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Under. Act of Congress August 24, 1912

, Nurses’ Aide

The recent faculty decision to give credit allowances to
students for Nurses’ Aide is a sign that Bryn Mawr ha’ final-
ly declared war. |
signed up for Nurses’ Aide will realize that it brings an add-
ed responsibility to them in keeping up in the other types: of
war work.

‘The sacrifice of a half unit of academic credit in response
to the present nurse shortage is an, unprecedented step in
Bryn Mawr’s history. It shows that the ivory tower accu-
sations”: are groundless, and while regrettable in some re-
spects, is a fine gesture in time of crisis. The response to
the appeal for Nurses’ Aides has been in keeping’ with the
spirit prompting it. ”

The fact that Nurses’ Aide has been given a special sta-
tus, however, must not blind the remaining five-sixths of the
student body. We have not been working’ to capacity on oth-
er vital war-work, particularly bandage-rolling. Bandage-
rolling is just as important as Nurses’ Aide, and should be
viewed in the same serious light /that has led the faculty to
make the present radical change. Those of us who cannot
give ten hours a week should feel obligated to do as much as
possible. er

 

Parting Words

. Any attempt to define the function of the College News

is of necessity difficult, nor can its retiring editors speak with
the voice of authority on the subject. We can only state the
aims which we have tried to achieve through the year; we
can only pass on to those who follow a tradition.

As we have visualized it, our function has been to re-
port news of interest to’the campus, to reflect undergraduate
opinion in so far as we are able, and to serve as a medium of

expression for student opinion. Beyond this, we have at-
~ tempted to’ maintain interest outside the college chiefly

through editorials on national and international matters,
through news‘ef other colleges, and through reviews of books

and plays. a8 ‘
_.* The interest of the College News is largely conditioned
by the activity of the campus itself. In 1944-45, taking up
our ‘editorial duties with no preconceived crusades in mind
but supporting various issues as they arose, We campaigned
for the maintenance of the Self-Government constitution, in-
Sisted on some’ attention to the problem of rescheduling,
pledged our full support to the UVAP program, attempted
to reflect the conflict over the national election, and gave-at-
tention to new groups and clubs, both political and literary.
/ We were fortunate_in having a-year in which the campus

participated more fully than ever before, and we both proph-,

esy and hope for greater activity;-of fuller participation in
the war effort. To the College News, notably free as it is
/from any control or censorship and yet with that freedom
possessing, a greater obligation, may it be a,year of achieve-
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It is hoped that students who have not,

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Former Bryn Mawr Student
Approves New Nurse’s Aide
Resolution

 

(The College News prints excerpts
from a letter from Leila Jack-
son, a former member of the class
of 1946 who joined the WAVES
last fall. Stationed at Milledge-
ville, Georgia, she is attending a
storekeepers’ school).

This is a rather late response to
the letters in the News of January
17 about Nurses’ Aides. I feel so
strongly on the subject that I had
to take time out from practicing
number drills to put in my two

paign for more volunteers and for
more time in which to do Nurses’
Aiding—particularly for the work-.
ers, because I know that there is
time for most of the girls to do i
even though it means a be
schedule. 7
Wounded a

In one evening in Atlanta I
counted 10 men on crutches minus
a leg and any number/with other
kinds of wounds, some. permanent
scars and some with only. tempor-

battle areas, Thére is'a huge army
hospital up Ahere with WACs,
nurses’ aides, and civilian army
aides. Th¢ papers are full of their
shortage/ of help.
vA Realization
Four of the girls in my company
who were nurses’ aides are plan-
Ning to go on helping in the local
hospital or military hospital wher-
ever they may be stationed. Even
this navy school seems preposter-
ously civilian and pleasant. From
the isolation of this small Georgia
town the war seems almost as far
away as it did in the academic re-
moteness of ‘college. When one’s
immediate. job is to study hard to
acquire either a scientific skill or
abroad outlook and social per-
spective, literary facility or what-
ever one’s major and purpose are,
it is natural that the war should
seem remote. Except for’ those
whose husbands and very close|
friends are overseas it is not en-
tirely. a real war. The minor in-
conveniences of restrictions-in this
country are so trivial that we do
not realize that this is a :world
war and that other countries are
living war-ruled lives.
Participation
As Nurses’ Aides the girls can
actually become part of the strug-
gle without giving up, even for a
few years, their preparation for
peace. History, politics, sociology
and economics. mean more to those
who have shared the abnormalities
of war. You cannot comprehend
what it means to the men of this
generation until you have taken
part in the struggle yourself. By
helping in the hospitals, by_enlist-.
ing in the armed forces (which is
also a lot of fun) by using one’s
abilities and strength in the im-
mediately essential tasks, it is

possible to have something pre-
served for the peace.

All-Out

For me it was not-possible to put
my whole effort into making col-
lege a fulltime war job; it was too
‘much‘fan and too distracting. In
the Navy I feel more a part of the
war. Unless a girl is actually put-
ting nearly all her time intu study-
ing I think she Has. not even the
faintest excuse for: not doing a
volunteer emergency job.

I can’t stress enough the import-
ance of everyone’s being personal-
ly aware of the impact of -war|.
upon normal life and of the com-
‘pletely different way of living that
is required when war is present.

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Red Cross Needs Bandages;
Urgent Appeal for B. M.
Volunteers

To the Editor:

An urgent appeal to all “Surgi-
cal Dressings Volunteers” h
just come from the Ardmore doe
ter of the Red Cross. Although
the stocks of Red Cross dressings
in the European theatre ‘tre been
ample up to this times the recent
crucial developments/on the west-
ern front have brought forth an
immediate ne for 45,000,000
dressings. The “Surgical Dress-
ing auxiliariés” all over the coun-
try must meet this new emergency.
Our Bryn Mawr unit is being call-
ed upon to help meet the local
Valléy Forge requirement for 2000
bandages. :

This is a tremendous challenge
in view of the fact that our first
semester record averaged about
200: bandages per week—a mert
drop in the bucket. Here is. a
chance for those of you who were
not able to arrange your program
to fit the Nurses’ Aide course, to
serve in other war work. The new
hours are Wednesday evenings,

/Thursday afternoons;-or—Saturday-|

mornings. One of these times can
fit anyone’s schedule.
Sincerely,
Marge Richardson ’46
Doris Braman -’46,
Chairmen of Surgical Dressings
College Red Cross Unit.

AWVS Motor Unit

_ Requests Volunteers

 

The Motor’Transport Unit of the
American Women’s Voluntary Ser-
vice has requested volunteers from
Bryn Mawr whose duty it will be
to drive trucks, jeeps and passen-
ger cars one or two days a week.
Members of the Motor Transport
Unit hold the status of a ‘WAC or
WAVE and actually reJease an en-
listed man although their job is on
a voluntary basis.

This is an excellent opportunity
fof students who felt. themselves
unable to work in hospitals as

‘Nurses’ Aides and yet wish to.par-

ticipate in the war emergency. The
job demands eight hours a week,
from nine until five.

_|...Lhe qualifications include driv-

ing experience, three letters of

recommendation, and proof of citi-

zenship. The age limitations are
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Calendar :
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Thursday, February 8
Pembroke Tea, 4:30. ne
First deLaguna. Lecture in
Philosophy, Dr. Dorothy Walsh
Literature and Truth, ..Musie
Room, 8:30. —.

Friday, February 9 ;

“Fréiich Film: A“ Nots Ta Lib-"
erte, Music Room, 8:00.

Saturday, February 10
Spanish Club; Dr. Henry Tho-
mas: The Way of St. James,
Common Room, 4:15. .

Sir John Forsdyke, The British
iMuseum in War.
‘Music Room, 8:00. :

Sunday, February 11
Chapel: The Very Reverend
Donald Campbell, Music Room,
7:30.

Monday, February 12
Current Events,

Room, 7:15.

‘Dr. Calhoun, Basic Christian
Doctrines, Music Room, 8:00.

Tuesday, February 13,
Vocational Committee; Your

Major. Psychology, Mathe-
matics and Physics, Common

~ Room, 4:80.

Wednesday, February 14
League Tea for. Freshmen,
Common Room, 4:30.
French Club. .M. Pierre .Gou-
rou, Common Room, 7:30.

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Senate Meeting, Taylor, 8:00:

 

 

 

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Common Room, Jan. 5. Describ-
ing the problems of postwar Brit-
ain, Mr. Gilbert Walker, professor
at the University of Birmingham,
named the. three principal. ques-
tions as export trade, full employ-
me and housing. .

he income from capital. invest-.
d abroad paid for half of the im-.
port trade on which Epgland de--.
pends for life, Mr. Walker ‘declar-.
ed. ‘Since that capital has been.
liquidated, imports must be paid.
out of current earnings. The out-.
put of food in Great Britain is.
equal to half the consumption, the.
rest coming from the Common-.
wealth of Nations, but that source:
will be virtually cut off after the
war: Therefore, export trade in.
exchange for importations, must.
be increased 50%. “

“Throughout the nineteenth cen-
tury, there was cyclical unemploy-
ment,” Mr. Walker -said, “the
boom periods obliterating the mem-.
ory of the bad times up to 1914.
Then the constant upward pro-.
gression was ended in depression:
and a deceleration set in. From,
1920 to 1940 unemployment, which.
remained at about one million, al~
though widely distributed, repre-
sented a great cost to the nation.
An equitable employment prograny
could have: created enough wealth
to replace Capital equipment;-whose-
disrepair is now being reflected in
British industrial inefficiency.

“If the emergency is sufficiently
urgent, government can create full
employment,” .the speaker said..

 

|“In England, democracy is on the,

defensive,” he added, “since it has,
meant the freedom to be unem-
ployed. Now the: public demands.
maintenance of full employment.
The solution of the problem must.
be found in the chosen battlefield.
of professional economists and.
left wing statesmen who see no,
need to relinquish democracy in,
the face of full employment, and
businessmen and bankers who fear
that society. must collapse if full
employment is upheld.

The housing problem is the.

greatest need, Mr. Walker observ-.

ed. Due to the prohibitive cost of:

houses, workingmen have been rel-.

egated to poor shelters, and build-.

ings well constructed before the

Industrial Revolution are still in,
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When I consider how our nights.
were spent, and each pale dawn
seemed iller than the last, we shall.
but weakly wail in boding you
farewell; farewell the gruesome
galley and the glue; farewell mad
deadline, tailless head, take us. °
hence with you, for our fouler days.
are done!

When, musing back to that mis-
guided day when we. tossed our

||. books. into..the..basket-and started

eroding our fingernails on the type-
writer, and learning to read up-
sidedown and backwards, we some-
times wonder where we strayed
and lost our pure essences. For
somehow, soméwhere, there was
never quite “enough advertising to,
buy shoes for baby, and all we
had to give was gobbled up, and
at. night we dreamed of holes that
one filled with nauSeous trivia to.
stave off engulfment.

"Tis done! Give us back our
head—all of it, whether eighteen’
condensed or thirty-eight italic.
Lead us like a paragraph back to
the gist:of our matter, and remem-
ber that all good things peter ‘out
at the end. Take from us discuss-
ing discussions,.give us back the
verb to be, then turnws out to pas-
ture in the passive tense forever.
Forbidden fruit! This is the last
grammatical sentence I shall ever
write, so help me. _ ice