College News, 1935-04-10, Vol. 21, No. 19

              The College News
Vol. xxi, No. 19
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1935
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Secretarial Training
Asked by Publishers
Mrs. Taylor Indicates Positions
Available in Special Fields
To Avid Readers
ADVANCEMENT  IS  SLOW
Goodhart, April 9.�Mrs. T. A. Tay-
lor, an associate editor of Macmillan
Company, discussed the various fields
for women in publishing houses, em-
phasizing the difficulties in getting
into these houses and the training and
personal qualities, particularly a pub-
licity sense and secretarial training
necessary for such worl^. It is very
hard for women to get into publishing
houses because they are many more
applicants than there are jobs avail-
able. Competition is particularly keen
among college graduates who are will-
ing to take any job, no matter how
low the pay. The positions which are
available to them jjre not well paid.
Advancement in this business is slow
and there is a good deal of routine
work.
One of the best ways to get into a
publishing house is through secretar-
ial work, since it is often possible to
be taken on as a secretary and then
be promoted to the field in which one
is more interested. The position of
secretary to the President or Editor-
in-Chief is an influential and import-
ant one. It is also possible for women
to get into the publicity, promotional,
or juvenile departments, while there
are few if any women in the manufac-
turing or sales departments. The po-
sition of editor is hard to obtain, since
most publishing houses have experi-
enced readers, and only one or two
women editors. There are positions in
publishing houses which do work only
in special fields, such as niediicne,
which are open to women. In apply-
ing for a job any personal contacts
one may have with connections of a
firm are very valuable. Previous ex-
perience is important, though not nec-
essary; work in book stores or li-
braries  is particularly  helpful.
There are many qualifications for
work in publishing houses, the most
important of which is a publicity
sense, an ability to pick books that
will sell. A knowledge of English and
other literatures must be thoroughly
ingrained in those working with books.
An ability to consider objectively
oneself and the subjects in which one
is interested is advisable, as is an in-
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Alumnae Bulletin Tryout
The Alumnae Bulletin is of-
fering the post of Editor of
Campus Notes to anyone who
wishes to enter the competition
for it. Material should be in
the Alumnae Office by May 1.
Anyone who is interested may
get further information from
the Editor of the Alumnae Bul-
letin, Marjorie L. Thompson,
1912.
Summer School Omitted
One Year For Changes
(Reprinted  from   the   April   Issue   of
the  Alumnae  Bulletin)
In 1921 President Thomas proposed
the use of some of the' Bryn  Mawr
buildings during the summers for the
education of women industrial work-
ers and the Summer School of Women
Workers was organized. It was an es-
sential part of the plan that the re-
sponsibility for its direction should be
assumed not by the college but by its
own Board made up of a joint repre-
sentation of Bryn Mawr and of labor.
The Directors of the College voted at
once the loan of the buildings for
eight weeks each year and the School,
held annually on the campus and tak-
ing its name from the College, has nat-
urally seemed to many people a col-
lege project and not as it is officially,
a summer guest. While official re-
sponsibility has not existed and while
the academic curriculum of the School
has been entirely in the hands of the
Summer School Board, the unofficial
connections between College and
School have been close and constant.
Bryn Mawr has been represented in
the School by a succession of Bryii
Mawr alumnae on the joint Board of
the Summer School, by the DiMPtor
from 1921 to 1933, by alumnae who
at different times have taught in the
School, by undergraduates who have
annually assisted the Summer School
staff, by many alumnae through the
country serving on the local admis-
sions or finance committees, and by the
contribution of many more to the an-
nual expenses. The Directors of the
College and in great part the alum-
nae have welcomed Bryn Mawr's con-
nection with a pioneer attempt to give
to young women in industry an op-
portunity for study and   training.
In the last years the attention of
the Directors of the College has been
called to gradual changes in the edu-
cational policy of the School. These
changes, cohnrfg about naturally
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Faculty Rehearse Show in Great Secrecy
But Reports Imply Hilarious Performance
If secrecy can produce a good per-
formance, the Faculty Show should
.break all records. We tried hiding
behind Juno and Jupiter, thinking we
might overhear some bits of conversa-
tion which would give us something
definite to tell everyone. We even
spent a great deal of time in the
stack?, tracking down professors; we
sneaked into the basement of Pem-
broke East, hoping to find some of the
English Department talking about the
show, but they were all silent! Ah,
but we have found out something! We
discovered it by snooping around the
bookshop and by going to the gym-
nasium to sign up for our spring
sport. Sorrowfully we are forced to
confess, 'tis but a bit, and still the
Faculty Show is a mysterious thing.
The performance to be given this year
for the benefit of the Million Dollar
Drive, is arranged in general like that
given in 1933. It will be a series of
skits, which, it has been insisted, are
put together in an organized form.
One member of the Faculty proudly
stated that the production this year
will undoubtedly outshine the 1933
show. That is an optimistic statement,
but we believe it!
Mrs. Nahm said that there had been
several rehearsals during spring va-
cation, during which everyone present
nearly died of hysterics. If the Fac-
ulty members are so overcome at this
date at their own antics, we suggest
that  there  be  numerous  ambulances
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outside Goodhart on the evening of
April 15th, prepared to carry away
prostrate undergraduates.
The two upper classes were fortu-
nate enough to see the first Faculty
Show, called Restraint Necessary. For
the benefit of those who did not see
this, we are writing something of what
occurred during that performance.
Mrs. Tennant sang a song, as did
President Park. Both of them, we
learn, did most creditably, and the au-
dience clamored for more. Samuel
Arthur King, whom Mr. Warburg in-
troduced with perfect diction, recited
a poem, which he accompanied with
many gestures. Messrs. Herben, Blan-
chard, Watson, and Turner formed a
quartet. We hope they will do it again.
Dr. Gray gave a delectable little mono-
logue on feminine finger nails, which
must have seemed suitable, delivered
in the usual manner of a history pro-
fessor. Mrs. Nahm and Dr. Watson
had the romantic leads in a sketch
called The Potter's Wheel. We can
imagine the feeling they must have
aroused, especially since numerous un-
dergraduates believe that Dr. Watson
is the double of the handsome Nils
Asther of movie fame. No doubt
everyone has heard of the puppets
which Mr. Alwyn and Mr. Wllloughby
worked and the Men's May Day skit
was a joy to behold. Staid professors
cavorting as we do, doing the one-two-
three  hop  to   perfection,  must  have
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Careers Encouraged *
For Young Authors
Speakers   at   Conference   Assert
*  Futures In Dancing, Acting
No Longer Open
BUSINESS    OFFERS    JOBS
(Especially Contributed by
D.  Tate-Smith, 'J5)
Hotel Astor, tlarch 29 and 30.�A
note of definite optimism prevailed in
the advice of many of the speakers at
the1 Institute of Women's Professional
Relations conference on Careers for
College Women. Especially in the field
of writing and publishing, great en-
couragement was held forth to young
authors of plays, novels and short
stories and to young women who are
seeking work on magazines. The in-
ability of older people to see any way-
out of the present economic chaos ren-
ders necessary a quest for young peo-
ple who are in touch with the new
economic and political order that is
emerging. It was asserted that never
have first manuscripts been more eag-
erly read nor applicants for jobs more
eagerly welcomed than at the present
In the business field, opportunities
for young people are also becoming
more prevalent than in recent years,
and Mr. Thomas B. Watson, the presi-
dent of the International Business Ma-
chines Corporation, announced that
that very day he had engaged a secre-
tary who had attended Bryn Mawr
College for two years and tbe Kath-
erinc Gibbs Secretarial Schoo] for two
more, and that he was offering posi-
tions to nineteen other young women
who had as able qualifications as she
had. He explained that she had rec-
ommended herself to him by her obvi-
ous secretarial ability, by her good
manners, and by her thorough educa-
tional background. These are quali-
ties which he demands in all his sec-
retaries, but in addition he particular-
ly needs young women who are con-
versant with'several languages. Sev-
eral of the delegates to the conference
applied for the positions that night,
but they are by no means completely
filled. Mr. Watson also asserted his
willingness to interview recent gradu-
ates at any time and to assist them to
find a position in case he has none to
offer.
In the field of the theatre, of pub-
licity work connected with the theatre,
and of the dance, on the other hand,
the advice was highly discouraging.
There are still many more actresses,
dancers and aspiring publicity agents
than there are jobs for them, and all
the speakers insisted that unless a girl
was ardently set on working in those
lines, she should not attempt to enter
a field which is already overcrowded.
No one should propose to be a dancer
unless she has a private income, since
the most widely renowned dancers,
even up to Martha Graham, make ab-
solutely no money through their art
and are dependent on teaching to
bring them any income at all.
Miss I. A. R. Wylie, who conducted
the conference on writing and publish-
ing, said that an active creative imag-
ination was the only essential for writ-
ing fiction and that attending either
writing school or college was a waste
of time and led to the danger of be-
coming academic. She advocated, as
did all the speakers in the writing con-
ference, the acquisition of a literary
agent, both because the agent assumes
the intricate responsibilities of ar-
ranging movie, foreign and dramatic
rights for all work, and because per-
sonal interviews with publishers are
often discouraging and embarrassing.
The names of the established and best
agents are given out on application by
any publishing house or magazine.
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Little May Day Date Changed
Little May Day will be cele-
brated this year on May 2 in-
stead of May 1, since Miss Park
will be speaking at Boston and
Providence on April 29 and 30
and will not be able to return in
time to be waked at 6.45 on
May 1.
College Calender
Thursday, April 11: Dr.
Henry Willard on The Abbey of
Monte Cusino and the Medi-
aeval Culture of Southern Italy.
Deanery, 8.20 P. M.
Friday, April 12: Under-
graduate Peace Program. Good-
hart, 11 A. M.
Sunday, April 14: Mr. Aus-
tin K. Gray on Bernard Sham
in Retrospect. Deanery, 5.00
P. If.                  -�
Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen will
conduct the Chapel Service. Mu-
sic Room, 7.30 P. M.
Monday, April 15: Faculty
Show, Much Ado But Not For
Nothing.   Goodhart, 8.20 P. M.
Tuesday, April 16: Broad-
cast by eight members of the
College Choir. Station WOR:
1.15 P. M.; WEAF: 5.00 P. M.
Students Will Support
Peace Demonstrations
On this coming Friday, April 12,
at 11 A. M., the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation plans to hold a demonstration
for peace in Goodhart Hall at which
there will be an outside speaker. This
effort to get concerted college action
in expressing opposition to war and
support of the peace movement is be-
ing held in conjunction with other col-
leges and universities all over the
world. In some institutions with lib-
eral administration, students are plan-
ning programs similar to the one to
be held here, while at others, in which
the authorities are opposed to any sort
of peace movement, students are ex-
pecting to strike,�to walk out of
classes, and join in peace programs
in spite of opposition. Bryn Mawr is
fortunate in having a liberal and sym-
pathetic administration which is in
favor of some sort of peace demonstra-
tion, and the Undergraduate Associa-
tion hopes that all students will avail
themselves of this opportunity as
classes are to be suspended and that
they will publicly show their interest
in and support of peace. It is im-
portant that everyone should come,
since it is only by united expression
of our convictions that we can be
heard at all.
The International Club expects to
demonstrate its concern for peace by
sending a delegation to the Model As-
sembly of the League of Nations which
will be held at New York University
from April 11-13. The Club feels that
an intelligent interest in and under-
standing of world affairs is an im-
portant step in securing peace. The
questions which will be especially con-
sidered this week-end are: (1) a plan-
ned economy for the world, (2) muni-
tions, and (3) sanctions. The collegt
delegation, which will represent Ura-
guay, is as follows: Betty Bock, '36;
Eleanor Fabyan, '36; Sophie Hunt,
'36; Mary Hutchings, '37; Eleanor
Sayre, '38, and Alice Schurcliff, '38.
Following the demonstrations be-
tween 11.00-1.00 on Friday the col-
leges and universities in and near
Philadelphia will hold a meeting at
4.30 P. M. in Reyburn Plaza. Defi-
nite plans for this meeting have not
yet been announced.
Dr. Van Dusen is Chapel Speaker
The Bryn Mawr League takes great
pleasure in announcing Dr. Henry P.
Van Dusen as the speaker for the
Sunday evening service on April four-
teenth. He is Dean of Students at
the Union Theological Seminary and
associate professor of Systematic The-
ology and Philosophy of Religion.
Dr. Van Dusen's activities are not
confined to teaching. He has distin-
guished himself in missionary work
and was one of the nine noted authors
of The Christian Message For The
World Today, a study of Christianity
as a world-wide movement. Among the
books that he has written are The
Plain Man Seeks For God, The Quest
For Life's Meaning, and A Common
Faith.
In the summer of nineteen thirty-
three, Dr. Van Dusen was the leading
speaker at the Northfield Conference.
There he gave a series of addresses on
the fundamental problems of religion.
The power and clearness of the.se talks
won him great popularity.
Dance Group Recital
Shows Grace, Feeling
Result of. One Year's Training
Produces Artistic Program
Of Great Merit
JOY   IN   DANCE   IS   SEEN
Goodhart, March 27.�Miss Jose-
phine Petts is to be highly congratu-
lated for the remarkable excellence of
both Jhjt*individual and the group
dancing which her pupils revealed in
their annual recital. The results of
this year's work as seen in the perform-
ance seemed extraordinarily good,
particularly upon the realization that
this is the first year that Miss Petts
has been in complete charge of the
dancing classes and that many of the
girls have had no previous experi-
ence in the Duncan style of dancing.
The pupils paid both themselves and
their director a creditable compliment
by their universal skill in the dance
and created for the audience a pleas-
ing and artistic evening's entertain-
ment.
Last autumn Miss Petts took over
the direction of the college dance
group and employed as assistants two
excellent dancers who had previously
studied with Miss Cooper. Miss Flor-
ence Taggart and Miss Elizabeth Con-
verse deserve their share of credit for
the well-directed dancing of the group
and a great deal of praise for the pre-
cision and feeling interpretation of
their own individual work. Miss Tag-
gart combines those rare qualities of
absolute precision and lithesome grace
with the ease and gay spirit that
comes from sheer joy in the dance.
Miss Converse has, like her compan-
ion, great sureness and control and
gives her dancing a poised and careful
interpretation. They, with the stat-
uesque stateliness and strong move-
ments of their leader, a more experi-
enced dancer, created an interesting
and varied combination whenever the
trio was on the stage. One of the
most attractive features of the Dun-
can style of dancing is that while it
demands great care and absolute mus-
cular control in a unified whole, it
also permits the greatest individual
freedom for the dancers to express
their own style and conception of the
dance and its emotion.
It was a misfortune that this year's
recital could not be held in the Dean-
Contlnueil on  Page  Six
Student Officers Confer Here
Bryn Mawr will be visited this
week-end by delegates from four other
leading women's colleges, who are
holding their annual conference to
discuss problems of student govern-
ment. Vassar, Smith, Mount Holyoke,
and Wellesley send three delegates
each�the president for 1934-1935 and
the president for 1935-1936 of Stu-
dent Government, corresponding to
Bryn Mawr's Undergraduate Associa-
tion, and another college officer, cor-
responding to our President of Self-
Government. The delegates from the
other colleges will stay in the halls
Saturday and Sunday.
These fifteen delegates discuss each
year the questions of social regula
tions, such as the rules governing 8'
cial permission, number of late dates,
smoking and drinking, and the infrac-
tion of these rules, together with the
administration of student government.
Other problems are those of coopera-
tion within the student body, with
which the Undergraduate Association
deals here. At the other colleges there
axe institutions, such as cooperative
houses, which replace scholarships to
a certain extent. Here we have posi-
tions as Fire Captain, monitor, etc.
Miscellaneous subjects for discussion
include the National Students' Federa-
tion of America, second-hand book-
shops at the colleges, the arrangement
of the calendar for outside speakers,
and other college activities which the
students themselves administrate.



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