TIiDT, 'MI~1LC;H 4, k4~1&3 -A -I) A T1Ii~~ 2MTE TIic~ A i~ Ub A Ii V 5 '.~a:4 USA; u~. I I 1, 'Most Coeds Can Donate Blood, D. Bell Predicts Women Are Urged To Register at Once; Plasma Is Vital in Saving Lives at Front 4-. By MARY ANNE OLSON 'I estimate that two-thirds of our women are in sufficiently good con- dition to give blood immediately and periodically at the rate of three times a 'year without jeopardizing their health," said Dr. Margaret Bell of the University Health Service yester- day. This would mean that 2,000 Mich- igan women, giving a pint of blood every four months, could contribute approximately 6,000 pints of blood a year to the Red Cross. Women who are interested in donating blood are urged to register immediately. They must go first to Health Serv- ice to take blood tests and receive a general review. If they meet the re- quirements they will be given a "Blood Donor O.K." card, which must be taken to the League along with a slip showing parental permission (if the student is between 18 and 20 years.) There she can make an ap- pointment to actually donate blodo. Blood Donation Important The importance of blood donation is evident when it is realized that a single pint of blood plasma, as used by the armed forces, has a very good prospect of saving a life, stated Dr. Bell. It may save the life of your brother, father, fiance, husband or friend. Plasma administered on the fight- ing front may enable a man to live* long enough to be transported to a base hospital where he will receive the advantages offered by better equipment. At the base hospital he can be transfused directly and meas- ures taken to secure his hold on life. Standards for Donors Rigid At' the time of donation, the pros- pective donor' must fulfill specific criteria set up by the Red Cross Blood Donors Service. The donor must have a satisfactory medical history, and suitable age, weight, blood pressure and hemoglobin levels. According to Dr. Bell, the experi- ence of Health Service to date with several hundred donors and prospec- tive donors has brought out the fact that relatively few of the women on campus can be considered anemic- and this in spite of the fact that the Health Service program is using a high standard for normal. Health Habits Emphasized' Health Service recommends that the prospective donor must be in perfect health. Therefore after her blood tests have been taken, each candidate is reviewed in regard to recurrent illnesses like colds, pneu- monia, sinusitis, infected teeth and any other complaints the individual may have. Of particular importance are the health habits of the individual, said Dr. Bell. "It is a recognized fact that irregular health habits tend to pro- duce anemia. It is essential that every donor have adequate sleep, a bal- anced diet and a sufficient amount of outdoor activity." This plan, if fol- lowed by all women on campus, would tend to improve their physical status in general, she added. Response Has Been Good When the student's physical well- being has been reviewed and her tests finished, suggestions regarding her living plan are made and where indi- cated she is put on p, suitable therapy until her blood reaches the required level. After a student has given her pint ef blood, she Immediately starts on suitable doses of iron to bring her blood back to normal. Ordinarily it requires two months for the blood to. return to normal, but under iron therapy, blood will usually be back to normal within a month. Dr. Bell stated that Health Service was very pleased with the last re- sponse of the Michigan women and expressed the hope that many of them would become periodic donors, of which there are already over 200. She added, "I have no doublt but that over 90 per cent of our women could be blood donors if they took the mat- ter seriously and lived more sys- tematically." The Rochdale Coperative House will hold an open house from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m, today, Mrs. Fox will chaperon. Costwues To 3e Keynote inThir ' Rec-Rally Friday Recreational Leadership Class Will Utilize New Knowledge As Sports, Game Assistants Key-notes of the Third Rec-Rally, to be held from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday in Barbour and Waterman gyms, will be costumes and more cos- tumes-costume "decorating," avid square dancers, badminton smashers, volley ball players and other gym- nasts. According to Monna Heath, '44, co- chairman of the latest Rec-Rally, the committee in charge of the af- fair has planned to award prizes for the most original and the funniest costumes which will camouflage Rec- Rally goers, and anything from cali- co and gingham to straw and burlap will be appropriate. Another innovation is the addition of a special game room where all sorts of unusual parlor games will be in session. Specific data concerning the activities to be presented have not been released, but advance announce- ments label the room as the "oddity" hall.-, Phoebe Scott, '44, a member of the current recreational leadership class, is co-chairman of the rally along with Miss Heath. Other women from the class, which is offered as part of the physical education de- partment's curriculum, will assist with the various sports and games as a means of exercising the princi- ples and methods learned in their course. In accordance with the last Rec- Rally, square dancing will begin at 9:30 p.m., although sports and games will continue throughout the evening. Mr. Howard Liebee will again sound out the steps for square dancing to the tune of a rhythmic grange or- chestra, the committee reports. Soldiers stationed on campus are invited to attend, their response in the past indicating that they approve of Rec-Rally as much as their civilian cohorts do. A small admission charge will be levied in order to allay the cost of badminton birds, darts and other equipment. Armed Forces Feted by Coeds Women of Michigan have found a new function-that. of entertaining the soldiers who are steadily invading the campus. Yesterday aftern6on and evening, for example, found the girls of Betsy Barbour and Mosher more than reasonably busy with the men in uniform. From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. swarms of met were kept happy in the living room and recreation room of Betsy Barbour House, while unbelieving co- eds fed cookies to them and records to a victrola. They departed at 5 p.m. only because they had to rest up for an evening at Mosher Hall. At Mosher, surrounded by murals and candle-filled wine bottles, (a la French cafe), those same men danced away the hours of the evening in the radio room. To soothe their military stomachs refreshments were once again offered, and for those whose fpet could stand up no longer under the strain of "hup-two-three-four- ing" and cutting the rug in two dormitories, a rest was provided in the way of a piano recital by one of the privates himself. In view of an enjoyable afternoon and evening had by the members of the armed forces-and by our own Michigan women-it seems that this is but the beginning of a long series of flings for the men in uniform. By MARJORIE ROSMARIN The frequent expression, "there is nothing new under the sun," has been disproved by Leroy Smith, fam- ous orchestra leader and violinist who will play at Panhellenic -Ball from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, for Leroy Smith, Providing Music W7AV TS-SPARS For Panhe Ba 1, Has New Style Jt"Iwiisill Allow play a sweet number with all the richness, rhythmic quality and mel- odic appeal of Paul Whiteman. He has developed a bouncing rhythm for dancing, and there are many in- dications that it will establish a new cycle in modern dance rhythms. Made Outstanding Recording One of Leroy Smith's outstanding achievements was his recording for Panhellenic Ball tickets for all women will be on sale from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. starting tomorrow and continuing through Saturday in the lobby of the League. dancing of "Rhapsody In Blue", one of the brilliant works of the late George Gershwin. Paul Whiteman: later adopted this piece as his offi- cial radio theme. It has been said that early in his career, Whiteman studied Smith's musical methods' and, with variations of his own, ap- plied them to his organization. Leroy Smith is a veteran of the air waves, having been featured with his orchestra on many of the coun- try's top-ranking radio programs. He has toured innumerable theatre cir- cuits, as well as being featured in theatres and clubs with many world- famous celebrities. Established Engagement Records His most notable engagements were in New York City. In New York and elsewhere he established engage- ment records that even to this day June Graduation Plans are underway to allow senior women of accredited colleges and universities to' enlist in the WAVES or SPARS, complete their studies and begin training for officer commissions after they graduate in June. Such women would be recommend- ed for commissions in these branches of the Navy and Coast Guard by faculty committees at the various colleges and universities. Age requirement for enlisted vom- en in the WAVES and SPARS are 20 to 36 years old and for officer can- didates, 20, to 56. Enlisted WAVES and SPARS need have only two years of high school or business school. Of- ficer candidates may have a college degree or two years of college plus at least two year's acceptable business or professional experience. Also re- quired for officers are two year's mathematics. Thousands of WAVES and SPARS are needed urgently to fill important jobs in this country and release able- bodied men of the Navy and Coast Guard for active duty at sea. Members of the WAVES and SPARS now assigned receive $2.75 per day cash allowonce for food and quarters. Official Navy blue uniforms and cash clothing allowances are given all women enlisting in these services so they have virtually no clothing expenses. Charlotte Day Gower WASH1INGTON (f) The Navy has announced that Captain Char- lotte Day Gower, former Dean of Women at Lingnon University, Hong Kong, China, had been named direct- or of training for the Women's Re- serve of the Marine Corps. Captain Gower, a graduate of Smith College, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Chi- cago and later became Assistant Pro- fessor of Anthropology at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Was captured, by the Japanese after the siege of Hong Kong and interned in a prison camp until she was exchanged for other prisoners and sent back to the United States on the Swedish exchange ship Gripsholm. Soldiers stationed on campus are requested by the central com- mittee of Frosh Project to indi- cate the type of entertainment they prefer by signing up on slips that will be posted in their bar- racks, Angell flall and the League by Thursday. *! * * AIecause of unavoidable con- flicts in instructors' schedules, the beginning and advanced League dancing clisses. will not be held at their regular hours but will meet for a general mixer at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the League Ballroom. w LEROY SMITH he is noted for his musical original- ity. Smith, who was one of the first colored maestros to acquire national fame in dance circles, and his newly organized band of twelve musicians, can "swing it" with all the gusto and liot tempo of Benny Goodman, or can Army Nurses W*0Il Become Civilian Nurses. By JOAN LIST Nurses are not the special property of the current war era, but also be- long to the days of peace and civilian life. College women although eager to help their country in this profession so important in wartime are hesitat- ing at present to take up nursing be- cause they feel that by the time their training period is over the war will be ended and their services no longed needed. The error in this way of thinking has been pointed out in a bulletin re- cently issued by the American Council on Education, Washington, D.C. It quotes the National Nursing Council for War Service as describing the nursing profession as "war work with a future." Opportunity Knocks Twice The present need for nurses is not only tremendous but the rehabilita- tion work to be accomplished when the war is over will demand many nurses. The trend toward the expan- sion of public health work in many areas, physically untouched by war provides the graduate nurse with an interesting field of activity. College graduate nurses will be es- pecially valuable in post-war work. Nurses with language ability, back- grop.dtraining in nutrition, bacteri- ology, epidemiology, psychology, and sqcqlqlgy will be needed. The .niche 6f thi college trained nurse with specialized knowledge will therefore, be secure when the war emergency is a thing of the past. New Nurses Needed Furthermore, the college graduate who now takes up nursing ;is doing her country an immediate war serv- ice., Next year's quota of graduate nurses for the armed forces is 65,000. There are not enough nurses to meet this need unless the staffs.of civilian hospitals are drawn on. Student nurs- es,,entering the hospitals for training, can assume many of the duties of graduate nurses, releasing many grad uates- for service in the Army, Navy aind Marine Corps.. Thus the college graduate who de- cides to enter nursing will be helping have not been shattered. Smith and his orchestr starred in such famous colored revues as "Rh Black" with Ethel Waters, for two consecutive years WAA SCHEDUL Swimming Club: 8 p. day, Barbour. Badminton Club: 5 p. Barbour. Fencing Club: 4:15 p day, Wednesday, Barbo Crop and Saddle Club Wednesday, Barbour. Dance Club: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Barbour gym Ballet Club: 7:30 p.m day, Fencing room, Bar WAA Board Meeting Wednesday, Barbour. a were co- New York apsody In which ran E m. Thurs- L INEN n. Friday, f m. Mon-a BEAUTIFUL HAND-WOVEN Irish linen cloths in soft pastel ur. shades. And 17-piece luncheon sets of the same imported fine tex- b: 5 p.m. ture. Sets include a runner, eight place mats, and eight napkins. Tuesday, . Thurs- N0j .Thrs-GAGE LINEN SHOP bour. 5 p.m. 10 Nickels Arcade Always Reasonably Priced a -. Ii WITH YOU AT YOUR LOVELIEST IN A MEMORY-MAKING GOWN! I A new surgical dressing unit, under Lthe nation greatly at this time and the chairmanship of Miss Helen Wol- will be preparing herself for a later ter, was organized recently for wom- careet in civilian hospitals, industry, en employees of the University Li- and the public health field. brary. The group will meet from 4 .p.m. to 6 p.m. every Thursday after- Hillel Foundation will hold an open noon. house from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. IN HIS H EA RT! . . . . . .... Buy your LIPSTICK REFILLS -for the duration Bring in your sold cases, and we'll fill them with your favdrite makes . . . DuBarry, Revlon, Houbigant, Chanel, or Prince Matchiabelli. And for 50 or 60 cents, you'll have a new lipstick! We also carry a complete line of all cosmetics LIKE WHITE ICINq ON A PARTY CAKEt. or the lace on the border of your hero's Valentine, our smart spring dresses boast flattering frills on tailored, mide-to-be-lived-in styles! They're trim And smooth looking . . and made with figure conpi. menting lines. Priced from. udget dresises from 8.5 Sizes f rom, 9 1 in a younq iut 19.95 Neat as a pin, it's of all wool grey worsted with a trim little jacket that buttons up tight, or hangs loose and squared-off Eton style. The skirt is slim and high waisted. VOGUE picked it for an "Under 20" fashion feature, you'll pick it to live in All spring .. and on. Misses' sizes. Give Cross to the War Fund Red COSTUME JEWELRY Everything from an armful of bracelets to earrings. Also sterling silver service pins.