Word: quota
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hours of collecting on Wednesday $600 cash was taken in, Thursday brought in $900, raising the total to $1500. Friday brought the total to $2200 in cash and on Monday night, the $3000 mark was reached. With but one more day to go, the possibility of reaching the quota, seemed impossible, but effort brought in more than the necessary $1000 yesterday, and the drive went over the $4000, mark...
Finishing its campaign with a day which netted over $1000, the Phillips Brooks House financial drive reached and passed its $4000 quota after four and one-half days of soliciting. This is the first drive in many years that has reached its quota without several cleanup campaigns...
After a good deal of labor spent in vigorous canvassing, the compaign for the Phillips Brooks House fund has achieved the quota set. Knowing the worthy objects for which the fund has been collected, one must congratulate Brooks House on its hard-earned success. At the same time one may wonder, in view of the purpose, why the success should be hard-earned, why the average undergraduate appears to possess so little of the philanthropic spirit...
Although the figures for the total receipts for the Phillips Brooks House Financial Campaign had not been tabulated late last night, officials in charge feel certain that the amount will have passed the $3,000 mark. Final efforts to reach the $4,000 quota will be made today, when the collectors will make a final canvas of their districts...
This morning every collector will receive a letter asking him again to cover his district in an effort to get a 100 percent subscription, which is necessary the $4000 quota is to be filled...