The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
COLLEGE WOMEN
HELPING NATION
War Work Of Gods Given
I4andable Mention by
Government.
MONTANA NOT NAMED
Brochure en- Efforts Made
by Girls Praises Many
Schools.

College women throughout the coun-
try have responded valiantly and in
geniously to the war emergency, ac-
corrling to n brochure on WAR Work
of Women in Colleges" released for
publication yesterday by the federal
committee on public Information. The
booklet, based upon data given in reply
TO QuestiOnnaires sent out by the gov
eminent, affords an interesting view OF
the wartime activities of college wom-
en- in all parts Of the United States.
Montana Not Mentioned.
No Montana institutions are men
toned in the pamphlet among the
scores of colleges whose work is COM
mented upon. That does not, however,
indicate that the Montana co-ets have
been ''slackers." 1t apparently signifies
the absence here nf organized effort
and unusual kinds of work
Coed Proves Real Patriot.
Held up by the comic papers as a
frivolous. care-free, spendthrift. the
coed Of the state universities of the
country has since the war began dem
Onstrated fine patriotism and rare good
sense. this report shows. Expensive
parties and banquets have been tabooed
by many college women. Personal ex-
ipenditures are systematically guarded
ny the co-eds of several institutions. in
order that a maximum may be invested
in government loans. Organized oh
servance Of food conservation is com
men,.
Many Do Hard Work.
But the efforts of American college
girls have not been limited to such
trifles as these. In scores of colleges
the cO-eds have spent their leisure in
hoeing and spading war gardens
Grinnell college. for example, has IA
garden worked entirely by women stu
dents which produced six tons of vege-
tables. Similar work was done in many
other institutions.
Vassar college. indeed. furnished II
girl farm hands who volunteered fer
work during the harvest and actually
did so on the model farm Of their alma
mater
Help With Relief Funds.
In raising relief funds of all kinds
college women naturally have taken an
active part And at practically every
college in the country thesgirl students
have either a separate Red Cross or
sanitation or an auxiliary of the local
chapter tn which every m6 ment of leis-
ure il devoted. At St. Olaf college.
Minnesota, for instance, l2O out OF the
260 women have received Red Cross
certificates in first aid. Other colleges
show n similar response.
Care for Campus Soldiers.
In all colleges, Of course, the women
students have made some sort OF ar
rangements for keeping the soldiers
from the campus supplied with neces-
sites. In many cases this is done
systematically. At the University uf
Washington the girls keep card file
of the loco university men who are in
the fighting forces in order to keep
them informed of college affairs and
supplied with what they need. The
women Of Reed college, Portland, have
established an emergency fund which
will take care Of Reed men who have
enlisted and enable those who return
disabled TO finish their college work.
sssk chanee to Serve.
Finally. the most important of all,
college women as a class have shown
eagerness to fit themselves for service
of their country. From almost every
college in the country has come an APP
peal for war work, and co-eds every
where have enrolled in special courses
fitting them for some sort os war ac-
tivity.