Alumni Fund. History: 1915 to 1951

Scoring Con- Participation % ofYear Base tributors Index Objective Received Objective 1915 ... ... 536 ... $ 6,580.27 .. . 1916 ... ... 726 ... 10,170.49 .. . 1917 ... ... 1,066 17,540.77 . . . 1918 . . . 5,229 . . • 2,729 . . . 52 . . . • • • 62,429.29 . . . 1919 . . . 6,054 . . . 2,282 . . . 38 . . . ... 34,633.64 . . . 1920 . . . 6,148 . . . 2,803 ... 46 ... 5 60,000 . . . 55,112.59 ... 92 1921 .. . 6,276 .. . 3,292 ... 52 ... 75,000 .. . 70,455.70 ... 94 1922 .. . 6,466 .. . 3,530 ... 55 ... 75,000 .. . 65,656.52 ... 87 1923 .. . 6,690 .. . 3,784 ... 56 ... 80,000 .. . 71,042.06 ... 88 1924 .. . 6,963 .. . 4,509 ... 65 ... 80,000 .. . 80,579.96 .. . 101 1925 .. . 6,687 .. . 4,884 ... 72 ... 90,000 .. . 99,335.61 ... 110 1926 .. . 6,988 .. . 5,103 ... 73 ... 110,000 .. . 110,578.37 ... 100 1927 .. . 7,305 .. . 5,327 ... 73 ... 115,000 .. . 111,301.76 ... 97 1928 .. . 7,629 .. . 5,505 ... 72 ... 115,000 .. . 120,591.44 ... 105 1929 7,974 ... 5,683 ... 71 ... 130,000 .. . 129,786.50 ... 99 1930 .. . 8,379 .. . 5,418 ... 65 ... 135,000 .. . 121,130.69 ... 90 1931 8,729 ... 5,316 ... 61 ... 135,000 .. . 109,195.01 ... 81 1932 .. . 9,101 . . . 5,081 ... 56 ... 135,000 . . . 89,405.89 ... 66 1933 . . . 9,470 . . . 4,748 . . . 50 . . . . • • 67,200.40 . . . 1934 . . . 9,845 . . . 5,289 . . . 54 . . . ... 73,021.56 ... 1935 . . . 10,222 . . . 6,805 . . . 67 . . . . . 84,957.19 . . . 1936 . . . 10,656 . . . 7,543 . . . 71 . . . . . . 94,654.78 ... 1937 .. . 11,095 .. . 7,94.2 ... 72 ... 110,000 .. . 106,847.16 ... 97 1938 .. . 11,520 .. . 8,782 ... 76 ... 110,000 .. . 108,668.01 ... 99 1939 .. . 11,961 .. . 9,453 ... 79 ... 110,000 .. . 114,709.64 .. . 104 1940 .. . 12,380 .. . 10,181 ... 81 ... 115,000 .. . 126,255.90 ... 110 1941 .. . 12,767 .. . 10,830* ... 82 .. . •• • 196,159.97 .. . 1942 .. . 13,142 .. . 10,920* ... 82 .. . ... 195,715.98 .. . 1943 .. . 13,942 .. . 12,279* ... 86 ... 200,000 .. . 245,670.52 ... 123 1944 .. . .. . 13,509* ... 89 ... 250,000 .. . 284,564.96 ... 114 1945 .. . 16,864 .. . 13,348* .. . 78§ .. . 300,000 .. . 337,367.02 •• . 112 1946 .. . 17,685 .. . 13,215 .. . 75§ .. . 350,000 .. . 416,677.55 ... 119 1947 .. . 16,985 .. . 13,539 .. . 80§ .. . 350,000 .. . 372,103.26 ... 106 1948 .. . 17,039 .. . 13,629 .. . 80§ .. . 375,000 .. . 381,949.48 ... 102 1949 .. . 18,235 .. . 14.519 .. . 80§ .. . 375,000 .. . 386,611.88 .. . 103 1950 '. '. 18,590 .. . 14,945 . . . 80§ .. . 400,000 .. . 414,916.80 ... 104 1951 .. . 19,15159 ... 15,417 . . . 80§ .. . 500,000 .. . 577,262.83 .. . 115 Robert Fletcher Fund of Thayer School 1925-1937 ... 47,009.00 .. . Contributions to Tucker Loan Fund 1906-1914 . . . 31,893.89 . . . Gifts and accumulations, Special Class Funds .• . 856,298.36 ... Total Contributions from 1906 to June 30, 1951 $6,886,042.70 . . . * Includes gifts, not counted in the per cent of contributors, from parents of Dartmouth men and other Friends of Dartmouth. f Note change in 1945 from Living Graduates to Participation Scoring Base (living graduates plus one-third of the living non-graduates). 8 Note change in 1945 from Per Cent of Contributors (proportion of contributors to living graduates) to Participation Index (proportion of contributors to scoring base).