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Revision as of 12:45, 24 July 2014
Name: Veterans' Club
Previous/other names: N/A
Prominent date(s) of activity: 1944-
History: The motivation for founding the Veterans' Club was to facilitate the rehabilitation of veterans attending the University, as well as to provide vocational guidance and academic orientation. Attendance soared in its second year, as upwards of 140 veterans turned up to first meeting of the year in the fall of 1945.
Activities: The Veterans' Club organized a Veterans' Dance, using the funds raised to send cigarettes overseas to active New Brunswick regiments.
Note(s):
Source(s):
- Up the Hill, 1945, Organizations.
- The Brunswickan, vol. 64, no. 11, 17 January 1945, p. 1.
- The Brunswickan, vol. 65, no. 2, 11 October 1945, p. 1.
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