Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-05
BADGER GOODS
ADVISOR is BUSY
MRS. WOODWARD'S WORK AT
STATE UNIVERSITY A BLESS
ING TO GIRLS.
STUDENTS ARE GUIDED.
Many Young Women Do Not Know
How to Enjoy Their College
Course Fully.
MANY MISTAKES ARE AVOIDED.

MADISON, Wis, June 2.-[Speciall
Probably there is no four years in
a girls life which contribute so much
to her development as those of her
college course" said Mrs. Cora Strana-
han Woodward, dean of women at the
University of Wisconsin, in an interview
with representative of The Evening
Wisconsin. There is no one time dur
ing girls whole lifew hen she enjoys
so much independence as she does dur
ing her college career. While a girl is
ways under the watchful eye OF her
parents, and after she is out OF school
she is under the supervision of her en-
plOyer. The only time when she is per-
fectly free to do as fancy prompts is
while she is in the college or university
away from home.
Although she has always looked for
ward to this time oftentimes, when it
does come, she is not prepared to grasp
the opportunities afforded and in the
great joy of the new liberty she at
tempts to crowd too much into it.
Girls Need Special Adviser.
College authorities have come to look
upon the life afforded by residence III
university as a large part of university
education and this growing recognition
has resulted in the appointment In lnstl-
buttons OF some women OF broad educa-
ton, refinement and charm Of manner to
serve as the special advisor of girls in
any matter thai may come up.
In Wisconsin that woman advisor is
Mrs. Woodward, who was appointed IN
June, 1906, and who went into Office at
the beginning of the following academic
year to continue the work ably begun
by Miss Emery ten years ago. :,
She has the general supervision OF all
women undergraduates in the university,
she serves on all permanent standing
committees of the faculty which have to
do with the affairs of the women stu
dents. Their spiritual and social we'll
fare comes to her, either directly from
the students themselves, or indirectly
from the members of the faculty. Mrs.
Woodward, together with Miss Abbey
Shaw Mayhem, represents the interests
of the women on the social committee of
the faculty.
Watches Over Girls Work.
One of Mrs. Woodward's specific duties
Is to see that the girls are making proper
progress in their studies and, if at the
end of stated periods, she finds that the
standings are lower than they ought to
be, she not only urges better work but
finds the root Of the trouble.
I'm some cases." said she, 81 have
found young women who get employment
that they may be able to continue their
studies spending long hours doing man
ual labor outside of school hours, and
subsisting on half the amount of food
necessary for existence to keep down ex-
penses. When | find girls of this class,
[ try to find employment for them where
they may have more time for study and
sufficient food of the proper sort.
Studies Not Well Balanced.
''Then, too, l find girls who do not
properly balance their activities Some
are too much attracted by athletics some
who have talent for dramatics and give
too much time to that branch of educa-
ton, and some who place a good time
above everything else.
Advocates Dormitory System.
81 most thoroughly believe in the edu-
cational influence of the Self Government
association and it's practical value in
solving varsity difficulties, especially in
the matter of securing suitable conditions
of residence for the girls not accommo-
dated in Chadbourne hall and the va
rious chapter houses. This question OF
housing is of vital Importance toward
which 1 am directing the most of my
energies.
81 feel confident that next year all
young women students will be lodged
only in houses which are for their exclu-
siye accommodation"