The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-26

| stlll dropping little. But tia ).
lar will probably not reach s.. w
1913 level for some wears o.. 80 0'a
So the plan OF Vassar 10 80
| salary scale "a per cent barely 1l Y
the college professor on his ~
war living scale. Yet a "a mar ~
raise will bring this COLLEGE =, ~
point where its salaries conn.,.
faVorably with those of ofbo- Use
legeS in its class. The collaes W
fessors are beginning TO reeejvap. ~
probation, but they are SUI =.
from Easy street. "a
The college girls set abon, t..
salary campaigns with entbusia1 80
In progressive wOmen's collegse y,
student activities are now raSs,s -
as educational. The salary -
paign is being used 10 teach ~
students things that they could NJ,
learn in the academic courses ''
Each girl at Vassar agreed :.
pledge 800. 1t was further aer.s5
that the money was to be earn
No girl was to write home for
check.
At once business ventures NJ Az
cry sort began to blossom ont 7,
some of the halls cider barrels ws,a
installed, and quantities of fress
cider are still being sold to rirl-
who feel in need of refresbmsn,
before or after classes. Other gjri'
set up little shops and sold ham
work or novelties. Some serve tss
Shows and benefits have bes5
given.
All sorts of talents are heinz
turned to account in the girls ef.
forts to earn their pledge money
Alumnae and undergraduate ar,
automobiles, making and
selling preserves and doughnufs
fences and furniture and
giving programs of music and
dancing.
Other girls have gone out COL
Letting. The Plumbers union and
the Carpenters union of one city
each gave SIS to a fund. becauss
they were interested in helping an
line of work TO attain Ia
In all their ventures in making
and collecting funds, the students
are getting practice in dealing with
people on business terms. They
learn something of the value Of a
dollar. This work is a typical ex-
ample of how colleges are trying
70 give practical experience to girls.
TIE modern girls college claims
20 be a complete democracy, a
snail state in itself, with student
ofieers and councils, student-rua
athletics and dramatics, perhaps a
theatre with girl cleo
.ricians and costume designers and
Ill the rest of the theatre staff
One college has a census bureau
which registers girls and their
abilities and inclinatiOns. It sees
hat no girl has too many outside
interests and it brings out the bash
III students who might be swept
long with the crowd throughout
oIlege.
The faculty member, too, In a
modern college, has to be more
iAGL1 a lCeh4 A6$l ICCAuSE- IG NE-
lands of practical education bring
eachers into closer touch with the
tudents. Most of their time is re
uired. Yet the instructors can
arely afford to give themselves up
holly to their college work.
Even if a professor manages to
i've on the salary paid by the col
8ge, he mas to think of the future.
he Carnegie pensions offer some
clip. But they retire professors
n only a little more than 80 per
ent of their pay. So the college
aacher must save something for
Id age. Generally he does it by
dding outside work to an already
program. The salary fund
are not going to eiimi-
ate financial worry entirely from
OlIege teaching, but they are
tep in the direction Of that mil
enium-