Mills College - Mills Crest Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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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 Beginning and Ad- vanced Firslr Aid were repealed from lasI year, as were Canleen Service and ils prerequisile, Nu- Irilion.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.

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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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O F F I C E R S O F ADMINISTRATION John Grandon Brown, Planf Manager, Takes fime ouf from his busy schedule fo play golf every Safurday. Elliof Van Nosfrancl Diller, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Dean of fhe Chapel, Associafe Professor of Re- ligion and Philosophy, This year he added fhe arf of fishing and fhe inferprefafion of Mofher Goose fo his reperfoire. Doris Dozier, B.A., Ed.M., Assisfanf Professor of Educafion, Recorder and Secre fary of Placemenfg l-ler chic hafs are fhe lasf word in smarfness Hazel Pedlar Faulkner, B.A., Direcfor of Pulolic Relafions: She pro- vides fhe wif af senior fable in Olney and iam on bufferless days David French, B.A., B.Li'H., Oxon., M.A., Ph.D., Acfing Dean of fhe Faculfy, Assisfanf Professor of l-lisfory and Governmenfg Big evenf of fhe year-fhe addifion of Mary Marvin fo fhe French family. Francis Herkomer Herrick, B.A., M.A., B.A., Oxon., Ph.D., Con- venor, School of Graduafe Sfudies, Associafe Professor of Euro- pean l-lisforyg Usually see him, folder in hand, frying fo loeaf his sfudenfs fo class. Evelyn S+eeI Liffle, B.A., M.A., M.A.L.S., Ph.D., Librarian, Professor of Comparafive Liferafureg l-ler delighfful Read and Share evening a forfnighfly highlighf. JOHN BROWN, ELLIOT VAN NOSTRAND DILLER DORIS DOZIER HAZEL FAULKNER DAVID FRENCH FRANCIS HERRICK EVELYN LITTLE