-w- ~- - --- -~ -~ ___________ ____________________________________________ - -rn-rn .4 . .aa .5. ~.7-i*~.j~ '4 ~ Z..~ .b~ --------------------------------'.------- _________________ U ~ - , . - - - - - - - ---.. - ----.-________________________ I r -------- ~- Contributions To Red Cross I Are Moutin Mounting Residents of Four Women's I Dorms Have Donated 100%; Coed Quota Almost Reached The results from the campus wo- men's Red Cross drive already show that a total of $1,834 has been de- posited with the local chapter of the Red Cross. The quota for Michigan women which must be reached by Wednes- day is $2,500, of which $666 is lacking, and the returns from all of the dor- mitories, sororities, and league houses are not yet in. According to Miss McCormick, social director of the League, this is an excellent record, "The women are responding very well, and we should be able to fill our quota." Leading the contributions in the dormitory group are Stockwell Hall, Mosher Hall, Madison House, and University House with' 100% of the residents contributing. Stockwell contributed a total of $411, the others $250, $42, $14 respectively. Alumnae House follows with 87%, and Betsy Barbour House with 74%. Only par- tial returns are available from Jordan Hall and Martha Cook. Helen New- berry and Couzens Hall have not yet turied in any report. According to Miss McCormick, all of the sororities that have turned in reports have contributed 100% to the drive. Collegiate Sorosis has contrib- uted a total of $224. The others in the order of their contributions are Delta Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, Al- pha Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, Kappa Delta, and Alpha Xi Delta. Seven.sororities have not turned in their reports. The reports of Jellema, Keusch, Hunt, Freeman, Pray, Rock, J. C. Wilson, Austin and Magincalda League Houses indicate that these houses are cooperating 100%. Houses Plan Affairs Two houses have planned activities for today. Allen Rumsey and Wenley House will hold a dance from 9 p.m. to midnight today, which will be chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Ostafin, and Mrs. Burton and Mrs. E. K. Herdman, housemothers. Collegiate Sorosis will hold a tea from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. today.. I- N Stunt Night Will Be Held Juniors Will Present Program For Senior Women Wednesday Stunts, skits, and traditional cere- monies will be the feature attractions of Junior Stunt Night, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre for the benefit of senior women. The juniors will present a series of stunts, and skits from last year's JGP will be given by the senior women. Dean Alice Lloyd, assisted by her staff, will render her version of "Car- men," and Dr. Margaret Bell and Miss Hope Hartwig will provide an- other unique performance. Dr. Bell will do a solo dance in one part of the program. Other details will not be revealed until the evening of the show. Permission has been given to the junior women to hold this traditional affair because it is to be a benefit performance for Chinese relief this year. Dorothy Darnell, Nancy Upson, Kay Claason and Ihla Smith will be in charge of skits, Rae Larson has charge of the dancing, and Lucy Chase Wright will be responsible for the choruses. One of the traditional affairs that has been held every year is the wish- ing well. Non-engaged women must drop a penny into the wishing well for every year they have been unen- gaged. Engaged women will be re- quired to eat lemons, and married women will blow out the flames of candles. The senior women will be garbed in caps and gowns, and are urged to obtain them sometime this week from Moe's Sport Shop. The caps and gowns were previously rented at the League, but the practice has been abolished this year. The performance is open to all wo- men on campus. Tr Delts Are Tops In Bandage Rolling The winner in the surgical dress- ings "contest" for last week is Delta Delta Delta. Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Epsilon Phi, and Betsy Bar- bour are especially invited to attend today. Next Thursday one of the houses of this group will receive recognition for having been the best participant of the week. flv Sweet 6Oe Ceera By NANCY GROBERG Sometthnhg'has to be done about Brooklyn. It's getting to the point now where someone from Brooklyn isn't even safe in Manhattan. Certain New York department stores in particular have it in for Brooklynites-they must train their salesgirls to raise their eyebrows like that when, upon asking for your address, they learn the inevitable truth. Well, anyhow, if people from Brooklyn can't feel safe within the limits of their own city, imagine how they must feel out here, confronted by the firm Midwestern attitude. It is to make conditions less dangerous for the Michigan student who must write Brooklyn down on all the records that I here strive. I'm going to do my best-but I know how much it will help. Some Say -'lottul!' Maybe we should start with something simple like "Brooklyn is a place in New York!' No, that won't do-Let's say that Brooklyn is one of New York's five boroughs and leave it at that. Now with this fundamental fact established we can become more confusing-like Brooklyn. Contrary to popular -opinion, Brooklynites do not say "toity-toid" for thirty-third or "woild" for world or "goil" for girl. They say "thayty-thayd" for thirty- third and "wayld" for world and "gayl" for girl. There is a Ine distinction there which must not be overlooked. (Imagine how confu .mg it would be if everyone thought that "ay" sounded lil-e "oi" and vice-versa). My friends tell me that you can track a Brooklynite down by his double "t"-it's always glottal. What they mean is that I say "bottul" for bottle, whereas they say "boddle." Well, it hardly seems fair to blame Brooklyn just because its mispronunciation disagrees with their mis- pronunciation. Besides,'Brooklyn wouldn't be Brooklyn if -people didn't say "bottul." I had a Latin teacher once-in high school-who used to speak in the same poisonous tones about "the natives" as we do when we mention the people who get "E" in Hygiene 101. By "the natives", of course, he meant us-the Dddger fans, the glottal t'ers, the r-dropping, r-adding Brooklyr'tes. Of course, by the time a child reaches high school in Brooklyn, he b s be- come calloused to that sort of thing-so we let him live. But I don't think he would have lasted very long in the Bronx. Where O0il-Is 'Er' Well, it's luite a place-country and city all mixed up* into Brooklyn. One minute, maybe sitting on the porch some spring evening, you refuse to believe that New York City proper is only a half hour away by subway. Then the Brooklyn College night school crowd gets out and you believe it again. If circumstances really demanded it you could probably divide Brooklyn up into a fixed number of crowds. (Please note: I said crowds not gangs.) There's the Crown Heights crowd (sometimes known as the Eastern Park- way crowd), the Bay Ridge crowd, the Flatbush crowd. You might also divide Brooklyn up in terms of recreational activities. There's the mah-jong division, the bridge division, the poker division, and lately, the run -around-getting-yourself-involved-in-defense-activities divi- sion. I might add that,'membership in one division does not exclude you from membership in any of the others. About once in the course of every year a Brooklynite commits the un- pardonable sin and moves to New York. This process is usually brought about by the uplifted eyebrows in department stores which I mentioned before. Sometimes, however, there is another reason, like "John's business, you know," or Tommy's flunking out of every high school in Brooklyn. If the latter is the one, no definite excuses need be given because everyone knows anyway. Well, there it is-I know it won't help. My friends will still go on ex- ploiting my glottal t's, and people will still laugh at the sure thing in the movies-a crack about Brooklyn. I don't care-I seen my duty, etc., etc., etc. Just one last joint, though-As far as we know, and according to au- thorities, Brooklyn will not secede from the Union. War N urses 11 Badly Needed Education Program Speeded Up To Prepare Students for Duty There are approximately 1,300 schools of nursing In the United States, and more than ninety per cent of these are still owned and op- erated by hospitals. The others, known as "collegiate schools," have various kinds of connections with colleges and universities. Nursing education is young as com- pared with professional education in other fields such as medicine and law, and until recent y has been cen- tered in hospitais, en -;irely outside of the national system f education. Nurses Urgently Needed According to the modern concep- tion of professional education, the majority of nursing schools have not yet attained full professional status, yet about 80 nursing education pr- grams leading to degrees are now re- ported, and these numbers are always increasing. Because of the urgent need for nurses, the programs of many nurs- ing schools are being accelerated so that, if necessary, their students may be 'ready for service in military hos- pitals in this country or for civilian service, in less than the usual three years' time. Like College Life However, life in nursing school is not unlike life in college. The first four to six months in nursing school constitute the pre-clinical period dur- ing which time the schedule is made up largely of lectures, laboratory work, demonstrations and periods of practicing nursing procedures. Social activities arepan important part Of the general program in all good schools of nursing and are given responsible direction either by the director of the nurses' residence, who corresponds to the house mother of a college dormitory, or by a social director. 7&eddi rigs cNand ,* &igagements Mr. and Mrs. Hyman J. Teller of Forest Hills, N.Y., have announced the recent marriage of their daugh- ter, Marjorie, '42, to Lieut. (J.G.) Alexander Singer, U.S.N.R., in San Francisco, Calif. Miss Telle'r was a member of Athe- na, worked on Theatre Arts and held a junior position on the editorial staff of the Michiganensian. She Was af- filiated with Alpha Epsilon Phi. Dr. and Mrs. Earl W. May of De- troit have recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Carol, '44, to Pell Hollingshead, son of Dr. and Mrs. George G. Hollingshead of Montclair, N.J. Miss May is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She has partici- pated in sophomore and junior pro- jects. Mr. Hollingshead is agraduate of Wesleyan College where he was affiliated with Delta Kappa Epsilon. He received his law degree from the University last semester. I Sorority Women Are Respondin To 'Take Soldier to Panhel Ball' By CAROL COTHRAN "Take a soldier to Panhell Ball" is a suggestion that is motivating a re-! sounding response from sorority wo- men on campus, for no less than 100 coeds have signed up to treat the same number of men in uniform to their annual formal, announces Mary Lee Grossman. '45, publicity chair- man for the Ball Committee. The Ball, scheduled for Saturday. March 27, will donate its proceeds to defense drives, and the women who are taking soldiers stationed on cam- pus are contributing directly to the dance project. Miss Grossman adds that the ma- jority of the women who are signed up feel not only that they will enjoy the dance, but also that they will be giving to sources that will help their own men in the armed forces. A date bureau, headed by Peggy Ross, '43, provides the means for ar- ranging the dates with soldiers on campus. A list is available at the League for women to sign their names and state their heights and a similar list is posted for the men in the bar- racks. The bureau then compares the lists and matches are made according to the heights of the persons as stated. But the bureau's job does not stop there. Coke dates are arranged so that the "matches" may meet and plan beforehand for their date on March 27. Women who want to join the ranks of those who are already signed to accompany men in uniform to the Ball should get in touch with Miss Ross as soon as possible. The Ball will feature the music of Leroy Smith, colored orchestra leader and violinist who has played for other dance events on campus in the past. Door prizes will be offered in the form of war stamp books in $10, $8 and $5 denominations. In keeping further with the all- out-for-defense project, there will be no decorations or programs at the dance. And, as customary at past Panhellenic Balls, there will be no corsages worn this year. ( - r .V- k-7 corsages worn this year. ~- ij~AleA CaAAUer That's her Hadley sweater- her proudest possession, all- American knitting Rich, heavy imported cashmere, to keep you snug and beautiful. White, blue, pink. tlol ( I SHORT SLEEVED SLIPOVERS, 8.95 LONG, 9.95-10.95 CARDIGAN, 10.95-11.95 OW Women War Workers Design Protective Hats By The Ass"ciated Press Spring chapeaux, the popular ones, in Detroit this year will be minus bows, birds, ribbons and veils. At least that is what the city's war working gsas want. Women war *orkers, 5,500 of them at the Ford Highland Park plant are now in the throes of a hat designing contest. So* far, they contend, there is nothing on the market in the line of attractive protective headgear-it seems that top- notch milliners have been designing smart but impractical hats up to now. - "Girls get their hair caught in ma- chinery for lack of protective head- gear," Molly Eisenstat, chairman of the woman's division, United Auto- mobile Workers (CIO) Local 400, said. "Our hat must not have any frills, bows, or: visors-4hey're dan- gerous-but-it must be attractive too, for after all we're only human." Turbans, about the best to turn up yet, are not favored by many because they are too severe, according to, Molly. Also, if- the turban is the wind-up type, she said, the ends may become loose - and get caught in a machine. One idea already submitted was Navy Nurses Tell Fish Story WITH THE UNITED STATES FLEET, South Pacific- (A)- On the beach between battles the Navy nurs- es from a hospital ship get a kick out of introducing three of their party- Nurses Pike, Herring and Troutman. "What better names for seagoing nurses?" they ask. The nurses-on the beach as guests of the warship officers-are cheerful despite the fact that their jobs are about as grim a business as the war produces. They swim in the surf and partake heartily of the steak sandwiches and other refreshments prepared by mess boys. They say it is a big treat after the hard work and limited recreation aboard the hospital ship. The ship-gleaming white, except for one green stripe and red crosses on sides and stack-has carried many loads of wounded from the sea and land battles of the South Pacific to island base hospitals. that of a helmet type hat, properly ventilated and made of light weight material with a dash of color. The contest grew out of a style show meeting attended by represen- tative factory workers and called by Molly to get an idea of what the girls actually want for a work uni- form. III Sma''rt Girls Wear These 'Round the Clock' DASH- Spirited New Spring Colors "SM I LEAGE"* Rayon Stockings SNAP . . . a spirited blush beige. DASH . . . a spirited sun/an. Lovely to look at colors in these new im- proved, lovely to wear stockings. The "Smileagc" feet are cotton plaited for comfort, longer wear, and to absorb perspiration. The "Jewel" 'twist and finish give beauty with a purpose. In proportioned sizes 8% to 11. 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