To the 32,783 alumni I didn't see this Spring

President Kemeny is leading Dartmouthinto the third century with great dedication,skill and imagination. We alumni can doour part by providing the unrestrictedresources which will enable the Presidentand the College to sustain and develop theprograms and facilities for this new era.In this final month of the Alumni FundCampaign I ask those who have not yet givento contribute as generously as possible now. Ialso ask the many who have given to considerthe possibility of an "extra" gift in June sothat we may be assured of achieving the full$2.5-million goal by June 30th.

ChairmanDartmouth Alumni Fund Committee

Alumni Fund Chairman Boz Bosworth '37 has suggested that I use this opportunity to share with alumni a part of the talk which I delivered earlier this spring while meeting with hundreds of Dartmouth men, their wives and families in twelve cities:

A key factor in Dartmouth finances must certainly be the annual Alumni Fund. Two and a half million dollars a year in completely unrestricted funds is the equivalent of $50-million of unrestricted endowment. This is just about twice as much as we will obtain in unrestricted endowment from the whole Third Century Fund campaign. Therefore, as far as fully unrestricted yearly funds are concerned, the Alumni Fund is twice as important to us as the Third Century Fund.

As I look forward into the next decade I am tremendously optimistic. Perhaps it is the fact that I have met with presidents of sister institutions and have found that compared to their problems ours look relatively manageable. I think Dartmouth has an unusual opportunity in the decade of the seventies because we are more likely to solve our problems than many other institutions. In addition to this, we are able to offer a fringe benefit to our faculty and students that none of our main competition can offer. This is life in Hanover, and in a day and age when the pressures of city and suburban life are ever present, the opportunity to spend four years in one of the loveliest spots in the whole world, in a place made for the life of the mind, is the kind of fringe benefit which our competition cannot provide. Therefore, I feel that within the next decade Dartmouth has an opportunity to make progress and pull far ahead of many of the competing schools in its traditional emphasis on quality undergraduate education.

One key to this is clearly your continued support of the Alumni Fund. Dartmouth's financing has been like that of a family. In a family each generation supports the next generation until they can walk on their own feet, and they do not ask that generation to repay the debt. Instead, the new generation acquires a moral obligation to provide support for their own children. They do this for their own children, whether they approve of everything they do or not.

Each of you - whether you had financial aid or paid full tuition - received a substantial subsidy from a previous generation of Dartmouth alumni. You went to Dartmouth through their support, and through that, I suggest, you have acquired your own moral obligation to do the same for the next generation of Dartmouth students.

I want to say to you that this present generation of Dartmouth students is the finest group of young men you will find anywhere in the world, and I am totally convinced that you, the alumni, will not let them down.

Hanover, New Hampshire June 1, 1971