WAR BOOKS ARRIVE DAILY
Eighteen Volumes Received at Library
Wednesday.
New war books arrive at the Uni
versity library almost daily. A large
shipment of about eighteen volumes,
dealing with war subjects, was received
by Librarian M. H. Douglass Wednes
day. The books will be catalogued and
ready for circulation next week.
Some of the titles follow: Hurrah and
Hallelujah, Bang; All In It “K(l)” Car
ries on, Beith; William the Second,
Hammer; Told in the Huts, The Y. M.
C. A. Gift Book, contributed by sol
diers and war worsers; Letters and
Diary, Seeger; At the Front in a Fliv
ver; Germany the Next Republic, Ack
erman; The Little Man, Andreyev; Op
pressed English, Beith: War Poetry,
Clark; Journal From Our Legation, Gib
son; Headquarter Nights, Kellog; Fly
ing in France, McConnell; My War
Diary, Washington: War and the Spirit
of Youth; and French Flying Corps,
Winslow.
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Colonel Bowen Will Give Talk to
Men in Villard Tuesday.
Tells How to Avoid Ill
ness in Service.
Take Time to Cook Food Well
Is Advice From the
Commandant.
Military drill for the present quarter
will end with the Monday period accord
ing to Colonel Bowen, drill commandant,
who addressed the men of the four Uni
versity companies during drill hour, yes
terday. Tuesday the men will assemble
at 11:30 in Villard hall and Colonel
Bowen will give an ilustrated lecture on
“Custer's Last Battle.”
A heavy rain prevented outside work
yesterday morning and the Colonel de
voted the period to a lecture on the hard
ships of camp life during actual service
and how to best avoid discomfort and
sickness.
Colonel Relates Experiences.
The Colonel told of his experiences in
temporary camps in the Philippines when
it was often impossible to get enough
water and proper food for the needs of
the company.
“Use the water on your feet and body
and let your hands and face go, if neces
sary,” said Colonel Bowen in pointing
out to the student companies that they
would, if called into service, often see
the time when it would be impossible to
have showers for all the men and some
times possibly enough water only for
drinking purposes.
Cook Food Well.
: Colonel Bowen urged the men who
should be later called into the field for
I Uncle Sam to always take time, when
I cooking their own food, to cook it well.
| He urged boiling whenever possible as,
! lie said, it wuld keep the men in a
i healthier condition and preserve more of
Vie food value than frying, often prac
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"It is as much your patriotic duty to
keep your body in condition in the field
as it is to fight bravely in battle, said
Colonel Bowen.
LATE WAR ARTICLES LISTED
Names of Pieces of Interest Posted on
Library Bulletin Board.
A list of war articles found in late
magazines, has been placed on the war
bulletin board in the library, by Miss
Margaret Upleger, assistant librarian.
Some of the articles noted are, "When
a Feller Needs a Friend." Colliers, De
cember S; 'Airplanes by the Thousand,"
Scientific American, December 1; "The
French." Scribner, December; "On Fire
WOO Feet in the Air," "Lieutenant
Mott,” Red Cross Magazine: "The Real
Front,” Hypers, December; “Santa
Claus at the Front," Red Cross Maga
zine. December; Transatlantic Air
ships." Scientific American, December 8.
TO PRESENT MUSICAL PLAY
Dr. Landsbury and Mrs. Parsons Work
Out Three-Act Production.
Work has been begun on a three-act
musical play in which Mrs. M. H. Par
sons, of the department of English, and
Dean John J. Lflndsbnry, are co-operat
ing. The libretto of the piece, “In a
Dresden Garden,” has been written by
Mrs. Parsons, and the music will be
written by l)r. Landsbury. Cleome Car
roll, a senior in the department of public
speaking, is handling the problem of
staging of the production. She has al
ready built a complete miniature of the
garden scene and is now working out the
costumes and lighting effects. The pro
duction may be ready within a few weeks.
Send the Emerald Home
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