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...cannot fill Harvard's high quota, and the campaign will stall unless every commuter and faculty member contributes his share. The fact that the meager contributions of commuters have not kept pace with the general enthusiasm is largely due to an unavoidable technical imperfection in the campaign. Unable to solicit donations by a door-to-door method, the committee relied on individual letters to bring in non-resident funds and has rammed up against the same problem that baflies every charity with a mailing list. Where experts consider a ten percent return on letters average, the Food Relief quota...
...should the men this committee sees fit to name hold such an initial advantage over others who must circulate petitions and solicit signatures on their own behalf to appear on the same ballot?" the statement asked...
Dean Hanford's first act upon returning from his vacation yesterday was to give permission to the Committee to solicit contributions personally within the College Houses and dormitories...
...Friday, Provost Buck gave his permission to the Committee to solicit the College faculty through the University Mail Service, and it is hoped that the entire faculty of the University may be added to this mailing list to reach a total of about 2,000 possible contributors...
...first time since 1939 the University has granted an organization permission to solicit funds on a door-to-door basis. The circumstances underlying this situation are so obvious that they require little explanation. The case, simply stated, is that students in European universities are starving; students in this country enjoy, comparatively speaking, a superabundance of the necessities of life. Therefore it is only right that we should help those in need...