Word: drives
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Allport adocates a questionnaire for each trait of a man's personality, covering his "ascendance" or force or personality, his "drive," his "expansion...
Coming to the official closing hour of its campaign at a late hour last night, the Student Friendship Fund crossed the $2,000 mark, still almost $2,000 below its desired goal. The Committee directing the drive have been best with numerous difficulties which culminated last night in the fact that 41, out of the 104 collectors which were appointed, had failed to make their reports. As a result of this the committee has announced that it will continue the drive until tonight...
...unprecedented lack of response which the drive has inspired among the undergraduates has been attributed by the committee to several causes. They believe that this year's campaign is at a decided handicap because it is coming so late in the college year. Last year it was carried on in January before the members of the University had been called upon to make so many charitable donations and consequently was much better received. They do not feel, however, that this can alone be a sufficient cause, as this fund has always been the largest of any subscribed...
...Monday evening more than a third of them had made no report. There has been a particular lassitude among the Freshmen, seven out of the 13 appointees having failed to make any of their progress. In the past the Freshman class has always been the group to give the drive the most enthusiastic support and yet this year have given only what may be called nominal support...
Under such management this drive has met with more success than it nominally deserves. Harvard has contributed a thousand dollars on faith and the memory of last year's efficient drive. This is not an attempt to belittle the cause of Student Friendship, for it is a very fine one indeed. Any attempt to help needy students, no matter where they are, should be met with approbation, not criticism. Once its cause is carefully explained and well understood, one may feel confident that Harvard will not be slow to subscribe its full quota...