Word: campaigns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...class campaign to complete Boston's portion of the Harvard endowment fund is now under full headway. Much work is being done by personal solicitation as well as by letter. The local committee is confident that the full amount can be raised, but it frankly admits that the undertaking is one of considerable magnitude...
...Based on the foregoing quota only two classes, 1892 and 1901, had gone 'over the top' up to noon yesterday, when the classes were ranked by the committee so far as the estimated quota was concerned. These classes happen to be particularly active in their present class campaign in their endeavor to keep in the lead as regards amounts, and to perfect their standing as regards the number of subscriptions obtained." Classes before 1881, $1,500,000 From 1881 to 1900 inclusive, $8,000,000 From 1901 to 1910 inclusive, $2,500,000 From 1911 to 1919 inclusive...
...fund for this Graduate School of Education was started last year by a gift of $500,000 from the General Educational Board, and other gifts brought the fund to nearly $1,200,000 by the middle of last July, when the campaign was merged with that for the general Endowment Fund under an agreement whereby the school is to receive from the Endowment Fund enough to bring its own fund up to $2,000,000 as soon as the Endowment Fund reaches a total...
...Clothing Collection for Phillips Brooks House, although not as great a success as had been hoped, far surpassed any collection that has been made in the last two years. The campaign in 1916 is the only one recently that has met with a more generous response. In addition to a large number of articles of clothing, 285 books and over 600 magazines had been contributed by the end of the drive...
Although a complete tabulation of the results of the Phillips Brooks House Clothing Campaign has not yet been made, the general results of the drive have been very satisfactory, and the amount of clothing that has been collected compares favorably with other fall campaigns. The few people who have garments to donate, but were not solicited last week, should bring them to Phillips Brooks House, where they will be added to the original collection...