has taken the United over ten years to build up. Memories
of 1919 should prove to us the reality of such a danger of sudden
relapse.

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
_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.

THE UNITED AMATEUR JANUARY 1921

OFFICIAL ORGAN FUND

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