Download or read book The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 18 written by Hampden-Sydney College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 18: January, 1944 We are all so grateful over the fourth Alumni drive that I want to tell you about that at the very first. I am writing this letter on January 6th. The amount to date is This is about ahead of last year. So far, we have 846 contributors. We still have until April lst to go. It will not be a surprise if we reach When you stop to consider what this amount represents in the way of interest on endowment, it is almost the same as increasing the Endowment of the College by a half - million dollars. I do not know how to express the gratitude of us all for your part in this splendid effort. The work of our V-12 Unit is highly commended by the Navy. The only problem we have had has been in the matter of messing facilities. Navy standards along the line of kitchen equipment and sanitation are very rigid. However, we are more than willing to fulfill the require ments of the Navy, up to our financial capacity, when we are told exactly what they are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.