Activities of the Friends
Finances

As announced in the spring, the November issue rather than
the May issue of Columns will from now on regularly contain the
annual statement as to the amount which has been contributed by
the Etiends during the twelve-month period ending on March 31.
This shift was necessitated by reason of our having moved back
into March the deadline for the May issue in order that the latter
might reach our members before they departed on their vacations.

During the period from April i, 1959, to March 31, i960,
$7,407.67 in unrestricted funds and $5,280.38 for specified pur¬
poses were received, making a total of $12,688.05. The total cash
gifts from the Friends over the past nine years now amount to
$160,810.81.

The comparative figures for contributions by our members
during the past years are indicated in the following table.
 


 

Cash Gifts
 


 


 

Book and
 

Total
 


 


 

For special
 


 

manuscript
 

value
 


 

Unrestricted
 

purposes
 

Total
 

gifts
 

of gifts
 

1950-52*
 

$4,348.00
 

$41.00
 

$4,389.00
 

$2,515.00
 

$6,904.00
 

"952-53
 

4,42 3.00
 

4,132.98
 

8,555.98
 

43,653.00
 

52,208.98
 

1953-54
 

3,166.00
 

13,223.50
 

16,389.50
 

53,643.00
 

70,032.50
 

■954-55
 

2,413.00
 

29,930.00
 

32,343.00
 

15,251.00
 

47,594.00
 

1955-56
 

4,470.50
 

13,977.00
 

18,447.50* •
 

22,380.80
 

40,828.30^
 

■95<i-57
 

3,755.00
 

28,974.96
 

32,729.96
 

17,936.85
 

50,666.81
 

1957-58
 

5,463.50
 

I5477-12
 

20,940.62
 

67,791.09
 

88,731.71
 

1958-59
 

5,516.20
 

8,811.00
 

14,327.20
 

13,299.25
 

27,626.45
 

1959-60
 

7,407.67
 

5,280.38
 

12,688.05
 

36,980.25
 

49,668.30
 


 

$40,962.87
 

$119,847.94
 

$160,810.81
 

$273,450.24
 

§434,261.05
 

* December 1950-March, 1952. Subsequent years begin April i and end March
31. As of March 31, our association had 374 members.

** Corrected figures.
 

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