The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-07


is n very definite place for women in
the filing of which they can be Of in
finite service TO the public.
Places For College Women.
There is at the present time a very
distinct place for college bred women
in public affairs. The university train
ing gives one a broad point Of view, i
more balanced Judgment, and the abil-
ity to meet people.
IF the college girl is looking for
ward TO going into relief work for the
poor or investigation of working con-
ditions or truSteeShip OF institutions
+ the emphasis should OF course, be
placed on sociology. If she is going
i into labor investigation or into sta
+ tistical work in municipal research
departments or railroad commissions
the emphasis should be placed on eco
Monies. In both there should always
be a good course in statistics, and
courses in political science should not
be neglected. If a girl is going into n
health department or into health work
good courses in physiology, bacteriolo-
gy and chemistry are exceedingly val
liable. OF course if she IS going into
some technical department, such as a
bureau OF chemistry or a bureau of
bacteriology, she must take technical
courses in these studies.
After she has finished college the
wisest thing to do IS to go TO one of
the good schools of civicS and philan-
thropy to get an opportunity for prac-
teal experience under direction. The
demand for graduates of these schools
who show ability is SO great that po-
sition is practically assured.
III one is unable to get such training
one may get experience Ivy doing vol
unteer or semi-yolunteer work for
charitable organizations
I'm addition to- the training 7 have
already mentioned. n knowledge Of
stenography and iypewritinc IS very
valuable. Furthermore, business cy
perience IA invaluable. After all. il &
liking people which will do more 81
make girl successful than any other
one thing.
Salaries Paid to Women.
The salaries for public positions, on
the whole, are about as good as one
gets elsewhere for the same kind OF
work. L believe most women's posi-
, ton are underpaid at the present time
, for the kind OF service rendered. Fol
instance, $500 year is, with a few
exceptions, the highest salary that any
, woman IS paid in public positions. Ju
J LA Lathrop. director of the children:
J bureau at Washington. is one excep
ton. Women are doing work for 81,
, 800 n year of the sort for which MAJ
, OF less ability receives 5000 year
) The highest paid woman in the burea,
of labor, who has charge of the WON
D ans division and all the investigation
; relating TO woman's labor, is paid
? salary of $500. She gets in addition
; SO per diem whenever she is outside o
Washington. which brings up her sal
I ary considerably. The usual good sal
: ary in state positions is $1,000 a yea
! for a woman or at most 81 800. Ii
I municipal positions $1,000 a year !
: considered a high salary
) The public today needs men an
5 women who have a yision-a vision o
; ideal conditions-conditions where mel
D and women and children, PARTICULAR,
children, have a fair chance for de
cent and useful life. These ideals ma.
Il never be reached, but trained. prac
0 teal woman who will devote the hes
@ years of her life TO public service ma
bring them much nearer than they ar
q TODAY"