The coronet [April 1945]

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^&" PRC "" CHILDREN OF  THE CIVILIANS.1
- magaziri l- ar . now present-
L'n_ article* "",'.".- th
j ■.. oi many learned, and vise".eo ".e_* on the subject of how to
"handle" returning servicemen and
-;o :cn. Makes you think oi' the
United States as a group of people,
anxiously waiting for their "prob-
lem children" with open arms, while
behind their hands they whisper,""just humor them awhile, untilthay
became adjusted."
Do you feel yourself to be a
"pn "olem child"'? Are you a round
peg -.:'_ a square hole?  Well, you
figure that one out, but frankly,
I don't feel that way.  For my part,
I'm basically and fundamentally
the same person I was '.-hen I suddenly got a case of "flags in the
eyes" srfia marched off to war.
There may be a slight difference
in certain things, for instance, I
.mow my left foot from my right
foot now, I eat vegetables, I
■ouldn't touch before, and I"have
learned a surprising number of
thi:" I did not know before, but
all in all, I have not changed
very much.".'."hsn I do eventually get home,
naturally, I want the family to
"roll out-the red carpet", but I
don't want them to go before me,
smoothing my way, saying — "shes
been overseas, you know." I still
jive vent to an exuberant "YIPPES"
now and then.  I always did. and
I st-ill love to sleep late, hate
to wash dishes, and like to eat
before " go. to bed.  These are the
things I have always liked and dis-
liked, and the WAG* has not changed
that at all.
I will admit that things are
^'oing to be changed at home, nat-
iraliy.  There are old familiar
races that will be missing when
She "eld gang11 gathers round once
.ore.  There also'wii.. be quite a
-Ufferent trend in the conversa-.
tion of that gang for awhile, until
we have related our various experiences, but other interests will
.oon claim first olace."(Sco column 1, page three)
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what do yoj :■:■ with" your spare """._:""
And don't say "What spar.' " - '"" I Co know thai scr.o of you ;'
have .Tore spare "ime than others,
but it isn't just an Idle question.
I thought perhaps that some of
you would like to know what others in tho company are doing in
their spare time, just in case
you had a lot of time kicking
around just begging to be used up.
Of' course, outside reading,
writing-letters and having dates,
you may not have much free time,
but if you are a shift worker,
you may have more free daytime
hours than some of the others.
Here is how some of the girls
are putting to use this time.
One of tho girls is studying
piano.  The spare time' she doesn't use in taking lessons is used
in practicing. Perhaps this is
that chance to learn to play the ■
Diano that you have always been
looking for, and just couldn't
find the time.
Another of the girls is taking
up violin, another the clarinet.
If you think now would be a good
time to learn to play some sort
of instrument, it could probably
be very easy to arrange to borrow an instrument through the
Special Service Department.
Many of the girls are taking
up a foreign language.  One girl
has discovered a very- good teacher, and has begun taking C-orman,
while other girls prefer other
languages.  You could probably
find a teacher of most any language you desired to study.
Some of the girls study painting, while some of them are
making use of the U.S.A.F.I, cor
respondence courses, to prepare
them for further study when the
go home.
One company member found this
a good place for working on her
hobby which .was collecting interesting photographs of human
interest.  She has collected a
great many pictures, that will
greatly enrich her album."(See column 2," page three)
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