New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Washington Irving High
School Cited as an Ideal
Community Centre.
KEEPING WATCH
ON WORKING GIRLS
Teachers Plan Trip TO Albany in
Opposition to Cromwell Bill
Affecting Salaries.
BY HENRIETTA RODMAN.

II you haven't gone to the Washing
ton Irving High School, advise you
to 20, especially as it will be rather
the thing in the next few weeks 20
know something about community CEN
tres.
The school was planned by Mr.. Will
lam McAndrew, its principal, as com
munity centre, long before you and
knew the meaning of the phrase.
You enter great hall. An open fire
is burning, on the hearth, of course.
Pictures, remarkably good ones, hang
on the wainscoted walls. This is the
municipal art gallery
In the exhibition hall, on the floor
above, is loan collection OF curlosltles
from the Amazon. Instead of taking
the children 10 the museums, mere the
museums are brought to the children.
But it wasn't the building with Its
theatre, and model Housekeeping apart
mcnt, its bank and its shops. that
came 10 see.
In an Office on the first floor | found
Miss Ethel Gittoe, the employment sec
retary. the only employment secretary.
by the way. in any Of our twenty-five
high schools.
HOW Is unemplOytHcH hHOHS hi6h
school girls ?" | asked.
"Much better in the last two
months" said Miss Gittoe, "but we still
have number of very competent girls
waiting for positions.
81 wish | could get word to all OF
the employers in the city to let them
know how thoroughly our girls are
trained for commercial and artistic
work.
"You sec. we have d three years
business course. That includes three
years training in English, and means
enormous saving OF time to employers.
Our girls, Of course, don't make the
mistakes in English that the graduates
of ordinary business schools do.
When an employer sends for a girl
I try to find out as exactly as possible
what his requirements are. Then
try to find girl who will give salts
faction.
Later, I follow up each girl to get
the employers criticism Of her. If
girl does rot think that she is being
fairly treated she knows that she can
always come back to me-"
Yes" Miss Gittoe replied TO a ques-
tiou. 81 have had to blacklist very
few employers who found could not
I .N
De re - 10 'ou ~ ,.-a. ,,,a,,, r,ore on
But nave put a great many more 1'.. on
the white list OF employers. who really
CONSIDER the "e!'die 81 .hei P'!,o
Inc g4ri5 VINO '"he .ne ar oJurle 49,
costume design and commercial art
work, such as posters and advertising.
Il have a good deal Of trouble to get
employers to give our commercial
artists a chance to show wh"t tney
can do. The hrms say thaV they nave
no facilities for employing giris -iha.
the men Ike to Wor" IN tnelr shlrI
sleeves and smoke ana they dou want
girls around.
This refusal o. employers 10 EI'e
think for the girls DO excellent work.
nv the way" said Miss GIttoe, as
was leaving. III YOU DO hear OF any ad-
yortislnc concerns who are at all
fcministic. our telephone is Stuyvesant
1924"
I'm wandering if an associate super
intendencv can be a Boojum. Mr.. Will
an, .@n. - ~ ,bc New York public schools
Ill 10 ,,ss elected an associate super
-, -, u. ~ aftcr tbat he never was
i.'-I ~ y. W ,o..,;,
''ai" "i' y! Eo-,r.i Grant dead?" 4 lady
a.l.aI hnr br.baud Who replied.
80 be - nat we did him grave in
..,.t'.a tor ,,c bYrieJ him"
JUrf 80 10. ,.raro in Justice has been
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