Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-01


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HOW APPLICANTS ARE SELECTED.
The taken picking applicants positions
regarding physical men
tai qualifications of the girls they careful protect them.
peculiar they thing that not long ago
the police called upon to break practice which reflected
the of the Ivy exchange certain class of
the habit of making appointments Ivy Exchange
and told those they that they telephone girls The Bell
officials heard of it and it broken up
Such attention the comfort female employees bound
tell found that did The operators quick efficient and
take pride their work They graded marked for efficiency
and they feel the responsibility placed upon them and
know that the quality of their work which keeps $4,000 people
Of limited telephone knowledge and OF temperaments salts
fed with their telephone service
OF many telephone dissatisfied at times but
they would be enen N if they could what did
and could understand the conditions made up my
impatient telephone operator after visited them
and them work and
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR OPERATORS.
you can't get a number you want want right now dom
Jump to the conclusion that the operator and inefficient
This kind never gets opportunity give you number
gnners placed in training school Ivy Exchange
they instructed and drilled the of swichboards They
have real swchboards their only being that
they connected with the outside wordhe
with other boards the building gives lessons in
possible condition which might emergencies
the operator becomes expert this work she placed the job
night when the calls few
The Bell traffic of
10 supervisors and chief operators the Ivy Exchanges IS
operators y supervisors and chief operators
change 40 supervisors and chief operator
long distance IL operators supervisors opera
tor in the West Exchange; operators supervisor
operator in East Point operators and chief operator
in Decatur and - other operators who handle
plants and special
In charge of all these operators who expert
of long experience who has specialized chief
the Main and Ivy Exchanges
of the heavy traffic and in day into
three shifts.
There dozens Of which could be
ism of Bell operators They have stuck the
of the country the face of fire, food and panic life
property They have been called upon this
but they the kind which could do if they called
And that they this kind due
IN the first place and the and ateward looking
toward their welfare and comfort
THEY ARE AS SAFE AS AT HOME
Every effort made right employed and
then every effort made them The operators girls
who live at home and have home they protected
work they would be protected Once while oper
ator conduct might doubt the wisdom having
poyed her When this there vacancy But that happens
every line OF work and doesn happen frequently
telephone business if as often, n any 9th line
could write for hour longer of the things saw and
interested in little journey telephone land but they
woudn print it if it.
If thought would enough understand the
myriad OF lights holes plugs telephone switchboard
believe would for place o wire in the Bell
Exchange know would be comfortable than newspaper
Office and would have place my peace and place
occasionally