Six Dollars A Second, Will You Buy One
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Vol. 37
Pasadena Junior College, March 12, 1945
No. 6
Red Cross Unit Solicits Contributions Sewers Sew;
From Students In Classes This Week Knitters Knit
With the Pasadena Chapter of the American Red Cross beginning its War Fund Drive last Monday,
the Junior College Unit follows suit today with volunteer students soliciting contributions through 10:00
classes. Pasadena’s quota is $450,000 or the equivalent of twenty-one hours and fifteen minutes of Red
Cross aid to prisoners of war, civilians of devastated countries, hospital patients and other victims of
this present conflict. As no specific goal has been set for PJC, it would indeed be to the credit of each
person in the student body to give a little more than he can afford and thus make Pasadena Junior Col-
/ lege’s contribution to the quota
a substantial part.
The fact that the needs of
the Red Cross are enoi'mous is
plainly brought to the attention
by the familiar and startling slo¬
gan: “It costs $6.00 per second to
operate the Red Cross all over the
world. How many seconds will
you buy?” Surely the buying of
precious lives should be of suffic¬
ient importance to PJC students
that they will contribute whole¬
heartedly to this nationwide ap¬
peal for funds.
Following are the obligations
which the Red Cross meets every
year:
— Photo by Dean McMahon
Pictured al>ove are Jim Devine, Betty Law, Marge DuShane, Mary
McAfee, Eve Borsook and Jack Thurber; directing members of
the Red Cross College Unit for the War Fund Drive which begins
today.
Traditional Work Nights
1. To furnish volunteer aid to
the sick and wounded of the mili¬
tary branches in time of war.
2. To act as a medium of com¬
munication between the people of
the United States and their Army
and Navy.
The Red Cross Unit on campus
has been striving for the same
goals and therefore provides for
sewing, knitting, surgical dress¬
ings, blood donor service and can¬
teen work. This work must be
supported by PJC men and wo¬
men through active participation
and generous contributions in or¬
der that the Red Cross may be
kept at his side.
Hospitalized servicemen and
servicewomen are in need of bed
slippers, utility bags, lap robes,
bed and pnuemonia jackets and
many other essential comforts.
The responsibility of fulfilling
these needs rests in the skilled
and unskilled hands of every PJC
coed. Thus the sewing room in
102D is open every Monday and
Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00.
Individuals and clubs are cor¬
dially invited to come in and help
sew. Club members may count
Red Cross Sewing as a war ser¬
vice project to be numbered in
the points which are taken into
consideration to decide the Club
of the Month winners.
In addition to sewing, knitting
is also a necessary part of Red
Cross wox-k. Patriotic women at
PJC have the opportunity to knit
for servicemen now that the Red
Cross has made available a wide
selection of yarns for army sweat¬
ers and also caps and warm
wraps for Belgian children.
Service and Club of the Month
points are given for participants
in this work also.
Yarn may be obtained from
Charlotte Agnew on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 1:00
in the Dean of Women’s office
and from Miss Diment at 1:00
in the Social Science Conference
Room.
Are Proved Successful
Supplementing the regular work of the Pasadena Junior College
Unit of Red Cross is Red Cross Work Night, a tradition of several
semester's duration. Work nights, planned several times a year,
feature co-operative efforts on the part of the many students, parents
and faculty members who turn out for these occasions.
Included in the program for the Work Night are activities for
both men and women students,
and for the members of their
families and the community.
Work in the Technology Depart¬
ment woodshop, such as making
bed rests, keeps the male con¬
tingent busy, while the distaff
side of the family occupies itself
with scrapbooks and writing
boards for hospitals, knitting
Alaskan slippers and rolling sur¬
gical dressings for the European
and Asiatic war fronts.
The various chairmen in charge
of these activities include: sew¬
ing, Jean Bay; knitting, Charlotte
Agnew; surgical dressings, Kitty
Smith; scrapbooks, Helen Adell; Pictured above is a hospitalized soldier receiving some of the
woodshop, Don Waddell; and many useful gifts which are distributed at regular intervals by
blood bank table, Bob Smith. the Red Cross.
Support Your
Red Cross