Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

stands her in good stead in
completing her senior thesis
on "The Middle East"
Like Pat. another Benning-
ton girl. sophomore Lynn
Roskin of Westport, Conn.,,
chose Washington as the
most likely place to find jobs
related to her political science
major.
Lynn has been buster than
the proverbial one-armed
paper hanger during these
past nine weeks. for she has
held down three jobsl The
first week she worked In the
ONCE of Senator Jacob x.
Javits Of New York, the next
seven weeks in the legisla-
ton and civil rights depart
ment of the International
Union of Electrical Workers,
and this. last week in the
ofilce of Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey of Minnesota.
Lynn hopes to enter the
political arena herself some
day but not before picking up
a law degree along the way.
And she's firmly Of the
opinion that Bennington's
nonresident work term plan
has saved her two years in
getting a start on a career by
learning first hand the "ins
and outs Of the legislative
process"
Lynn says she didn't have
a hard time finding these jobs
because she used "imagina-
ton and a little bit Of nerve"
but for some Of her class
mates the going was a little
harder.
Junior Jobs
Two juniors, Sarah South
ern and Vijaya. Gulhati. who
halls from New Delhi. India,
could give other Bennington
girls lessons in how to look
for q job.
Miss Southern, whose fam
lily is now in Laos where her
stepfather, Mr.. Henry Lynn
Miller is head Of the United
States Information Service.
spent her first eight days in
Washington with hardly any
money to live on. She got a
room at the YWCA, ate only
soup, sandwiches and tea
("because milk is too expen-
sive"), had Al interviews and
wore out a pair of shoes. be-
fore landing a job with the
Friends Committee on Ma
tional Legislation.
Miss Gulhati's problem was
q little different but Just as
vexing. The pretty l8-year-
old Indian girl whose major
is economics. found her non
citizen status a bar to getting
q job with the Library of
Congress. Il even told them
I could speak Hindu" she
said SO she tried non-Gov-
eminent organizations with
better luck. Two labor unions
hired her and as a result of
the experience she thinks she
might choose as a future ca
reer work in the Indian trade
union labor movement and
that further knowledge of
America trade unions could
be of use to her. Last year
she worked for the local Office
of the United Auto Workers.
AFL-CIO. and this year for
the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO.
There is no question of the
value of Bennington's nom
resident term job program in
the minds of Nancy Machler.
a 19-year-old sophomore
from Philadelphia. who also
worked at the Friends Com
mittee on National Legisla-
ton. and 20-year-old Carol
Rappaport. a. junior from
Brooklyn, N. Y, who is ma
joring in art.
Good Preparation
Carol. who has been work
ing in the office Of the as
sistant director of the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art, feels
that this job period saves
you from later disillusion-
ment, and prepares you for
what you're to be a part of
some day"
Then, too, Carol thinks she
and her classmates will have
the jump on their fellow
graduates from other colleges
when they go to fill out those
job application forms, espe-
cially the previous expert
ence" listing.
Nancy, who would like to
find q career with the Amer
lean Friends Service Com
mittee. thinks on-the-j job
training gives you q great
deal Of self-discipline and
also gives you the chance tn
see the tensions and pres
sures sooner when it comes to
actually making your way in
the world in a job that may