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Western Carolinian Volume 10 Number 04

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  • -ed's Work is Never Done—in Wartime! Let no man think that women aren't playing a vital role in this job of winning the war—especially college girls, who, in past wars, confined their work to rolling bandages and raising money for the Red Cross. It's different this time—very different—as the pictures on this page, taken mostly at women's colleges, attest. During the last few months a marked change came over the co-eds. They began to spend less time in beauty shops. They appeared on the campus in dungarees. Scratched arms and legs, black and blue marks appeared. Why? Place yourself on the campus of Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., some morning at six o'clock. You'll see girls pedaling their bicycles down Main Street. And if you followed them, you'd be led to nearby farms where the co-eds dismount, roll up their sleeves. Some push stools and pails into position and milk cows; others carry wood from the shed to the farmhouse, help with a dozen other chores. Two hours later they wash their hands, gulp down a cup of coffee and rush off to classes. This is the phenomenon created by college girls eager to help on the home .front. But aiding farmers is not their only activity. Many are drilling for such civilian defense jobs as aircraft spotting, fire-fighting, WotiTTi ' '•»•—*—~~^, air raid warden work and nursing. Mt. Holyoke farm volunteers find that there is all sorts of work for them to do. Cutting and stacking of firewood formerly might have been done by a man who now sits behind a gun or a machine. Now it's in the hands of girls like Jeanne Long. ers h°ve o/reodV'"9 ta*s is'* C,o./ege, feed ~" ^ foinarf the i f Vo'"°b/e Q l? S°me **rv,ce or token ' 3sPe- To keep themselves fit college girls are devoting more time to healthful exercises, demonstrated here by Lois Mathieson of Butler University. ill llBlllljlBBBwbiS ^m^^ , , u c0-eds who 1 I! lll"1^ .ce easily Perforlel£ This VVe»> College spotter Harriet Hunt shows the photographer that girls can really work in the fields. She spent the summer working at the Wyoming work camp for college youths. can "- College *P°tte building- v -. ■ .Uo universal hobby these days for it's the one r8'i • SLtsJS "%trjr F-,d' rk College, frown, a, ,h. drop, a »»<" or, „„ .„«,„, knit. ting job. Thousands of co-eds have received certificates for completing the home nursing course of the Red Cross. Uncle Sam is calling for 50,000 nurses this year, a good percentage of which will be college trained girls. These Barnard College girls, enrolled in one of the classes in war defense work, are learning about the mechanics of an automobile motor. Doing their part to further the victory effort of their country, they also learn such skills as aerial photographic interpretation, first aid and communal cooking.
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