The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-28
MISS HIRTH TO
GIVE ADDRESS
ON VOCATIONS
W. S. G.. A. to Hold Mass Meet.
April 3 TO Start Yearly
Conferences for
Women.
INTERVIEWS TO BE GIVEN
Splendid Opportunity, Says DR.
Eva Johnston, for Girls
to Get Advice on
Their Careers.

Miss Emma P. Hirih, director Of the
Board Of Managers Of the Bureau of Vo.
cational Information in New York City,
will be in Columbia and address Univcr-
siiy women al a mass meeting April 3,
starting this years vocational conference
conducted by the Women's Self Govern.
ment Association.
Miss Hirth," says DIR. Eva Johnston,
rs the leading woman in the United
States in the work Of vocational guild
ance' She will remain at the University
for a short time conducting group confer
ences and private interviews.
The work Of vocational guidance has
come to be a big and important one,
says DIR. Johnston. land this is a splen.
did opportunity for University women to
receive the best of advice concerning their
choice of profession. and their career,
whether il be one Of business or home
making, and it comes at time in their
lives when they need it most and when
il can be put into immediate and effec-
tive practice.
college and University women should
take into cognizance what their future vo-
cation will be, and work up 10 it. The
main value is to put girls in touch with
possible future work, and the real i'm
poriance lies in their following definite
line to equip themselves for future life"
OCCUPATIONS SUGGESTED
Vocational advisers such as Miss Hirth,
attempt to find out, through interviews,
ones intelligence, tastes. and training,
and basing judgment upon these things.
to suggest an occupation in which the
person advised will function to the full
measure of her capabilities. The question
of salaries is considered in this decision,
and if it appears that the girls can prof
itably go into the line of work under con-
sidcration, a course Of study, is mapped
out which will fit her for the work. When
this is completed, she may again turn to
this adviser, or advisory committee which
will put her in touch with people who are
in need Of such services as she is fit to
render.
There exists at the present time. at the
University of Missouri, permanent ad
visory committee composed of American
Association of University Women men,
bcrs, and faculty members, who are eager
to serve Missouri women in the capacity
described above. These women are pre-.
pared to give advice on the subjects or
professions they represent
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
Following is the permanent commit.
tee: DIR. Eva Johnston, adviser Of women;
DIR. Edith Matzke, medicine and public
health; Mrs. Z. r. Clark, pathology;
DIR. Mary V. Dover, chemistry; DIR. c. W.
Perky. psychology and art; Miss Emma
Cauthorn. college and university teach
er; Miss Ruth Fitzgerald, high-school
teacher; Miss Julia Dale, mathematics;
Miss Grace Barnes, library work; Miss
Ruth Lindsay, botany and bacteriology;
DIR. Helen Stone, geology and geography;
Miss Nance Taylor, nursing service;
Miss Ella V. Dobbs, industrial arts; Miss
Louise Stanley, home economies: Mrs.
George Nardin, private secretary; Miss
Maude Cwinn. Y. W. c. A. and church
work; Miss Helen Gath. physical educa-
ton; Miss Dorothy Mumford, playground
and camp work; Mrs. NJ. F. Miller, gov
crnment service (secd iesiing); Miss
Caroline Stewart, factory inspection:
Mrs. c. W. Greene, social service and
child welfare; Miss Louise Let's, zooIo
gy; Miss Frances Guthrie, psychology;
Miss Sara Lockwood, journalism, and
Mrs. A. X. H. Fairchild, who is chair.
man of this committee.