Mills College - Mills Crest Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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'R Dx gC?ws:Ii:IgIrQTOERLaxFI?ER JSLTSEJ-RQESEINVOLUNTEER DEFENSE TRAINING PROGRAM: MISS DORIS DOZIER, CAROLINE In order To keep slep wilh presenl nalional eiclorls, defense courses were offered on campus for Jrhe second year. The emphasis was nol Toward 'rhe oulloolc of an immediale war emergency, buf upon lhe acceleralion ol usefulness in civilian and war aclivilies as well as upon giving sludenls a background for fulure auxiliary service wilh The armed forces. One of The newer and nnosl popular of lhe classes was Nurses' Aide, Training for .Il:IUTESES'C5xIDE: FRANCES AUSTIN, MARY BRESSI, CHARLOTTE BATES, PERSIS RITCHIE BEGIN THEIR HOSPITAL RA NIN nav' DEFENSE COURSE

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CLIMATOLOGY: MR. LINSLEY GIVES POINTERS TO IRENE BOTANY: FRANCES AUSTIN AND FRANCES ROHLFF RAISE VIC CAMPBELL, MARGARET KELLAM, RITA BURT, JANICE LAMPING TORY GARDENS IN MR. McMINN'S CLASS courses geared 'foward currenl needs included The German Mind, I-Iislory of Russia, Two Philosophies of Revolulionz Thomas Jeiclerson and Karl Marx, Modern Polilical Philosophy from Hobbes Io I-Iiller, and Posl-War Recon- slruclion. A new maior was offered in Occupalional Therapy. The Child Developmenl Deparlmenl sludied child welfare problems in defense areas. Increased enrollmenls in foreign languages and in Ihe biological and physi- cal sciences rellecled Ihe desire of Mills women Io prepare Themselves for war work. CONSUMER PROBLEMS: MARGARET OLSON, ROCELIA BORDEAUX, SHIRLEY SCHWEERS STUDY PROBLEM OF THRIFTY BUYING

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which was done al Ihe Fairmonl Counly Hospi- Ial. Beginning and Ad- vanced Firslr Aid were repealed from lasI year, as were Canleen Service and ils prerequisile, Nu- Irilion. The college ilsell offered 'Ihose enrolled SWITCHBOARD: ESMWT DRAFTING COURSE: JEAN PINCKNEY RULES OFF A LINE . MRS. CLAIRE HOLMES INSTRUCTS PRISCILLA MANLEY in Swilchboard a chance Io praclice iheir skill. ln Radio Communicaiions sludenls learned 'rhe inlernalional Morse code. Anolher new and par- Iicularly useful subiecl was Engineer- ing Dralling given under Ihe nalional Engineering, Science, Managemenl War Training program. Few sludenls received academic credil. On Ihe whole parlicipalion in Ihese volunleer courses rneanl' sacrifice of social or exlra-curricular aclivilies.