/~ | /} \{ W 'o o so Q ſ C. g- Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations ºr - * . --~~~~...~er-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: **** “------, -º : , 's . . . .” . - - . 3 , *: . . . . . ººº-ºººº...º.º. * ... . . . .. : -- . . . 3. !. A * • 3& * . *::::::: *... . . . . : ... sºlº # * *... º, . . . .” ". . ***** *- : ** * * * - . A \ | A Course of Vocational Lectures | * by - Miss Helen M. Bennett. Manager June 19th to 24th, 1916 16 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Announcement The following course of lectures is offered for the first time to Voca- tional Advisers of Women, Deans of Women in Colleges, Normal Schools, and High Schools, Prospective Workers in Vocational Fields, and any others interested. - - The field work, which is intended to supplement the lectures, will consist of interviews with employers, arranged in advance, together with a prepared questionnaire, which the student is asked to follow in her inter- views. The object of this is to familiarize the worker with the actual needs of employers and their attitude towards the college girl. -- ºn order that these interviews may be satisfactorily arranged, those expecting to attend the lectures are asked to notify this office before the | 5th of June. Information about living arrangements in Chicago during the time of the lectures may be secured in advance by writing to the Bureau. Fees: Ten dollars for the Course of Ten Lectures One dollar and a quarter for separate Lectures Program for the Week June 19th to 24th Monday: * - | 1 a.m.—Lecture. The Problem of the Vocational Adviser. | :30 p.m.—Lecture. College' Training and Working Efficicncy. Tuesday: - 9 a.m.—Lecture. Social Field and Its Attraction for College Women. 10 to 12 —Field Work. | :30 p.m.—Field and Library Work. Wednesday: 9 a. m.—Lecture. Women as Secretaries. 10 to 12 — Field Work. 1:30 p.m.—Modern Application of Our Old Profession--Household Economics. Thursday: 9:00 a.m.—Lecture. The College Girl—Her Own Employer. | :30 p.m.—Lecture. Psychology of the Girl as Related to Her Oc- cupation. Friday: 9:00 a.m.—Lecture. Physiology of the Girl as Related to Her Oc- cupation. | 0 to 12 —Field Work. 1:30 p.m.—Lecture. Working Technique of the Vocational Ad- VI Ser. Saturday: 9:00 a.m.—Lecture. Economic Condition of Women as Affecting Their Choice of a Vocation. | 0 to 12 —Reports and Conference on Field Work. Lecture Outlines Lecture 1 The Problem of the Vocational Adviser Development of vocational problem in school system—Significance of handwork in the kindergarten, and vanishing classics in the colleges—The need of the vocational adviser—Her status in colleges and in universities— Wide extent of her knowledge—Demands upon her—How she meets the problem—The value of vocational conferences. - Lecture 2 College Training and Working Efficiency What the world expects of the college girl—What it gets from her— Relation between academic training, cultural so-called, and workaday effi- ciency—Should cultural training make directly for efficiency—Can train- ing which makes directly for efficiency be called cultural—Where does the college girl fail? Lecture 3 Social Field and Its Attraction for College Women Extent of field—Reason for its appeal to women—Necessity, for dis- couraging many girls who wish to enter this work—No place for emotional outlet—Opportunities for advancement and for service—Possibilities for carrying social attitude into other fields of work. Lecture 4 Women as Secretaries Increasing popularity of this profession—Why—The financial, educa- tional, business, philanthropic, literary, social, and executive secretary— Necessary equipment, native and acquired—Secretarial personality—What the employer wants in a secretary—Does a college trained woman make the best secretary—Desirability of field for college girls—Rewards mone- tary and otherwise—Ramifications and possibilities. Lecture 5 Modern Application of our Old Profession--Household Economics “What can I do besides teach”—Scientific development of this pro- fession—Its alliance with social, scientific, educational and literary fields— Its relative importance in the education of all women—Do girls study household economics as an abstract profession or with a distinct idea of its application to their future home life. Lecture 6 The College Girl---Her Own Employer Type of girl who can successfully conduct her own business—Inter- esting accomplishments of individual college girls—Openings in agriculture —What women have done in professions—Financial side of independent work—Chance to develop personal talents—The girl who wants to write. Lecture 7 Psychology of Girl as Related to Her Occupation Must study girl rather than vocation—Present psychological tests answer to this demand—Test for vocations, test applicants for positions— Dangerous field for laymen—in what degree can vocational adviser con- Śląer psycnological ritness tº her glºrs—How le 1, sue, a lar; ºil, ju'rge these girls—Common sense, universal and personal, aids to diagnosis— Indian sign language, modern police observations, tally—Imaginative eye, motor hand, morbid mouth, analytical brow—Walking a tight rope, making a girl understand her psychological self and keeping her from morbid intro- spection—Extent to which college work alone and college activities can indicate real psychology of the student—Necessary to know type of person demanded in general by profession. Lecture 8 Physiology of Girl as Related to Her Occupation Employers want health—Specific instances of such demands—How her health conditions affect choice of occupations and success—What of the girl who works her way through college—What of the girl who dances her way through college—Health regulations in women's colleges—Grow- ing recognition that the physical is necessary part of general education— Vocational opportunities for the handicapped—Instances of physical mal- adjustment to vocation—Obligation of vocational adviser to investigate and to emphasize fundamental importance of health in relation to choice of occupation. Lecture 9 Working Technique of Vocational Adviser Card forms and card catalogs—Type of questions for interviews— Consideration of students pre-college life, her academic pursuits, her amusements, her physical and mental characteristics, her health and her ambitions—Information which students will need—Sources of information —Practical methods of getting in touch with employers—Vocational bibli- ography. Lecture 10 Economic Condition of Women as Affecting Choice of Vocation Mass of women workers—Reasons for lower wage of women—Rela- tion of trade unionism and suffrage to economic conditions—How marriage affects choice of occupation and salaries of women—The girl who must commercialize her college training immediately—The girl who is soon to marry—The girl who is independent financially—Relation between the fac- tory girl and the doctor of philosophy—The oneness of women workers— Industrial future of women. -