INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 28, 1989

 

When “the boys" marched off
to war in the 1940’s singing
“Don’t sit under the apple tree",
women were left in a strange
kind of limbo while they waited
for the return of their loved ones
and a normal way of life.

In the meantime they saved
string and grew victory gardens,
worked in factories and headed
households. In many ways,
their lives were changed forever.

"Waiting for the Parade", by
Canadian playwright John Mur-

   
 

Workshop for Staff

 

Daily Writing Tasks: Letters and Memos

The Training Committee is pleased to offer a workshop on "Daily
Writing Tasks: Letters and Memos" to regular staff members.

 

This workshop will familiarize participants with formats for short
writing tasks produced on a daily basis in the workplace. Topics will
include:

- structuring information into logical, coherent order;

- analyzing the relationship between purpose and audience;
© - Strategies for avoiding “wordiness";

- using formats effectively.

Participants should bring a short sample memo or letter to the
workshop. The workshop is scheduled for:

Thursday, April 6 - 0845 - 1200
Room 1020
Instructor: Amanda Hardman, M.A.,
English & Communications faculty
If you are interested in attending the workshop, please complete

the attached workshop registration and return it to Marian Exmann in
the Personnel Department.

 

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Workshop Registration
Daily Writing Tasks:
Letters and Memos
April 6, 1989 - 0845 - 1200
Room 1020

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e Waiting for the Parade

rell, chronicles the different
struggles and griefs mothers,
sisters, wives and daughters
faced at home.

Beginning Friday, April 6,
Douglas College Theatre will
present a studio production of
Murrell’s play, featuring an all-
student cast and crew from the
college’s theatre and stagecraft

programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed by David Dewar, a
CBC producer, this moving and
often humorous drama captures
the mood and music of the era.
An onstage pianist weaves
popular war tunes in and out of
the dialogue while five women
examine their various situations.

Conflict arises out of their dif-
fering views and ideals when
one woman tries to compel the
others to devote themselves to
the war effort instead of just car-
rying on with their lives.

The play runs April 6 through
8 and April 13 through 15, 8:00
p.m. in the Studio Theatre,
Room 4140. Tickets will be
available at the door or they
may be reserved through the
Douglas College Box Office,
520-5488.

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