The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus ALUMNUS ^lalue of cfalher oowara Sorm, as. a, lounger, TJniverulu of CALolre fQ"^^ Last Year's Record Total oi 7.887 is 1.800 Bahind: tixttcf Gonw of 1947 Was Spediic Incentive; City Committees and Club Presidents Urged to Organize Follow-Up Programs to Beach 1948 Goal of lOMO GiTers The Army Game of 1947 was one of those Table Indicative ol Potentials with the other 180 Chairmen Cities func­ classics on which many historical events are Space prohibits a more general presenta­ tioning with their Local Clubs cooperating, based. tion of our picture, but from the accom­ the 10,000 giver-goal for 1948 is not dream­ We are immediately concerned with its panying chart of 44 cities, containing some ing but digging. obvious effects in 1947 on the early and 70% of our total alumni, you can see how Your individual response, without wait­ record-brealcing giving of some 2,000 more readily alimini response could close up the ing for a solicitor, will make that task easier alumni than had given in 1946. present gap to meet last year's total, and how. and the goal nearer and quicker. But we still feel that the current sub­ stantial deficit of some 1,800 alumni givers —as against last year's record at the same date—reflects only the timing incentive of 7948 Alumni Record ~-44 Key Chairman Clfles the Army Game. We are reluctant to ac­ cept the alternative thesis that some 2,000 alumni gave to Notre Dame last year only NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER because of the Army Game ALUMNI IN '48 % IN TO GO Actually, there should be no essential re­ Akron 77 35 45 42 lation between a football game and a gift Baltimore 48 20 42 28 to Notre Dame by an alumnus. The pres­ Benton Harbor 48 19 29 28 i ent guarantee and advance sale is guided Buffalo . 176 78 44 98* by (a) courtesy to alumni who have indi­ Charleston, W. Va. 25 13 52 12 cated interest through the only tangible Chicago . 1524 638 42 886* channel for measurement and (b) the ne­ Cincinnati 108 55 51 53* cessity for some limitation of ticket dis­ Cleveland 299 115 39 184* tribution. Dallas 50 18 36 32 Local Solicitaiion Denver 78 36 46 42 Des Moines 24 15 63 9 So, feeling that the lag in giving is one Detroit 370 179 48 191* of convenience and the simple lack of a Elizabeth 59 14 24 45 spur as effective as the Army Game of last Elkhart 22 7 32 15 year, the Foundation has asked the City Evansville 31 20 65 II Committees to work with the Local Clubs, Fort Wayne .. 136 82 60 54* where Clubs exist, to follow up the indivi­ Grand Rapids 85 28 33 57* dual alumni, especially those who gave last Houston : 41 17 41 24 year, so that we not only reach last year's Indianapolis .... 268 157 59 111* record figure, but go on to the 10,000 alum­ Kansas City 108 59 55 49 ni participants we aimed for when the 1948 Los Angeles .... 304 198 65 106* program began. Louisville '.... 102 49 48 53* Memphis 53 28 53 25 Sights Raised Milwaukee 144 71 49 73* The amount of your gift is not empha­ Newark, N. J 201 69 34 132* sized. It would not be fair to say that in New Orleans 30 15 50 15 the light of Notre Dame's pressing prob­ New York 1081 292 27 789* i lems it is unimportant. But the greatest Notre Dame 61 31 51 30 contribution the alumni can make in 1948 Peoria 96 45 47 51* is a declaration of faith in Notre Dame's Philadelphia _ :.. 131 63 48 68* future, by continuing and bettering the Pittsburgh 132 66 50 66* number of alumni giving tangible support. Portland 54 13 24 41 Actually, and most encouragingly, the total Racine 20 11 55 9 amount of money given so far in 1948 by Rochester 146 57 39 89* alumni equals that given in 1947 at the Rockford 70 31 44 39 same date. This is an obvious raising of the St. Louis 221 134 60 87* sights of the individual donor, and has been St. Paul 48 15 31 23 a source of outstanding encouragement to San Francisco 119 59 50 60* the University administration. Seattle 28 12 43 16 So the job to be done is. not to worry South Bend .... 734 370 50 364* about whether the gift you can afford to Springfield, Mass. 33 5 15 28 send now is $1 or $10 or $100 or $1,000, Tulsa 49 20 41 29 but to send what you can, now. Washington 172 75 44 97* Participation of the anticipated 10,000 donors, with the inevitable increase in TOTALS 7606 3334 44% 4261 amount if the present raising of sights per­ sists, would be a long step toward the ad­ * There are 3669 non-contributors in these 21 larger dties. vance which Notre Dame knows is urgently If one-half of the 4261 non-contributors contributed yet this year we would exceed last year's total^ needed, but which is a difiScult decision in Just half of the Chicago, New^ York and South Bend non-contributors would bring in over 1000 alumni^ If we could figure on an average of from 5-10 alumni bom the other 180 chairmen cities, this would givt|j the'face of economic limitations. tis anotbeif 1000 contributors. The Notre Dame Alumnus This jnagazjoe' is published bi-monthly by the University of IVotre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Entered as second class matter Octo­ ber I, 1939; at the PostotHce, No.rc Dame, Indiana, under the act of August 24, 1912. Member of the American Alumni Council. James E. Aimstrong. '25. Editor; William B. Dooley, '26. Managing Editor Vol. 26 SEPTEMBEB-OCTOBEB, 1948 Ko.5 (Most of the questions asked in the "Ninety- within fifteen years, and 4 within 19 yean Nine Questions For the Class of '28" were of graduation. suggested by members of the class them­ The Of the married, numbering 120, a few liad selves. The questionnaire was sent out March no children and several had eight each. Al­ 16, 1948, only to those who received a bach­ together there were 326 children: 185 »ns elor's degree or the equivalent in June, 1928. and 141 daughters. Only 10 were deceased. One hundred twenty-five replies were re­ Garber ceived, alt before May 29 of this year. This "I would like my sons to go to Notre articles gives answers to only a portion of Dame," said 83 men who had sons; three the questions. Those selected are believed to said "no" while seven said it depended on be of particular interest to the general alum­ Poll other conditions. One with three sons was ni body. not sure about sending them to ND; "I feel ND raised me with a severe inferiority com­ Bernard Garber, '28, made up the ques­ Men of '28 plex." tionnaire, mailed it out, compiled the infor­ On the question "Do you consider now mation on the returns and wrote this article. 7e// All that your iiutruction on marriage while at The .'^LUM.vus here extends special thanks N. D. was satisfactory, poor, indifferent?" to him for his hard and effective work.—Ed.) There were 122 who answered. Of these, 64 said the instruction was poor or indifferent, By BEBNARD A. GABTEB. '28 while 58 said it was satisfactory. Eleven When do Notre Dame men marr>-? How pointed out they had none or practically many of them marr>'? none and two mentioned Father O'Hara's "Bulletins" on Marriage as "tops." Twenty years after graduation the class Of 125 men replying, five are single and of 1928 voluntarily answered 99 questions 120 married. 0[ the latter group one had "Your annual earned income is $ ?" about themselves. They told their incomes, remarried after his first wife's death, one brought 120 replies, with the total earned the number of their children, social habits, was separated, three had been divorced and income of these men being $1,206,000 an­ their views and cultural interests, what they one of these had rewed. When did they nually. In addition, some had other income thought of the University and their educa­ marr>-? Two while in college, 22 within two and the wives of some also had income. tion. All this was in connection with their years of graduation, 28 within five years, 20 On the annua] earned income basis, 26 20th class reunion. in the sixth year, 20 within eight years, 9 men earned $5000 or less per year, aver­ Here arc some of the ansivers. within ten years, 10 within tivelve years, 7. aging $4250. In the $5-10,000 bracket, there The Class of '28 following ils dass Mass on June 6. Bemie Garber is second from the left front row. The Notre Dame Alumnus were 62, averaging $7645 each. Twenty- "I think it does . stUl feel N.D.'s more instruction on physical and mental hy- t three men were in the §10-20,000 group, tremendous influence on me." averaging $15,000 each. Nine men earned "Yes. Why not a semi-annual or quarterly Said one member: "I was acquainted with over $20,000 and up to $60,000, averaging reminder of some kind recalling to graduates the former and abhor the latter in all forms." $30,722.