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ing in one of the villages in which two men were wounded. Miss Barth On Expedition in ^Mosul
was traveling with a doctor and his wife, and when they arrived at the
village they found it necessary to amputate a hand. All the supplies By D O R O T H Y M A S T E R S O N , Psi
for the operation had to be improvised as they had very little equip-
ment with them. The patient was placed on the floor, and the amputa- DOROTHY CROSS (* '28), is making a rapid and interesting
tion performed. The only implements which were available were five climb toward fame in anthropological fields. We are proud; Doro-
thermostats, a pair of scissors, a knife, and a saw. The patient had to thy is happy; and, you will be interested.
be left to be taken to a hospital later. The most remarkable feature of In September, 1928, she decided to study for her master's degree
the operation, Miss Barth says, is that the patient did not suffer from in anthropology. The following year she was one of three students in
an infection afterwards. the United States chosen to go on an expedition to Illinois. When she
returned from this expedition, Dorothy decided that she would not
All the trips from the little hospital during the winter were made take the time to write her master's thesis, but would continue her
in a "komatik" which is the Eskimo word for sled. These, Miss Barth studies with a doctor of philosophy degree in view.
claims, are much more difficult to steer than a Buick. Summer trans-
portation was mainly by boat. This past summer she proudly conducted her own expedition to
the Pocono Mountains, where she spent several months excavating and
There were a great many Indians at the hospital, and although they cataloguing the remains of Indian rock shelters.
were unable to speak with Miss Barth, they got along splendidly. One
morning a boy came to the hospital and reported that an Indian boy In September she sailed with Dr. Speiser's University Expedition
was dying nearby. When Miss Barth arrived the boy was unconscious. tor Mosul, Iraq. It is this trip that makes us so proud and Dorothy
She brought him to the hospital and, after a study of his case, decided ^° happy, for she is the only woman sent on the expedition by the
the sickness was caused by something he had eaten. She administered University of Pennsylvania Museum. She has achieved a lifetime dream,
first aid and by afternoon the boy was dismissed, quite well again. To tor when she was a little girl, instead of playing ball, Dorothy played
the Indians this was nothing short of a miracle, and their admiration
for the worker of such wonders must have grown immensely. going on expeditions."

In winter plenty of sport was to be had in skiing and tobogganing.
In the summer the inland was warm enough to allow swimming. Other
recreation had almost to be created as many of the popular forms of
amusement were unavailable. One afternoon they were seized with a de-
sire for some ice cream. They were able to get this by going to a nearby
iceberg and chopping off enough for the freezing of the cream. Ac-
cording to Miss Barth, these icebergs with the northern lights make a
scene of magnificent beauty.

Food consisted mainly of fish and wild game. Venison, porcupine,
and sealivers were included. The last dish is considered a great delicacy.

"What on earth does porcupine taste like?" we asked.
"It's something like pork only it is the texture of veal and has a
strong spruce taste also. The porcupines of the north feed on spruce
buds, you know," was her answer.
When Miss Barth first reached Northwest River, the school teacher
had not yet arrived and so, along with her nursing, she taught first,
second, and third grades. She also did quite a bit of dental work.

Qan We ^atisfy the Conscientious Objectors?

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for satisfying our conscientious objectors. We need the spirit of humil-
ity which recognizes what we have received in our fraternity contacts.
We need the spirit of honesty which shall acknowledge our hypocricies.
We need the spirit of service which shall blot out prejudice and selfish-
ness and set our feet on a new path.