THE JUSTIFIABLE APPEAL

The Student Friendship drive for funds opens briskly tonight. It has to be brisk, for the four thousand dollar quota must be collected in four days. No introduction is needed: it is a cause particularly appealing to American universities and Harvard has promised to do its share.

Every member of the University--undergraduate, graduate, and instructor--must be aware that his contribution is needed. Last year the burden of the drive rested mainly on the shoulders of the undergraduate, or rather on only 70 per cent on the undergraduates. This year there is no time for extended publicity and tearful editorial appeals. The collectors will do their part. Beyond that nothing can be done. The generosity of the individual can not be coerced, however much it is needed. The help of those whom the collectors are unable to approach is especially solicited. The time is short. The quota is small. The need is great.