The War Relief Drive was initiated with the intention of grouping all the possible emergency drives into one. The $1484.77 collected may have been more or less than would have been collected by the separate organizations operating individual drives, but in any case it is far less than the undergraduate body could afford to contribute.

Therefore, I would recommend that our policy toward emergency drives be altered somewhat, as described in the next section.

Recommendations of the Retiring Treasurer

1) That all possible efforts be made (along the lines suggested) to make it

2. That the treasurer, so far as he can, exercise a little tighter control over the miscellaneous expenses of the Council. If the various committees that are printing posters, mimeographing reports, etc. get his approval before placing their orders, he, being familiar with our past expenses, may be able to suggest the probable amounts needed and the best place to order.

3. As for the method of collection of pledges. From the success of the Yale Budget drive it seemed that an intensive door-to-door canvass in the middle of October, backed by considerable publicity in the CRIMSON, might be the best sort of drive, but because of the difficulties that might arise from a sudden switch from the present method, the following compromise was suggested by Gene Keith, and I would recommend that it be adopted for next year. The regular pledges and collections will be made in Memorial Hall preceded by a sizeable article in the registration issue of the Crimson which will inform the Freshmen and some of the upper classmen what they are giving their money for. The article might include pictures of Brooks House activities and section graphs illustrating the distribution of our expenditures, etc. Then in November there would be a door-to-door drive by members of the Council and P.B.H. assitants to collect the uncollected pledges and get those who did not pledge anything to contribute, with accompanying CRIMSON publicity. Lists of scholarships and T.S.E. men might be procured, as at Yale, so that undue pressure would not be put on those who cannot afford to contribute.

4. Throughout the year the treasurer has advocated the policy of excluding all outside drives for charity or War Relief on the grounds that we had promised the undergraduates when collecting their Student Council Pledges that they would not be asked to contribute to other funds, drives, etc. Now I am of the opinion that in such times as these it is impossible to foresee at the begining of the year the possible demands, especially for war relief, and I believe that our drive for funds should be announced with a clear statement that a limited number of emergency drives will be allowed to operate in the College, and I believe that when these drives are made the Student Council and the CRIMSON should give them its full support. I do not know whether the Community Fund should be considered as an emergency cause and allowed to operate drive, but that can be decided by next year's Council. In any case they should get a liberal contribution from the College next year, one way or another, because they were more or less out short this year.  Respectfully submitted,  E.L. Burwell, Treasure