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Today is Red Cross Day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contribution boxes have been installed in all the buildings, and a thorough canvass of all the classes will be made by a special committee. The Harvard Engineering Journal and Technology Monthly, which combined last year shortly after the Harvard-Technology merger, will give half of the cash sale of the issue which appears today to the fund...
Every man has been asked to give a dollar, but more or less will be gladly accepted by the collectors. There will be no collecting at the Senior polls, which is wise, but there will be a vigorous room-to-room canvass, and the "walking squad" will scour the Yard and surround the class rooms. No man will be missed; every man should give willingly. His "tag" will be a badge of pride, a symbol of at least one day's duty in regard to the war, accomplished in a practical manner...
...Juniors the largest sum has been collected by Sub-Committee A; with C, D, and B following in that order. The report of the 1916 collections for the first ten days of the canvass follows: Sub-Committee A, W. C. Boyden, Jr., chairman, $94; Sub-Committee C, S. L. Kuhn, chairman, $80; Sub-Committee D, F. P. Magoun, chairman, $76.50; Sub-Committee B, A. Dixon, chairman, $47. Total...
...Student Council has set apart Wednesday as Harvard's Red Cross Day. What Harvard men will do for the American Red Cross will be known by the results of a short day's canvass in the University. The success of the canvass depends in a large measure on the work of the collectors, but more upon undergraduates and graduates to whose pocket-books we appeal. Complaints have been heard regarding Harvard's lack of interest in the needs of the war sufferers. After Wednesday we trust there will remain no cause for complaint provided graduates are liberal with their checks...
Finally, the Freshman Red Book Committee handed over to the class the sum of $665.00 over and above all expenses. The itemized report follows: CREDITS TO DATE. Class Canvass, $1203.85 From Dinner Committee, 456.60 From Red Book Committee, 665.00 Total, $2325.45 EXPENDITURES TO DATE. To Union for Smokers, $393.30 To Class Dinner, 550.00 To credited checks returned, 7.00 To exchange, .10 To Student Council, 16.25 Total, $966.65 Total credits, $2325.45 Total expenditures, 966.65 Balance...