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One of the most practical charities carried on by Phillips Brooks House is the distributing of old clothing and used books to individuals who are in need of such things. This year the better articles of clothing are to be sent over to the destitute inhabitants of Northern France.
As before, any text-books which men have no further use for will be placed in the loan library and students will be allowed to borrow any one of the books for five cents a year.
Nearly every college room contains a dozen or more dust covered study books which the owner has forgotten about. If all these owners of superfluous books and clothes will remember that the collectors make their rounds today, they will be able to make useless possessions serve some actual good.
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