PBH Will Direct Blood, Clothing, Books Collection Throughout Week

The Phillips Brooks House blood drive, the largest of its kind in New England, begins Monday at 11:30 a.m. in Memorial Hall. The campaign will last until Friday.

A second P.B.H. project, the clothing and books a drive, will also extend over the same period.

With 2510 pinis of blood pledged, 500 more than last fall, P.B.H. President Douglas W. Hunt '55 expects the drive to be one of the most successful in several years.

"This year we have been more careful in accepting pledges," he explained. "We tried to accept only those who we thought would actually give blood, and not those who signed up just to get rid of us."

In addition, the Red Cross has taken students' schedules into account more carefully, and has attempted to arrange appointments that do not conflict with classes.

This year, in an effort to obtain more clothing and book contributions, P.B.H. volunteers will canvass every room in the College. "This move should insure the success of the drive," Hunt said. Previously, students were asked to bring donations to baskets outside the dining rooms.

Last year's drive enabled P.B.H. to send 28 boxes of clothes, weighing one-half ton, and 1025 books to Korea. In addition, the organization distributed 520 books to various prisons in the United States.