A Record Start for the Fund

Dartmouth's 1967 Alumni Fund Campaign got away to the fastest start in its 53-year history last month as 4,142 gifts totaling $246,000 poured into Hanover during the first twenty days of the campaign. These gifts, coupled with pre-campaign contributions from 2,516 donors for $539,000, brought the results (through April 19) to $785,000 from 6,658 donors.

This impressive start pushed the current drive ahead of last year's by $95,000 and some 700 donors.

Fund Chairman Ralph Lazarus '35 attributed the early increase to the Alumni Fund class agent organization which this spring, for the first time in history, numbered over 4,000 volunteer alumni workers.

In late March and early April Chairman Lazarus, President Dickey, and Fund Secretary Cliff Jordan '45 met with some 800 class officers and class agents at meetings in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

At these meetings Chairman Lazarus stressed the importance of early solicitations by agents. "A tightening of the economy and the uncertainty over Vietnam suggest that we should seek support as early as possible this spring," he told the volunteer workers. "I am confident," he added, "that we can achieve our full $2-million goal by June 30, but frankly the Fund Committee and I hope we can go well beyond this minimum goal, realizing that Dartmouth needs and can put to good use every dollar we can possibly raise."