SENIORS IMPROVE CLASS STANDING ON HARVARD FUND

According to a report from the Harvard Fund Council, a total of 101 Seniors have given to the Fund thus far this year. This is less than the number of men in the class of 1930 who had contributed to the Fund at this time last May. Although the fiscal year of the Fund does not end until December 31, the Council is anxious that all Seniors who intend to give should do so before Commencement. The second letter of appeal from T. W. Dunn '31, the Senior Class Agent, was mailed to the Class on May 12. The total amount contributed by the Seniors thus far is $464,50.

Fifth Year of Operation

The Harvard Fund, which is now in its sixth year, was established to raise unrestricted money annually for the University. In its five and one-half years of successful operation it has raised nearly one million dollars. In all, 6.067 alumni of the College and the Graduate Schools contributed to the fund in 1930. To date in 1931, over 4,500 alumni have given, and contributions are still coming in to the Fund office at the rate of over 100 a day. Since the Fund has over 450 more contributors than it had at this time last year, the Council now feels certain of approximately 6,500 givers by Commencement and upwards of 7,000 by the end of the year. According to the Council's officers, this is greatly encouraging in the face of a bad business year. The Council feels, as it has in the past, that it is most important that the Senior Class should start contributing to the Fund while its members are sill in College. In 1927, 267 men in the Senior Class of that year gave to the Fund, a record for any Senior Class so far.

Standing of Classes

All money Seniors give to the Fund now is credited automatically with interest towards the traditional gift of $150,000 which the Class will present to the College at the celebration of its 25th Anniversary of graduation. One dollar given now will be worth more than three dollars in 1956.

The standing of the leading twenty classes, including the class of 1931, is as follows: 1903, 222; 1927, 216; 1900, 187; 1917, 149; 1907, 147; 1910, 143; 1908, 135; 1912, 112; 1899, 106; 1897, 101; 1931, 101; 1902, 100; 1921, 97; 1894, 92; 1898, 92; 1895, 88; 1904, 87; 1923, 86; 1892, 85; 1929, 84.