Fund Record Possible

WITH the 1948 Alumni Fund campaign entering its final month, there is a definite possibility that a new record will be set in the number of contributors. Up to May 14, a total of 5,398 alumni and friends of the College had responded to the appeal to help Dartmouth meet its 1947-48 budgetary needs. This figure was 437 greater than the number of contributors on the same date a year ago, although the $161,380 realized by May 14 was $2,662 less than for the corresponding period in 1947. Last year's Alumni Fund received several large gifts eary in the campaign and the 1948 Alumni Fund Committee has high hopes that this year's trend toward generous increases will enable the Fund to meet its $375,000 objective, the highest in its history.

In a mailing piece which was to be sent May 24, President Dickey pointed out that "the larger need of society for liberally educated men in suitable quantity and quality can only be met as things stand today, through the organized and costly effort which we call the college."

"The purpose of this College to serve human society needs no argument," President Dickey's statement said. "It does require daily demonstration within the context of our times. And that is a question of our capacity. I do not know, and I doubt that any man can foresee with any precision, what it will cost us to realize our purpose. It is heavy this year and it may be heavier in the years ahead. But if we and others like us can realize our purpose, the cost of our indispensable product will be little enough."

With the closing date of the 1948 Alumni Fund Campaign June 30, leaders in the Green Derbies as of May 14 were: Group I, Richard Ward '01; Group 11, John R. Mason '15; Group 111, Roscoe A. Hayes 'l9; Group IV, William H. Scherman '34; Group V, Lewis K. Johnstone '4l; and Little Green Derby, Nichol M. Sandoe Jr. '45. Both Hayes and Sandoe are serving their first year as class agents.