THINK ON THESE THINGS,

by Everett MBaker '25 (in collab. with Vivian Pomeroyand Herbert Hitchen), Beacon Press, Boston,19477 PP.

THE TITLE PAGE of this little volume carries these stirring words: "Sources of Courage, Hope, and Faith for Those Serving Their Country." The purpose of the editors is thus set forth. Their method of realizing that purpose is by presenting some seventy-five carefully chosen readings, ancient and modern, grouped under arresting titles, which express in various ways the basic convictions and values upon which American democracy is founded. Every single selection strikes home, yet, for many a reader, the best of all may be the short prayers, two scores of them, which are a fitting close of an excellent anthology. During the seven months after publication, nearly 20,000 copies have reached our soldiers and sailors. It would help in these trying days if the distribution of this booklet might be multiplied a hundred-fold.

HANOVER TOWN MEET IN G—On March 10 townelection day was observed with the customary meetingwhen farmers from Etna and Hanover Center joined withcollege professors and townspeople in Hanover in Ameri-can Democracy's traditional exercise of toivn government.Scenes such as the above represent one of the things thatAmerica is fighting for—preservation of a kind of govern-ment that gives a citizen the right to speak his mind in

town meeting. At left: Prof. Andrew G. Truxal reports tothe meeting as a member of the three-man board of select-men. Center: supervisors of the check list swear that it iscomplete and correct, left to right: Roy Blodgett, townclerk, Harley Camp, Albert Connor, and Prof. William H.Murray. At right: Edgar H. Hunter '01, moderator of theHanover town meeting, and chairman of the New Hamp-shire public service commission.