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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1943
Lawson Will Confer With College Deans
Dean Paul B. Lawson will leave tomberrow afternoon to attend the annual meeting of deans of Liberal Arts Colleges from 22 state universities in the Mississippi Valley region. The meeting will be held in Lincoln, Neb., on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Unique about this meeting is that there are no formal papers, speeches, or discussions made. The deans meet informally to discuss what is happening in each university. The general subject for this year is information on the steps the liberal arts colleges are taking to adapt themselves to the war effort.
Washington, (INS)—Sen. Rufus C. Holman, Republican of Oregon, yesterday warned the American people to steel themselves for an expectancy of one million war casualties during the present year.
The state universities included in this conference are those ranging from Ohio to Wyoming, and from North Dakota to Texas.
This Year's War Toll Will Reach Million
conference declared that casualties would be heavy.
Holman's warning came close after President Roosevelt in his radio speech Friday night and Secretary of War Stimson in his weekly press
"I have a notion there will be at least a million casualties in combat by the end of 1943," Holman said.
Is Contented With Present
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Miami Beach, (INS)—George Ade, celebrating his 77th birthday yesterday, said, "You can have the good old days. I'm perfectly contented to be living in the present—even with rationing and the war."
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1943 Active Member
First of all, is the WAAC really needed?
Emphatically yes! Already the President has authorized the Corps to expand from 25,000 to 150,000. The Air Forces and Signal Corps have asked for thousands of WAAC members to help with vital duties. Both Ground Forces and Services of Supply are asking for thousands more. Members of the WAAC may be assigned to duty with the Army anywhere - some are already in Africa and England.
Can the WAAC really help win the war?
The whole idea of the WAAC is to replace trained soldiers needed at the front. If American women pitch in now to help our Army (as women in Britain, Russia and China do), we can hasten Victory—and peace.
What can my college education contribute?
College training is important equipment for many WAAC duties too long to list. Cryptography, drafting, meteorology, laboratory work, Link trainer and glider instructing, for example. If you are a senior you may enroll at once and be placed on inactive duty until the school year ends. See your WAAC faculty adviser for more details.
But can I live comfortably on WAAC pay?
There are few civilian jobs in which you could earn clear income, as WAAC enrolled members do, of $50 to $138 a month — with all equipment from your toothbrush to clothing, food, quarters, medical and dental care provided. WAAC officers earn from $150 to $333.33 a month.
Some questions and answers of interest to every patriotic college woman
The drilling sounds so strenuous—!
Nonsense! The most beautiful women in America today are the girls in khaki! Some calisthenics and drilling are vital to general good health, discipline and tuned-up reflexes. After a few weeks at Fort Des Moines, Daytona Beach or the new Fort Oglethorpe training center you'll feel better than ever in your life.
Maybe I wouldn't like the work?
People are happiest doing what they do well. Every effort is made to place you where your service will count most toward final Victory. You may have some latent talent that will fill a particular need for work interesting and new to women—such as repairing the famous secret bombsight, rigging parachutes, operating the fascinating new electronic devices or driving an Army jeep over foreign terrain.
Then I have a chance to learn something new?
Yes, indeed. And the list of WAAC duties grows constantly. The training and experience you get in the WAAC may equip you for many stimulating new careers opening up for women.
What are my chances of promotion?
Excellent. The Corps is expanding rapidly and needs new officers, both commissioned and noncommissioned. Those who join now have the best chances. All new officers now come up through the ranks. If qualified, you may obtain a commission in 12 weeks after beginning basic training.
What is the age range and other requirements?
Very simple. You may join if you are a U. S. citizen, aged 21 to 44, inclusive, at least 5 feet tall and not over 6 feet, in good health — regardless of race, color or creed. But the Army needs you now — don't delay. Total War won't wait!
Linguists needed. If you speak and write Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, German or Italian, see your local Army recruiting office now! You are needed for interpreting, cryptography, communications.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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U. S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION