Last night, the Combined Charities Drive began an attempt to reach a goal of $25,000. From the Drive will come the money for the support of Phillips Brooks House and the Student Council to a maximum of $10,000. This sum goes for the Social Service Committee, Council Scholarships, Olbums and Redbooks, the NSA and the Salzburg Seminar.

If you want, you can decide for yourself where your money will go. Eight charities are listed on the solicitation card, including the World Stud net Service Fund, the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross, and the Greater Boston Community Fund. You can also specify at least one dollar for Christmas seals and receive yours prepaid. If, however, none of the listed Charities appeal to you, you may chose whatever you want so long as it is non-denominational.

The council has promised for some time that next year there will be only one drive. This year that promise is made good. Every undergraduate is asked to contribute at least ten dollars, and it is possible to pay in University coupons, chargeable to the term bill. Although this is three dollars more than the amount set last year for the service fund, it comes to three dollars less than the total requested with the spring food relief campaign and the Christmas Seal appeal added in. It is, therefore a bargain in worthy causes deserving full support.