The total of donations soared to 315 pints yesterday as the Brooks House emergency blood drive committee wound up its three week whirlwind campaign.
Being leeched above is Nancy Turtle '53, one of the 696 who registered and 416 who appeared.
Fifty of these were rejected for flunking the physical exam or not having permission from their parents. Most of those who didn't show up gave "weakness from hour exams" as their excuse. After the actual blood-letting, the blood jars were packed in dracked ice for half an hour and then sent in pre-cooled chests to the State laboratories in Jamaica Plain.
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