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totaling 36,333,940 THE CORNELLIAN COUNCIL The Cornellian Council is the official agency, established by the alumni and recognized by the trustees of the University, through which alumni, former students, and other friends of Cornell contribute to the financial support of the University. PALMER The fundamental purpose of the Councilfuto pro- mote the systematic financial support of Cornell University by the alumni fis accomplished through annual contributions to the Alumni Fund. ln order to eliminate indiscriminate and merely occasional solicita- tion of alumni, the Council was established in 1909 as an authoritative body which would limit the number of appeals made to alumni and at the same time keep them advised of the most urgent needs of the University. Subscriptions to the Alumni Fund are, for the most part, made on the basis of annual recurring pledges. The Class of 1909 in its senior year was the first class to establish its memorial to the University in the form of such subscriptions. Every class since has followed the example of 1909, and earlier classes have joined enthusiastically in the plan. Most of the gifts made through the Council, includ- ing contributions to the Memorial of the Class of 1936, are unrestricted as to use. The Council also raises special funds to meet definite needs. These generally take the form of memorials, endowed professorships, scholarships, and research funds. Such imposing gifts as Myron Taylor Hall and the War Memorial have also been made through the Council. During the twenty- six years ending in june, 1935, gift s have been made through the Council by alumni and other friends of Cornell. Last year, despite prevailing economic conditions and the pressure of other demands, they contributed S136,689 to the support of the Uni- versity. President Farrand has repeatedly emphasized the fact that the annual gifts from Cornell alumni and other friends of the University, made through the Cornellian Council, have been an indispensable part of the Uni- versity's income, without which the work of the Uni- versity would be severely handicapped. Another important activity of the Council is that of encouraging alumni and other friends of the University to remember Cornell in their wills. Through the efforts of the Council's Committee on Bequests, headed by Edward Cornell, '89, there has been created among Cornell alumni and other friends of the University, a very definite bequest consciousness. During the eleven years that this committee has been in existence more than six million dollars have been bequeathed to Cornell. Neal Dow Becker, '05, president of the Intertype Corporation of Brooklyn, has been president of the Council for the vast two ears. The vice- vresidents are l Y l J. DuPratt White, '90, Allan C. Balch, '89, John W. O'Leary, '99, and Walter C. Teagle, '00. A headquarters office is maintained in Ithaca, where all contributions are received and promptly acknowl- edged. Archie M. Palmer, '18, is the executive secre- tary of the Council and is responsible for the conduct of its affairs under the direction of the executive com- mittee. He is assisted by Sara Bailey Sailor, '09, assistant secretary of the Council, and a secretarial force of loyal workers. BECKER
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THE CORNELL ALUMNI CORPORATION Cornell supports several alumni otganizationsflargely independent in their fields of action although naturally interlocking to a degree. The Cornell Alumni Corporation is the general alumni association. The Cornellian Council, described on the opposite page, is the ofiicial fund-raising agency. The Camel! Alzmzfzi Nezw is the ofiicial alumni magazine. The Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs and the Cornell' Association of Class Secretaries have titles which are self-explanatory. At a meeting in 1872, four years after the opening of the University, representatives of the classes then grad- uated founded the organization known as the Associate Alumni of Cornell University. As the alumni increased in number and formed local clubs and organizations, the need arose for a more competent and central organization. The Associate Alumni became a corporation in 1903, In 1923 the name of the association was changed to the Cornell Alumni Corporation. All persons who have at- tended Cornell University as students, whether graduated or not, are members. More than a hundred alumni clubs, in all parts of the world, form the main structure of the organization, and the Corporation derives its financial support mainly from assessments levied on these clubs. Besides the annual meeting in Ithaca just before Com- mencement, the Corporation holds biennial conventions, generally in the autumn. Until 1930 these conventions were scheduled annually, in the future, conventions will be held in the fall of each even-numbered year. Baltimore will play the host in November 1936. Fifteen alumni com- prise the Board of COFFIN Directors of the Corpo- ration. Twelve are district directors, elected from twelve districts into which the world has been divided, and three are directors-at-large. The ofiicers are: President, Mr. Vanneman, Vice- Presidents, Mr. Fulton and Mr. Chase, Treasurer, Archie C. Burnett, '90, Secretary, Foster M. Coffin, '12. The central office of the alumni is that of the Alumni Representative. This office was created in 1920, by the Board of Trustees of the University, at the request of the alumni organizations. The Alumni Representative is responsible to a committee composed of representatives of the Alumni Corporation, the Association of Class Secretaries, and the Cornellian Council, together with two members of the University Board of Trustees. His primary duty is the development of the relations between the University and its alumni, with responsibility for the maintenance of alumni records, for the activities of the local clubs, for all alumni activities except those asso- ciated with fund-raising. Foster M. Coffin, '12, has been Alumni Representative since the office was created in 1920. Associated with the office since 1930 has been Ray S. Ashbery, '25, Alumni Field Secretary, one of whose principal functions is to visit the local clubs. In the last five years Mr. Ashbery has met with clubs in all parts of the country. His special responsibilities include also Cornell Day, the annual visitation to the campus, on a week-end in May, of selected students from the secondary schools. The Alumni Corporation and the Office of the Alumni Representative have functions in common, with Mr. Coffin and Mr. Ashbery serving as the executive staff of the Corporation. One of the most active alumni organi- zations is the Corporations committee on relations with secondary schools, of which Mr. Thorne is chairman. VANNEMAN
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