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[[underlined]]THE COOKS COURSE.[[/underlined]] The School for Bakers and Cooks, a sub-school of the Fort Riley Bakers and Cooks School, offers in its Cooks Course instruction covering Baking, Butchering, Field Messing, and Maintenance of Mess Records.

[[Illustration to the right of the Cooks Course text: A woman pictured from the waist up wearing a cap, blouse, and apron. She is holding a pan or basket that appears to carry food. Steam rises from the food, and she looks as though she is smiling.]]

[[Illustration to the left of the Clerks Course text: a woman pictured from the waist up wearing a blouse and a tie. Her hair is up and she appears to be sitting at a typewriter.]]

[[underlined]]THE CLERKS COURSE.[[/underlined]] This course trains you in supply and administrative "paper" work of the Army. It includes instruction in Typing, Morning Reports, Service Records, Pay Rolls, and many other subjects.

[[underlined]]THE MOTOR TRANSPORT COURSE.[[/underlined]] This is a course to train drivers and dispatchers. It includes: Driver Selection and Training; Convoy Operations and Night and Blackout Operations; Fire, Safety and Traffic Precautions; Trouble Shooting.

[[underlined]]THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL.[[/underlined]] This school provides on-the-job instruction in miscellaneous jobs for which no other training is provided.

The schools described above are located here at the First Women's Army Corps Training Center. From time to time, enlisted women are sent to fill quotas at other Army specialist schools, as: Army Finance School at Princeton, Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood Arsenal, Photographic Laboratory School at Lowry Field, Denver. Ordinarily these schools require certain special qualifications.

[[underlined]]OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL.[[/underlined]] Officer candidates will be derived from enlisted women who are selected under the provisions of Army Regulations, to wit: "An applicant must have three months' continuous service immediately preceding the date of enrollment in an officer candidate school and must have completed a course prescribed by a Mobilization Training Program for a replacement training center or a unit."

[[Illustration to left: A woman pictured from the waist up in a cap, jacket, shirt, and tie. A sign behind her reads "Graduati Today," the rest of the text is obscured by her head. Lines drawn near her shoulders emphasize emblems attached to the shoulder of her jacket.]]

Your application is made in writing to your company commander who will forward it to the Commanding Officer of the Post. Final selection of candidates is made by a board of officers who study your record carefully and who interview you.

The officer candidate studies advanced courses in Company Administration, Military Customs and Courtesies, Methods of Training, and other subjects.

If the course is successfully completed, the candidate is commissioned a second lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps, Army of the United States.

V. WHAT TO DO WHEN OFF DUTY

After you catch up on your sleep during your off-hours you will find there are many things you can do right here on the Post.

DAYROOM. In or near your barracks there is a recreation room where you can read, write, play games, obtain soft drinks, and be comfortable in easy chairs. Lights stay on here until 2245--long after "lights out" in your squadroom. Use this room often, it is yours.

POST EXCHANGE. The Post Exchange, commonly called the PX, is the military department store. Post Exchanges are set up to supply military persons with articles of necessity and convenience at the lowest possible prices. The purchases are limited to strictly military needs. A PX is run as a cash and carry store.

There are two Post Exchanges in operation on this Post. The old PX, Exchange No. 1 (Building 53 on your map), is located at the corner of Gruber Street and Chaffee Road; the new PX, Exchange No. 2 (Building T-601 on your map), is located on Chaffee Road near Parker Street. The schedule of hours for both exchanges is the same:

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Merchandise Section from ____ to ____ daily
Hairdressing Shop from ____ to ____ daily
Tailor Shop, PX No. 1 from ____ to ____ Monday to Saturday, incl. Closed Sunday
Tailor Shop, PX No. 2 from ____ to ____ Monday to Saturday, incl. from ____ to ____ Sunday
Grill, PX No. 1 from ____ to ____ daily
Lunch Counter, PX No. 2 from ____ to ____ daily

Shoe repairing is handled through the Tailor Shops.
Shoe shining stands are maintained at both PXs.

The Post Gas Station operates on the following schedule: Daily except Sundays and holidays, from ____ to ____.

HAIRDRESSING SHOP. This is one place you will probably visit often. The Hairdressing Shop is located in Building T-180, in the direction of the Station Hospital. In this building are sections for both white and colored personnel. This shop is open daily, including Sunday, from ____ to ____.This is a busy place, so you had better call or drop in to make an appointment.

[[Illustration to left: a woman pictured from the waist up, seated at a table with her head partially covered by a large hair dryer. Her body is covered in a drape with her left hand resting on the table. Handwritten next to her is, "Did you hear the latest L R? Well, it seems that -----,---."]]

If you are having difficulty getting your hair styled according to WAC