The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-05
DIR. Anna Reed Puts in Cate.
go y Those Who Do Not
Seize Opportunity.
WOMAN'S VOCATIONAL
CONGRESS UNDER WAY
Weeks Conferences Open
Yesterday at University
TOday's Program.

product of wars. They have been In
existence az long as has community
| man. There have been siackers lust
| have not taken advantage Of all op-
rcrtunities offered them
The text of the address given by DR..
Anna y Reed Of Seattle before the
initial meeting OF the Womans Voca-
| tional congress, held at the state Uni
,ersity last evening, was wcil cx-
pressed In these few words taken from
her remarks.
DIR. Reeds address was general In
| nature. covering the many subjects re-
latine to vocational work for women.
all of which will be treated In detail
during the meetings which viii be held
! the rest of the week. She defined the
work as II is regarded by authorities
| today, stating the many problems
which arise. and giving briefly their
solution, Representatives from many
OF Missoula's organizations welcomed
DR.. Reed at this the first meeting or
| the congress. and congratulated the
! university upon obtaining her for the
work Of vocational guidance DR.. Reed
said in part:
| Began With Wrong Ideas.
| "One morning last summer two
young girls came into my office and
tcld me that they wanted to work.
They said they had just finished high
school and were planning to begin
their college work in the fall. They
wanted work 80 that they might have
money 10 buy clothes and books.
asked them what they could do and
they said they didn't know. Then I
| Inquired Of them what kind OF work
they would like. One said she would
like to work in n Doctors office, and
the other, that she wished to be en-
ployed In the office of lawyer.
i turned to the one and said, What
| Kind Of work do you want TO do Ia a
| doctors office? What can your She
| answered that she didn't know just
what work was to be done. asked
her II she could send out the bills and
| write letters on the typewriter. 'Dh
| no. she said but I can answer the
telephone. and help with the patients
! asked her just how she could help
with the patients and ~ shc had done
"'y is'HN "oiH sSHs IepIteO III IuG
negative. but said that she could an
swer the telephone all right. Then I
explained TO her that no doctor would
want to hire a girl who could only
answer telephone.
All Common People.
Il asked the girls II they would want
tc go out to the bag factory and knit
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their disapproval OF this suggestion.
II We would go out there and work.
said one. wouldn't we be making our
selves common pcoplcT Then found
out that the two girls were planning
TO make teachers OF themselves. | ex-
planned To them that the best thing
they could do was to go TO work In the
bag factory. that II they were to be-
come teachers II was best that they
learn that we are all common people.
System to 0iams.
Here were two young ladies who
had gone through the high school. who
knew nothing for which they were
fitted, and who regarded work In
bag factory as degrading. Was II
their fauity No, not exactly. Was It
their teachers' fault? Yes. but not
directly. It was the fault Of the edu-
cationai system Of today"
DR.. Reeds address contained many
stories of her experiences each of
which brought out some truth in re-
gard to the popular idea OF education
and vocational work for women.
A Community Affair.
Every one of us is vocational
guide. whether consciously or un-
consciously" said the speaker. 1T Is
not the vocational guide. nor the fac
tory man. nor the professor, who meets
the problem alone. 1t is a community
affair In which each plays his part.
We must begin early with the child for
II is here that the habits are formed
| which are TO Influence his whole life.
lie must be taught what qualities he
has for success. lie must know how
to develop his good qualities and do
away with his bad ones. He must he
taught how to make the best Of his
abilities and how to become a good
citizen. Education and vocational
guidance must go hand in hand. There
is no dividing line between them.
| every child should be taught how to
estimate his own potentiality. He
must know what he can do and how
well he can do it,
! Many Speakers Heard.
I The meeting was opened by Ruth
McHaffie. president OF the Woman's
league OF the university. under whose
auspices the congress is being held.
Representatives of many Of the or
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