JANE ADDAMS, Chicago. ERNEST P. BICKNELL, Washington. ROBERT S. BREWSTER, New York. CHARLES M. CABOT, Boston O. K. CUSHING, San Francisco. EDWARD T. DEVINE, New York. ARTHUR F. ESTABROOK, Boston LEE K. FRANKEL, New York. JOHN M. GLENN, New York. WILLIAM GUGGENHEIM, New York. WILLIAM E. HARMON, New York. WILLIAM J. KERRY, Washington JOSEPH LEE, Boston V. EVERIT MACY, New York. CHARLES D. NORTON, New York. JULIAN W. MACK, Washington SIMON N. PATTEN, Philadelphia JULIUS ROSENWALD, Chicago JACOB A. RIIS, New York GRAHAM TAYLOR, Chicago PAUL M. WARBURG, New York ALFRED T. WHITE, Brooklyn S. W. WOODWARD, Washington FRANK TUCKER, Treasurer ARTHUR F. KELLOGG, Secretary THE NEW SEMESTER With these April numbers, THE SURVEY enters the second volume of the publication year 1912–13. Up to March 31, $13,531 of the $20,000 appealed for as necessary to carry on our educational work was in hand. 553 readers had enlisted as co-operating subscribers, out of the 800 we had set as our year’s goal. * * * * * The caliber of issues and educational work in spring and summer depend on our receipts and pledges for the next six months. Without capital stock or credit, we must pay our bills as we go. If we wait until money is actually in hand, the work of the staff will be cramped from week to week, and opportunities for constructive work will have slipped past. The April magazine number illustrated how we feel the “pinch” in this direction. We had been unable to send a staff man to investigate the West Virginia coal strike. We were obliged to decline an offer of $500 from one of the interested parties to the conflict to pay the expenses of such a staff investigation. * * * * * It is not only in these larger undertakings, but in the every-week craftmanship of issues—appearance, paper, size—that the cramp is felt. If you have not renewed your last year’s contribution, send it now—or send us word. If you have not joined in this co-operative enterprise, now is the time to do it. A BIT OF EVIDENCE From Alexander Johnson, Secretary National Conference of Charities and Correction