The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-09-11

call out of a total student body of
| 2,021. No faculty contributions were
accepted. A total of 300 refused to
contribute. Those not reached totaled
$50. A total of 65 students enrolled
as members, giving one dollar each.
A total of 761 gave contributions
amounting to $1O913. Total receipts
amounted to Stab. Expenses
Amounted to $50 leaving a net
amount Of s16943 for the Missoula
chapter of Red Cross. Half of this
was sent to national headquarters.
Annual Roll Call Campus Tradition
The above tabulation is taken from
the summary report for the 1888 stu
dent roll call. Since 1888, the annual
receipts have been between $4,000
and S17500. The same general plan
has been followed. Improvements in
administration have been made each
year. The roll call is a regular stu
dent activity. The outbreak of World
War II has helped to make the prof.
ect real. Students know it is an &C
tivity which will affect many of them
directly.
Student Gets Red Cross Appointment
One of the unique developments of
the first student roll call was the
fact that Peter Murphy, Stevensville,
who served the project as enrolment
director, became a Red Cross field
representative. The project provided
training and even placement for him
He is now in the U. S. army. He is
real friend of the American Red
Cross.
Red Cross in Montana Studied
When the preliminary conference of
Red Cross officials was held in Mis-
soula, a companion project was de-
fined. They were asked about the
activities of Red Cross chapters in
Montana. What were the people of
Montana receiving directly from the
contributions submitted to the 81
chapters? The assistant manager of
the midwestern office agreed to send
to the laboratory all data it had in its
files about Red Cross in Montana for
the last fiscal year if the laboratory
would draft a report for publication.
This was accepted The Red Cross
500 copies of the re-
port and the laboratory distributed
them within the year to people in
most likely to have an in :.
terest in the information. The mid
western office later acknowledged
hat the request for Red Cross activ-
ty information was the first of its
kind from any university
Civic Inertia Revealed
The laboratory wished to issue this
'eport to show what services the vari-
Jus chapters in the state were pro-
riding their contributors directly and
% help standardize the services
throughout the state. Some chapters
excellent programs while
others had quite inadequate programs.
When the study was distributed, the
assistant manager of the midwestern
,ffice was sent to Poland to do war
elief work. Not one Montana chap
er acknowledged receipt of the study.
The administrative possibilities of the
Perhaps this was a typical civic re-
ction. 1t was easier to accept it and
iay or do nothing. This was before
Pearl Harbor.
Project Features Community Service
The value of the Student Red Cross
loll Call project is difficult to assess
ZACH year it helps students, faculty,
lissoula and the national commun-
". 1t renders far-reaching services.
openly supports the idea of COM
lunity service. One student in social
administration sits at the controls
nd directs the project. Individuals
nd groups, challenged to do their bit
,r the community, help. The entire
ampus becomes aware of the activity
nd no individual or group loses any
or dignity by helping.
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