New-York tribune., 1910-01-16
PREFERS TEACHIkc
School the Lesser EuI g.,
Barnard Alumna.

Mrs Henry Wise Miller. in a r.e.,,
view In The Tribune relative 10 b.-
in connection with the Barnard g.,
Alumnse employment bureau. ds,,or.s =
fact that nearly all college girls -
ceiving their diplomas turn natIiraIlx -
"overcrowded profession OF ,...ss
rather than 70 the ranks OF businss.
particular. she spoke OF the denand - y
business and professional men for eol.-
bred women as secretaries. Such uo-,
Mrs Miller intimsted. would find !.
would qualify as stenographers-
opportunity for congenial. interesting - -"
fairly well paid from the start and =.
mately leading to remuneration higbsr - '-'
that of a teacher. Mrs. Miller reeor,,.NN
ed those of the young alumnse WIN
found teaching uncongenial to lear, -
biography. but there is another sld4 =, :
question
In spite OF Mrs Miller's counse, -
Barnard alumna who doesn't Ike tea.
ing but who has nevertheless becor,.
teacher. conditions will have 10 cb,,.
materially before the college zirl< -
a stenosrapher's position in prefsrerc.
that Of a teacher There are many uo-..
-
vate schools who have been s,,cr...s,
teachers for years. and yet dislike eva
moment OF the day spent inside the scso,.
walls Were the work itself onIv "a :.
considered many would undoub,sdlv !.
happier acting as the stenograoher -.
mouthpiece OF some promoter OF indus
some captain OF finance. than teachins :.
young idea their A 3 C's year after v.,-
but II is not the only thing to be co,,,.
cred.
Personally. I don't like teaching -.
never will. but in my senior year a, :,
lege / thought the matter over And !,
cided that. inasmuch as I had to earn =
living. teaching was less objectiooss.
than anything else. Compared with al :,
stenographers I know. my pay is good. n
ii is certain TO advance. according Z, a,
rules of the Board of Education. acco--y
to length OF service. instead OF being )
pendent upon the caprice OF some one =.
who might decide after I had been rs
him several years that I was getting \
old and fat to run around and hunt I'd q
papers / have heard OF such employs,
Also, after thirty years OF service I Ar
sure Of a pension sufficient to keen :.
from the poorhouse. Thirty years
school teaching and then a pension ns
not be a pleasant outlook, but isn't Il,
better outlook than thirty years 4
stenography and no pension?
And then take the question Of hour
Now, we teachers work hard for OH
money. When we leave the school a, !
o'clock We are more tired than the bus.
ness woman who does not get OF Until G
after. Most OF US have papers 10 corrss,
in the evening, too, after our days vul
is supposed to be over. Nevertheless, q
necessity demands il. we can scurry homs
change our frocks. and arrive at an after
noon tea, unlike the girl downtown VINO
tied to her rolltop desk and swivel char
until . o'clock We have all our Sa1u,-
days OF, SO that we have abundancs q
time for the opera or 70 visit our frisnis
and relatives over a week end. And Hs
have long summer vacation Every Jay
scores and scores OF teachers sail tor
trip across the pond 1t is almost u
heard of for a stenographer to do the SANE
Even If her salary warranted the expense
she cannot be spared for so long tine
If she is valuable adjunct TO an once
But on Weighing both sides OF the aus<
tion. think, and so do most college Er.s
that the teacher has the better Of tt