The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-15
,Hy Silvia Finlay.)


Social settlement work offers no
greater opportunities for service than
loes the sale OF sub division lots to
people who should own their own
homes" said Miss Edythe G. O'Leary
Of the Cooperative Realty company
Of Butte, in discussing "The Real Es-
cate Road to Success before the final
session OF the Women's Vocational
congress yesterday.
Social settlement is the salvage of
he wrcckage of the people. while real
astate steers the people away from
The rocks. teaching them to take the
helm in their own hands," she contin-
led. Miss OLeary said the reason
nan thinks woman is not tempera-
mentally fitted for real estate sales
nanshir because of her Over-timidity
n her over confidence, but when he
cells her knowledge is secure he has
respect for her ability"
Miss Edna Rankin, sister of Con-
cresswoman Jeanette Rankin and
aw student in the State University,
Rankin said that just as the whole
world is trying to overthrow thrones
and give the power of government to
,he people, the real rulers, so there is
going on in America a miniature
struggle to place woman beside man
On an equal basis with man in the
ield of law. She told of the various
departments which are open to wom-
IN, juvenile court work, Legislative
work, criminal cases. lands. wills, pat
mt rights, court and office work, and
livorce cases.
MissouIa Nurse Speaks.
Miss Gertrude Sloan gave an ad-
lress on the Opportunities for Women
in the Field of Nursing" saying the
advantages of the nursing profession
were the absence of competition from
men and the ability to secure an immc-
diate job.
The exceptional feature of sccre-
tarial work is that women may pur-
sue the work after thair marriage. as
there are always positions to be filled,
on opportunities in Secretarial Work.
Miss Maxwell. who is the secretary of
the northwest field Y. w. G. A., said
hat the special line of the secretarial
work are immigration department. In
lian schools, foreign offices, economic
work, managing and directing organi
zations and the supervisions of sum-
MGR and winter conventions.
A Self.HeIp School.
Miss Rosa Dell, president of the
Rosebud Camp school. told of the work
that the school is doing. The primary
object is the training of teachers. the
| only entrance requirements being the
ability of the girls to help themselves.
However the four universal vOcatiOns
| Chancellor Elliott named. eating. sleep
ing. wearing clothes. and being happy.
and one more me vocation of helping
| others to help themselves, are also
| taught and 'practiced here.
A Good Extension.
Mrs. Una 3. Herrick gaze a very
enthusiastic talk on the success of the
congress. She said that she considered
the Vocational congress for college
women to be IA stretching out" of the
vocation congress for high school girls
annually held in Bozeman under the
auspices of the women of the Montana
State college. Mrs. Herrick said, 1T
| doesn't make much different which vo-
cation you choose or what you do as
much as how you do it, She urged
the girls to reach out and give service
to others. for all education is merely
ones relation to the world.
Stores as Marriage Bureaus.
Real department stores are every
conceivable thing. even to matrimonial
bureaus" said Miss Florence NJ. Hal
in her talk, Vocational Possibilities
in Department Stores" Miss Hall told
of the field open to college women