Evening star., 1927-04-10

A MBITIOUS plans for enlarging
~ the sphere Of women in the
| Il field of education, business
~ A and international affairs were
| launched at the biennial meet
ing of the American Association OF
| University Women. The association
a federation of more than 400 branches
with an underlying membership OF
more than $4,000 woman graduates
of American colleges and universities
! has been largely instrumental in put
ting the stamp of woman's approval
upon American education and in es
tablishing academic standards which
accord full recognition to the larger
part woman is playing in scholarship
! and research, in education and in bust
ness and the professions.
| Outstanding features Of the pro
/ gram for 1927 outlined at the con
vention include the proposed survey
of work accomplished by university
women after leaving college, to be
undertaken by the committee on the
economic and legal status of women
| for the purpose of determining the
extent to which women are fitting
themselves into the business and
economic life of the country; the
project for raising a lnillion-dollar
fund for the establishment of national
and international scholarships, the
survey of text books. primarily his.
| tories. used in schools of the United
| States; the maintenance of college
standards in conformity with the re-
| quirements of women and the adop
ton of broad legislative program.
One of the interesting phases of the
work planned by the committee on the
economic and legal status of women
will be the study of ways in which
the obligations of home life can be
reconciled with the demands of bust.
ness. The committee is endeavoring
to work out a plan whereby women
may carry on their professions salts
factorily after marriage in a way that
will not impair their efficiency as
llomemakers or as professional women.
This plan includes a definite study of
the possibilities of part-time jobs for
women.
It is hoped by the establishment of
national and international scholarships
that the university women of the world
will gradually become a strong force
for international friendship and
through contacts, will promote under.
standing between nations-recogniz
as the only logical possibility of Sc.
curing world peace.
The resolutions adopted by the dele.
gates in connection with this project
are given in full:
Resolved, That the convention ap.
prove the plan of raising a fund of not
less than 81 ,000,0 900 for international
and national fellowships, on the under
standing that no quotas shall be as.
signed, that donors may, If they
wish, designate whether their gifts
are to be applied to the international
or national fellowship fund, and that
any money undesignated shall, for the
first year be equally divided between
the two, and after the first year as the
committee and the board of directors
shall decide.
Resolved, To appoint by board a
special committee to be known as the
fellowship fund committee"
The object of the survey of his.
tories used in American schools is to
be made for the purpose OF discover
ing to what extent international CO.
operation and friendship Is empha.
sized and international contention and
war is encouraged.
Once the information is gathered
the association expects to use its in
fluence to obtain the use Of only those
history text books written from a gen.
mote unnecessary antagonism for
other nations, but will give accurate
and impersonal accounts of the impor-
tant events of the world.
Maintenance of college standards in
conformity with the requirements of
women will be effected as far as pos
sible through four channels-strict
censorship Of the list of colleges and
universities included in the accredited
list Of the association, the alumnae of
which are eligible for membership:
by insisting upon equal opportunities
Tor women as members of college
faculties and for carrying on original
research; by having college curricula
adapted to the needs of women and
by scrutinizing the so-called teachers
colleges and similar institutions, and
by bringing about satisfactory condi-
tons for women attending colleges
and universities.
1t is alleged that State universities
are more concerned in providing
stadiums where men can play foot
ball than dormitories for women.
Twenty-Five thousand women are said
to be living in the student quarter of
Boston today, no living quarters be-
ing provided for them at the institu.
tions they are attending.
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CLOSER cooperation of the United
States with the committees of
the League of Nations and ratifica-
ton of the protocol directed against
the use of poison gas in warfare
were some of the legislative pro-
posals submitted to the association
by its committee on legislation, of
which Miss Harlean James of Wash
ington Is chairman.
The national legislative program
| as recommended includes:
Establishment of a Federal de-
| partment of education with a secre-
| tary of education as cabinet officer.
| Participation Of the United States
| in the Permanent Court of Interna-
| tional Justice.
Better personnel management in
| the civil service.
Continued development of the
| Children's Bureau and the Woman 8
| Bureau in the Department of Labor.
Increased cooperation with the
League of Nations, with special
representation on it's commissions
wherever possible, and the entry of
| the United States into the League
on terms consistent with the Consti-
| tuition.
| Special study Of measures looking
| to the negotiation of general treaties
Of arbitration, the appointment of
| educational attaches to embassies
and legations and the amendment of
| the Constitution to establish equal
rights for women are also recon-
mended.
AS a further measure of prevent
| ing war, an examination of history
text books in American schools to
determine whether facts of history