1922

From other sources you may read about the weighty discussions and decisions at the December 1983 Alumni Council meeting. Here, in this '22 family column, it is merely whispered that the class was represented by your secretary, who has the dubious distinction of being the oldest member of the council, and by two genuinely distinguished younger members of the '22 clan. The comely Elizabeth Fauver Stueber '77, granddaughter of our late King Fauver and his widow Anne, was at the meeting as a representative at large; she came from Shaker Heights, Ohio. And the personable Charles F. Henderson '62, a son of our Larry Henderson, was there as a representative from the southwestern area, Phoenix, Ariz. The council as a whole represents 39,500 Dartmouth alumni and 2,500 Dartmouth alumnae. Undergrads simplify the change by merely saying the College now has 42,000 "alums."

To some Twoters springtime may bring the fantasy of gamboling on the greensward, but to other adolescents it can be a heart-rending time when applicants to Dartmouth anxiously await mid-April admission notifications. For the class of 1988, you will be glad to know, the College has nearly 8,500 applicants from more than 3,000 secondary schools. About 1,050 of these hopefuls will constitute the freshman class next September. Of the 8,500 applicants, 1,260 previously applied for early decision and 390 received acceptance notification in mid-December. Decision on those not accepted at that time is deferred until mid-April.

Maybe some alumni, certainly all Twoters, know instinctively that if they were seeking admission to Dartmouth today, or at any time in the past 66 years, they would beyond doubt receive early decision acceptance. Naturally! Be that as it may, '22 delights in having Richard H. Dwight among the early decision acceptances for the class of 1988. Grandson of our Carroll and Nan Dwight, and son of their son Peter H. Dwight '54, Thayer '55, Richard will graduate in June from the Rivers School, Wellesley, Mass.

Sorrowfully, the class has lost A1 Acker, Elmer Ardiff, Walt Aschenbach, Sam Jacobs, and Brews Marean. Obituaries will follow.

Ike Miller, 1922's bequest chairman, reports that our class has now been credited with a cumulative total of 17 bequests for $1,576,333 and 24 life income trusts for $709,507. This is a spectacular giving record of which we can all be proud.

The increasingly popular field of life income trusts has attracted most of 1922's recent activity. In slightly more than a year Dartmouth has received from Twoters four new life income trusts and four additions to existing trusts for a total of $128,903. Classmates who have established these trusts, and their wives, receive income as long as they live. Afterwards, the principal reverts to Dartmouth to be used for whatever purpose is designated in the trust agreement.

With the stock market historically high, this is a most favorable time for anyone wishing to make a gift to Dartmouth and still retain income on the donated assets. Not only are life income gifts partially deductible for income tax purposes, but appreciated securities used for this purpose are valued at market without any capital gains tax liability. There are also significant estate tax savings.

And somewhere there may be a Twoter or a Mrs. Twoter who right now is paying federal, state, and even municipal income taxes for 1983. It might occur to that gentleman or lady that he or she would personally prefer to con- trol the eventual disposal of assets rather than leaving more to unidentified beneficiaries. Ike's address: Maj. Gen. Walter I. Miller, 7402 North Patton Lane, Peoria, IL 61614, or telephone 309/692-3096.

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