ALUMNI SUPPORT IS VARIED

QUESTION: "HOW do Dartmouth's fortunes fare at the hands of her alumni, over and above income from the Alumni Fund?"

Answer: "An astonishing variety of gifts, large and small, are proffered each yearfrom sizeable cash grants by classes and clubs to books, museum specimens and pamphlets from individuals."

Actually, Dartmouth was richer last year by more than twenty thousand dollars through cash gifts from alumni clubs and classes, plus books, equipment and specimens of undetermined value. Cash for scholarship aid was received in substantial amounts from the alumni clubs of Bridgeport, Chicago, Colorado, Cincinnati, Detroit, Hartford, Western Pennsylvania, Manchester, N. H., Wellesley and the Tuck School alumni. Sizeable funds were received from the classes of 1873, 1879, 1900, 19lS> 1914> 1915 an plus a large scholarship fund from an anonymous donor in the name of the class of 1936. Those from 1913, 1914 and 1915 were applied to class memorial funds while others were for specific purposes such as campus tree planting and student aid.

Varied gifts from living alumni were received last year by the Baker Library, the graduate schools and the Museum. Among gifts to the Library were 504 books from Professor Arthur Fairbanks 'B6; an original manuscript of Daniel Webster from Richard H. Mandel '26; a collection of typescripts and an autographed document signed by President Roosevelt, from Basil O'Connor 'l2; a collection of old English tracts together with a printed letter of one of Eleazar Wheelock's indians, a very rare item of which only two copies are known, from Thomas Streeter 'O4; 29 books and pamphlets relating to the World War from Lester Talbot '26; over 300 motion picture scripts from Walter Wanger 'l5; a collection of first editions of W. S. Blunt, from Herbert F. West '22, and 60 items from the library of Charles F. Robinson '9O, given by his son, Robin Robinson '24. No less than 106 alumni presented at least a single volume to the Library, in addition to hundreds of professional and technical pamphlets by alumni authors.

In perusing the list of gifts to the Museum one may find collections of specimens from Samoa, North America and Guatemala listed in detail, as well as a gift from one young alumnus which is described, simply, as "insects."

Paintings, photographs and a motion picture camera are among Dartmouth's various acquisitions for the year ending June 30 last from alumni and their relatives.