Word: canvassing
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...work has ceased on the part of the collectors for the New Gymnasium Fund, about $500 has been received from the entire undergraduate body, making a total of about $10,500. But only about 52 per cent of the college has subscribed, and collectors have again been appointed to canvass the rest of the college. As there will be only two or three men from each class for this task, the undergraduates should help them in every possible way, and it would save a great deal of work on their part if the men in each class who have...
...doing newspaper work of any kind and who have delayed handing in their names to the Press Club are earnestly requested to do so before the spring vacation. If those concerned will attend to the matter promptly they will save the Press Club the difficulties of a personal canvass and enable it to complete its organization at once...
...Junior class has readily responded to the call for pledges for the instalment of electric lights in the Senior dormitories, $1000 being promised as a result of the first week's canvass. A meeting of the Electric Light Committee will be held in the Common Room of Thayer Hall tonight at 7 o'clock to which officers of the classes of 1914, 1915, and 1916 have been invited. It is hoped that an agreement for raising money can be arranged and plans made to complete the work...
...meeting held in Thayer Common Room at 1 o'clock, A. J. Lowrey '13, president of the Student Council, outlined the plans of the committee work. Pledge cards for students to fill out were also distributed among the men. The collectors will canvass the College within the next week, in an effort to have these cards filled out and it is hoped that the undergraduates will respond willingly. The Senior class has already set an admirable example by subscribing $1500. If such a spirit as netted this sum is prevalent throughout the campaign, the graduates will doubtlessly respond much more...
...reply to the canvass by special letter, Hollis Hall alumni have shown great enthusiasm for a celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of this dormitory such as that given last year in commemoration of the Holworthy Hall centennial. A special committee of students, as previously announced in the CRIMSON, working in co-operation with the Harvard Memorial Society, are planing a very elaborate pageant which is to represent incidents in the University. For this undertaking Professor G. P. Baker has offered his assistance and with the necessary funds to carry the project through the celebration should...