1920*

To do a little paraphrasing—Now is the time for all good 20's to come to the aid of their College. In this era of drives, special appeals and taxes it is a ticklish job to start another campaign but we as a class can't let the "old tradition fail" especially when the fulfillment of that tradition will mean as much to the College as will our special class contribution in 1945 our 25th reunion. To start at the beginning: At a Hanover meeting during Commencement Week last June, several members of the fclass, among whom were some of the Executive Committee, discussed the 25th Reunion gift and Stan Newcomer was the unanimous choice to swing the job and he is now acting as chairman. This latter fact is, of course, no news as he has already sent announcements to the Class. To show you the exact intent of this gift and its disposition a formal statement is shown below (incidentally it follows the form suggested by the Alumni Council).

RESOLUTION CLASS OF 1920 MEMORIAL FUND

VOTED: That a special fund be established with the Trustees of Dartmouth College to be known as the Class of 1920 MemorialFund, which shall consist of the gifts and bequests for that purpose made to the College by members of the Class, or by others on behalf of the Class, and which shall be subject to the following conditions: 1. The principal of the Class of 1920 Memorial Fund shall be given to the Trustees of Dartmouth College and shall include the initial payment and all additions to the Fund whether from the Class as a group or from individuals by gift, bequest or insurance for that specific purpose.

2. The Principal of the Fund shall be held and invested at the discretion of the Trustees of the College. The amount of the Fund shall be listed each year in the Financial Reports of the College under the heading Class of 1920 Memorial Fund. 3. Income from the Fund shall be credited annually to the Alumni Fund and included in the figures credited to the Class of 1920. If the Alumni Fund shall be discontinued, the income shall be credited as the Trustees of the College may then direct.

4. Individual members of 1920 may through insurance policies or bequests payable to the Fund at their deaths endow their annual contributions to the Alumni Fund and thereby provide for listing their names after death among the Class of 1920 contributors to the Alumni Fund. Relatives and friends of deceased members of this Class may make gifts to the Fund for this same purpose.

5. At the death of the last member of the Class whose address is known to the College or at an earlier date by agreement between the Class and the Trustees of the College, the foregoing conditions shall expire and the principal and income of the Fund may be used for the benefit of the College in such manner as the Trustees shall determine.

6. All of the above conditions except Number I may be changed at any time in the future by agreement between the Class of 1920 and the proper officers of the College.

Our objective is a minimum of $10.000 The amount of individual contributions is, of course, to be gauged by each member of the Class. One or two with whom the matter has been discussed stated they expected to contribute each year, between now and our 25th Reunion, an amount equivalent to that which they will contribute to the Alumni Fund. In this connection I want to make it clear that the campaign has no connection with the annual Alumni Campaign and in no way should conflict with it. A canvass of the Class disclosed that most members expected to contribute a few dollars now and then over the course of the next few years as they felt that in this way they would give a larger total amount but would not feel it as much in their current budget. Of course, the Class would welcome substantial single contributions, insurance policies, etc. Stan has made the suggestion that Defense Bonds would be a fine form of contribution. We'll all have to buy more or less of them anyway and this might be a method of killing two birds with one stone. Speaking of Stan, we'll have to agree that he's assumed an heroic job and it's up to us to cooperate 100% because he's just as busy at his regular job as we are.

If I were a Dick Pearson or Sherry Baketel I could weave a romantic thesis about the affection in which we all hold the College; the fact that the days that lie ahead are probably the most trying the College will ever have to face; that she calls upon her sons to rally to her support etc. However, I haven't the faculty to turn out such a job but the facts stated are evident and I know that we'll all contribute to the very best of our ability.

'20 SERVICE NOTES

Jake Gorton has been promoted to Commander and is now the Commandant of the Naval Air Base at Jacksonville

Dr. Hal Clark has reported to the Navy, having had a reserve rating of Lieut-Commander in the Naval Medical Corps for some years. This is liable to take Hal out of the deep sea fishing class as well as the Advanced Medical Fraternity in N. Y. for some little time to come Major Tom Ainsworth reported in San Francisco on January 5 no doubt en route to somewhere farther West. Tom was on maneuvers in the Carolinas for a couple of months a good share of the time sleeping in the open in his blanket roll. I can't imagine that this would appeal to many of us at this stage of life but it apparently would do us a lot of good. Anyway, Tom looked as though he might step in a left forward position and do all right for himself at least for a quarter or two.

The College would like a record of the Twenty men in the service. Also, I know that you are all interested in the same thing, therefore please send in any information you may have on the subject. Don't hold back because you feel someone has probably reported the fellow you know about.

Rumblings from the St. Regis in New York disclose that the M. P. Merritts, the McGoughrans, the Chilcotts and Ginger Bruce spent New Year's Eve at the hostelry. We kept close track of Ginger and followed him to Philadelphia the next day which he spent with the Bakes and the Ainsworths. Just to keep you up to date on second baseman Bruce, his vocation is Merchandise Manager, Bloomingdale's, which-puts him right up there among the powers-that-be.

Dick Charlock returned recently from a trip through the South where, believe it or not, he has been procuring shiploads of monkeys. It would seem that Dick and his confreres use these mammals in the eternal struggle against infantile paralysis. I'm told that Dick doesn't smell so good anymore but that is compensated for by his one-man monopoly on monkey imports.

Dick Kimball (the Betas are well represented this month) has a new job in a shipyard at Terminal Island which is off Long Beach, Calif Pat Tobin has been spending considerable time in Washington, having been loaned to the Administration by Macy's Doc Irv Miller again gets the spotlight including picture in the Worcester newspapers, this time it's as chairman of Health Week. Irv and Ben surely do OK by themselves in that Massachusetts metropolis.

The following attended a recent Twenty's Trojans dinner in N. Y.: Bellen, Bruce, Bidwell, Carpenter, Canada, Charlock, Clark, Felli, Fuget, Glines, Haas, Keep, Lawson, Lenz, Mayer, McGoughran, Nutt, Ned Pearson, Bud Phillips, Richardson, Stickney, Stone and Tobin.

In reporting the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association of National Advertisers at Hot Springs, Advertising Age said, "The keynote of the session was crystallized by W. B. Potter, Eastman Kodak Company, who presided, in a comparison of advertising's current functions with those of the past." Next month we'll hear about a special film offer that Pete has made.

Write Stan Newcomer today and tell him what you expect to do in our 25th Reunion campaign and if possible send along your initial contribution.

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