The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-10
Ing splendid opportunities for yong
women with vocational training
The Iaderlyisg Principals.

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aTinef Chapman efficiency councillor
Of department store managers. on Fun
damentals in Education FOR Department
stores irst presented. spoke
{ The underlying principles OF sales
nanship training may he expressed as
follows" he said THAT the eauca-
tipn and betterment 81 the working girl
IN department stores ere Of vital inter
est TO the public. the employer, Ard the
girl herself
i THAT the time is ripe for a definite
declaration of principles. aud the IN
dertalsing OF thorough study of the
I problem encountered with well laid
plans for continuous aud prc= essive
movement.
THE problem is sociological ~ we'll
as economic. and economic As Vel as
sociological Both factors must be con
sldered: both the social status and the
economic status OF all parties con
cerned must receive the proper con
sideration
( "'fhe working cir! must hag- not
4 only an active part III the orsanfza-
ton and opera lion Of the plan. but
also share IN the economic gains TO
% t,.'t.
s..fI,st ~ rr,h5.,, of tho sales girl
is tied in. and is part of. the general
problem OF management and Opera tion
OF the store and any plan adopted must
consider all the factors Of msnas ~riai
control necessary 20 the administrs-
tton OF the business"
MANY stare managers have realized
a.. ~ k,,,,a .fa,,,.nt IN tl,efr ar
..;u'..i .s,.ot,.;,a 10, 1e.v al
,r.;n,, 49,, rbstr p,achanies1 eeuip-
- "a 49, +rs1a an xor,e IF mans
e.. ho,.arn,a,t So,,e .stabusl,u snts
rhs.-e o,ahorafo and eosttv arrangetaents
ro 49, baa1th ana con,fort Of their
er,nIn,os w.ith social secretaries. physi.
laws and nurses to make these ar
ran~emenfs cxeetf,a
na...,,ar., ,,..,.. r.,.,.r.
ef;as peuIah Eannara educational N.
rertor of +br peoartuert store Educa q.
tion .saociatton If New, York civ. In
te1,i,,g Of Tho work of that assocfa
ian sa;d in mart as follows
.'r,dncat,onsI classes have long bee,
ro,uIar in department stores though
those classes have often had ittie rcla
&c "a tba etr,s worlx i'm the store
Mare rec.nt,y a number OF experimeu-
raj ciarsas in saiesuarship have beer
st.rted as a result of the excellent
schnoi of saIesmarShtn in Boston
.,r1u, even with these encouraging
aefor,s much remains to be done 10
fo,,ady tbis business inef1cleucy. per
son.t loss aud social waste The Gle
r,,art. nF5tbe urobIen, are in our Some
ava socis, conditions and I'm the public
vchooIv .s wsu "a in the stores and
~ adcouatc solution can he found
which aoex uot tst<c all OF tbes. into
consideration The stores cannot be
e,-e,, reasonably successful in their ef-
fav,s ,,r,osa the1- have co-operatfon of
tho schools and tho p,,bljc For this
rsaso,, the Denarttnent store Eauea :
49, ,.soci..ioa h,x beep formed in
nrasr Ia uecurn this nartnership be-
t,+as,, ,he .tores and me nublic lased
~ .co,ra+s tror1edre and n,t;fuai
,,raarsta,di,y
stray Of t6r situation.
~ nurnosss frst In study the prob
ier,. If store management which NAV
afTeet the efIciencv of the organisa
fiop
second. IL will inquire into the ply
stca, aud social conditions which affect
aHci.r.,. ana tsA confessional interest
~ II. cir, ep,n,oyes
s,srsnon the hssis OF these studies II
rili thsn ia co-oneration will, the
5.na,t,.n, .tors ,.anayera make con.
str,,otiy. MAN. fo~ ;mnroyement
.srha asvoc;atinn has focussea lis
npau terause
.bay ar. +he n,ost ironortant factors 4,
s,ors oreanization hut because they
ar. ~. a.aLa.,. members ana tho ones
least rnaay for team work
aff virrs health can be improved
Eh.r r,ird trained and her happiness a.
wa,t as nor erSc;enev increased. she
bnrssle vii, contribute tho resultant
aatbt,.t,.r, ara rrofess,opa, shirt ia
tha stores deyelonmeut.
"Eut ,he nrohisn of the girl is a
soo;aI - veil az business problem
rbe o,i,l in business lfke other Young
;.,. ,on.s ,ha, in few wears abe
no. si,,. nm her outside work In order
q, ,ate horos of her own. She has
~ ,,an, u,oran.s tIo,hle responsi-
,'5t;., .a,.sra ,,er i,,r,sdiate ,asts in the
,nan, ana her ,oas;ble future "a a
- a,s ,,,o,bsr This donhIe function
r,,a.,,a -. uon;n,, acuaIlv intarestad
l...t, ,nin,.. /, aixi,v nor an
nr.,,,;., ,nr ,hs htyhest dev.,op-
80. - .,a hra.a.., .dura,iou at
-, ~ 4. ga n,,1ss.
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tan.h;, uise ana CONTAMINATION