Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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u was one of the most outstanding experi- ments we have seen tried at Wellesley. The winter of 1943 was exceptionally cold in New England, and the fuel shortage acute. Such conditions gave the Administration an opportunity to try what had long been a pet idea of several of its members, an extended midyear vacation. Exams before Christmas rounded out the first semester and we left Wellesley for three months of study, work. and rest. Many students were employed in defense factories; others trained as Nurses ' Aides and hospital technicians: studious Seniors organized their notes for the Gen- eral, and Political Science students worked as government internes in Washington. Education 207 was offered for the second semester. Its applicants used the long vaca- tion to practice teaching and to learn child care in nurserv schools. 27

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lilS u D V (yiCuHa 4fiaAcA May, 1943, when warsages and uniforms were prominent. Dady, a grand chairman ai i943 ' l Commencement in June, with our last summer vacation ahead of us. 29