Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

~ Binglethorpe College this year. Per-
haps he hasn't received the invita-
ton yet, but it is on its way. If he
accepts, the class song, Ave Atque Vale" will
be revised in his honor and the statue of Alma
Mater which stands on the campus with hands
outStretched will be brought to its knees and re-
ehristened Nanny.
For the girls want Rudy, and at Binglethorpe
the girls usually get what they want. Less than
a dozen years ago Binglethorpe became CO.
educational. few young women were ads
mitted cautiously during the war; More fol-
1owed-until the classrooms resounded
with girlish laughter; there rouge on every
door-knob and the dusty corridors of the ref
erence library reeked of Narcisse Noir
Today the classes are SO per cent feminine;
the student body is full of curves There is be-
ginning to be some talk of making the school
co-educational again and admitting men.
Binglethorpe is only one of many institutions
In similar circumstances. Women may have
been submerged and deprived of educational
advantages in the past, but they are making up
for lost time now. They are coming into their
own and everybody elses. Even the college yells
at foot ball games are an octave higher than
they were.
But although the commencement addresses
and baccalaureate sermons this June will be de-
lvered before audiences made up almost en-
tirely of ex-f1appers, the speakers should not
forget that there may be few men present
men who, determined to get an education at
any cost, have withstood the feminine invasion
for four long years. They are inconSpicuous in
their black caps and gowns, and there is
WiStful look in their eyes as they watch their
fair classmates step forward to receive scholastic
honors. Outnumbered and overshadowed, they
have toiled diligently in an effort to compete
with the toothpaSte smiles of charming co-eds.
But it is the girl with the golden hair that
wears the laurel the brow, brilliantne can
accomplish more than midnight Oil Many
schools award lavalieres a matter Of
course, there is no demand for medals.
So much attention has been given to the
New Woman lately that almost every one has
forgotten about the Old Man. The fact that
males constitute an overwhelmed minority in
this years crop of graduates dOSs not mean
that they should be ignored entirely. They
have their problems just as the girls have and
they need all the help and encouragement that
our leather-lunged commencement orators can
offer.
THE moment that a college graduate steps
- across the threshold of his alma mater,
diploma in hand-that moment marks the
turning point in his life. He turns to the left
or to the right and makes his way through the
world, hoping for the best. Sometimes, after
comparing Things as They Are with Things as
He Thought They Would BE, he turns around
completely and re-enters his alma mater to
work for an advanced degree. That, my dear,
Is how college professors are made.
But for the young man who comes out of
college and stays out there Is no middle course.
He must choose between marriage and q career.
If he has been fortunate enough to win the
love of capable woman who will make up his
mind for him, well and good. He will find
plenty to keep him busy around the house.
Home-making is praiseworthy occupation, and
too much cannot be said for it-a1though ed
itorial writers frequently try.
There men, however, who are not content
to be mere husbands. They long for economic
independence Some of them remember dimly
the days when wage earning was still a gentle
mans privilege Sitting by the fire on Winter
nights, they have listened to grandpa tell STIR
ring tales of the brave pioneering days when he
used to go to an Office every morning at 9
O'Clock and work until 5. The Office was run
entirely by men, although they had few wom-
to do the rough manual labor such as sweep
ing busting and washing the windows. II tell
you, we didn't take life easy as you boys do"
says grandpa, reSuming his knitting, but
rather enjoyed it."
A young entering business pro-
fessional field today will find his choice of &C.
equations limited. Most of the desirable jobs
are held by women, and the few men who stin
occupy positions of Importance are closely
guarded by woman secretaries that they are
practically prisoners. He must be content to
work for almost nothing at first and to do
skilled misunderstanding envelopes, answering
telephones and running errands.
But if he applies himself earnestly to these
taskS-addressing envelopes thoroughly on both
sides, answering telephones even before they
ring, and running errands positively ragged
employer that she will elevate him to a post
Of responsibility. Eventually he may become
her personal secretary and learn more about
the business than she knows herself. But he
can never hope to step into his boss shoes
long they triple AS with French heels.
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