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'''Previous/other names:''' | '''Previous/other names:''' | ||
'''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1942 | '''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1942-1945 | ||
'''History:''' Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the [[The Second World War at UNB|Second World War]] effort. | '''History:''' Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the [[The Second World War at UNB|Second World War]] effort. | ||
'''Activities: | '''Activities:'''The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the [[Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium|Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium]] at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the [[Conversazione]]. | ||
In | In later years, the Committee relied on a variety of methods to raise funds such as organizing events and selling a variety of goods from luggage stickers to Freshman hats to apples. | ||
'''Note(s):''' | '''Note(s):''' | ||
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*''Up the Hill,'' 1943, War Effort. | *''Up the Hill,'' 1943, War Effort. | ||
*''Up the Hill,'' | *''Up the Hill,'' 1944, War Effort. | ||
*''Up the Hill,'' 1945, War Effort. | |||
{{Copyright}} | {{Copyright}} | ||
[[Category:The Second World War|C.O.]] | [[Category:The Second World War|C.O.]] | ||
Revision as of 13:42, 17 July 2014
Name: War Effort Committee
Previous/other names:
Prominent date(s) of activity: 1942-1945
History: Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the Second World War effort.
Activities:The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the Conversazione.
In later years, the Committee relied on a variety of methods to raise funds such as organizing events and selling a variety of goods from luggage stickers to Freshman hats to apples.
Note(s):
Source(s):
- Up the Hill, 1943, War Effort.
- Up the Hill, 1944, War Effort.
- Up the Hill, 1945, War Effort.
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