Western High School
Victory Book Campaign
FEBRUARY 13, 1942
WESTERNERS GIVE 7000 BOOKS -- LEAD NATION IN VICTORY DRIVE
The students of Western HS lead the schools of the nation in the collection of victory books. In a drive extending little over one week, 7000 books have been collected and sorted, 2000 more than the early hopeful prediction of Dr. Newton. The Board of Education and the directors of the Book Campaign have expressed themselves as astounded and overjoyed at the “most generous response of the students.”
Approximately 1,000 of the books are mysteries. There is a fine assortment and the most recent fiction and nonfiction aqre included in the collection. All are in excellent condition. There is very little useless material. The most popular book is Tom Sawyer. The scholarly students of Section 101 triumphantly produced 1100 books. The books are being sent directly to the distributing center. They were divided into two groups fiction and nonfiction.
They were tied into groups of ten and stickers “bearing the love and loyalty of the boys and girls of the Western High School were then glued on the inside front cover.
