Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although the returns of yesterday's canvassing were more encouraging than the report on any previous day of the drive, the Committee expressed the feeling that a more intensive campaign must be conducted by the collectors if the quota is to be raised at an early date. The drive will continue into next week until the $5000 is raised...
Financial Campaign Conducted
...weeks ago the executive committee of the "Y" decided to conduct a financial campaign to raise funds for the relief of children of all nationalities in Constantinople. Speeches, posters, and a committee of twenty-five workers were sufficiently effective to raise about $400. Some of this money will be used for food for a thousand Turkish refugee children who are living in old soldiers' barracks with no opportunity for schooling and insucient food to keep them healthy. Part of the money will be given to the International Committee in Constantinople which is feeding, as extensively as limited funds permit...
...Committee, although anxious about the immediate success of the drive, feels certain that the quota can eventually be filled. If the present week's drive does not bring in the expected amount the campaign will be continued under a new system of collection until every member of the University has contributed or at least has been canvassed for his one dollar share of the quota...
With four days of the week's campaign already past, the Committee considers the situation very grave. Since only a few of the collectors have turned in their receipts, however, the Committee hopes for considerable improvement by tonight. A third letter will be sent out to each collector today asking for an immediate report as to the result of his canvassing. The need for intensive work during the remaining days of the campaign will be stressed. Each collector must personally see every man in his territory before Thursday night...