Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1943-02-26 | Page 6 | Schools Open Drive to Buy 10,000 Jeeps

Schools Open Drive To Buy 10,000 Jeeps THE little jeep which Is serving so nobly from Guadalcanal to Africa has become the symbol of the gigantic elYorts of miHions of American school children in their War Savings program. Thousands of public, private and parochial schools soon will be displaying dis-playing a certificate of honor from Secretary of tha Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., signifying that they have paid for at least one jeep by buying $900 in War Stamps and Bonds. Countless others will be flying the Schools At War banner awarded to schools with 90 prcent pupil participation par-ticipation in War Savings. Ten thousand jeeps and a hundred hun-dred bombers! This is the new goal of America's schools as 30.000,000 children continue their Schools At War program under the auspices of the Treasury Department and the U. S. Office of Education. Results so far in the program reported re-ported by Dr. Homer W. Anderson, Associate Field Director in charge , ,.,.'.L w" B.ttle Flags of the Schools of the education section of the War Savings Staff, are: lementary 7-Sa-; chases may reacn 5 $300,000,000 for the school year.