BUDGET COMMITTEE MAILS SECOND PLEDGE NOTICES

Because of the lax response to the Student Council for the unpaid amount of its budget, it has become necessary for the Budget Committee to mail second notices this week to the men who have not yet paid their pledges. Scarcely half of the promises to the fund, which were due and payable on November 30, have been fulfilled and unless the rate at which the returns are reaching the committee increases markedly very soon, the organizations supported from the fund will be forced to carry on their activities under severe financial embarrassment.

Of the $12,000 pledged on the subscription blanks given out on registration day, $5000 was collected at that time. Further payments were made when the first set of bills were sent out, but only to a degree very discouraging to the Council. The full amount originally pledged has been allotted to the classes, charities, and other bodies supported from the fund, and no reduction will be possible without seriously handicapping their work.