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V-CLUB, AGENTS
Stoughton and Johnson
DUSTY BOOKS
An Appeal
Today is the day for the annual cry "No more speeches!
No more books! No more teacher's, etc." Yet, before
the books are thrown into the corner and completely
forgotten, the Master-in-charge-of-the-Library (he re-~-.:-_.__ _ fuses to answer to Librarian) would like to make a plea
for a worthy cause. The Library of V. E. S. is in need of
a transfusion.
A book is a fairly durable object. Yet, even in our larger public libraries, the wear and tear is greater than is normally supposed. Imagine what the life ex• pectancy of a book in the hands of a teen age fullback must be! The fullback isn't the only miscreant either. The inquisitive thirteen year old chop who wants to find
out how a book is bound by dissecting one is as equally dangerous. Then, too, th~ fellow who gives vent to his emotions by bouncing one of the Library's cherished volumes off the wall can hardly merit approval.
With the "occupational hazards" mentioned above, the life expectancy of our V. E. S. books is not as long as we would like it to be. The school recognizes this fact and endeavors to make allotments for the replenishing of the Library. Occasionally the allotments cannot fulfill the en- tire need. The need is almost extreme at the present
time.
As you probably know, the School renovated its p!ant this past year and as a result of this work the Library tripled its capacity. The Master-in-charge-of-the-Library feels as Mother Hubbard must have felt, for, the cupboard is almost bare.
While the situation is not quite as alarming as the above statements may seem, there is, and always will be, a need for books. By books, we mean books that are of value and interest to teen age boys of 1950. (The library has an excellent selection of novels which were no doubt popular with the spinsters of 1900 but which are not at all interesting to our fullbacks, dissectors, or hotheads.)
The purpose of this article, therefore, is to solicit those books that have been gathering dust these past few years. We all know of those well-intentioned promises to one's self to reread them at some future date, but will that future day ever arrive? Probably not. Why don't you dust them off, wrap them up, and mail them to the
• Library. A book which is never read need not have been • printed.
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