Word: driving
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...spite of the fact that the College Endowment Fund drive has not been carried on for two weeks, the half-way mark has not as yet been reached as regards non-dormitory undergraduates. The committee will make increased efforts today to get in touch with the unsubscribed non-dormitory members in every possible way and requests that members of the College who have not subscribed come to the Crimson Building today as early as possible and enroll. If men do not wish to pay cash, they can make a pledge which will not come due for some months...
...utilities that she may find it necessary to use. But she cannot enforce her laws nor carry out her improvements unless she possesses some means by which she may force her authority. The glaring fault of internationalism as applied to cities was shown at the time of the Red drive on Poland, when the German stevedores and dock workers in Danzig struck, and held up ammunition and supplies needed by the Polish Army. The Poles threatened, Sir Reginald Tower, official administrator, pleaded with the strikers, but to no avail. For a time the situation was critical...
...special committee of ten men from the class of 1923 has been appointed to assist in the campaign to carry the Sophomores over the top in the Endowment Fund drive with a 100 percent subscribed. Each man will be assigned to see four men who have not as yet subscribed and to ask them to enroll. An important meeting of the committee will be held in Claverly 30 today...
Considering that the total for the whole drive is over $60,000, this small sum of $2896.50 shows that the non-resident undergraduates are far behind. This is due to the fact that the Endowment Committee finds it very difficult to get in touch with men not living in Cambridge. In spite of the fact that many are reached by telephone and promise to come in to the Crimson Building office to subscribe, very few actually appear, which necessitates telephoning again...
...following statement was issued from the Endowment Fund office last night: "Next Wednesday vacation begins and, in order that the drive may not have to continue after Christmas, it is earnestly hoped that all members of the College who have not yet enrolled will do so at once. The committee cannot end the drive till each undergraduate member of College has been approached in some way. Some men do not realize that if they have not ready cash, it is possible to pledge money, the payment of which is not due till some months hence. If a man cannot pledge...