New-York tribune., 1910-11-02
HELPING BUDS TO BLOOM
Such Is the Object of Wadleiqh's
Vocation Committee.

The tragedy of unfolding talents uippaf
IN the Dud BY adverse circumstances viii
be known no more among the graduates -
Nadleigh High school il the new vocation
committee succeeds in accomplishing an
that it wishes to. Under the chairmaasbf,
OF Miss Henrietta Rodman the counmittss
viii endeaTor 10 discover all these buds ana
help them TO bloom.
Many girls when they leave school enter
upon work for which they are not ftted az
ALL said Miss Rodman yesterday
For example, almost all these girls haya
some musical or dramatic talent. and manv
OF them leave school hoping to flnd a buSI.
ness opening for these talents They thipl-
the work win be easy ard interesting-so
different from the dreaTy. monotORous esll.
ing Of the teacher. OF course, most OF them,
are doomed to disappointment Now. ii /,
the duty of teachers TO ind out what such,
girls really can DO Well and get them "a
terested in that other work.
To help us in getting at these facts s1r
ouT girls We have distributed printed lists
Of questions 10 girls VINO are leaving school.
We ask each one 10 tell what studies sb,
was most interested in when she Was IN
the grammar schools. what games she Ikea
best when she was little and what bOoSs
she likes 70 read. We ask her parents IN
tell about her homo interests and to help
US IN advising her"
From the answers received the COMMITTEES
hopes to discover hidden talents. gir,
who loved 10 play hospital with her broken
dolls and to whom her baby sisters pun for
pettings when they bump their noses VIII
be found promising material for trained
nurse. while the child who played schoo,
every Saturday and loved 10 do sums for
her doll pupils viii be advised 10 become a
teacher.
After the girl has been awakened 10 ths
possibilities within her the next step fer
the teachers is 10 help her secure training
Often the girl who loves 10 sew has never
heard OF the dFessmaking school in her
neighborhood or the girl about 10 become
q stenograDher does not know which bust
ness schools are best The teachers viii
come 20 the rescue with information sd-
dresseS and letters OF Introduction. Sons.,
times the assistance OF the teachers Is
needed in another way. A girls funds ara
low Perhaps the father dies Just as she Is
ready to begin her training.
1T is then the duty of her teachers" SAYS
Miss Rodman, Ito help her get money
somewhere-to borrow II or interest wealthy
patrons in the case or secure a scholarship
in some school The influence OF the teach.
ers IN hsr school, or course. can accomplish
more than the girl can alone.
Some girls need positions, too. while ths,,
ars still in school for afternoon or Sarur-
day work We are sending letters 10 prf
vats schools asking for information about
positions as tutors and ehildren's com
panions for our girls. All the teachers will
interest themselves in finding work for
girls as hoUsewOrkers among their friends.
Often the chance TO wash dishes and sweep
on Saturdays helps a girl get room and
board while she is going through college or
gives her money enough 10 struggle aloIg
until she finishes her school course. There
are 10 teachers here and il We work to-
gether We can do much
1t has been discovered that a large per
centage of the Wadlelgh girls leave school
before they graduate, either from scarcity
of money IN the family purse or from lack
of interest in academic studies.
Such girls, says Miss ROdman- musr
be made 10 realize that even without =
complete education they have within them
the clements of success in some line Of
work \ girl may be denied the JOY OF
becoming a teacher. It so. she must OS
persuaded TO go into business. for both
teaching and Office work require intellectual
power. But a girl who has been prevented
from studying art must be assisted INTO
some hand craft or applied aFC-Work, De-
cause, like the fine arts, they call for hand
work, and in such lines only the skIl1ul
fingers of the handy girl can succeed"