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[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.