22,064 Alumni

THE MOST RECENT report from the Office of Alumni Records discloses that at the present time there are 22,064 living alumni of Dartmouth College, the oldest of whom is 102 years old. This figure, which includes not only graduates and non-graduates of the College, but also those of the associated schools and holders of special degrees, is higher by approximately 1500 than that of the previous report in April and includes the classes of 1944, 1945, and 1946.

Of the total 22,604, some 21,854 are on the "active" list. Living graduates of the College number 14,059; non-graduates, 7804. The remainder is made up of 301 alumni from the Medical School, 24 from Thayer, and 58 from Tuck School, together with 306 holders of advanced or honorary degrees and 52 special students.

Dr. Zeeb Gilman, of Redlands, California, who for a number of years has claimed the distinction of being not only Dartmouth's oldest graduate but probably the oldest graduate of any college in the country, represents the earliest class on the list, the class of 1863. The next nine oldest living graduates in order of their age are Charles F. Ober '73, 95; Charles G. Johnson '71, 95; Theodore C. Hunt '76, 93; William W. Flint '7l, 93; Frank P. Shepard '75, 92; Henry M. Silver '72, 92; John A. Worthen '76, 91; Samuel W. Adriance '73, 90; and Hervey A. Tarbell '78, 89.

The youngest graduating class, 1944, which finished-its college career in June, 1943, a full year ahead of schedule, has the smallest number of graduates of any class since 1899, only about 16% of its members having remained in college long enough to complete the requirements for a degree.

A NEW LIBERTY SHIP, named for Samson Occum, Indian pupil of Eleazar Wheelock who went to England and raised the original endowment fund for Dartmouth College, was launched on August 31 at the yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation.