'50 Fund Hits $414,916; Sets Mark for Gifts

WITH total gifts of $414,916 exceeding its goal of $400,000, the 1950 Alumni Fund set a new record for number of contributors and achieved the second highest cash total in the Fund's history. Dartmouth men who gave to the 1950 Fund numbered 14,945, an increase of 426 over the high mark set last year. Gifts totaled $28,000 higher than in 1949 and came within $1,760 of matching the all-time record of the 1946 campaign.

Under the chairmanship of Charles J. Zimmerman '23, a volunteer group of some 900 class agents and their assistants conducted the campaign. As in years past, the Alumni Fund covered what otherwise would have been a deficit in the College's financial operations.

The 29 classes which equalled or exceeded their cash objectives were led by 1892 under Class Agent William F. Geiger, with a record of 836 per cent. Honors for the largest dollar total went to 1923, which turned in $16,005 under the leadership of Leon H. Young; while 1946, with 540 contributors responding to Class Agent Robert Y. Kimball's all-out effort, led other classes in the number of men participating.

With the double objective of increasing participation and dollars, stated at the start o£ the campaign by George H. Colton '35, executive secretary of the Fund, the 1950 drive proved outstandingly successful on both counts. Forty-nine classes showed increases in dollar gifts. The total of contributors, representing 65 per cent of all living Dartmouth alumni, is a participation record without parallel among the college alumni funds of the country.

Of the records set by individual classes, seven established new highs in both the number of contributors and total dollars. These were the Class of 1910 under Andrew J. Scarlett; 1922 under Stanley P. Miner; 1923 under Leon H. Young; 1935 under Robert W. Naramore; 1937 under Alan W. Bryant; 1947 under Edward P. Scully; and 1949 under John Stockwell.

In the Green Derby contests the final "first division" standings were:

Group I McDavitt '00 ; Ward '01; French 'O3; Lampee '04.

Group II Frederick '15; Trott '14; Scarlett '10; McKenzie '16.

Group III Wilde '21; Louer '26; Young '23; Holton '18.

Group IV Broer '27; Bowlen '30; Naramore '35; Redding '29.

Group V Rogers '40; Winship '42; Paterson '36; Johnstone '41.

Little Green Derby Campbell '45: Scully '47; Kimball '46; Stockwell '49.

Class Rankings in Fund Participation

Scoring ParticipationClass Base* Contributors Index Objective Contributions of Objective 1886 4 20 500 $ $ 530.52 1900 51 134 263 1,560.00 3,353.94 215 1890 12 20 167 320.00 627.04 196 1892 12 19 158 320.00 2,675.43 836 1891 9 12 133 240.00 216.57 90 1887 11 14 127 907.70 1898 35 43 123 950.00 1,200.23 126 1901 89 108 121 2,880.00 5,154.10 179 1888 8 9 113 2,994.24 1889 9 10 111 300.00 1904 99 107 108.1 3,730.00 4,380.00 117.4 1899 52 53 102 1,500.00 1,977.75 132 1895 30 30 100 790.00 851.00 108 1921 285 284 100 10,060.00 11,765.14 117 1910 217 214 99 8,940.00 9,245.30 103 1906 120 117 98 4,940.00 6,009.42 122 1894 31 30 97 820.00 1,089.50 133 1897 38 37 97 1,000.00 1,098.00 110 1935 554 536 97 9,130.00 9,273.24 102 1914 238 224 94 9,590.00 11,191.18 117 1905 107 99 93 4,220.00 4,470.08 106 1926 442 411 93 12,350.00 13,035.32 106 1915 258 238 92 10,250.00 14,044.89 137 1927 423 389 92 11,200.00 14,696.50 131 1918 295 268 91 11,200.00 11,650.22 104 1912 200 179 90 8,240.00 7,521.80 91 1913 196 177 90 8,010.00 6,704.47 84 1916 255 230 90 9,980.00 10,160.32 102 1919 261 234 90 9,670.00 9,751.00 101 1930 503 452 90 11,100.00 12,768.12 115 1923 461 412 89 14,910.00 16,005.35 107 1911 215 189 88 8,860.00 8,351.46 94 1903 86 75 87.2 3,090.00 4,279.00 138.4 1929 508 444 87 11,960.00 11,751.30 98 1928 489 419 86 12,230.00 11,072.00 91 1909 168 143 85 6,920.00 4,273.24 62 1902 81 67 83 2,770.00 3,135.50 113 1908 152 125 82 6,260.00 6,266.00 100 1922 307 252 82 10,390.00 10,875.13 105 1917 260 211 81 10,020.00 9,807.38 98 1924 429 347 81 13,130.00 10,432.17 79 1920 277 219 79 10,030.00 9,059.27 90 1931 491 390 79 10,260.00 9,231.67 90 1933 501 394 79 9,280.00 7,292.32 79 1941 546 430 79 5,780.00 4,922.31 85 1940 510 400 78 5,700.00 5,366.78 94 1942 539 413 76.6 5,390.00 4,971.17 92.2 1925 427 324 76 12,310.00 8,466.46 69 1932 480 365 76 9,460.00 8,179.07 86 1945 566 428 76 4,830.00 3,496.88 72 1896 19 14 74 510.00 704.13 138 1937 551 404 73 7,780.00 6,245.70 80 1907 153 109 71 6,300.00 6,266.50 99 1939 542 385 71 6,700.00 5,275.28 79 1936 541 377 69.6 8,280.00 8,166.09 98.6 1947 595 411 69 4,380.00 3,271.11 75 1943 520 351 68 5,050.00 3,170.65 63 1946 789 540 68 6,260.00 3,762.56 60 1885 6 4 67 86.00 1934 525 351 67 9,270.00 7,531.80 81 1938 564 362 64 7,300.00 5,293.65 73 1893 24 15 63 630.00 329.00 52 1944 547 324 59 4,990.00 3,642.49 73 1949 453 241 53 3,060.00 1,807.38 59 1948 413 209 51 2,920.00 1,539.71 53 1870-84 20 871.95 1950-52 13 226.00 Medical 26 545.00 Tuck 11 205.00 Thayer 3 55.00 DNAA 7 37.00 Miscellaneous 7 255.22 Faculty 8 482.00 Honorary and Advanced Degrees 5 70.00 Anonymous Alumni Special 3 1,035.40 Income from Class Memorial Funds 17,164.70 18,590 14,945 80% $400,000.00 $414,916.80 104%

* The Scoring Base is the number of living graduates plus one-third of the non-graduates. The Par- ticipation Index is the proportion of contributors to the Scoring Base.