Recruits Urgently Sought in Roosevelt WAC Campaign
At a Waldorf Astoria event a campaign to form a WAC unit of medical technicians in honor of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was urged. Major General Thomas Terry and Lt. Colonel Trubee Davison spoke as the widow and Civilian Advisory Committee outlined a need for 86,000 nurses and technicians to care for wounded soldiers and support peace efforts.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Thomas Terry
Trubee Davison
WAC
Teddy
New York
America
Collegium Musicum to Hear Secular Medieval Music
The Collegium Musicum meets tonight at 7 30 in the College Parlor. The program features secular Middle Ages pieces including thirteenth century songs, instrumental dances, and motets.
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Collegium Musicum
Courage in UNRRA Aid Efforts Amid Greek Civil Conflict
An interview recounts UNRRA and International Red Cross workers risking gunfire in Athens to deliver medicines and food. A British major in uniform braved ELAS lines daily, two hospitals were evacuated, and a Red Cross nurse was killed during a mission. Trucks moved essential supplies under wary truces as the city endured turmoil.
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International Red Cross
ELAS
Red Cross
Legation
UNRRA
Representative Assembly meets today for Edith Boran report
Edith Boran current War Fund chair will address the Undergraduate association with a concluding financial report for last term. Wigs and Cues finances are to be discussed as the assembly convenes at 12 30 due to a Junior meeting at noon. The group has left the Cairo hotel and is running a welfare office aiding the Red Cross in multiple areas. The speaker serves as office manager coordinating activities, tracking details, and interviewing those seeking help or information.
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Roosevelt
Red Cross
France
D-Day
Normandy
America
Rep Assembly
Representative Assembly
Edith Boran
National War Fund
Wigs
Cues
Cairo
Doughnuts And Refined Camp Life In France
Journal notes describe U S troops in France enjoying doughnuts and warm French hospitality. They describe settling into a central camp, improving facilities with improvised wastebaskets and doughnut cupboards, and the drop in wasps as treats circulate among soldiers and local children.
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Gi’s
Health Week at college promotes exercise and well being
Dolorés Drew reports Ruth Bischoff's Health Committee organizing a Health Week with daily focuses from exercise to sleep and nutrition. Activities include a gym open hour, skin clinic, sleep campaign for Washington’s Birthday, a nutrition day with milk carrots and honey buns, and a spring folk dance and water carnival ahead.
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Health Committee
Dorothy Abbott
Brinckerhoff Theater
Dorm Dietician Charlotte Strickland Retires After 16 Years
After sixteen years of service Miss Charlotte Strickland retires as dietician for the Residence halls this month. She will relocate to Ohio. The Executive Committee funded a radio-phonograph for the dorms, mainly from the dormitory treasury with help from a raffle and donations. Dorm president election is set for February 26, with room drawing March 5 6 and 7.
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Charlotte Strickland
Ohio
Tryouts Continue for French Play at New School
French Club resumes auditions through next week for Les Femmes Savantes. Miss Jacqueline Baumann says the final cast will be announced after the Dramatic Department coach completes selections, with applicants given scripts to practice.
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Les Femmes Savantes
Jacqueline Baumann
The
New School For Social Research
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