Princeton University was playing Santa Claus last week to its 1,300 students who left the campus to join the U.S. Armed Forces. To each went the offer of a packet of three books (free), to be chosen from a list of 70. Princeton informed its servicemen that the books were "inexpensive editions, chosen for their compactness . . . not . . . Princeton's 'three-inch shelf' of the 'world's best authors.' Some . . . hardly wear a cap and gown. But we think there is good reading, as well as entertainment, among them."
Among the 70 titles: Shakespeare's Complete Works, Tolstoy's...
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