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...rose at 2 a.m. for the night offices in the Abbey's austere white chapel. He assisted at Matins, Lauds, Prime Terce, High Mass, Nones, Vespers, Complin. Among white-habited monks he worked on the farm, helping to cut and shock corn. He watched the monks weave cloth, bake bread, bind manuscripts, work at sculpture and wood carving. He shared their single daily vegetarian meal...
...boom is much different from a year ago. It is almost revolutionary. In 1941 the big rush was for high-priced durable goods like radios, washing machines, ironers and refrigerators. Chief soft lines in good demand were silk stockings and woolens. Now almost everybody wants nondurable goods-dresses, cloth coats, shoes, hats and underwear. Other quick sellers: books, liquor, kitchenware, luxury lines like art work, antiques, silverware...
...Dunkirk he showed some of the qualities of the U.S. Army's General Douglas MacArthur. When the remnants of the B.E.F. seemed to face destruction, Alexander donned his smartest breeches and finest boots, sat down to breakfast in a shell-shattered house, at a table with a spotless cloth, and calmly consumed Dundee marmalade...
...drive has two primary objects--salvaging material for war production and the furthering of armed service morale. Old cloth can be used in industrial processing, while broken records are now the only source of shellac from which new records can be made. The need for scrap rubber and metal is too well-known to require comment. Here is something which you can do for the war effort which takes no money. It doesn't even take any time. It will merely clear your room of excess junk and old cloth that is really needed somewhere else...
Inhabitants of the Houses, Dudley, and Wigglesworth will be contacted by entry representatives of the War Service Committee Wednesday and Thursday for any rubber, metal, old clothes and cloth, used phonograph records, or musical instruments which they would like to contribute to Harvard's scrap drive. After the drive entry representatives will continue to relieve students of any scrap they may have, but paper and tin cans are not wanted at present...