The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-11

vocates th1s month twenty tour co-eds will laugh bitterly.
 To read sociology out of book is one thing. Ts be walking laboratory of experiments is another. Twenty-four girls will echo the sentiment in thirteen colleges. Sweden too, will hear the tale, for one of the group is Swedish Countess, member of royalty niece of the present King Gustav
 A movement known as "the student in industry originated with the Nation al Board of the Y. w. C. A. three years ago. Under the joint management of the Student-Council and the Industrial Department, 1t was decided that group of college girls should be encouraged to enter factories each summer, working side by side with factory girls, living under the same roof, discovering from frst-hand experience how the other half lives. It is as much a part of education in this day and age, reasoned the Y. w. C. A., for college girls to know ir- dustrialism as for industrial girls to know books.
 From Vassar and Mount Holyoke, 1 Oregon, Oklahoma and other institu- | tions of learning sixteen girls met at | Chicago this summer and eight at | Philadelphia. Trudging the streets, to make as many as thirty applications in some cases, jobs and rooms were finally obtained At the conclusion of the | summers experience, before returning to college this month, the groups met to record impressions. Enlightening in deed, were some of the reports. Twen- ty-four co-eds, 1t is evident, have all the sympathy in the world for the industrial girl. Tt can't be done," they say. "No one can live a healthy, all around life on such wages as we earned"
 Countess Elsa Bernadotte of Wis borg, Stockholm, Sweden, visited this country early in the summer as dele gate from Sweden to the World Com rnittee meeting of the Y. w. C. A. Re- maining for tour of the country, she 1 joined the ents-in-Industry" move ment and entered the factory of hide and leather company. She remained with the group only few weeks when her identity became known.
 | Concerning wages, weekly expendi- lures, the unemployment situation, morals, recreation and working condi- tions the group had much to say A composite of the wages of all twenty four resulted in the following table: 1 Average wage a week -------.-----------$ -$1 3.8O Average wage a week, including
 room, board, carfare, recreation
 and miscellaneous 11.76 Average saving for group week 288l Lowest wage for any individual a
 week 12O0 Highest wage for any week (made
 by piece work) ---- 224 AS Average of those on straight
 salary l3.5o l Average of those on piece and
 bonus 14./l
 Expense budgets were likewise com | bined and averages reached as follows: | Average for room and board
 breakfast and dinner) --$622l |
 The cheapest home reported, $5.25
 a week, was said to provide better
 food than some of the higher-priced
 houses, but less pleasant rooms, poor
 light, eight girls te~a room and one
 bathroom to accommodate sixteen. Average for luncheon a week $1 .35 Average for carfare week - A Average for recreation and mis-
 Doctor bills, clothes, union dues in surance> and so forth cannot be met by this saving of $288 a week which is the result of strictest economy, the girls de clared. The working girl on a typical factory wage has no guarantee against an emergency. Insecurity forces her to hold on hard to a poorly paid job even at the cost of her health
 Money 1t was agreed, has great bearing on morals. The better the wage the better the morals as rule Students testified that the morals of their factory companions ran the gamut from the lowest to the highest, as in other walks of life. And almost al- ways, they said, it was a matter of money. If money were more plentiful morals, they are certain, would improve as, in their experience, are the result of too little money: A desire for jazz The attraction of joy rides The desire for good eats. Rivalry for dates. Gifts and good times from strange men, No place to go but the movies and
 parks
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