Blood Drive Ends With 1600 Pints; Pusey Aids Cause

An above average collection of 285 pints boosted the total collection to almost 1600 pints as the Phillips Brooks House blood drive ended a five-day campaign yesterday.

President Pusey highlighted the drive by donating blood late in the afternoon.

The final total of 1580 pints fell far short of the 2200 collected last year, but Mrs. Ernest Dietrich, Red Cross supervisor, described the collection as "definitely a success." The Red Cross had set a goal of 1500 pints.

Arthur D. Bloom '56, publicity chairman for the drive, was not as satisfied. The committee had set a 2500-pint goal, and Bloom termed the total merely "satisfactory."

Many Turned Down

About 3100 students from local colleges originally signed up to give blood. Of these, only about 2100 received permission from their parents to donate. For various reasons, about 135 students were not allowed to give blood.

About 67 percent of those who had signed up to give blood actually donated yesterday at Memorial Hall. Bloom called this figure higher than average. A total of 450, had singed to give yesterday.

Mrs. Dietrich said yesterday that the "energy and hard work" of all concerned with the drive had produced better than average results. Bloom-attributed the lack of interest in this year's blood drive campaign, compared to that of previous drives, to the Korean armistice.