Evening star., 1939-10-29

EleCtrlC GO. ana a member OF the N;
A new type of opening in the field
OF broadcasting was described by
= Miss Helen Sioussat of New York.
assistant director of education and
radio talks for the Columbia Broad
casting System, who told of the
selection Of apprentices for the va
rious departments of her company
Miss S. M. r. O'Hara of Wilkes
Barre, the first woman Secretary Of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
discussed the responsibility Of party
leadership toward promotion OF
good government.
How the Civil Service Commis-
|. sion works to keep abreast Of the
2 times in selection Of personnel was
discussed by Dr. Arthur S. Flem-
ming, Civil Service Commissioner,
while Ernest Kelly. executive di-
rector of the Unemployment Com
pensation and Employment Service
of Pennsylvania. spoke on public
employment under a Federal-State
relationship and its operation un-
der the Social Security Act.
Means Being Developed
For Testing Quality.
The Civil Service Commission is
dow developing ways and means OF
testing quality of experience as
we'll as quantity" in making up its
rolls, DR.. Flemmlng said, and to a
limited degree already is using
system whereby the applicants rat
ing is adjusted according to the
quality of his work.
The commission. which does
great deal of creative thinking"
to keep abreast of personnel needs
he said, also is directing attention
to oral examinations as supple
ment to written examinations. A
further step toward efficiency, he
continued, is its new policy of ap-
pointing a group of principal eX-
aminers in certain fields, such as en-
gineering and law, whose job it is
to keep in touch with colleges and
professional organizations and to
inform them of the needs of the
Government.
That employment in public
service demands creation Of new
and modern devices within party
organizations for proper discharge
of their need to maintain public
confidence and to promote good
government was suggested by Miss
= bHara.
Miss O'Hara made it clear she
was not critical Of the Civil Service,
but said there is sphere in public
employment in which a high de-
gree of feXibility should be main
tanned. In this sphere, she said
the party is responsible. Creation
of such new party devices as she
advocated might be revolutionary,
in political technique, she said, but
the alternative is the rise of a gov
ernmental caste until it, in turn
is swept away, she maintained
, Boyd Refers to Study
Made by Large Concern.
In discussing personnel from the
L..
Boyd referred to recent study
made by large industrial organi-
zation which listed as favorable
characteristics: Pleasing appear
ance and manners, tact, co-opera-
ton. reliability, conscientiousness,
Aindustriousness. initiative and abil-
p to sell one self.
i-
students may be taught to develop
many of these desirable qualities.
In selection of apprentices for
various departments in connection
with broadcasting, Miss OHara
said that only outstanding young
people who have potential qualif-
cations for steady development are
desired and that the number is rel
atively small. Appearance and per-
sonality are counted. she pointed
out, as we'll as sincere interest in
the work and good scholastic rec
Nords.
Yin discussing public employment
! under Federal-State relationship,
Mr.. Kelly said the need for an ef-
fective merit system and cornpe-
tent personnel administration is
greater now than ever before. He
urged groups such as the w. P. A..
to stimulate the citizenrv to a pub
. lie service consciousness"
Mrs. Cox Heads Group
That Arranged Luncheon.
Z Music for the luncheon was
| provided by Dorothy Beatty Mitchell.
a member of Sigma Alpha Iota,
who sang accompanied by Florence
Street Elliott. also a member of the
music sorority. Mrs. Elizabeth M.
Cox was chairman of the committee
which arranged the luncheon.
Other officers elected Yesterday
were Bessie Covert, of Delta Omi-
cron, music. vice president:
Frances R. Murray. Phi Chi Theta,
commerce, secretary; and Mary
Musgrave. Phi Gamma Nu, COM
merce. treasurer Elected members
at large were Anna Boyle, Kappa
Beta Pi, law; Ruth Ensor, of Delta
Psi Kappa, physical education. and
Cora E. Craven, Lambda Kappa
Sigma. pharmacy. Elected advisers
were Eva NJ. Pletch. Phi Delta Pi.
physical education. and Pauline
Camper, Sigma Sigma Sigma, edu-
cation.
The convention will close today
with an interpanhellenic forum
luncheon for discussion of campus
problems Mrs Ellen J. Schoper is
chairman of the committee arrang-
ing the luncheon.