Evening star., 1934-02-19
FUTURE DISCUSSED
BYBARNARDGROUP
Dean of College Stresses
Necessity of Brains,
Facts and Character.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special DlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK.-A group of woman
educators at Barnard College have ex.
pressed their views at the turn of the
year on what the Nation has got out
OF the past l2 months and what the
outlook is for woman citizens. with
and without degrees. They are Dean
Virginia C. Gildersleeve, speaking as
the head of college; DR.. Emile j.
Hutchinson, as a professor of econom-
.ics; DR.. Elizabeth Faulkner Baker, Of
the same field, and DR.. Jane Clark, in
the field Of government
Dean Gildersleeve stressed the neces-
Sity for brains, facts and character.
She states:
81. In spite of jokes about the brain
trust trained brains are indispensable
today
40. Besides brains we need expert
knowledge and the ability to know a
fact when we see it.
"3 Character is the most necessary
training of all. That fact emergeS
outstandingly from the history OF the
past year. 1t is not only stupidity
and ignorance that have caused our
troubles but selfishneSS and greed.
Need of Trained Women.
"These aspects are peculiarly inter-
esting to me as head Of a college be-
cause these are what the college Is
trying to develop. That the country
needs women as we'll as men trained
in these ways is obvious. This is the
education Barnard College is trying to
give
DR.. Hutchinson has emphasized the
whole program:
THE greatest accomplishment OF
the past year is the courageous way in
which the administration has begun
to handle economic problems. The
distinctive thing in the present admin
istration is the way in which they
have had to consider our modern
economic administration as whole.
They must take up all problems and
create a kind of organized program
Involving employer, employe and con-
,sumer. It is a certain concept OF a
more orderly and planned economic
system"
Dr.. Clark pointed out change in
government principle:
1.-THE most important thing that has
happened during the past year in the
field of government is the changing
concept of government and its rela-
tionship to individuals, the fact that
the Government under President
Roosevelt has constituted itself the
guardian of the citizens of the COM
munity in an unprecedented fashion.
Discusses Presidential Power.
1.-The development of the executive
powers Of the President is very i'm
portant event of the past year; the
realization that in emergencies the
LEGISLATURE works too slowly and inef1-
GENTLY, and hence the transfer Of
power to the President has taken
place.
Thirdly, we are beginning to see in
the N. r. A. and the A. A. A. some
thing beyond the mere idea OF re-
j covery; we have seen the beginning OF
a social planning on an experimental
basis"
DR.. Baker cited banking reform:
THE greatest achievement OF the
past year is the change in the direc-
ton of events from one based on
. despair to one based on an honest
attempt to do something about IT.,
whether or not successfully; faith in
experiment as over against faith in
the status quo. Also, there is what
seems to be an honest attempt 10
work for the welfare of all the people
even though it may probably bring
intn
superior position Of 8 very few, This
experimental attitude is deeply set
in the belief that we must have honest
information to work with, and advice
from people who have not the ac-
quisitive instinct dominating them
the use Of people who are not only
informed but are able to look at the
problem with relative effectiveness.
"Our attempt to reform banking and
currency systems and to amalgamate
banking laws of % States into uni
formity under a Federal plan, is eX-
ceedingly important, and equally so
the securities act with its infinite
ramifications."
Cite Women's Part.
"There is an opportunity such as
never before for women" Dr. Hutchin-
son said. I'm order to have the con-
sumer effectively represented, there
must be an organized, informed, con-
sumner opinion. There Is tremendous
job for the woman who does not want
to 20 to work to contribute to the
effectiveness Of consumer representa-
ton Women take an interest in eco
Monies, but they have never really
done anything. If they had started
out to protect themselves as consumers
as vigorously as they did to protect
themselves as voters, you would not
find the Consumers Advisory Board
left high and dry. Everything in the
way of economic Importance has been
taken away from woman except the
problem of buying. Women ought to
be competent to handle problems of
eqauilty and price. During the coming
year some kind of consumers organi-
zation may develop. Women during
the coming year should take an intel
Ngent interest in intelligent buying"
THE surest approach to the prob
lens of feminism," DR.. Clark said, lis
for women to be so good on their jobs
that their advice will be sought by
virtue Of their expertness, as in the
cases Of Frances Perkins and Ruth
Bryan Owen. Their work for the COM
ing year should be just this"
"All citizens should take their places
In an economic society,"" DR.. Baker
said. women must carry sense of
responsibility. The consumer must
become more and more circumspect
during the coming year"