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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942

T E MICUIG AN D A I L Y

Margaret

Jhling

Will

Head

Defense

Activities

Of

League

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New Chairman
To Supervise
Cooperation
First Enterprise Of Position
Is To File Enrollment Cards;
Committee To Be Organized
Heading the League's cooperation
with all-campus defense activities
will be Margaret Ihling, '43, whose
appointment has been announced by
Jane Baits, '42, president of Judici-
ary Council.
This position automatically carries!
with it membership on Dean Lloyd's
Civilian Defense Committee. It will
not only be the center of defense
activties at the League, but assist in
such campus enterprises as the sale
of defense stamps and enrollment in
physical fitness courses.
Will Classify Cards
Miss Ihling's first job will be to
classify and file volunteer enrollment!
cards which have been turned in at
the League. Cards will be filed ac-
cording to first choice listed in work
classification, and the times avail-
able. Second and third choices, as
well as the enrollee's capabilities will
also be a part of the record.
Any organized civilian defense
group in Ann Arbor which needs
assistance for a local project will be
referred to the records. There theyI
can find all information concerning,
University women who have expressed
an interest in helping defense.
To Organize Committee
Miss Ihling will soon organize s,
committee which will be in charge of
enrollment in civilian defense courses
to be given at the League. Classes
will include instruction by special-
ists in such subjects as first aid, child
care and motor mechanics.
The newly appointed League de-
fense chairman is a member of Oam-!
ma Phi Beta. She has worked on
the publicity committee for Fresh-
man Project, and was decorations
chairman for Sophomore Cabaret.

'Weddings
c"and .
Engagements
Katherine Jane Kennedy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Buy C. Kennedy of
Ypsilanti, and Ensign Ward Com-
stock Dunlap of Pontiac, were mar-
ried Sunday in St. Luke's Episcopal
Church at Ypsilanti. The Rev. Regi-
nald T. Appleyard read the service,
which was followed by a reception in
Charles VcKenny Hall for approxi-
mately 150 guests.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap are
graduates of Michigan State Normal
College, and Mr. Dunlap took grad-
uate work at the University.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Golden of
Azalia, formerly of Ann Arbor, have
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Kathern, to Clarence E..
Eldridge, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Eldridge of New Rochelle,
N. Y. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Both are graduates of the Uni-
versity, Mr. Eldridge holding de-
grees from the Literary College and
Law School. He is a member of Phi
Kappa Sigma fraternity and Phi
Alpha Delta, law fraternity.
Wedding vows were exchanged by
Elizabeth Anne Schacht, daughter of
Mrs. Carl Schacht of Erie, Pa,, and
the late Mr. Schacht, and Richard
E. Guthrie, '42, son of Mr. and Mrs.
V. C. Guthrie of Erie, at a quiet
ceremony which took place at 2 p.m.
yesterday at the home of Prof. and
Mrs. Stephen S. Attwood.
Miss Schacht chose a white win-
ter wool dress for the occasion, with
a corsage of Rubrum lilies. The cou-
ple stood before a mantel decorated
with daffodils, iris, and acacia, as
Dr. Charles Brashares, pastor of the
Ann Arbor Methodist church, read
the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie
will reside at 208 N. Division Street
after Feb. 1.

All Out For Defens

e

11

Opening Of Old
Fairy Tale Play
Is Tomorrow
Chil'dren's Theatre To Present
'The Princess And Swineherd'
As Third Play Of This Season
Third of this season's series of
Children's Theatre presentations will
open tomorrow at the Lydia Mendels-
sohn Theatre with the first perform-
ance of "The Princess and the Swine-
herd," an adaptation by Gwendolyn
Seiler of an old fairy tale.
The play, a three act version of the
story of a princess royal who falls in
love with a swineherd who is, in
turn a prince in disguise, will include
a large number of Ann Arbor school
children taking the junior parts and
appearing in the group scenes.
Jim Bob Stevenson, '43, will play
the part of the king in the tale, and
the role of his wife will be taken by
Maida Steinberg, '45. The princess
will be played by Nancy Cory, a
high school student.
Scott Lowe, Grad., will undertake
the role of the swineherd; Philene
Crouch, '43, will be the First Lady,
and Ruth Ann Engel, '42, will be
I the Town Crier.
The part of Jeans will be taken by
Nate Bryant, '43, and Marcia Zim-
mermnn, '44, Marian Mumford, Grad.,
I and Lorraine Schwab, '42, will be the
Royal Auditors.
The disappointed suitors are Bart
Grimes, Dick Gauss and Dick Fitz-
gerald; the sentries are John Hath-
away and Dick Hager. Andy Walsh
will appear as both the Gardener and
the Boxer.

Two On The Aisle
For JGP
A drive to collect dues from every#
woman in the Junior class will be or-
ganized and carried out this week
under the direction of Eleanor Rake-
straw, '43, chairman of finance for
JGP, assisted by the members of hert
committee.
All women who are members of
the Junior class are asked to turn in
their dues as soon as possible to com-;
mittee members who will be in charge!
of contacting every sorority, dormi-I
tory and League house on campus.
Only those women who have paidJ
their class dues will be eligible to
participate on any of the various<
committees involved in the produc-
tion or in the cast of this year's Jun-j
ior Girls' Play, the central committee,
under the general chairmanship of
Mary Lou Ewing, has announced.
Dues must therefore be paid at the'
time of tryouts or at the beginning
of next semester, if not before. '
Members of the finance committee
in charge of collecting Junior class
dues are: Dorothy Schloss, for Betsy
Barbour House and Helen Newberry
Residence; Helen Holiday, and Mar-
jorie Green, assisting her, Mosher
Hall; Frances Hall, assisted by Con-
nie Gilbertson, Stockwell Hall and
Jordan Hall.
Betty Erdman, Elaine Richert,
Jane Graham, and Betty Ann Neal
will collect for the League houses.
Collecting from the Ann Arbor In-
dependents will be Joanna Penoyar.
Committee members are responsible
for their respective houses.
Libraries Exhibiting
Old Chinese Prints
And Historical Maps
Exhibits of interest to students are
at present on display at two campus
libraries, representing both historical
and artistic collections.,
First floor display cases at the gen-
eral library contain Chinese prints.
These are from the William Rockhill
Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City,
Mo., and show the painstaking work
done in the ancient Oriental style un-
tainted by the influence of western
culture.
Appropriate to the William Clem-
ents Library, famous for its histori-
cal documents, is the exhibit now on
display there. It consists of original
maps and manuscripts from the Brit-
ish headquarters of archives during
the American Revolution.

Unusual Occupation For Women
Is Post Of Trade Commissioner

By BARBARA DeFRIES 1r
While there may be a dearth of1
activity surrounding the post of For- I
eign Trade Commissioner as far as
some countries are concerned now'
it is bound to be an active field later l
with the closer economic collabora-
tion which is sure to follow the war.
A Trade Commissioner is an offi-
cer of the United States Department
of Commerce stationed in a foreign
country and an official of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
It may sound like a lot of title and
responsibility to bestow upon a wom-
an but actually feminine trade com-
missioners are quite an accepted
fact.
Duties Explained
According to Elizabeth Hume, For-
eign Trade Commissioner at Rome,
Italy, the primary duties of such a
commissioner are the gathering, as-
sembling and presenting of iiforma-
tion on the industries and commerce
of the country in which she is sta-
tioned, in such a form that it will be
of practical help to American manu-
factors who want to sell goods on
that particular market.
At posts where there are more
than one Trade Commissioner, each
reports on certain specified commod-
ities. While details of the work vary
from one post to another, in general
the commissioner reports and ren-
ders any service demanded by Amer-
ican business.
Writes Articles
In addition the commissioner
writes descriptive articles of eco-
nomic and trade conditions so that
anyone wanting to study market
possibilities for a given commodity
may use them as a background.
Material for these articles are for
the most part gathered from personal
investigations which involve wide ac-
quaintance with government offi-
cials, business men and industrialists
of the particular country.
"The job of a Trade Commissioner
is not a woman's job in the sense
that it is work done for or with wom-
en or in any way connected with eco-
Tea Will Be Today
A tea will be held today, at 4 p.m.
in the International Center. This tea
is being sponsored by the foreign stu-
dents. All interested in the work of
the Center are invited to attend.

nomic problems peculiarly affecting
women," Miss Hume said. "The ca-
reer of Trade Commissioner carries
with it duties and the fact that a
particular commissioner happens to
be a woman is in no way important
in the work."
Qualifications Listed
Qualifications for such a career
involve a good general education with
practical experience in business,
technical experience in any line of
business-shipping, banking, export-
ing, etc.-economics, commercial ge-
ography, problems of international
trade and a knowledge of factors in-
volved in our foreign trade. Also it
is of the utmost importance to have
command of at least one foreign
language.
Miss Hume feels that the best age
for a woman wishing to go into for-
eign trade work is between 30 and 45
years. She must be accustomed to
foreign travel, must have a pleasing
personality and must be able to meet
people of foreign nationality cor-
dially and understandingly. Above
all, she must be cheerful and self-
reliant and must be capable of
adopting herself to strange modes of
life.
While Miss Hume readily admits
that foreign trade offers an attrac-
tive career, it is not suited to every
woman, even if she has the training
and mental ability. "The young
woman who undertakes it must be
prepared to live a life of comparative
loneliness, separated from family
and friends-among strangers."
BLUE BIRD
HAIR SHOP
No. 5 Nickels Arcade
Phone 9616
Call for Ika - she specializes in
giving children's permanents.
$2.50 and up
75c for SHAMPOO and WAVE
throughout the week..
Blue Bird Hair Shop is managed by
Mrs. DiMattia, owner of Hollywood
Salon.

Official Civilian Defense Uniform
Is Appropriate~ Fo pigSi

Skin Infections Are Analyzed;
Suggestions Given For Cures

By ALICE FRETZ
Health Service dermatologists have
a word to say about "that school-
girl complexion."
The biggest skin problem in the
University is acne from which 25 to
30 per cent of the women and about
40 per cent of the men suffer upon
coming in as freshmen. Dermatolo-
gists do not know the exact cause of
this, but it is conjectured that the
internal secretion glands which are
particularly active at adolescence fail
to work properly, causing eruptions,
on the face and back.
The disorder itself is not harmful,
according to Dr. Warren E. Forsythe,
director of the Health Service, "but
the effect that a marred face has
on a senstitive adolescent's person-
ality and happiness is."
Treatment Suggested
The treatment then, not only in-
cludes a high standard of cleanliness,
a diet which cuts out sweets and
starches and external applications
prescribed by the doctor, but a little
psychology of "holding the fort until
you get over it." For most acne dis-
appears with time. Medical opinion
also holds that commercial concoc-
tions are of little or no value. "The
best promotion of healthy skin is
from the inside," Dr. Forsythe re-
minds.
Next to acne in general prevalence
is athletes foot, being found in 15
per cent of women and 50 per cent of
University men. You may have
heard some wild rumors about people
who had to have their feet amputated
because of this disease, but these ru-
mors are completely false. Annoy-
ing though athlete's foot, or ring-
worm, may be, and as much as the
unfortunate sufferer may wish he
had his feet removed, no such situ-

ation exists. It's true that this dis-
ease caused by a fungus may never
be 6 completely cured, however, and
that treatment is very unsatisfac-
tory. The main thing seems to be
to keep the infected areas dry with
astringents.
Boils Analyzed
Boils are another common annoy-
ance to young people-3 per cent of
last year's incoming freshmen were.
afflicted. It seems that when one's
resistance is lowered a staphylococ-
cus germ around the hair roots causes
this painful eruption. More com-
mon when men wore choker collars,
boils are now the bane of athletes,
because of dirty towels and hard rub-
bing. The best treatment is to let
nature take its course.
The mention of the seven year's
itch, which is not particularly wide-
spread right now is apt to bring a
weary look to the eyes of skin doc-
tors. This disease, caused by an
animal parasite, the female of which
burrows into the skin and lays eggs,
was three times as widespread after
the last war as it was before. Doc-
tors went to work and had just suc-
ceeded in reducing it to its normal
status a few years ago. And then
Hitler came along with another war.
Hair on the face for women and
lack of it for men, is just one of
life's little heartaches that you can't
do much about according to Dr. For-
sythe. Like acne, this affliction has
a harmful effect on a person's ap-
pearance and is caused by faulty
functioning of internal secretion
glands in developing sex character-
istics. Because of this women some-
times have the masculine character-
istic of superfluous hair and men
have feminine tendencies to hairless-
ness.

If you're in a quandary as to what
to spend the spring clothes budget
on-a defense uniform or a suit-
your worries are over.
The slim, smart Official Civilian
Defense Outdoor uniform is the ap-
proved defense uniform and it may
easily serve as a spring suit entirely
in keeping with the military spirit
and also that army man's idea of
what the well-dressed woman should
wear.
Smartly , tailored, this suit of de-
fense blue gabardine is just the ticket
for those of you who plan to play
your part in the defense program as
an air raid warden or a clerical
worker. Smart looking air raid war-
dens will certainly keep up the mor-
ale and you'll have them talking
down at the office about your effi-
cient-looking outfit.
You can't forget the all-important

accessories. The jaunty, matching
blue cap perched over one eyebrow
is a must. An essential to the utmost
efficiency in performing your duties
is a flashlight plus a flashlight belt.
Even the well-dressed defense worker
needs jewelry to accentuate her cos-
tume and a gold or silver identifi-
cation bracelet serves the purpose
excellently.
A word of caution about wearing
these uniforms: the official defense
uniform is not to be worn unless the
required course in civilian defense
training has been completed. So,
sign up for these courses and spring
out in this smart uniform so in keep-
ing with this country's all-out prep-
aration for war. Courses now being
offered at the League offer training
for civilian defense.

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