Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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F IRST ATD First aid classes have been extremely popular over the entire country, and the jokes and car- toons about them have been many. But se- riously, the belief is universal that in these troublous times knowledge of First Aid is really essential. lt is Well to be ready for any emer- gency, Whether it is a tire, an automobile acci- dent or an air raid. ln our school, all of the l2A classes have taken the course this term and have received their Red Cross certiticatcsg the l2B's have theirs from the previous term. The girls could hardly wait for the end ot school so that they could go to First Aid. At the ringing ot the 2:30 bell, they'd run down the halls, with slacks, books and bandages flying. Soon all was a-dither in the Red Cross class. Some girls were search- ing tor pressure points, and occasionally you could hear a stitled giggle when someone missed. Others were making head bandages, almost as chic as Lily Dache creations. But all joking aside, the First Aid classes have been tilled with Willing Workers, and are proving a contribution to our War effort. These courses are given under the direction of Miss Bullman, Miss Davis, Miss Dilks, Miss Dungan, Mrs. Kaschenbach, Miss Margerum and Miss Myers. l l

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GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL -11. Red Cross Work on Rally Day Settlement Club work increased the Service Club took over al- most all of it. Practically every club has been giving one day a Week to the common effort. The Callista Club girls are knitting squares for afghans. The science clubs alone have made and filled one hundred and seventy-five sewing' cases for soldiers' kits. They, too, have knitted, and they have made, as well, felt slippers and baby quilts. About seventy girls, mostly from the upper classes, go to settlements and hospitals to do their part in War work. ln the former, girls work after school one day a week from three to six or on Saturday morning for from three to four hours. Their aim is mainly to keep the children healthily occupied, and they achieve their purpose by teaching them games and by helping them with their handicraft. ln the hos- pitals, our older girls work as volunteers. ln Science Club doing Red Cross work Welfare Committee the Woman's Hospital they are practically nurses' aids, without benefit of certificate and uniform, however, and their duties have in- cluded carrying trays, cleaning beds when patients leave, distributing linen, making out feeding charts, and Waiting on patients. Most of the hospitals, though, need girls to do such clerical work as writing up case histories, and filing. With the general shortage of nurses these modern angels of mercy have tried humbly to follow in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale, who so magnificently proved to a War-Worn World of yesterday what feminine service could be rendered in time of emergency. A Welfare Representative Works Within each section in the school and makes collections of money for relief work and other wartime de- mands.

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BIBLE STUDY A WORLD WITI-IGUT RELIGION IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY With Marilyn Kiewel as president, Marie Kruger as vice-president, and lessie Klosterman as secretary, the Bible Club of Girls' High has just ended another worthwhile term. The meetings have been held at l72l Spring Garden Street, home of the Philadelphia School of the Bible, where on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month a lesson has been taught by Mrs. Clarence E. Mason, member of the faculty. The girls have learned much in their study of the Bible text, and have come, as well, to the larger realization that during a war even more than during peace-time people hungrily turn to religion for the spiritual comfort their souls need. When fathers and brothers and husbands are far away risking their lives in battle, those at home need the assurance of a faith in God.