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Cadette Ranks
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Naval Personnel Are Stationed
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WAVES

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By DONA GUIMARAES
Working in conjunction with the
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the En-
'gineert Cadettes Are a group of cob
lege wiomen who are specially trained
to fill positions vacated by the en-j
gineers who have left for the armed
forces.
The requirements for an Engineer-
ing Cadette are siinple: if a student
is eighteen years or older and is corn-
preting her sophomore year or if she
is a junior or senior, she may apply.
An application blank will be filled
ouit,and the final selections will be
made on the following factors: schol-
astic record, the school's recommen-
dation as to character, results of a
screening test, and a personal inter-
view With a representative of the
Curtiss - Wright Corporation. She,
nust, however, have completed math-
emtatics through advanced algebra in
order to be eligible. College mathe-
matics and a year of college or high,
school physics are desirable, but iqot
necessary.
Set Salary in Trlning
The Engineering Cadettes are train-
ed at the expense of Curtiss-Wright
and are paid a salary while in train-
ing, in colleges and universities all
over the country. Some of these are
Purdue ..University, University of
Michigan, University of Minnesota,
Pennsylvania State College, and Cor-
nell University.
The Cadettes will live in the wo-
men's residence halls of the various
coleges and will attend the regular
engineering classes of that school.
Among the courses that will be taken
are such subjects as mathematics,
aircraft drawing, theory of flight, and
aeronautical terminology.
Mean Post-War Job
The Engineering Cadettes will, by
filling in the places left by the men
who have gone to war, perform a dir-
ect service to their country and will,
give themselves good training for jobs
in the post-war world. As engineers
in the Curtiss-Wright plant, they will
be paid a high salary and they will
be where there are excellent oppor-
tunities for advancement.
University of Michigan coeds who
are interested in joining the Engin-
eering Cadettes should see Dean,
Lloyd in the Office of the Dean of
Women for an application blank.

Two Naval recruiting officers from
Detroit, Ensign Jean Courtney and
(R) 3 c Harriet Simonson, will be
stationed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to-
day, tomorrow and Friday in the
Grand Rapids Roomn of the League to
give information concerning- the'
WAVES to University women.
They will make a special appeal to
those women who will be graduated
in Febrduary to interest them in en-
listing immediately after graduation.
They have chosen this particular
time to come so that those women
interested can have an opportunity
to talk it over with their parents dur-
ing the Christmas holidays.
20,000 Women Needed
At the present time the Navy is
trying to reach its goal of having
ENSIGN JEAN COURTNEY 47,000 women in the blue uniform
-Courtesy Ann Arbor News of the WAVES by the end of 1943.
In order to reach this goal, 20,000
more wotnen are needed.
s The Navy particularly needs wom-
en with college degrees. A college
degree or two years of college work
Eplus at least two years of acceptable
I On business or professional experience
is one of the imnportanit requiremients
for candidates for commiSsions in the
Thrrough Friday WAVES. Also necessary is at least
two years of mathematics in high'
Surgical Dressings Volunteers may school or in college.
New Programs Open
work from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today and The physical requirements for an
tomorrow and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. officer are the same as for enlisted
Friday in the League, accor'ding to women except that minimum vision
Jean Whittemore, 44, chairman of in each eye must be 12/20, corrected
to 20/20.n

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3/C HARRIET SIMONSON
-Courtesy Ann Arbor News

Civilians Asked
To Support JQP
Cooperation of Civifian Men
Needed To Reach Year's Goals
Michigan's civilian men aie urged
to cooperate with Junior Girls' Proj -
ect by buying their war stamp's and
bonds from JGP's campus booths in
the League Lobby and University
Ha , according to Peg Weiss, '44,
JOlP publicity chairman.
The booths are open every week
day from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. selling
stamps, and bonds are sold in the
League Lobby from 3:30- until 4:30
Tuesday and Thursdar.
"The recent c'ontroversy over Un-
iversity women's conitribution to War
activities failed to bring out one
point,' Miss Weiss said yesterday.
"There are 1,900 civilian' nye stu-
dents on cainpus with' no visible
means of supporting the wiar effort.
They may by buying stamps, but we
have very little record of it."
The JO? Central Commnittee neds
their cooperation inieeting the $30,-
000 goal for the year. Coeds are
showing their wilingness to buy one
dollar's worth of stanips a mionth;
there's no reason why the men on
campus couldn't reach the same- av-
erage."
Alumna Head's
Radio Program
Sally Clare Levy, honor graduate
of the University in '43, is producing,
directing, and acting in the new pro-
gram, "Girls About 'lown," heard
over Station WCOP, Boston, Mass.
The progra'n features celebrities
from all walks of life.
Miss Levy ranks among the young-
est in her profession as she has
reached the top at the'age of 21 with
the title of head copywriter. While
attending Michigan she was active
in Play Prodiction, Bi'o'dcasting,
,and had a lead in Professo- oella's
French play.
Although her main inteists lie in
writing and radio Work, Miss Levy is
also a talented, musiciar. and scu$r-
tress.
Her home is in'Buffalo, N.Y.

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Windbreaker Maakers Finish
Production of 1,300 Jackets
By 'BETTY ROTH o leather leftover from automobile
Forced to stop production because upiioistering.
their supply of leather has been ex- ; Leather for the jackets has come
hausted, the Ann Arbor group mak- from various sources. Mrs. John N.
ing windbreakers for men in the ar Stalk of Detroit interested Mrs. Stew-
art Baits, new University regent, in
ed forces will have completed some the movement. and through the ef-
1,300 of the jackets, approximately forts of Mr. Baits, vice-president of
one third of those made in Michigan. the Hudson Motor Company, obtain-
when it winds upoperations today.med 25 tons of cr le ker Fre
From theworl ove hav com this leather 3255 windbreakers have
Fromtheword ovr hve omebeen made and sent to the Allied
letters of thanks and appreciation. Forces.
One sailor nas written to a. Univer- From the University Library Book-
sity professor's wife: "The jacket has bindery came 75 pounds of leather
been a godsend to me . . . It keeps.from which jackets were made and
sent to graduates from the library
me fine and warm on the look-out school now in service in Iceland
at night. Not only that, but if we and England.
happen to be unlucky and have to Sample Jacket in League
take to the boats, it will be worth a; The windbreakers are sent from
week's life to me. I know what it New York and distributed by the
means to be in a lifeboat without English Speaking Union. In charge
of assigning the jackets to the Royal
proper clothing, having been unlucky Navy is Lady Louis Mountbatten, and
twice in this war, so far." I further distribution is under the dir-
Began in Detroit ection of Mrs. Koella's brother, the
Wherever men have to spend long Royal Consul for Norway in London.
hours exposed to cold, these jackets Margaret Bourke-White, Hon. Win-
go, to mien stationed on gun sites and ston Churchill, Hon. A. V. Alexander,
those manifing guns on ships, to dis- first Lord of the Admiralty, the King
patch riders, coastal def'ense workers, of Norway in exile in England, and
and 'night watchers at observation the late Sir Dudley Pound, have been
posts. the recipients of jackets sent from
The movement, which began in De- Ann Arbor.
troit, has been carried on in Ann A sample jacket is now being dis-
Arbor since March 25, 1941. Every played in the League, and the proj-
Wednesday Mrs. Charles E. Koella ect's records, including the letters
has opened her home to women in- received, have been turned over to
terested in making the jackets out the Michigan Historial Society.

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Miss Whittemore added that there
are still openings for instructors, and
those women who have completed
six hours of work and can pass a
simple test will easily qualify. Since
the committee and the instructors
are having a party Friday, it is sug-
gested that volunteers who are con-
templating becoming instructors
complete their requirements now in
order to get in on the fun.
The campus unit will be closed for
the following two weeks, but work
rooms will be open from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. and from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30
p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays in the
Rackham Building.
Since many women wear wool.
sweaters and suits during the cold.
weather, provisions have been made
for them to leave blouses or smocks
at the League so that they will be
handy when women have two hours'
to work at the unit.

There are several new special pro-
grams for women to serve as officers,
in the WAVkS. College graduates
who have majored in physics or have
completed courses in electrical egi-
neerinig are 'eligible for the radio
specialist training.
One year of differential or inte-
gral calculuis and one year of college
WAA *Selfs Apples
To 'Hungry' Coeds
In 'Barb' Basement
"Apples for health" is the slogan
getting a workout at Barbour Gym
these days as women coming out of
their gym classes drop nickels into
the bucket in return for apples pro-
vided by the WAA for the dual pur-
pose of giving the women having
gym classes something to chew on
and adding to the WAA treasury.
The Delicious- and that's the
name of the apples and no lie-
apples are available for consumption
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday
through Thursday in the basement
of Barbour Gym. Carol Grede, '44,
vice-president of WAA, is in charge
of the apple sales.
The Women's Glee Club will not
meet today but will meet at 4 p.m.
Friday in the Kalamazoo Room of
the League to have their pictures
taken. Women should wear dark
skirts and long-sleeved white blous-
es,
Pan Hellenic will meet at 4 p.m.
today in the League, the room to be
posted.

physics are the requirements for the
aerology program.
The term of enlistment is for the
duration of the war and up to six
months afterwards. General quali-
fications for enlistment include the
following: enlistee must be a native-
born American citizen or must have
naturalization papers and must be at
least 20 years old and not more than'
36. If she is under 21, the written
consent of her parents or guardian
is necessary.
Nurse ounCil
Dean of Women Alice Lloyd has
been elected to the chairmanship of
the Ann Arbor district of the Michi-
gan Nursing' Council for War Ser-
vice.
This group has as its object the'
procurement of and placing of more
nurses, in view of the present short-
age in the field caused by wartime'
pressures.
The four major functions of the
Council were listed by Miss Thelma
Scratch, state executive-secretary' of'
the organization in a speech to the
local group. These functions are: (1)
the study of the nursing needs and
resources of each community; (2)
the organization of a plan for- the
enrollment of nurses and the distri-
bution of their services;. (3) the re-
cruiting of well qualified students
for schools of nursing; and (4) the
enlistment of nurses who are pro-
fessionally inactive.
Jordan Wins Race
For Volleyball Title
Jordan Hall won the volley bal"
tournament Monday by defeating
Mosher 31-27 in a game that saw
the score change hands five times.
Barbara Sisson, '47, captained the
victorious team, and Margaret Rob-
inson, '47, was the house athletic
manager.
This is the first time in several'
years that a freshman dormitory has
come, out on top in an inter-house
tournament.

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Wrapping Christnas packages for
servicemen is a service' now offered
in the new US'O at Harris all.
Only a nominal charge will be
made, to cover the cost of materials
and postage. Servicemen Who wish
to have their packages wrapped can
take them to Harris Hall at any
time and leave them to be wrapped
and sent. However, it is. urged that
they do this as soon- as possible to
avoid' unnecessary delay in the mails.

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More members are deeded for the
Publicity Committee' of the USO. As
posters must be made for the stations
and buildings, it is, essential that co-
eds who are interested in drawing ahd
designing posters be on this coin-
mittee. All '*,omen wh& are inter-
ested should see Mrs. Burton at Ha'r-
ris Itall as soon as possible.

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