The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29

earning her oUn ItUi10 and 4uorEtng
her nay through Antioch College at
l xslIo'o Springs, Ohio Port OF the the
gnd an equal part In WorEinO I"
II ,oritin0 her experiences for In
ternGtto'lGl Ne,os Service she says
sGry for happiness Is aoorE" and that
prerequisite is to "HEe Jour job
eUeR to getting up IN the morning"
By ELIZABETH DENNISON,
Copyright. 1929. by, International
News Service.)
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, March
Isl had been living quite com.
fortably and somewhat thoughtless.
ly sixteen years at home. Then
came to Antioch. I Immediately
found new atmosphere-one in
which every one was working and
working hard for some purpose and
personal theory. And great many
were working for better Antioch.
1t took me full year to come
to my senses. Last fall when /
came back realized that it was
absolutely necessary to come up
against some real people. When /
wanted to know where could find
them my dad told me to look where
there was real work to be done.
And so got a job in a factory
at Dayton. My part was to wind
field coils for electric motors, tech
nically called starters" It was
q job that required skill and prac-
tice. 1t has taken me seven weeks
to get that skill and even now it
is far from perfect.
CaIIouses on Her Hands.
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took at least three weeks to harden
all the callouses. Getting up in the
morning was hard, too. Il had to
start the breakfast for myself and
all the other Antioch girls that
lived in our little club at Dayton.
1t took me twenty minutes to walk
to work. OF course, work started
at z o'clock, as in most factories.
Then, for nearly nine hours, sat
on stool and made motions with
my hands and arms.
There were so many things to
make up for the hardness that
started to enjoy 1t right away.
First and most important are the
girls. I was scared at first. They
seemed so stern and serious; but
almost Immediately / found that
they were far from stern except in
their judgments of fair play and
serious only as often as / was.
Now I say with true gladness
that these real folk are my friends
My only wish is that / can some
day be as great help to, them as
they have been to me.
Other things to make me happy
are the sunsets and sunrises. Anoth-
err was my pay check. This is i'm
portant because it is the measure
and symbol of service rendered +.
My thoughts all day were at first
quite muddled. Lately, thanks to
are clear and orderly. For I feel
now that have found the most
important thing in life. and that is
work.
Goes Back In Three Weeks.
When 1 came back to school two
weeks ago / started in to work as
hard and as productivity as in the
factory. I shall be truly glad
when, in three weeks more. accord.
ing to the cooperative scheme at
Antioch, may go back to my
friends who wind starters. But i
shall not be able to face them
sduarely unless / have truly lived
up to their standards.
/ want to make one more state
ment. / did not go into this job
with the idea of getting their point
of view. For I, coming in for such
short time - five weeks at
stretch-could never get quite the
feeling they have toward their
| work. What I wanted was to find
out what quality of theirs made
me feel that they were the true,
| rockbottom realities.
And / did find it.
1t was that the one thing neces-
sary for happiness is work, with Il
definite aim in view, and a pre-
requisite to that is to like your Job
even to the getting up In the
morning.