Word: reds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meaning. The slacker among us now is the man who, in the slightest way, withholds any bit of energy or ability which might be of service to his government. In that sense most of us are found wanting. We neglect a hundred opportunities for service. The Red Cross, institutions of all kinds engaged in social betterment, Liberty Loan campaigns, all point to a vast need of men. Not one half of us know what war is. It does not permit us to pass our days in usual routine. It calls for radical readjustments, real sacrifices, and a tireless activity...
Last spring the Red Book borrowed $700 of the Class Fund and of this amount $460 has already been repaid, leaving the Sophomores a balance to draw from in case it is decided to invest more of the funds in the third Liberty Loan, although the cost of the recent smoker will necessarily lessen the balance to a certain extent...
...official report of the treasurer for the year 1917-18 is as follows: Receipts. Balance from 1916-17, $437.15 November interest, 1.50 From Red Book, 460.00 Total receipts, $898.65 Debits. Assessment to Student Council, $15.00 Assessment to Student Council to send a representative to Washington on Military Affairs, 10.00 Ballots for election, 6.75 1920 Scholarship to J. A. Sessions '21, 400.00 Total expenditures, $431.75 Cash Balance, $466.90 Liberty Bonds, $1,000.00 Total assets...
...Red Cross clothing collection for Belgian relief, which was to have ended yesterday, will be completed this morning when automobiles will gather the contributions from the rooms of the collectors. All men appointed to canvass their respective dormitories are requested to leave their doors unlocked, with the clothing and books piled separately on the floor where they may be easily found...
...garments received from the University in this canvass will be sent by Phillips Brooks House, through the Red Cross, to the Commission of Relief in Belgium, and will be used to alleviate the suffering of the inhabitants there...