The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-14
MISS HATCHER TO HEAD
OCCUPATI0hAl BUREAU
stitution, Taking Charge OF Work
In F'all Of 1915.
MISSION OF THE MOVEMENT
Affords Women Of City and State OPP
portanity TO Get In Touch With
Positions for Which They May he
Fittcd-Adyice for the Unframed.

The announcement that. beginning
with the fall of 1915, Miss Orie
Latham Hatcher. PHI. D.. will become
director Of the Woman's Occupational
Bureau will be Of particular interest.
not only to her friends in Richmond,
but also to many throughout the State.
The bureau intends TO devote larg-
or portion OF its time and energy to
giving information and advice con-
corning possible occupations for wo-
men. and Miss Hatcher will take
charge of this department Of Its work.
Miss Hatcher is Richmond woman,
. graduate Of the Richmond Woman s
College and of Vassar College, class
1858. She has her doctors degree
from Chicago University. For several
years past she has been head Of the
department Of comparative literature
in Bryn Mawr College. Personally
and through her worn in the Virginia
Association Of Colleges and Schools
Tor Girls. Miss Hatcher has long been
In close touch with the educational
and vocational interests of Virginia
girls. The organization of this
bureau was largely due to her. and
from the beginning she has been keen
~ interested in its development. Miss
Bessie A. Stearnes will continue her
work with the bureau as the execu-
tive secretary. The bureau feels that
its opportunities for usefulness will
be increased many times, when II has
the benefit OF the experience that Miss
Hatcher will bring to the undertake
ing.
Demands Efficient Workers.
The past few years have witnessed
in every part OF this country ire
rnendous developments in its economic
and Industrial life. and each new de-
velopment has brought with II a de-
mand for trained and efficient workers.
This same period has seen tre-
mendous increase in the facilities for
the education and training Of women.
and an ever-growing among women
and girls to earn n living. This and
similar bureaus have been created to
bring together these two demands. As
development continues in Virginia,
more and more opportunities must
come. and this ht~ean wishes to be a
means of assisting Virginia women
and girls to take advantage Of them,
To this end II wishes TO stand for
the intelligent woman of proved eff
fciency in the line of work she has
chosen. and to be a source of reliable
information as to how this efficiency
may be attained. To the skilled or
trained applicant IL offers Its services
in securing her an adequate position;
to the applicant without training or
experience. II will give advice as to
how TO secure training, and viii en-
deavor TO provide her with work to
prove her efficiency.
Mission of Bureau.
The bureau considers IL one Of its
most important duties to suggest pos
sible occupations for women and to
collect full information concerning
these occupations. It. therefore. gives
the following list Of possible lines of
work. requiring varying amounts Of
training and experience The bureau
does not wish TO convey that onpor-
tunft!~s in all these occupations are
ready and waiting here In Virginia:
though some Of them already exist
and others will necessarily come with
the Increased eomplexftv NJ our life.
But this bureau is affiliated with
similar bureau in Roston. Chicago.
New York and Philadelphia and
through them applicants registered
here will have a chanra nj positions
+, N localities outside of Virginia