Cambridge, Massachusetts
Office of the President
December 1, 1926
To the former students of Radcliffe College:
This letter is addressed to you as one of the large body of nearly 8000 women who have studied at Radcliffe College. Whether you are near or far, whether you took one course or a degree, whether you were here in the days of the Annex or belonged to the Class of 1926, you are a part of the Radcliffe community-at-large. As such, you share in its opportunities for mutual service and friendly intercourse.
Recently, you have completed a splendid piece of work in the gift of a Million Dollar Fund for Instruction, the benefits of which are already being reaped by the present generation of college students. Today, there is a need for the less tangible but no less important gift of your personal interest and constructive suggestions in helping to solve Radcliffe's problems.
The College is going through a period of rapid development. Proposals for the addition of new types of work are sometimes made to it. It has reached such a size that its enrollment has had to be limited. Since selection must be made among students, questions of the basis of selection arise. Should we try to draw a larger proportion of our students from outside New England? Should we do well, in regard to the graduate work, to stress the opportunities we offer to students who expect to take the doctor's degree as contrasted with those who have only a master's degree in view? These are some of the problems which come before the governing boards for consideration.
Three years from now will be celebrated the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the College. As such a celebration approaches, a kind of stock-taking goes on, policies are defined, and hopes declared. If the judgment and imagination of the former students are to find expression, it must be through such channels as the Alumnae Association and the Alumnae Quarterly.
We urge you, therefore, to keep in close touch with Radcliffe affairs by joining the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association, if you have not already done so, by reading the Quarterly (which is included in the membership), and by giving the College the benefit of your opinions and experience. If you will do so, we are confident that your own pleasure in renewing former associations will be heightened, and we assure you that our appreciation of your friendly help will be deep and enduring.
Sincerely yours,
Ada L. Comstock
President
Dorothy B. Blackall (Mrs. R. M.)
President of the Alumnae Association
