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...results of the Harvard United War Work Campaign conducted under the auspices of the Brooks House Association were most satisfactory, for counting the subscriptions made by members of the Faculty, a total of just under $40,000 was collected. The Red Cross Membership Campaign, conducted by T. R. Thayer '21, during the last week before vacation, enrolled 400 as members...
...purpose of this report is to outline the more important activities and the general work of Phillips Brooks House Association during the period in which the retiring cabinet has held office but not in any way to review the more special activities of the Association's special committees and constituent societies, whose work is presented in their respective reports. The question that invariably arises at the end of the year is whether the Brooks House has been as successful as usual; and if the test of success is to be found in the ability to adapt itself to meet...
...held on June 18, and conducted along the same lines as in previous years; about 200 were present. The Hut and Canteen for the Naval Radio School were operated with notable success by the Association under the supervision of A. Beane, the retiring graduate secretary, until August, when the work was taken over by the Y. M. C. A. In addition to this it should be added that Brooks House itself was used as a Hostess House, Information Bureau, and reading and writing room for all men in army or navy uniform until February of this year...
With the opening of College after the Christmas recess the work of the War Cabinet was taken and continued by the Executive Cabinet with the vice-president acting as president in the absence of R. Emmet '19. The first work of the Cabinet was to conduct a brief financial campaign in the University and Graduate Schools. The amount collected in this, together with that of the smaller campaign held last autumn, was $4,690, a total greater than even last year's subscription of $4,346.44. Such results are very gratifying, but one cannot help feeling that, if the number...
What promises to be one of the most prominent activities of the Association was initiated in March in the reorganization of the Harvard Mission in the form of a committee to arouse and maintain interest among the undergraduates and alumni in opportunities for foreign reconstruction work. The project was initiated as a result of the visit of Dr. R. M. Story '08, head of the Y. M. C. A. in Siberia, to Cambridge on March...