For Whom the Bell Tolls

Charity is a Good Thing; these days it is also conveniently organized. Although most undergraduates do not find much opportunity to give with Biblical sanctity, the Good Thing is certainly made easy for them. Today, to make charity easy, solicitors for the Harvard Combined Charities Drive and the Radcliffe Community Service Committee will begin their canvassing.

The two drives make giving almost painless. Students need only reach reach for their checkbooks or piggy banks; in fact the ease of contributing may detract from the pure virtue of the deed. But on the eventual receiving ends, the hoped-for financial aid is needed and welcome, no matter what the medium of donating. Though undergraduates do not form a very corporate body, students should feel no pique at being canvassed en masse. A concerted drive is the most efficient way of raising funds, and you can name your own recipient of the funds you give--from the Red Cross to the Ubangi Scholarship Appeal. Missing a few flicks at the U.T. or Cissel spectaculars a couple of times is a small enough sacrifice. And even in these days of billion-big sums, the pennies and dollars help.