1921
As you read these notes, time will be running out for the 1948 Alumni Fund. The last, final date is June 30. Rog Wilde is hoping that by now most of our class will have contributed. As this is written, '21 is one point ahead of the College average in percentage of participation, but far behind some of our contemporary classes in percentage of objective. Their average gift is also considerably larger than ours. One bright spot is the fact that over 40% of the '2l contributors thus far, including pledges, have increased their gifts over last year. Some of the increases are substantial, some small measured in dollars, but the spirit which prompts the increases .... the desire to support Dartmouth .... is truly inspiring.
We are not one of those who believes that Dartmouth men are motivated by logic in their giving, rather "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." But we were privileged to listen to "Pudge" Neid linger address a local Alumni Group the other night where he outlined the financial problems of the Liberal Arts College today and in the future. These problems are substantial, immediate and they will continue, probably as long as 1921 is contributing to the Fund and longer. The potential sources of the College's income are five: (1) Undergraduate Fees, (2) Endowment Funds and large gifts, (3) Annual Contributions from Alumni, (4) Grants from Industry and (5) Grants from Government.
Undergraduates' fees have never been sufficient to cover more than half of the cost ofinstruction. Raising them further than the present scale would pose more problems than it would solve. Endowments and large gifts have largely disappeared, simply because the potential donors of these funds are becoming fewer with each passing year, with no hope for a change for the better in the forseeable future. The Dartmouth Alumni Fund which each year closes the gap between the income and expenses of the College, is our answer to why and how Dartmouth will survive as a Liberal Arts College. It is a token measure of the devotion of her Alumni.... without it Dartmouth as we know it could not survive. Grants from Industry have, in recent years, become an increasing factor, but not for Liberal Arts Colleges. Such funds are usually given to Universities for research and the College can expect very little help from this source. The acceptance of Public Funds has invariably brought with it some factors of political control. It is to be devoutly hoped that Dartmouth will never have to depend on such unstable support.... so there you have it. The Alumni Fund which in a last analysis is you, me and every other Dartmouth man, is the material evidence, annually renewed, of what we call "The Dartmouth Spirit." It is what makes Dartmouth different from any other college. It is your problem and mine. Have you done your part?
The annual dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni of New York brought out a goodly representation from our class. Present were Howie Anger, Bill Owen, Ernie Wilcox,Frank Livermore, Chamberlaine, OrtHicks, Abe Weld, Tracy Higgins, WarrenHomer, Dave Plume, Bord Helmer, JackHubbell, Dud Robinson, Leigh Tracy, HarryNardi, Red Kerlin and Herrick Brown. Cliff Hart who is recovering nicely from his surgery couldn't make the dinner, but he and Gladys slipped into the balcony just in time to hear our own Jack Hubbell give a brief and excellent summary of the Hopkins Center Project of which he is National Chairman.
Tom Cleveland is planning a 27th Reunion in Hanover, June 14-16, the week of Han- over Holiday. Rog Wilde and Bill Embree are known to be sure bets and if enough others will let Tom know when they will be there, a cocktail party and class dinner will be arranged as the only formal events. Write Tom Cleveland at 1663 Commonwealth Ave., West Newton 65, Mass., if you can make it. Bill Embree is reported to have passed thru Boston late in April on his way to Maine in connection with his lumber operations up there. Tycoon Embree they call him in those parts. Tom Cleveland ran into GeneMcCabe at Briarcliffe on father's day. Gene's boy who is in Hanover, broke both his wrists playing football last fall, but is now out for the golf team. Don Sawyer has sold the old homestead in Amherst, N. H., and is now a member ,of the smart Beacon Hill set in Boston. Don's oldest daughter Mary Louise will be married in August to Paul A. Hodges, of Cuhuquicumat, Chile. They will live in Denver. Don's second daughter is at Sweet Briar College and will spend next year at St. Andrew's College in Scotland as an exchange student. Tom and Betty Cleveland stopped in New York on April 30 en route to Briarcliffe to see their daughter, and met some of the class at an informal cocktail party which developed into a dinner date, ending in the late evening with some close harmony. Rex King and Bill Embree, who happened to be in town, Gladys and CliffHart and the Clevelands made up the 'ai group. Ort Hicks left La Guardia for Europe on April 26. He expects to be back in time for Wendy's graduation at the Northampton School in June. Bob Burroughs made the March 22nd issue of Life Magazine as a member of the Stassen Committee which welcomed his candidate to New Hampshire. Right now, it looks as if Bob had a winner. Among the awards for last year's noted records, sponsored by the Review of Recorded Music and 200 music stores throughout the country in the "Enterprising Repertory" class, the Charlotte Boerner and WernerJanssen Symphony Orchestra received a citation for recorded excerpts from Berg's "Wozzeck." Mick Shoup, our demon Director from Colorado Springs, was re-elected a director of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Mick was listed in the publicity as president of the Golden Cycle Corporation, but that is only one of the many corporations of which he is a president or director.
Pick Ankeney of Minneapolis has been elected president of the Northwest Alumni Association of Dartmouth for the coming year. Jack Mahoney's new address is 17 Rockwell Ave., Milton 86, Mass. Larry Faunce has moved to Greater Boston from Rochester, N. H. His address is 66 Rhinecliffe St., Arlington Heights, Mass.
If the usual procedure is followed, these will be the last notes until fall. GeorgeFrost's SMOKER will be along with late news though, and don't forget to send in the questionnaires. Unless you can succeed in losing this one, the excuse that, "I can't find my blank" is no good now. Here's wishing every one of you a pleasant summer and don't forget that Alumni Fund deadline on June 30.
Secretary, 16 Lenox St., Worcester 2, Mass. Treasurer, 545 Hinman Ave., Evanston, III. Class Agent, 1870 Merchandise Mart, Chicago 54, III.
