New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE.
Few College Women Wish to Begin at the
Foot Of the Ladder.


while every large city has one more teachers
1Fsncsss NeV-York IS probably unique IN having
a tsaahers agency kept by q college bred woman
xdsA Epecai reference TO the needs OF college bred
Eo-uen Among al the interests and occupations 20
which the graduates OF wonen's colleges have d.
recssd their attention. hardly one has seen IN the
tsachsrs agency promising outlet for her abilities
or ambitions
Perhaps # Miss Helen II. Kelsey. Wellesley, 'e5.
Tad rot been register at her alma mater for q
number OF years the idea OF starting agency
Tor college women (and other women. OF course)
lnlgnt not have occurred to her. But college wom-
en- according Miss Kslsey. easy TO get along
with" among their most engaging traits being
their truthfUlness about themselves.
Whatever they may DO" said Aiss Kelsey,
laughing college women don't b about their ages.
For one thing, there are too many records accessi-
te 70 make 81 eithsr sate or profitable But then,
my relations with my clients are always pleasant,
college bred women being. as G rule, easy 70 deal
with
Z DO nnd this dInaCuly with them. though-a fire.
oueut unw1lnngness 20 begin at the bottom OF the
ladder. They don't understand IN going into bus-
ness that !t IS generally necessary 70 take subor-
onate position at email salary. but they feel they
ought ct once 70 draw the salary they would draw
Inclined to ignore the greater financial possibilities
A ss % SSs ooT1cs sGis e Sg tha # hey VII ony y 6e
small they VII receive q larger salary when they
cautious II business ventures. and md those who
come TO me aZe reluctant 10 take their chances,
They want to be absolutely certain 10 be protected
aest1st any possibility OF disappointment or they
won't so II CT all"
When asked as 10 the kind OF occupation TO which
The college bred woman IS turning. Miss Kelsey
Piled that most OF those who apply 10 her seek po-
E!tions teachers.
Teaching" she said is stiu the profession 70
which The majority OF higher educated women
grayitEte but great many going IN for stenog
faphY. There IS large demand for college bred
women as secretaries and IN positions where
EnoWleoge OF languages counts. Publishing houses
GlsO oter a promising field 10 the edunSteS woman
who Is willing 10 begin at the foot Of tnS ladder.
II would surprise outsider 10 '-.aoW q 7 many
college bred women are IN the employ 4 Y he big
pubLshirg firms OF this city engaged II ES-ing out
cfcU4Grs, editing OcdOnaries-doing ! sorts Of
tllngs unknown 70 or unsUsDected b. the public.
Bone oI the positions call for erudition as in the
case OF the Smith girl who Is getting out Latin
olcuoneryi the Johns Hopkins girl. who is ply
scan IN Bangor, Ne. but who comes on to give
ley graduate who is editing an English dictionary
slca work this calls for the direct application Of
ne knowledge the girl has gained IN college Others
ca4l ior administrative ability chiefly. tact tudg
tneIs industry, mastery OF detail, etc.-Qualites
tnAt are or ought 10 be, strengthened by a college
s0uFse. put are certainly not confined to college
asked as 70 the practical advantages of a degree
aalss Kelsey replied: Undoubtedly persons with a
essfee ere a. an advantage. 4 degree from a lead
.te EoHens college is a trademark. OF. rather, I
sOllo say, the hall mark of intellectual and moral
e1ceLenoe Principals and presidents prefer de-
sys when they can get T. but training successful
sApsrasnce and originality also count for very