1896

LET'S THINK ABOUT IT

Most of us were in Dartmouth for four years. We paid about half of the cost less if we had scholarship aid.

What did these years do for us? How did this experience shape our lives? How much of bur success is due to the training in these formative years?

What is our obligation to the College? What have we done for Dartmouth?

Partially by the Alumni Fund

In 38 years the Fund has grown steadily, and rapidly since 1940, reaching its highest total of $611,531 in 1952. This Fund has enabled Dartmouth to balance its budget over the years.

The number of alumni subscribing has increased each year from 536 in 1915 to 14,871 62% last year, leading all colleges and universities. In addition 1275 memorial gifts and gifts from parents totaled $61,625.

The Bequest Fund

The College is now asking alumni out of college 25 years or more to consider the possibility of a bequest, based on our resources and compelling obligations.

Do we not want to continue our gifts to the Alumni Fund into the long future by funding them? At 4% earnings this means a bequest 25 times our annual gift.

This is a good yardstick, though many can and will give more.

If the Alumni gifts of 1952 were funded the total would be $13,000,000.

Most Dartmouth men will find that, by careful planning over the years, they can fund their Alumni Fund gifts.

Every bequest begets another bequest from some classmate or friend.

Over the years it will become recognized that through a bequest of whatever amount we can give, we fulfill our obligation, we establish ourselves as benefactors of the College forever, we make Dartmouth strong.

Secretary, 159 Park Ave., Arlington, Mass.

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