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Self-Supporting Students And Their Work
Today self-support is a vital prob-
len to 308 of the 2,341 women enrolled
in the University, according to statis-
tics obtained from the office of thet
Dean of Women.. Of these 308 women,
:2.are entirely self-supporting while
the mainder are working part time.f
These figures do not include the soror-
ity house managers or dormitory night
chaperones. The number of women
'working during the summer wouldt
probably double this figure, while the
number who have gained employment
since registration cannot be de-
terninred.E
The statistics in the office of the
dean of women which will be used as
a basis for future work in finding in-
teresting employment for the self-a
supporting women, also show that 168
are interested in athletics, 118 in de-
bating and dramatics, 69 in music, 60r
in writing, 56 in religious activities,1
and 28 in politics, while 15 have stat
,6d, no particular preference. Not all
these women take part in the activi-q
ties which interest them, but it iss
hoped that a plan will be worked out
making it possible for them to do so.
lThe records seem to point to the fact3
that women who. work are -intereste"
moz iibre activities than those who do
iibt, and they also take a greater in-
terest in social affairs. Entering3
women seem to be .better tained this
year than those of former classes ac-
cording to the records. More of them
are doing stenographic and clerical
work, or nursing than ever before..
Special opportunities for women
who must be self-supporting are of-
fered through residence in Adelia
Cheever house. A cooperative plan of
work is used in running the house.
'i'he residents pay for their board and
room in advance and receive 30 centsI
an hour for all work done in the
house. The amount of money every
woman feels obliged to earn together
with her schedule of classes deter-;
mine the kind of work which she,
does. All cleaning, laundrying, serv-
jng and so forth required in the house
is divided among the 31 residents.'
Employment is also obtained outside
pf Adelia Cheever in private families
needing supervision of their childrent
or in offices which need expert steno-1
graphers. Some of the residents are
employed more'than 15 hours a week.
Self-eupport developes a sense of,
responsibility and initiative in college
'romen in the opinion of Mrs. Theda
Shaw Holen, '20, social director of,
Adelia Cheever. "Women who work
t1eir way through college appreciatet
their opportunities." Mrs. Holen feels
that every woman wastes a certain3
amount of time in college, and can
improve her time by working, pro-,
vided that she doesn't work too much.;
The women of 'Adelia Cheever house,j
she points out, have learned to com-
bine good scholarship and outside
activities with their remunerative
work. Every resident is interested in
some activity such as the University
Girls' Glee club, the dramatic, literary,
and honorary societies and so forth
"I belieyc," said Mrs. Holen, "that
there is a place in the University for
every woman who wants an education.
Scholarships and a loan fund are of-
fered to the Adelia Cheever women
who need special aid, and the plans
have worked out satisfactorily. I am
heartily in, favor, of student self-help."
Other women' connected with the
University who have had an opportun-
ity of making extensive observations,
do not favor the idea of college wom-
en working for their own support,
unless the circumstances are excep-
tional.
Mrs. Amy S. Hobart, assistant dean
of women, states, "In. working her
way through college, a woman en-
dangers the three great things most
If you are enter-
taming friends this
week end you may
'feel certain that
they will be more r
than pleased with
our food and man-
ner of service.
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"Where the Best
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needed in college: her health, her
work, and the companionship which
she would otherwise form." She fur-
ther declares that women, on coming
to college often have one thing in
which they have specialized and so
they are forced to wait tables or take
care of children. These occupations
do not require skilled labor and so
they are less remunerative than those
occupations which do." The woman
who can support herself throughout
her college life must be strong and
healthy. Many times women find that
the added strain of outside work
proves to be unbearable."
Mrs. Hobart advises that women
coming to college should have at
least sufficient money to maintain
themselves for their first year and the
second year also, whenever possible.
The readjustments necessary on com-
ing to college are sufficiently difficult,
without having a college women add
to initial perplexities by being obliged
to work. If a woman has a specialty,
such as typing, sewing, or even mend-
ing, her opportunities for pleasant
work that is well paid, are greatly
increased, in Mrs. Hobart's opinion.
Every day college women come to
'he dean's office seking work of some
description, but there are few who
have something to do in which they
excel. Mrs. Hobart says, "The office
does not discourage strong, wide-
awake students from working. It is
those who cannot succeed in their
classes, who are physically unfit, who
are obliged to work if they wish to
stay in college, and who have not had
training that form our problem. They
are the ones whom we desire to help
and it is for their sakes that we plan
to put employment here on a scien-
tific basis." The assistant dean be-
lieves that the phenomenal success of
some women who combine work and
study, is due to magnificent health
and good judgment in arranging their
work.
Miss Jeannette Perry, the social
director of' Betsy Barbour house,
states that for physical reasons, she
does not favor the self-support for the
college woman. She is convinced
that the health of the woman who does
this becomes undermined and the re-
salts are shown in the effect on her.
studies. Miss Perry believes that few
women are so Spartan-like that they
refuse all pleasures when they work,
and that the late hours, combined
with study and outside work, have ill
effects in general. "The orientation
of a freshman woman is in itself, a
difficult mater and funds enough for
the first year should be available,
while this process is being ac-
complished. Few women can re-
adjust themselves successfully, if
their time is too fully occupied."
Waitress work is wearing and officej
work is much more desirable in Miss
Perry's estimation. A woman should
have a definite kind of position in
mind if she intends to work. Miss
Perry does not desire to discourage
any ambitious women, but she believes
that such work is dull and difficult.,
In a college town such as Ann Arbor,
however, the status of the woman
-who works, is-not different from any
other woman, a fact which is not true
in other communities.
Miss Helen C. Bishop, social direc-
tor of Helen Newberry residence, be-
lieves that. a college woman should
not work unless she is absolutely
obliged to do so. Rather she should
borrow the money, if possible. Miss1
Bishop continued her assertion by1
saying that she would not advise any i
woman to attempt the project before'
she is twenty years old. It is usual-
ly a disheartening process and if.
older, the woman is better able, physi-
cally and mentally, to meet the de-
mands made upon her.
Miss Bishop has unbounded admira-
tion for the woman who can combine
work and study successfully, and she
characterizes those as "plucky" who
attempt it. - She believes that those
who really desire an education will
secure it, despite the hardship involv-
ed, The democratic spirit at Michi-
gan, as in most colleges, which is
shown toward the self-supporting
woman impresses Miss Bishop. The
woman who works is not ostracised
socially; rather she is admired.
"Women, who work their, way
through college are not as depressedi
at blue-book time as the supported, f
sheltered woman," says Miss Luella
Galliver, '23, social director of Alum-
nae house. "They have just as much
fun and quite as often you find them
in the honorary societies, not in theE
least looked upon as 'different."'
Miss Galliver believes that the woman
earning her way is strong physically
and is well supplied with common
sense, the combination preventing her
from overtaxing herself.
Women. who work consider their
work a broadening influence as a rule.
One woman who is wholly support-
ing herself by nursing affirmed," I
consider this as much a part of my
education as my classes." Positions
as assistants in research work aid
materially after college by providing I
the experience necessary in that par-
ticular line.
Among the guests whom Helen!
"Operator, I called 2676, not 676,"
yells the angry student who has just
found his telephone connected with
that of a professor when he wanted to
talk with a resident of Betsy Barbour
house.
Student habits and student idiosyn-
crasies make the ' work of the local.
telephone office difficult and uncertain.
On an average day, between 7 and 8
o'clock in the evening, from 3500 to
1000 calls are turned in. These are
probably student calls, as the sit-
uation is peculiar to the university
town. Noriially, about 1600 calls are
received in an hour so an extra large
force of operators is required during
the busy hours. A few mistakes
occur but every effort is made to give
good service during the rush.
The situation in the Ann Arbor
office of the telephone company is
especially unique during the foot-ball,
season. The local office which usually
takes care of a daily average of
42,000 telephone calls in the city
prepared extra equipmient for at least
64,000 local calls which were expected
yesterday 'because of the Michigan-
Wisconsin football game. This is 50
per cent more calls than on an aver-
age day. Statistics gathered from ex-
perience of the preceding years en-
ables the officials to estimate with a
fair degree of accuracy the extra
22 E(TRA PHONE OPERATORS FOR GAME
Increase of 50 Per Cent In Number Of Calls Yesterday
load which the office will be compellgd
to carry during the football season.
An average of 6,000- extra calls per1
day were made for the week preced-I
ing the Wisconsin game, culminating
yesterday when 22,000 extra calls
came in. For November 8, the day 01
the Northwestern game, the oflice
plans on 21,000 extra local calls. The
load on the day that Michigan meets
Iova in Ann Arbor will probably he
about the same as for the Wisconsin
game.
To take care of the extraordinary
increase a maximum of 22 extra
workers will he required in the office,
bringing the force up to 91..
But 9 of the extra operators will be
used to take care of the increased
number of local calls, the remaining
13 will be placed on long distance
duty, where the inerease in the load,
due to the foot-ball rush, is even
more noticeable. As comeared to an
average of 850 long distance calls re-
'ceived daily, 1108 were turned in on
the Friday preceding the game at
M. A. C. and 1500 on Friday before
the Wisconsin game.
This unusual. increase in the load
which the local office is compelled to
carry would be found only in a uni-
versity town. Every effort is 'made
to provide adequate force so that
' efficient service may be maintained.
(Continued from Page Five) for the women of the dormitory Tues-
day afternoon.
The freshmen and new women of Jean Kruger, '26, and Virginia Mc-
Adelia Cheever house went on pro- Call, '28, have recently been pledged
bation last week. A dinner was giv- to Delta Delta Delta sorority.
en Wednesday evening, followed by
initiation. The guests at dinner and plsselitine Bourland, '26, has been
initiation were Mr. and Mrs. C. t pledged to Kappa KappaGamma
0n0sorority.
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The pledges of Delta Delta Delta
will entertain at tea from 3:30 to 5:30
o'clock Thursday, October 30.
The Ann Arbor alumnae of Colleg-
iate Sorosis were entertained at tea
Wednesday afternoon at the Serosis
house.
The members of Collegiate Sorosis
held their fall formal Friday, Oct. 24.
Sigma Wappa sorority gave a dance
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t.11vI, blast evening at tneir nouse.
Newberry residence is entertainingla
this week-end are: Mrs. Frank Green-
wald, '24, Whiting, Ind.;Euphemia The dedication of the fireplace at
Carnahan, '22, Detroit; Edith Cory, I the new Alpha Phi house took place
'22, Saulte Ste. Marie; Mildred Toest- - Saturday evening, Oct. 18. The fire-
er, '23, Detroit; Marian Sanders, '23, place was given by Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Detroit, and Thelma Wiegand, '24, Dow of Midland, in memory of their
Detroit. daughter Helen.
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The Mode Unfurls the Fan
of Evening Fashions
Behind the intriguing folds of the Fan of Evening Fashion lies a thousand
hidden charms. As the'new Fall season advances, we catch a glimpse of a
long, sleek, slender satin frock here-it is trimmed with ostrich. And there
are, fans and head-dresses, hose and lovely accessories galore. Come in
tomorrow to see these lovely new Fall Evening Fashions.
THE GOWN-First in the unfurling of Fashion's Fan comes the Gown.
The first formal occasion of a new season is always heralded with a thrill all
its own. The joy of selecting a new evening frock-there's simply nothing
like it. Whether it's a slender, straightline satin frock, embroidered, beaded,
or trimmed with ostrich, or a fluffy chiffon creation-you'll find Parisian chic
in every line of these new models. It is interesting to note, too, that skirt
lengths are shorter. As moderately priced as $25.
THE ACCESSORIES are extremely important toward theWhole ensemble.
You mut have iust the right shade of stocking and iust the right headdress.
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