1950 Fund Off to Strong Start
THE 1950 Alumni Fund has gotten off the mark with almost spectacular success. The opening mailing from the lund Committee, combined with a fast and effective start by class agents and their assistants, has produced an unprecedented total of gifts for this time of year.
As of April 12 the Fund Office had recorded 2,450 gifts totaling $88,248. These figures exceeded last year's record for the same day by 300 contributors and almost $18,000. This sharp improvement over last year was featured by the fact that 25% of all gifts received represented increases over amounts given last year. The Alumni Fund Committee was greatly encouraged by this splendid response to the increased Fund objective.
The opening week of the campaign witnessed the annual dinners for class agents in Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and New York. President Dickey addressed the Boston and New York gatherings together with Fund Chairman Charles J. Zimmerman '23 and George H. Colton '35, the Executive Secretary. At Cleveland and Chicago Prof. Joseph L. McDonald of the Department of Economics replaced President Dickey as the speaker on general College affairs. All the dinners were characterized by a sprightliness and enthusiasm which* indicated that the 1950 campaign would be conducted with both understanding and high spirit.
At the Boston dinner the Harvey P. Hood Trophy for outstanding achievement by an agent in the twenty youngest classes was awarded to George B. Redding '29, and at the Cleveland dinner the James B. Reynolds Trophy for comparable achievement among classes more than twenty years out of college was awarded to William H. McKenzie '16. In making the awards, Chairman Zimmerman read the following citations:
THE HARVEY P. HOOD TROPHY The Alumni Fund Committee is proud to award the Harvey P. Hood Trophy for the 1949 campaign to an agent who by his work last year exemplified all of the best traditions of the Alumni Fund. In the conduct of his office he proved the adage that there is no substitute for hard work, while at the same time demonstrating what effective leadership can accomplish.
This agent accepted early and completely the full responsibility for the successful conduct of the campaign in his class, devoted himself effectively to recruiting and energizing a faithful group of assistants, planned carefully all phases of his work, and pursued his objectives aggressively while never losing sight of the fact that one of his most important aims was to retain and increase the good will of his classmates toward the College.
Under his guidance the class increased its number of contributors by 117, increased its gifts by $3,600, and won its Green Derby. For these distinguished achievements the Committee awards a copy of Richardson's History of Dartmouth College as a token of the Hood Trophy to GEORGE BARNUM REDDING of the Class of 1929,
THE J. B. REYNOLDS TROPHY
The Reynolds Trophy is symbolic of outstanding achievement among the agents of classes more than twenty years out of College. In awarding it, the Alumni Fund Committee looks beyond immediate results, important as they are, and tries to recognize as well the type of achievement which builds strongly and significantly for the future.
In awarding the Reynolds Trophy this year the Fund Committee feels it is honoring a man who has demonstrated unique skill in the conduct of his affairs as agent. Starting with a class record which was no more than average, he has brought their participation to the 90 per cent mark and has wrought a substantial increase in the average gift from his class.
More than that, the Committee finds abundant evidence that these improvements have been accomplished through a strengthening of the ties binding the class to the College, through greater understanding, and through a constant concern for the good will of the class.
These achievements represent the ideals of the Alumni Fund, and we proudly present a Ticknor Print as a token of the Reynolds Trophy to WILLIAM HAROLD McKENZIE.
As the MAGAZINE went to press the Fund Committee was preparing its second mailing to all alumni, a piece written by President Dickey on the subject of scholarship aid. One of the principal objectives of the 1950 Alumni Fund is to provide the College with a substantially larger sum for use in awarding financial aid to needy and worthy men.
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