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THlE NI~ICER I Y

FRWWn-AT, VUST

ocal USO Club Offers Variety
Of Entertainment During Week
Organization Provides Means, ---
Schedule of Events for G.l. s
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Coeds Take Over 'U' Campus,
Enter Exclusive Male Haunts

Orientation Program

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To

Assist All Incoming Students

To keep local G.L's occupied, the
Ann Arbor USO, backed by the par-
ticipation of University coeds, main-
tains perpetual entertainment throu-
ghout the week.
The' lounge, writing room and
kitchen provide opportunity for
relaxation and refreshment, and
servicemen may wander in at any
time of the day to read the news-
papers, play cards, chat with jun-
ior hostesses, play the piano, listen
to the phonograph or nickelodeon,
write letters home and so forth.
Since "the way to a man's heart is
through his stomach," the USO
starts the week off with a Sunday
morning breakfast, which is served
free of charge to all G.I. comers be-
tween 10 a.m. and noon Sunday. The
rest of the day is spent on a trip to
Greenfield Village, listening to a
program of classical recorded music,
or in the general open house at the
club.
Monday night is. officers' night,
when the building is turned over
to local officers. Tuesday is the
"Sing Swing," with group singing
and refreshments, and every Wed-
nesday a dance is held. Thursday
is "ruckus night," with games,
charades and other forms of enter-
tainment, and a dance is held each
Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight.
following a dancing class from 7 to
8 p.M.
Saturday climaxes the USO week,
with picnics, swimming parties and
special dances planned by the coed
and Ann Arbor "regiments." The
groups decorate the ballroom along
various themes, and provide special
entertainment.
Men only are taken to Whitmore
Lake on the swimming parties, but
on picnics, which often take place at
Saline Valley Farms, junior hostesses
accompany the group. The dances
have taken various forms, such as
the "Hades Hop," "Coney Island
arty," "Plantation Party," and other
themes.

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Servicemen

Help Keep Michigan

From Being a Dateless Campus

The Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps have kept the Michigan cam-
pus a comparatively bright spot as
far as dating and social affairs are
concerned and, although the big-
name bands and weekly fraternity
parties have vanished with the war,
the entering freshman women may
expect to have almost as good a time.
as she would have found in the be-
moaned pre-war days.
The coed is given a start during
orientation week with coke dates, in-
dividual and collective, with fresh-
man men, so she may meet at the
very beginning members of her own
class. Although she mustn't expect
to "meet her future husband," the
coed may look forward to possible
future friendships from the coke
dates.
If thW statement proves false,
there is no cause for deep disap-
pointment because, even with that
inevitable wartime manpower
shortage, there are still men on, the

University campus, and there are
still many ways of meeting them.
The Ruthven teas and the week-
ly parties at the International Cen-
ter are obvious spots to form new
friendships.
If you are in an organized Uni-
versity house, especially one of the
larger ones, there will be the inevit-
able parties for servicemen.
Also instrumental in the open
season on servicemen is the USO.
Registration will be held at Harris
Hall, the USO's clubhouse, and you
will be assigned to a "Regiment,"
which will hold meetings and give
parties. Further information on the
USO may be found elsewhere in this
section.
Classrooms are also instrumental
as meeting places. There are few
classes at the University with no
men at all, and often out-of-class
discussions about the subject lead
to lasting friendships.
Church groups are still, as they

The weaker sex has become thee
stronger in numbers on the MichiganI
campus, and every phase of campusr
activity reflects the sudden shift. V
It took a war to do it, and women
are now sneaking through the fronti
door of the Union in such numbers
that it has lost its novelty. George,t
the doorman, is only one man..
and, by the law of averages, he turns
his head once in a while.t
Things have gotten so that every
time George blinks a, coed takes ad-
vantage of his eyes being closed. s
Even The Daily
In the dear dead days there were
so many men flocking about the
Union lobby, entrance and frontt
walk that no woman would have a
chance to get through the door with-
out being caught. But today bravert
members of the women's swimmingt
classes have a minimum of difficulty
in leaving the Union head-on. ,
Women even belong in the Union
offices. Bomber Scholarship Com-
mittee is half-women, and the oldr
rules barring women from the stu -
dent, offices can't operate when the1
Union has given up its sovereignty
and come out for cooperation with
the League, now called the Women's
War Council.
If there were a doubt before, it'st
dispelled by the Daily staff. Two1
energetic members of the distaff side
have held the ,position of managing1
i always have been, one of the best
meeting-places. 'Here persons have
at least one interest in commnon,1
and it is easy to talk with strang-
ers when eating supper in a church
basement or picnicking with the
group on the church lawn.
Although local extra-curricular ac-
tivities are 'to a certain extent segre-
gated, there is a possibility in them;
of making new acquaintances with
the perennial popular subject, men.
Dance committees are legion for
making friends, and there are mixed
groups in the Post-War Council, the
Michigan outh for Democratic Ac-
tion, the Inter-Racial Association,
and the Daily. However, don't let it
be said we're encouraging you to join
the above for social purposes. How-
ever, there's nothing against side-
lines.
Working in, stores, University
cafeterias, and soda bars is anoth-
er popular acquaintance-method.
Who can remain inside a shell
while sruggling with the dishes
behind a soda fountain?
In summary, this is not a com-
pletely dateless campus. Men are
still where you find them, although
the quantity may be somewhat de-
creased, and they may be wearing
different camouflage . . . khaki,,
green, and blue. They're still men,
and they want to have a good time
as much as you do.

editor for the last four semesters.
If a woman had been appointed
managing editor several years ago it
would have made a banner headline
... today it's taken for granted.
And the Sports Staff
Editorial staff night editors used
to be men, men and some more men.
This semester one lone male has
slipped into arenight editorship on
the home stretch.
And then there is the sports staff
. . some more women. Last year
saw a woman associate sports editor.
The business staff has experienced
similar revolution, and the women
have run it since a year ago at this
time.
Getting back to the Union, if the
women workers should go on strike
the place would be paralyzed. If the
coeds should say, "Remove Union
restrictions or you don't eat," the
consequences might be effective.
Men's entertainment sunk to such
a level that a group of fraternity
pledges tried to crash Junior Girls
Play. Scarcity of wigs and artificial
hair in Ann Arbor ditched the pro-
ject.
Vice Versa Life
Even dating has been affected, and
the independence of the coed has
become an accomplished fact when
she takes her Friday night date home
to the barradks, kisses him good
night, and treks home with hours to
spare. Women once felt themselves
restricted by "keeping hours." War-
time has turned the tables.
Hitchhiking has also undergone a
radical change since Pearl Harbor.
Men in uniform are prevented by
service regulations from lifting a
thumb, and so it has become profit-
able to take a date on week-end
jaunts which once were stag parties.
The date, understand, does the
thumbing. Yes, the age of chivalry
really is dead.
And then there are the grounds.
Even blue jeans and plaid shirts have
come into their own, as campus wo-
men have taken over the keeping of
the campus.
And So
All this must have its social im-
plications. What will the future
hold? Is a woman to sit at home,
waiting for a man to telephone?
Hardly She must be out of the
house, running the campus in some
way or other.
Picking cherries and raking leaves,
the campus woman might as well
forget that spotless, band-box ap-
pearance. So . . . she can no longer
attract men by frailness and femi-
ninity. What's to be done?
As a matter of fact, now is the
time to say, "Women of the campus,
unite! ,You have nothing to lse but
your chains." . . . of custom and
tradition which have in the past
made this a man's campus.

Whether you're a sophisti-
cated senior or a wide-eyed
frosh you'll be living in
skirts and sweaters. They're
so comfortable and practi-
cal for your busy college
days. We have a wide
selection on hand and will
be getting in new things
every day.

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dano, June Gumerson, Nancy Hoff-
man, Josephine Holmes, Mary Jane
Janiga, Joan Kintzing, Rosemary
Klein, Jane Longstaff, Fern MacAl-
lister, Nora MacLaughlin, Ronnib
Leitner.
Alma Nelsen, Nancy Northrup,
Ruth Mary Picard, Harriet Pierce,
Jean Richards, Naomi Schur, Mar-
garet Semple, Dorothy Servis, Shir-
ley Sickels, Marjorie Siebert, Joyce
Siegan, Anne Stanton, Jeanne Storm,
Mary Jane Thielen, Irene Turner,
Pat Tyler, Dorothy Wantz, Carol
Watt, Virginia Weadock, Beverly
Wittan, Georgia Wyman, Dorma
Zarbock, Betsy Perry, Frances Glen-
non, Lois Kivi, Betty Ann Kuchar,
Gene Lane, Nancy Pottinger.

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Peg Pilliod, Sally Dreese, Mary
Bartley, Suzanne Mason, Mary Dri-
ver, Audrey Sheridan, Doris Chap-
man, Emily Tillou, Sue Curtis, Dee
Lesser, Margaret Kohr, Nora Altman,
Ruth MacNeal, Shirley Raskey, Jean
Hotchkin and Mary Worsham.
Transfer Advisers
Transfer orientation advisers in-
clude Jane Archer, Elaine Bailey,
Dorothy Callahan, Margaret Farmer,
Jean Gaffney, Jean Glass, Naomi
Greenberger, Jean Harkness Dorothy
Harvey, Priscilla Hodges, Dorothy
Hoffman, Marilyn Lyon, Natalie Ma-
guire, Jean Murray.
Francis Danin, Betty Jones, Doro-
thy Kittredge, Claire Macaulay, Jean
MacKaye, Elizabeth Ann Taylor and
Nancy Townsend.

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