Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-27
work for the ConeEe Graduate.

l--HE several fields Of activity open
V~ to girls just out Of college and
the attractions and advantages
- OF each are discussed by. Ruth
Na1NfAM1 Cranston in the Delineator.
49, Many girls, she says, oamo
home from college with q violent attack OF
the woman's club fever. We believe in ls-
ing the club as a means 70 an END, not as
an end In Itself. Organization IL essential
20 efficient cooperation, and this n the
justification OF the woman's club. Everyone
knows what a power for reform and civic
integrity some of the women's clubs OF
America have proved TO be. II none exists
in her own home city she may even be
ambitious enough to organize one. However
this may be. the secret Of success as a
club woman lies In not over-eonoentrating.
in using the club as an Instrument for re-
form, not as an excuse for neglect OF home
/ duties.
Lecturing TO women's clubs offers pos
sibilities 70 the college woman of ability,
who has something Of interest TO say and
and knows how to say It. This Is, more
over. a very satisfactory and powerful way
OF influencing prominent women to under
take various civic and federal improve
ments which would otherwise never come
to their notice.
Indeed, the life Of the modern college girl
is determined far more by herself than by
her environment, and her work should be
decided after careful consideration OF pre-
sent and future situations; but even II
the decision results in failure there Is no
reason for encouragement IL ones effort
has been fruitful. College teaches cour-
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patience and hope for the future and
leads the disheartened out Of the depths
of Encouragement with the cheering
words, Begin againl"
After all, the college girl who is looking
forward to being at home is the most
fortunate. For no matter how great may
be her ability along professional or bust
ness lines. every girl Graves the intimacy
of family life and all that goes with II.
Surely there is no success of any kind,
be IL Of reputation or OF fortune, that can
compare with the privileges a girl enjoys
in her own home, surrounded by the love
and interest of her family and friends,
with leisure to cultivate her talents and to
pursue her education, and with unlimited
opportunities for usefulness and service,
There is no excuse for idleness simply be-
cause one has no definite work to do every
minute of the day.
The girl who lives at home can put her
education to good use by teaching her
younger brothers and sisters. or perhaps
she can arrange to tutor some anxious
subfreshman preparing for college. This is
not combining work, and, while 1t does not
involve any great salary, 1t gives a girl
a feeling OF independence in the knowledge
that she could make O business of tutoring,
II necessary. Moreover, there is nothing
that teaches patience and appreciation Xix
teaching, and even a very limited expert
ence along that line is valuable.
II one is socially Enthusiastically being
used here in it's broader Misunderstanding
may be made to include friendly visiting.
a most useful and absorbing work, and one
greatly In need of new recruits. The
friendly visitor has an unexampled oppor-
tunity, and her life, while full OF disap-
poihtment and dislllusion, is yet 30 COM
plete in its service and In the conscious
ness OF being necessary to others that
there can be no question as to it's being
q happy one.