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A New England Mutual agent ANSWERS S01l1E QUESTIONS about sales training • • Ill life Insurance ~lORE THAN 900 New England Mutual agents like Suppose I join New England Mutual as a field repre· George Graves (Georgetown '49) are college alumni. sentative. How would they start They come from all over the country. George is only 29 training me? years o ld, b ut already he's won m embership in o ur "First, you'd get basic training in your own agency- both L eaders' A ssociation. H e says his success in selling life theory and field work. Then, after a few months of selling insurance is a direct result o f N ew England Mutual's comprehensive course of sales training. under expert guidance, comes a comprehensive Home Of fice course in Boston." How soon can I expect this training to pay off? "I'll give you an example of five new men at one of our eastern agencies. Young fellows, 24 t o 31 years old. Only one had any previous experience in life insurance. By the end of the first year their in comes ranged from $3532 to $5645. Wi th renewal commissions, first year earnings would be from $5824 to $9702. The average: $7409." Can a man continue his study of life insurance after those first two courses? "He most certainly can. The company will next instruct you in the use of its 'Coordinated E tates' programming service. Then y ou go on t o 'Advanced Underwriting', which r elates in urance to business u es, estate planning and taxation problems. Ac tually, all through your career as a New England Mutual agent, you'll be kept posted on the latest economic and business developments which have a bearing on life insurance." What kind of a career can a salesman look forward to with your company? "Let me cite another example. Out of twelve men who took one of our Home Office courses in 1947, fi ve are now New England Mutual General Agents. One man has become a home offi ce executive. The other six are earning compar able in comes in their own co mmuni ties wh ere they have built successful careers in personal selling." Mail this coupon - and wi thout obligation you'll get a FREE booklet in which 17 of our agents tell in t heir own words why they chose a li fe insurance career with NEW ENGLAND M u T U A L . The NEW ENGLAND Box 333-A2, Boston 17, Mass. Name .............. ....... ..... .. .... ....... ... .. ... MUTUAL e~~:;::;:i':~··· A ddress . ... .. .........•..... ..... ...............•.••..•••• _ 'rilE COMPANY THAT FOUNDED MIJT IJAL LIFE I NSURA NC E IN AMERI CA -183S City . ....... .. .•....... ... Zone .•.. State .....••••••• ____ • EORtlETOWD UUIPERSIT~ LUmnl mA(jAZIOE Member of the American Alumni Council JANUARY 1955 • VOLUME 7, NUMBER 5 CONTENTS Eulogy to Dean Fegan ______ -------------·-- - --- ---- 2 The Fund and The University - ------------------- - -- 3 Final Report on the First Annual Giving Fund ----- - -- 4 1954 Annual Giving Committee ---------------------- 4 Totals Contributed by States - ----------------------- 5 Class Statistics --------- ---- ----------------------- 6 Second Annual Giving Fund Starts - --- ------- -------- 8 List of Contributors to the 1954 Fund ----------- ----- 9 e EDITORIAL BOARD OF ALUMNI MAGAZINE Note on the Cover Picture JOHN G. BRUNINI, '19 Eugene P. McCahill, '21, who DONALD F. FLAVIN, '28 gave a major portion of his time last year to the launching JOHN T. FLYNN, '02 and the conduct of the Alumni Association's first venture into MARTIN S. QUIGLEY, '39 Annual Giving for Alma Mater, is here pictured with DR. TmOR KEREKEs-Faculty the final scoreboard which summarizes the res ults of his REV. GERARD F. YATES, S.J.-Faculty magnificent efforts. .JAMES S. RUBY, '27, Executive Secretary and Editor Copyright 1955 Georgetown University Alumni Magazine GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE: published each two months by the Georgetown University Alumni Association Inc., Washington 7, D. C. • Sustaining Membership $25.00 per year, Regular Membership $5.00 per year, of which $3.00 is for subscription to the Alumni Magazine. • Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. , as Second Class matter Febntary 1!4 , 1948 under the act of March 8, 1879. • Editorial and Executive offices: GEORGE TOWN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Alumni House, 8604 0 Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C. Eulogy delivered at the Funeral of Dean Emeritus Hugh J. Fegan '01 by Rev. Francis E. Lucey, S.J., Regent of The School of Law. Relatives and friends of the deceased: This man strove during his entire life to be Christ like. He would also be like Christ in death. When Dean Fegan left some written instructions as to his Christ died on Calvary and his body was laid in the funeral. We are constrained to abide by those instruc- . tomb there was no panegyric, no eulogy, no sermon. tions. One was that he should be buried from a Mass Christ was buried unsung. Dean Fegan wished like sung by one Priest. In short he did not wish a solemn Christ to be buried unsung. He inspired us in life, he high funeral Mass. He wished his funeral to be un continues to inspire us even in death. ostentatious and simple. His second instruction was The memory of this man will linger with all of us that there was to be no sermon; this underlined. These here present the rest of our lives and spur us on I instructions constitute a sermon in themselves. They hope, to appreciate and cherish as he did, the things epitomize and symbolize his whole life, character and of God and the things of Christ. faith. Amen. 2 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE THE FUND AND THE UNIVERSITY Very Rev. Edward B. Bunn, S.J., President In the talks with you during my trips around the country One eminent professor w as enabled t o p ublish a scholarly last year, I spoke about our plans for an even better George historical work with the necessary a dvance of $3,000. One town. I discussed specific plans to achieve that obj ective. additional f ellowship was established in the Graduate I m anifes ted t o you my fear that rising costs 1night prevent School at the cost of $2,000. $30,000 designated f or the the implementation of those plans. I shared with you m y McDonough Gymnasium has been applied to meet the concern lest the continuing progress of G eorgetown b e dwindling debt of that constructi on. The Physical Medicine hampered. My concern for Georgetown, your Alma Mater, Departrnent of the Medical School has been able to improve is focused on two main groups: the faculty members, the its staff by the acquisition of an outstanding leader in the educators, to w hom are e ntrusted the most interesting o f fi eld. In the Dental School we have been able to provide God's creatures, your children ; and those children, bright a full-time Orthodontrist for t eaching. We have initiated a spirited youths who come to Georgetown f or assistance in research program i n the Department of Biology in the laying foundati ons of a life that will be fruitful for time College. In the School of Foreign Service we hav·e also and eternity. been able to extend our scholarship grants for worthy stud ents. RUDGET PROBLEMS That concern deepens e ach These things were done that might otherwise not have year as I t ackl e the s um of our financial problems-the been d one. D evoted professors were e ncouraged, c apable annual budget. How to assist the loyal, generous, dev:oted students received a ssistance, the fi eld of kn owledge was members o f our faculty? How to finance the acquisition enlarged n ot m erely because I had hope but because you of equipment sorely needed for medical research? How to helped make that hope a r eality. o matter what your provide new educational services that will be o f tremen gift you assisted in some way in all these projects that are dous benefit to our students? How to e ncourage research essential to the well-being a nd continued growth of Alma that will broaden the fi eld of kn owledge? How to assist Mater. For all this I am extremely grateful. the capable students whose monetary resources are limited? These are just a f ew of the qu estions that must b e an PLANS FOR THE FUTURE We are planning the ex swered. My approach t o the a nswers c annot b e that of an pansion of Busin ess Administration in our Foreign Service industrialist or m erchant. In the world of business, the School to operate as a distinct unit of the University. We selling price of the product must cover the cost of pro are anticipating a dding some exceptionally trained m en t o ducing the item or the business is s oon bankrupt. In the the faculty, especially in Business Administration. educa ti onal world, however, the c osts o f the product have The cost of operating the entire University at present is never b een borne e ntirely by the direct r ecipients o f the $9,000,000 annually. With the erection of our new Nursing product, the s tudents. Our Alumni and friends, who are School D ormitory, the proposed expansion of the Hospital, primarily o ur community, have traditionally borne part and the new S cience Building, these costs will mount to of the cost. $13,000,000. I m ention thi s only because I know your in The Budget C ommittee presented m e wi th two prob terest in the University creates a n eagerness to kn ow the lems, the fi rst a simple one-How can yo u make one dollar facts.