SOCIAL LIFE OF SERVICEMEN AT BUSY SCHOOL TOUGH JOB FOR MRS. GIARD

Just because a man is in uniform doesn't mean that he doesn't come up to the age-old definition of being a social animal, and the social animals on the Soldiers Field side of the Charles are plenty much dependent on Mrs. Eugene Giard for their opportunities to continue on that plane.

Nominally "Assistant to the Dean of the Business School in charge of Social Activities," Mrs. Giard now finds herself running dances for the members of every uniformed contingent at least twice--when they come and when they go--in addition to her original civilian responsibilities.

Business On Upswing

But calling her a one-women dance committee doesn't come close to describing her duties. For example, she is in charge of Sherman Hall, where wives kill time waiting for their husbands, and the men may meet their, girls. This task has recently skyrocketed, since Sherman serves 2800 people a month now instead of the former average of about 400.

Dances and parties, however, are her main interest. Since establishing contacts with the various girls' schools and colleges in the Boston area, these institutions have simplified matters by throwing all sorts of parties for the B School's service men, and she has little to do but act as a sort of coordinator.

Unfortunately, the penchant to give parties for eligible young officers is not confined to schools, which have an abundant supply of equally eligible young ladies, Mrs. Giard has had to protect "her boys" from the wiles of fond mothers who wished to palm off their less popular daughters on the unsuspecting men.

In the Best of Places

On one occasion, she has had to combat the wiles of another type of woman. This happened when a group of servicemen on the way to a party given for them in one of Boston's dignified hotels were accosted. The embarrassed men thanked her for saving them from "the rate worse than death," while the hotel manager soon reported the addition of two house detectives.