Evening star., 1950-09-20

DR.. Bragdon, formerly presi-
dent of Lake Erie College, said in
a press conference yesterday that
her post at the AAUW would en-
able her to have served in all
phases of educational work.
'I feel that my new position is
q challenge" she declared. Il
have served on campuses but now
I will be serving in scope which
will include intercollegiate, ma
tional and international pro-
grams. That scope plus the pur-
pose, activities and potentialitieS
of 10000 women had an appeal
for me-" DR.. Bragon's only re-
gret over her new position was,
II will miss the students"
DR.. Bragdon took over her new
Job Friday, only two days after
being released from the presi-
dency of Lake Erie College at
PaineSville, Ohio, a position she
had held since 1941.
Prior to her college presidency,
abe was the dean of Hood Col
lege at Frederick, Md, where she
was also a professor of education
and psychology. Earlier. she
served as assistant professor of
education at the University of
Minnesota and was dean of the
College for Women at the Uni
versity of Rochester.
AS general director of the
AAUW, DR.. Bragdon is a member
of the United States National
Commission for UNESCO. She is
interested in the educational
problems of member nations of
the international Federation of
University Women.
DR.. Bragdon, when asked of the
effect of the recent controversy
in the local AAUW branch over
the question of the admission of
a Negro to membership, said it
had resulted in only few other
branch splits. '"The split in the
st. Louis branch is the only one
I know of personally" she de-
clared.
DR.. Bragdon also pointed out
that membership in the AAUW
has increased more in the past
two years than in any other two
consecutive years of the history
of the organization. The associa-
ton now includes $4,000 mem
berS with 1,100 branches.
with the rapidly changing sit
uation in the world and this
country, the study groups of the
AAUW are keeping abreast of the
situation and of what intelligent
women should be thinking or
studying" DR.. Bragdon declared.
Purposes and goals" she con-
tinued, must be stabilized but
applications of the purposes must
change to maintain a vital Or
ganiZation."
In her new Office, DR.. Bragdon
will act as administrative officer
Of the AAUW Board of Directors.
She heads a staff of associates at
AAUW headquarters concerned
with developing the association
adult education program in the
fields Of education, international
relations, social studies, status of
women and the arts and the
AAUW fellowship program. She
will also be an ex officio member
of the Board of Directors and the
national committees of the AAUW
and will represent the AAUW in
its outside contacts. She has been
recently appointed to the National
Conference for Mobilization of
Education organized to tie Ameri-
can education into the defense
program.
A native of Westbrook, Me-, DR..
Bragdon is the author of educat-
tional books and articles and has
received honorary degrees from
MacMurray College. and Bowling
Green University.
DR.. Bragdon has just COM
pleted a five-year term an an
alumnae trustee of Mount Holyoke
College. A graduate of that COL
lege, she received the degree of
Doctor of Education from Harvard
University.