With the closing date only two days away, the text book drive, which is being conducted by the Phillips Brooks House Association, is lagging far behind the expected total.

At a late hour last night only 600 books had been collected, and a total of only 24 out of the 59 collectors had reported any returns at all. Unless the number of books is doubled by the end of the drive the Text Book Loan Library will again be unable to satisfy the ever increasing demands on its resources. A final automobile collection will be made next Friday, when each of the collectors will be visited, and the books which have been gathered in their rooms taken to Phillips Brooks House. Lawrence Coolidge '27, Librarian of the Association, has requested all collectors who expect to be absent from Cambridge before Friday to leave the doors of their rooms unlocked, or to leave the books which have been contributed to them to the janitor in charge of their building.

Books Cost 25 Cents

The Text Book Loan Library was organized several years ago by the Phillips Brooks House Association to enable those men who find the financial burden of buying the numerous text books required for courses in the University too heavy. At a cost of 25 cents, any student may take out a book in the fall and use it for the entire college year. On returning it in the spring he will get 20 cents back again.

The Loan Library has proved very popular. This year over 1200 books were loaned out and the demand far exceeded the supply. The lack of scientific books, especially those on physics and chemistry, was particularly noticeable this year.