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During last year's canvass 1041 pledges were received by the committee from undergraduates, the movement, entailing only promises, being accompanied by considerable enthusiasm. On the date that the last payment of the subscriptions was due, suitable notice appeared and repeated later efforts were made to secure payment. Today 205, just one firth of last year's pledges, are paid in full. As a last resort the committee is undertaking an individual postcard canvass of the delinquents, in the hope of eliciting a few more of the promised contributions. But the quantity of unredeemed pledges, two months after all should...
...selection of a graduate committee and any further official advance among the alumni towards the realization of a new gymnasium, is at present impeded by the prohibition of the Faculty from making a graduate canvass. The present committee has never authorized any statement anticipating the recogni tion of an active graduate committee, and cannot look forward to the organization of this committee until the Faculty's permission to take the step is given...
...hateful task of personal dunning which seems so distasteful to the writers of the communication. But we do not admit that in the meantime 1917 must go uncanvassed. Graduate action, of course, cannot be taken until the undergraduates have come somewhere near their goal; but holding up the Freshman canvass does not get us nearer...
...following men have been appointed to compose the finance committee for the Senior Class. They are expected to see R. St. B. Boyd, chairman, at once to get their collection books. Each man is then to canvass thoroughly the entry of the Senior dormitory in which he may live...
...duty financially, they are not losing interest in the plan. Instead, they are each day becoming more and more eager for the time when the final steps will be taken. Indeed, they are becoming impatient even their conversation frequently turns to the subject. And so we shall watch the canvass of 1917 with lively interest, hoping that its members will subscribe with the prospect of making good use of the building which is if such vital importance...