Galens' Tag Day For Benefit Of Children Slated Dec. 4 - 5

Learning About Indians

Children in the University Hospital, working in the Galens’ workshop on the ninth floor, have recently been learning about American Indians. Here, one draws an Indian while Harvey Katchan, their teacher, watches. In the background is a “Horn of Plenty,” which the children made for Thanksgiving. The Galens will conduct their annual “Tag Day” Dec. 4 and 5 to secure funds for workshop equipment.

Galens’ Tag Davy For Benefit Of Children Slated Dec. 4-5

The Galens annual "Tag Day” to provide funds for fun and education for child patients in the University Hospital will be held this year on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4 and 5.

The Galens have set their goal at $6.500.

An honorary student medical society, the Galens was organized in 1914 and in 1927 began their annual "Tag Day" in Ann Arbor.

Twenty-four collection buckets, one for each member of the Galens, will be situation about the University campus and downtown area of Ann Arbor to gather donations which will be used for recreational equipment for the Galen's workshop on the ninth-floor of the U-M Hospital.

Money's Use Told

The money will go for wood for youthful carpenters, leather, paints, clay for ceramics, books, toys, phonographs, yarn for looms and metal for metal-working.

The "Tag Day" although scheduled for shortly before Christmas, does more than merely provide Christmas joy. It is described by society members as an attempt to provide "Christmas the whole year round."

Money from the drive goes for a "most worthwhile" function, according to U-H Hospital officials - that of keeping up the spirits of sick and crippled children.

The children work in the Galens' workshop every day - some in beds, some in wheel chairs and others, if able to stand alone, on their feet. The project of each child must be planned and supervised. The Galens also provide the necessary funds for a full-time workshop teacher.

The workshop provides education in addition to fun. In the process of making a model airplane the patient is taught about wood, and in the process of making metal gadgets, he is taught about metals.

It is estimated that about 25,000 children have benefited from the money Ann Arbor citizens have contributed through the Galens.