Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-22

Wednesday, April 3. Many socials and dances have been planned during the holidays by the students for the Bel gian Relief Fund. The New Haven girl students at the college will give q dance to 300 people at the club on Easter Tuesday night. Proceeds are to be given to the fund. Brooklyn girls will hold a card party in Brook lyn on Easter Monday for 100stables. Easter Monday will be a popular. day for Hartford county girls who are planning affairs for the fund. The Hartford students will hold a silver. tea on Easter Monday, the Middletown girls the dansafIt for Wesleyan stu- dents, and the New Britain girls nill hold a dance for the benefit of the fund It was announced that $3S0 had been. made at the benefit performance at the Crown on Sunday evening. Ev- Ierything will be attempted to bring | the Belgian Relief Work Fund to a record breaking sum.
 Weekly eonvocation.
 Miss Caroline Ruutz Refs of Rose mary Hall, Greenwich. Conn, chair man of the Connecticut Division of the Womens Committee on National De fense, addressed students and faculty of the college at weekly convocation on Tuesday morning. Miss Refs took for her subject Woman's Work in the War, and divided the work into three important groups; farm work, foster 1 ing of intellectual work and life; con- servation work
 In speaking of the farm work, Miss Refs emphasized the fact that women are badly needed for farm work be- cause of the handicap of lack of la l bor As the result of statistics taken l from questionnaires of farmers in | Connecticut, it was shown that farm l CTS to the amount of 25 per cent. pre- | ferred women as laborers. College women were especially needed because of their alertness and amenableness to discipline
 The fostering. of. intellectual life can inot be emphasized too strongly: 8 large body of well trained and well leducated women are a social necessity in any community and are so in this period more than ever before. IT
 France. high school teachers, who en- listed in hospital and trench work men and women have been sent back to their schools. so important is the need of education and training.
 The Americanization of foreigners
 fostering of food conservation and the
 liberty loans were among other phases
 of work undertaken by the Women's
 Committee of National Defense. By
 working with the farm bureaus ant :. with the home economies bureau the work of fostering and sprea ding tht conservation of foodlis widespread ani
 made completely effective.
 Half Hour Talks.
 Under the management of the Ser lti vice League. half hour talks will b.
 given by members of the faculty t
 students every Friday evening ir
 Thames Hall from to 7.s0. Topic:
 Of popular interest as well as college
 problems will serve as themes TOT tn.
 faculty. The suggestion that such in
 formal evenings be held was unani.
 mously voted by tue. resident student.
 and will be an instructive as well 8! connecting links between faculty ant
 students.
 About Food Conservation.
 Miss Helen Thompson, head of tn,
 d:etetics department spoke to tn, students at dinisar on Monday even
 ins> with practical suggestions of hoy students could help to conserve food
 The little talk is bearing practica fruit as can be readily noticed by wis itors at Thames Hall. Butter is bein;
 carefully measured by students so tha nene will be. left on. butter plates
 plenty of cereals are being eaten a breakfast. and wheat bread has beel tabooed.