Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-25
200 GIRLS ATTEND
CONGRESS To SEEK
VOCATIONAL IDEAS
Delegates, Hear Speakers Tell
Of Lines of Work Open to
Competent Women.

state were in attendance at the
eighth annual girls vocational congress
held at Montana state college, which
opened Friday. The total registration
of delegates, Friday morning was 100
girls and more than enough hlsh
school girls. not delegates, were in at
tendance To bring the total over the
200 mark. making it by far the largest
congress of this kind that has ever
been held.
The rogram for the first day was
made up of addresses by the various
speakers. and in the afternoon a tour
OF the college and inspection of the
building and of all the departments.
The first speaker that was intro.
duced by Dean Una Ii, Herrick OF
Montana State college, was MISS
Noneeta Noble Of Great Falls. senior
Mt the congress by saying. We have
now come to the eighth annual CON
yention- of high school girls" and told
the delegates something of the history
of these annual gatherings during the
past years. since 1913. when the first
girls vocational ongress ever held
anywhere. was held at Montana State
college.
Greetings Are Given
Dean J.. NJ. Hamilton, of the college.
gave tie address of welcome, explain
ing that he did this in the absence
Of President Atkinsin. who va then
out of the city.
This institution is thoroughly in
sympathy with the wonderful move
ment of the equality between men ana
women he said. Woman has reached
the place where she is the equal OF
man. This institution offers opDortunl-
A.. e., ,.,.,n 90 u-al1 &C for mon
ave hope that You will let us do our
share to help you. to take your place
in the work that goes to make a state
aud nation, and 50 in the behalf OF
the spirit Of Montana State college,
] welcome 0 here
Greetings to the delegates were
given from Gallatin county high school
through Miss Borghild Anderson and
from the Women's league Of the col
lcge through Miss Marie Moebus, its
president. Miss Rose Hefferlin, of
Park county high school, made a
response to these messages of greet
ing.
Rural school supervisor, state de-
partment Helena; Miss Adelaide NJ.
Aver. in her talk on Teaching as a
profession" said: Teaching does not
unfit a woman for marriage. her
duties as foster mother for the school
children, rather fits her for mothe-
hood She went on to point out that
former teachers are often leaders in
their communities.
She asked each girl to consider two
questions before choosing a vocation.
They were: viii there be opportunity
for fun, leisure. and travel? viii the
salary be sufficient to supply your
needs? She then pointed out that in
the teaching profession both these
questions are answered in the affirm
alive.
Must Be Home Makers
Women must be trained in the art
of home making before they q be
successful in the commercial or pro
fessional world, was the keynote of an
informal talk given by Dean Harriet
Rankin Sedman of the state university.
Il believe one of the most vital
points for the girl is to choose that
vocation she really desires and then
prepare for it," she said, and then she
added, that in the preparation for the
vocation the young woman should not
fail TO also prepare herself for her
natural place which is home making.
DIR. Caroline McGill. of the Murray
hospital in Butte, gave two talks, one
Friday morning on Women Medical
Sciences" and one in the afternoon
session on" The Trained Nurse and
Her Mind
"A woman in the medical profess
sion should love her work and she
should not take up that work unless
she plans TO devote her life to it."
she said. She added that there are GER
tain women who will never marry and
it is these who should plan to take
IN medicine. In closing her second
ALI, ,ho ra;J {lat tI,D,n vrrac M uthnp
way in which a woman could be Of
more service to the world than in
taking up medical work but added. IF
your life falls in other lines of work.
J wish you JOY and success in what
ever you do
Need Love for Task
There is something that each and
every one of us can give. that nobody
else can give, to our particular task,
and that thing comes through the per-
sonal love of the task said Dean
Sarah Louise Arnold. of Simmons col
iege. Boston. III her talk on Tasks
and Task masters in closing her talk
which was full Of kindly feeling and
human interest. She said: Choose
the task that il worth doing. 1t. does
not have to be q big task in itself.
hut let it be infinitely worth doing.
h1i''Tr ~ LhilS iAdL - LOhtSt-
Dorothy Dean. a senior at the col
legc, spoke on Life at the College"
Mrs. Mignon Quaw Lott spoke on the
subject. High School Recreation"
She explained that many people
thought they liked to have fun, yet
they do not know how unless they
have some one to lead them. She ex-
planned the work Of a trained fun
leader and Of recreational leadership.
Speaking on The Need of an Every
day Art" Mrs. Olga Ross Harmon Of
Montana State college. said that
people of today needed every day art.
They do not iced the highly deco
ratiye art of the classics. but a true
appreciation Of the little things of
beauty that are everywhere around
them. She said. She closed by saying:
art is a language; it is the most
universal language"
The last talk of the afternoon was
on biological Chemistry as a Prac-
teal Working Basis" by Mrs. Ritz
Christensen and dealt with that
science as a vocation for a oma
The speaker pointed out that only the
theoretical girl should attempt to take
chemistry as the dreamer had no
chance in that field. She pointed out
that the graduate in biological chem