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machines moved in, we didn’t realize that this was symbolic of a chain of new activities soon to move into the college curriculum. A few industrious people gathered around the long table in the Sem and sewed for British civilians suffering somewhere in England. Then more of us began to ply the needle and thread, and we knitted as well as stitched for French and British relief. December of ’41 came, and the Sem was too small to hold the many projects organized to meet the changed world He: three years ago the card tables were moved out of the Sem and sewing brought by the new year. Now, looking back, we see how far we’ve come since that January only two years ago. Each Fall we pledge a gradually increasing amount to World Fellowship and War Relief funds. We listen more seriously to instructions for air-raid drills, and then we go back to the dorm and use up some of our excess enthusiasm in transom decorations with non-transparent stuffs. We volunteer to scout for planes, sign up for first aid and air raid warden courses, motor corps, fire fighting and all the various departments of civilian defense. Some of us even commuted to Attleboro to learn the intricacies of home nursing before a course was started on campus. On Wednesdays we crowd into the Post Office for more than mail and hershey bars: we go there to buy little colored stamps that supply the modern minute man, as if by miracle, with the things he must have. Courses in mechanical drawing, Russian, Portuguese, and more advanced Physics, Nuff said The last stretch Best dressed for 43. Keeping the home fires burning In the scrap The Song of the Shirt
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and Chemistry have been added to the catalogue, and we study the philosophy of democracy and the science of government with a new interest. ‘The emphasis has swung from the meaningless to the purposeful in every- thing we do, and enthusiasm has increased accordingly. Tuesday night the bell at 7:05 is the signal for de- fense courses in nutrition, home nursing and others; on Wednesday night the bell very often means a dance for service men from neighboring camps; and a two minute bell at any time is the spring that starts off action on every side of the campus. Lights go off, rooms are emptied, corridors filled, specified victims con- veniently fall into bath tubs, break arms, or get caught under illusory debris, while stretcher crews come ably to their rescue; invisible fires from fortunately non - existent incendiary bombs are put out, and dorm wardens reassure unconcerned bridge players in the dorms. In twenty minutes the normal routine is picked up and continued as easily as a piece of war relief knitting. The bell every other Sunday night sends us to dis- cussions of the political situation at home and abroad, discussions such as Mr. Cressey’s on conditions in India, or Mrs. Hidy’s précis of the Beveridge Plan, or Mr. Knapton’s interpretation of geopolitics. One very special week end, the bells rang to announce the open- ing of a student-led symposium where the all important topic of American Horizons in the fields of science, the arts, and politics was looked into and clarified. Despite the fact that we write out blanks for war bonds now more often than charges at Marty’s, and despite the fact that we spend our time on defense courses instead of playing bridge, times haven’t changed so much that we forget to worry about exams, look forward to vacations, and prepare for bigger if fewer week ends. Yellow warning Rehearsal Still stretching T-square time This is the Army Looking up
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