Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
By Betty Miles
HighWays to .JOhS for Women

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Josephine H. Gerth (the Woman
Press, So.
Gone are the days when a college
girl who went forth to earn hel
bread and butter usually did so by
welding the proverbial hickory
stick. Today's college graduate has
a wide range of jobs to choose
from-widel, in fact, than she her.
self dreams of-interesting jobs in
this country, and jobs that can take
her around the world. Helping he1
discover these Job possibilities is the
purpose of Highways to Jobs for
Women
Mrs. GeIth sets forth the laudi-
bic and sometimes overlooked pro-
position that liberal arts course is
just about the best preparation a
girl can find for the working world
True, she is not taking a set of
courses that will lead to one specific
job. But on the other hand, neither
is she devoting four potentially in
tellectually stimulating years to
preparing herself for job that
may be all but passe by the time
she emerges from college into a
rapidly changing world. This
workbook," Mrs. Gerth declares" Is,
indeed, devoted to the proposition
that the liberal arts studies furnish
real techniques for life and living"
BY taking the courses that ap-
peal to her, and by constantly
learning more about herself and
constantly inquirjng into vocational
possibilities, the student will emerge
surprisingly we'll prepared to earn a
living. Far better, according to the
author, is it to ask of course,
What does this course reveal to me
about MYSELF" than to ask, How
can this course help me to earn a
living?"
To practical parents who want
their child to enjoy the intellectual
adventure offered in college, yet at
the same time emerge equipped to
earn living, this book has a great
deal to say.
The liberal arts curriculum, it
contends, offers a method of know
ing Yourself, that of losing yourself
in its studies, and finding in this
infinite store of learning. your own
true personality. Here" declares
Mrs. Gerth, SIS the greatest adven-
ture any curriculum could offer"
Getting down to cases, Mrs. Gerth
divides the three fields of knowl-
edge roughly into the physical
sciences, the social sciences and the
humanities; lists the variety of Jobs
available to the student of such
subjects as botany and zoology, So
GEOLOGY and economics, philosophy
and the fine arts, and the comments
OF specific employers on the quail
f1cations they demand for specific
jobs.
In the motion picture industry. for
example, two major companies and
some smaller ones were consulted
for data on Jobs available for en-
terprising young women-below the
star level. Of course. Editors, assist
ants. researchers, writer's, costume
designers, music cutters and others
play an important part in the indus
try for which every course in the
whole world is valuable, depending
upon the special interest of the ap-
plicant.'
There are hundreds of smaller
firms" Mrs. Gerth points out, in
addition to such large ones as Goth
Century-Fox, producing educa-
tional. industrial, advertising Aims
where beginners start and are
trained in their special require
ments. Here breadth of ability is
appreciated and one particular spe-
cialty is a necessity. The
State Department and the De-
partment of Agriculture also have
STATS OF motion picture technicians,
such as foreign language experts.
production technicians, editors, etc"
The name of helpful trade pub
LEGATION, and the names of several
smaller firms, are included here, too.
Suggestions for overseas posts are
offered, as we'll as data on work
with travel agencies and the air.
lines. 1t is pointed out, too, that
demand exceeds the number of those
qualified for available positions in
bacteriology, and botanists and
plant pathologists will be in demand
by 1850. Mathematician and stat
isticians are needed by such groups
as the New York Stock Exchange,
large oil companies, advertising
agencies, public opinion poll groups
certain departments in manufac-