approximately $31,000 to undergraduates of the College.

In addition to the above-mentioned employment, there were also assistantships at the Baker Memorial Library and work in the Department of Athletics and in other departments of the College. The total amount of assistance made available to undergraduates through the College directly was probably in the neighborhood of $200,000.

The amount of aid that will be made available to undergraduates for the year 1937-38 will be somewhat in excess of last year, since cash awards have been increased to take care of the higher tuition fee which went into effect last September.

Beginning last September, the procedure for employment at the Dartmouth Dining Association was changed in order to allow men on aid more time for their studies and greater freedom in their outside activities. This arrangement provides for not more than two hours' work daily for which students receive a two-thirds credit towards their board bill for the year. This arrangement also allows for a somewhat larger number of employees and also makes it possible to increase the cash awards for those men who heretofore earned their entire board. Seniors are, as a rule, no longer employed at the Dining Association but are given a larger amount of cash assistance, so that they will not only be relieved of the monotony of four years' work at the Dining Association but will also have more time to devote to outside activities and to their major studies.

The active interest and cooperation of the alumni in furthering the financial aid needs of the College have been shown by them in a very tangible way by the establishment of alumni association loan funds which are administered by the College according to regular procedure. The Philadelphia Alumni Association was the first t0 establish such a fund in 1936. Since then the associations of Wellesley, Mass., Bridge! port, Conn., Detroit, Mich., Eastern New York, Manchester, N. H., Cincinnati, Ohio Western Pennsylvania, and the Class of 1912 have sent in initial sums. The Chicago alumni group has been contributing annually an Illinois Regional Scholarship ;n the sum of $5OO. Simultaneously they have also sent to the College annual sums towards a permanent endowment fund for this particular scholarship.

The Dartmouth Merrimack County New Hampshire Association and the Colorado Dartmouth Association have also established funds which are available under the general regulations of the College for either scholarship or loan purposes.

THIN HARD SNOW WAS THE LOT OF COMPETITORS IN CARNIVAL RACES LAST MONTH. RICHARD DURRANCE '39 AND WARREN CHIVERS '38 (CENTER) OF THE SKI TEAM, AND (RIGHT) LOCATION OF THE CABINS TO BE BUILT AT MT. MOOSILAUKE, FACING HELL'S HIGHWAY

THIN HARD SNOW WAS THE LOT OF COMPETITORS IN CARNIVAL RACES LAST MONTH. RICHARD DURRANCE '39 AND WARREN CHIVERS '38 (CENTER) OF THE SKI TEAM, AND (RIGHT) LOCATION OF THE CABINS TO BE BUILT AT MT. MOOSILAUKE, FACING HELL'S HIGHWAY

THIN HARD SNOW WAS THE LOT OF COMPETITORS IN CARNIVAL RACES LAST MONTH. RICHARD DURRANCE '39 AND WARREN CHIVERS '38 (CENTER) OF THE SKI TEAM, AND (RIGHT) LOCATION OF THE CABINS TO BE BUILT AT MT. MOOSILAUKE, FACING HELL'S HIGHWAY