Thatcher, Joan

Air Crew Cadet Dating Service
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During World War II, Air Crew Cadets received training on Dickinson's campus. According to this Dickinsonian article, all unmarried cadets were required to register a record of their hobbies and interests with the Conferece and Appointment Bureau to be "placed on file and used as a reference if and when the cadet desires a date."  The committee responsible included Jane Bowen, Louise Faupel, Joan Thatcher, and Ruth Wallace.  Marjorie Barkman and Lt. Cloval Cook served as faculty/administrative supervisors. 

Date: November 30, 1943
All terms: 1940-1949, Air Cadets, Army Air Force, Barkman, Marjorie, Bowen, Jane, Conference and Appointment Bureau, Cook, Lt. Cloval, Dating, Dickinsonian, Faculty, Faupel, Louise, Thatcher, Joan, Wallace, Ruth, World War II
Women Take Over Dickinsonian in 1944
Kathleen Briner Takes the Helm

In the 1944 Microcosm, the Dickinsonian is staffed mostly by female students with Kathleen Briner as the editor-in-chief. The 1943 Microcosm reveals that the Dickinsonian had mostly male students on its staff as well as a male editor-in-chief. In 1944, the description for the Dickinsonian cites the difficulties the staff faced due to wartime shortages and their efforts to send copies of the newspaper to Dickinson's servicemen.

Date: 1944
All terms: 1940-1949, Boylhart, Carol, Briner, Kathleen, Callahan, Patricia, Dickinsonian, Doney, Jean, Eisenhour, Irene, Frendlich, Helen, Hartzell, Dorothy, Harvey, Martha, Kistler, Mary E., Matthews, Helen, Microcosm, Nagle, Dorothy F., Nell, Irene, Person, Nancy, Preston, Mary, Rinehart, Joyce, Shreve, Kathryn, Skinner, Richard, Spangenburg, Doris, Sprole, Donald, Stettler, Wallace, Stevens, Barbara, Stuart, Mary, Sweet, Lucille, Thatcher, Joan, Twyeffort, Virginia, Voorhis, Eleanor, Williams, Joyce, World War II