1925 Bequest Program

NOT content with setting its two new records for Class Memorial Funds and reunion attendance, the Class of 1925 inaugurated what it hopes will become a 25-Year tradition when, at its class meeting, it passed a resolution pledging members of the class to make bequests to the College to an extent comparable to 1925's participation in the Alumni Fund. This class program aiming at an enduring part in Dartmouth's support was embodied in the following resolution:

The Class of 1925 of Dartmouth College, meeting on 10 June 1950 at its Twenty-Fifth Reunion, ratifies the following:

In the full knowledge that Dartmouth, in order to remain free, to remain strong, to grow in facilities and stature, and to preserve the ideals for which she has ever stood, must acquire .a .larger aggregate of funds and

In the realization that by and large these funds must come from her own sons and

In the confident belief that the tradition of devotion and support of the College, as embodied in the Dartmouth Spirit, should not cease with death but should endure in perpetuity in the case of every alumnus of the College,

Be it resolved,

That the Class of 1925 assembled in Hanover for its Twenty-Fifth Reunion formally adopts the principle that devotion to and support of the College shall be projected into the future, and that the Last Page will enroll in perpetuity the names of all members of the Class taking part in making Dartmouth "Something That Shall Endure"

That continual quiet efforts shall be made to include Dartmouth in estate provisions of members of the Class of 1925

That it is the hope and intent of the Class that as the years roll on a participation percentage figure comparable to the Alumni Fund participation record will be achieved in the field of bequests

That we pledge to the President and Trustees of the College that the figure of 5% of the Class now having made provision for Dartmouth at death, shall be very materially increased by the time of our Thirtieth Reunion five years hence.