BOSTON BLOOK CENTER ASKS ADDITIONAL HARVARD HELP

With Boston's supply of blood plasma greatly diminished by a Cocoaunt Grove disaster and despite an additional supply being flown in from Washington, the Boston Donor Center has sent out pleas to all Harvard students for additional contributions. So great has been the initial response that appointments cannot be made until the first of next week, but greater and greater donation will be needed as the situation grows more critical.

According to the Center, Harvard students started out in their blood crusade with enthusiasm which has slowly decreased until they now fail to keep their appointments entirely. Last week 19 students didn't appear, leaving vacancies which might have been filled by more willing persons with pints of valuable blood. The Navy has placed its weekly quota at 3000 pints; last week only 2,388 pints were collected, and the weekly average is only 2,800.

To make appointments, students should get in touch with the War Service Committee or the Boston Doner Center, 691 Boylston Street. The office is open daily except Saturdays from 9 o'clock to 8; 30 o'clock. Those student under 21 years of age must have the permission of one parent.

Blood is needed badly by the soldiers, the Center explained, because it staves off shock, coma, and death. The casualties of the Cocoaunt Grove holocaust required a tremendous amount of plasma to revive the injured from the shock brought on by burns and loss of blood.

To stimulate prompter action, the Center sends a special bus to the Navy Yard every, night to collect willing contributors.