The evening world., 1911-01-19

AZ n problem In algebra to those who
Know their algebra. or to Miss Henri
eta Rodman. English instructor in the
Wadleigh High School. who has made
a study OF this particular problem.
II think IL 10 quite plain tina
the girls who leave our high
schools are o In any way pre-
psrsd to earn their livslihoods,"
remarked Miss 1odman. Our sdu-
oationai system prepares . girl to
meet conditions which havs not sx-
listed for twenty years. We need
courses that will Mt them for life
a. 10 10 to-day.
nave thought a great deal about
this-to me IL seems vital-and in con-
sequence we a organized here In
Wadleigh a Vocational Committee"
Whose purpose is-?" suggested.
To Decide a Vocation.
II help the girls. find themselves"
answered Miss Rodman slowly. ITO
teach them to study themselves until
they determine what vocation IL best
suited to them. After they have de-
cided we try to make doubly sure by
'TSut tHe reasons Tor
their decision. And so that the com.
mittee will be in the best possible posi-
ton to aid the girls In their selection
we have made out a list OF question
and a blank which the girls MI in.
After studying these sources OF infor-
nation. together with what we person
ally know Of the girl. we divide our
students. roughly speaking. into four
classes.
"Thsss four Glasses, Into one OF
which any young girl nts. are the
professional, commercial, Indus
trial ana artistic GLASSES.
Very little observation will enable
an Instructor to place a pupil In one Of
there four groups. There 10 the girl who
Is quick, accurate and original; she be-
is the girl who Is quick n accurate.
but devoid Of originality: we place her
In the commercial class.
The Industrial Class.
Thirdly. there Is the girl who is
SOW, neat and possibly only reasonably
1o.urate; she belongs in the industrial
class. Then there Is the girl who has
an instructive sense OF proportion. or
color. and beauty combined with orig
inality, this girl goes into the artistic
class.
Girls who would make really high
grade dressmakers are the girls who use
their hands we'll and who have the color
instinct and originality. We place these
In the artistic class. for the develop
ment Of dressmaking, as II Is to-day, Is
entitled to be known as an art"
Miss Rodman Is a young with
a very busy brain behind a bored man
ner. Yesterday, while We talked, she
sat in "A ~listless attitude at one OF the
desks In the English room at Wadleigt
and emphasized her points with languld
gestures OF her beautiful Oriental hands
Hut her face. perpetually questioning
bellies the - cadences OF her voice.
How do you help the girls to un
derstand themselvesT" l asked.
Study Own Possibilities.
1--WE teach them to study their owl
personalities and possibilities" Mis-
Rodman replied. We impress upol
.;iem the gravity Of selecting the RICH
vocation while they are young. For
while a man and girl are young. the,
lave only TO think o, themselves an
their obligation to the community; wha
quality they ave in themselves tina
hey can give to the best advantage.
"But, II yourg persons make
mistakss In the choice OF their vo-
cation while they are young, It 10
hard to change IL In after years,
for later there IN the duty
toward Q husband o. wife or fam
lily to onset h personal molina
ton"
But YOU were going to tell me no,
tou help the Wadleigh girls TO under
stand themselves" ] reminded.
In my " classes l try to help IN
girls 20 study themselves under dill
ferent heads" Miss Rodman explained.
II make the girls first study their ow
style; their general type. you Nigh
call IT,. After that they study tibet
appearance and then their speech an
, finally their manner.
, The Superficial Things.
E These are the superficial things tina
help a girl TO understand hersel
. Deeper, OF course, there is a girl
( character, her habits and her ideals"