Our appeal, then, is for responsible candidates for high office, and for volunteers in the work of maintaining interest and lending literary aid. We know that executive energy and enthusiasm tend to be more abundant in the Goth than in the Greek; that those best qualified to serve are generally least moved by political ambition. But we are sure that the needs of our society should arouse enough sense of duty among its cultivated membership to draw to the front a new generation of leaders. We ask for new presidential and editorial candidates who are prepared to serve faithfully and independently if elected; for new critics and recruiters who understand our traditions and are willing to expend energy in upholding and diffusing them. Shall 1921 bring them to light?
—H. P. Lovecraft
Official Organ Fund
RECEIPTS
| Woodbee Press Club | $25.00 |
| From Treasurer, up to October 15 | 23.00 |
| Susan Nelson Furgerson | 6.00 |
| Jonathan E. Hoag | 5.00 |
| Verna McGeoch (for each issue) | 5.00 |
| Howard R. Conover | 3.00 |
| Victor O. Schwab | 3.00 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Fritter (for each issue) | 2.00 |
| Rev. Eugene B. Kuntz | 1.50 |
| Anne Tillery Renshaw | 1.50 |
| Anonymous | .25 |
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One dollar each: Margaret Abraham, Agnes R. Arnold, Elizabeth Barnhart, Grace M. Bromley, Mary Faye Durr, Alice M. Hamlet, Hester Harper. | |
| Total on hand, November 6, 1920 | $82.25 |
REMARKS
The doubling of printing rates makes large contributions imperative if the Organ is to approach its customary standard. Acknowledgments are due the Woodbee Press Club for its exceedingly generous contribution, and ex-Editor Renshaw for the mailing of an appeal which has proved most effective in the campaign for funds. Emulation of the Woodbees' generosity by other clubs would save a situation which is very threatening.
H. P. Lovecraft,
Custodian.