The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09

with outside activities are more m- teresting, have more to talk about in the home, and bring more inter- esting people home than do those who never go out.
 She takes great pride in the fact that boys who come over to call from the Coast Guard Academy, nearby in New London, always like to have a chat with mother"
 Mrs. Woodhouse, whose short and distinctive given name, Chase, is a family heritage, has had a wide ex- perience in various parts of the Uni- ted States, before coming with her husband to settle in Connecticut, Her family settled in Shirley, Mas sachusetts, in the early 17th cen- tury In high schools in San Fran cisco South Dakota, and at Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Kentucky, she prepared for college, then at- tended McGill University in Mon- treal, the University of Berlin, and the University of Chicago.
 For seven years she taught econ- omics at Smith College. Her hus- band, on the Yale faculty, in the history department, when they met, came to the faculty of Smith when they were married. After leaving Smith, Mrs. Woodhouse was senior economist in the Bureau of Home Economies of the United States De- partment of Agriculture in Wash- ington, and then went to the Uni- versity of North Carolina, as per- sonnel director of the Woman's Col lege. From North Carolina, she was called to the faculty of Connecticut College.
 All her work has centered around fields dealing with jobs for young people. As director of the Institute of Women's Professional Relations, Mrs. Woodhouse has written or ed- tied numerous occupational books and pamphlets She is now complet- ing larger work, "The Big Store, a study of department store occupa- tions which will be published by Funk and Wagnalls.
 Through the patronage of Mrs Beatrice Fox Auerbach, president of Ni' EOH dIlN SOIiIpeiISI Al'Au NV partment store, 20 girls in Mrs WoodhouSe's class at Connecticut College are conducting an eXperi- ment in training on the job while in school" During their junior and senior years, these girls spend part of their summer, Christmas and spring vacations doing carefully su- pervised work in this large depart ment store.
 The results, Mrs. Woodhouse says, are justifying her belief that deh- nite focus on work goal points up the intellectual activities of college students. These girls have shown a real grasp, not only in their major economies, but in English and in art,
 For two terms, Mrs. Woodhouse was president of the International Association of Altrussa Clubs, the oldest and largest service club for women, during which time she spoke in practically every state in the Un- ion, and she also made two trips to Mexico for women'S organizations She has lectured in colleges in l2 states.
 The most extensive volume which ever has been published on govern ment in Connecticut was written by MT and Mrs. Woodhouse. It is called An Outline of the Structural Organization of the State and Local Government of Connecticut" and contains information not previously obtainable from any published source. The book contains nearly 400 pages and was prepared in mim- eographed form as a WPA project for women, supervised by the Insti- ute of Women's Professional Rela- tions, of which Mrs. Woodhouse is the director.