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.no thcught. Its off-jct upon food and clothing, though soricus, soi/ned tc moGt studunts tc bo still in tho future. Its effect mp.:n cutonobilc tiTvol \:i\3 scniothing thr.t tou.chod cur parents and cldor bro thers and ‘ sisters, but not us. It. v/as not un til the war's effect upon general transportatic.n becanio an acutc problem that our cc.ncern grcr; really groat. , Gvorcrc'/ded conditicns cn raost public vehicles, the necessity to move large numbers of service men, tho increasing importance of freight hf'.uling posed r. soricus vacation prcblom fo nest schools in this c-rea. Colloges have met this problem in various '''ays. At ITorth Care lina State vacation ’vill be given at such a time as to int'.,rforo least \.lth tho usual abnorma.lly hoavj' Christmas trr-.vol. At Virginia State the Xmas vacation v.'ill begin on Doc, 15 and run to Jan. 15. Hampton, a grerit many of v.'hose faicilities have been taken over by the Ntivy, '.;ill have five days. This foreshortening of tho Xmas hc;liday at Kanptt n v;as na.de up for in pr.rt by giving tho Ham.pton- ans extra holidays at Thanlcsgiving. At SiC the announced calondar will be followed '.'ithcut intorruption, un less last minute changes are made nec'cssr.ry, Christmas vacation t-;i11 begin a.t .noon on Decemb.n’ 22nd., and end the morr.ing of January 6, 19^3, A LETTIH Though the fcllc’;'ing lottor ’/as ad dressed specifically torn Alumnus re siding in Norfolk, it is so expres sive cf tho Administration's atti tude that all Alumni should see it: "Dear irs. HoIIo’toII: I understand thrcugh cur mutual friend, Ir. J. R. Fleming, that you and a gr^up cf the 3TC grr.duates re siding in !jrf>.lk ere about tt organ ize an Alumni chapter. This is a very fine thing to do. '.Ve are getting an increasing number cf , g. od students frt m Ikrfrlk, and I M- sure you ’ill agreo that they shcvld be rble to return home at t]i.e end of each year tr the sympa thetic organizatic-n cf those L'ho have been here bef^ re. If v;e can be of r.ny service to ycu, please let me'kno\7, V/ith every geod iiish, I am, Y( urs very sincerely, (Signed.) Hare Id L. Trigg, President. STC GRADlATii El THE VJ.A.ii.C' s It C'.mes as nc surprise tc us that one of the first Ilegro \7omcn to v;in rank in the .A'.men's Army Auxiliary Ccrp is a product C'f STC. Liss iM- na 7right, nov; Lieut. Wright, as a student hure was an energetic, co- opora.tive pers.n, taking r.ctive part in practically all of the activities cf her day. She joined the '..’.A.A.Cs. shortly after it ’.vas organized and took her trr-ining at the Auxiliary's cantonment in Dos Ii.oines, lor.'a. Lt. ’bright is no'.; stationed at Station Hospital # 2, Fcrt Bragg, II. C. R^REATIONAL PROGRAL Lnder the directicn of Professor G^c rge Rivers, Director c.f Health Sducation, a neu recreaticnal pro gram ge t fully underv/ay vdth the be ginning cf tho second quarter. A tentative .start having been made tc v;ard the end of the first quarter it is expected that the prc gram • v/ill nc’,7 gc fcnvard at its planned pace. It vras felt that, first, the new prograri vras needed because of the curtailment of certain types of the usual recreational activities, and second, because the nevj program, fits into the ne;? health curriculum of tho Ccillego. In the ne\; program, thoro is pro vis icn fcr rink skating, volley bcall, badm.int^.n, tennis, ^archery, phcti,- graphy, fIk dancing, and numerous ■ >ther activities. WHAT U J W S A L U L II I I
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