Word: pbh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are still definite differences between the two general types of committees. "Groups working for social reform are trying to analyze and remedy the causes of the problem, while social service attempts to relieve its effects," says Kristen L. Manos '80, president of PBH...
Despite the large number of volunteers at PBH, the turnover rate is estimated to be as high as 50 per cent. Manos attributes the drop-out figures to volunteers' other academic and extracurricular activities. "I haven't known many people who dropped out for other reasons," she says...
Most volunteers who do stay in PBH often feel frustrated. "You're overwhelmed by your own helplessness," Creighton says. But the volunteer is frequently so angered by unjust conditions that he stays anyway. "It's great to have personal outrage, because that's what keeps you going," he adds...
Ujifusa says she thinks most people at PBH view their work "unassumingly." "I can't go into Roxbury saying I'm the savior," she comments. "Any arrogance you have doesn't last long," she adds...
...University stopped giving PBHA funds in 1972, so the organization's major source of income is the alumni drive, which accounts for $12,000 of the $40,000 yearly budget. PBH is the only student organization not responsible to the dean of students but to the president and the fellows of the University...