Mother's Club
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The following was written in 1928:
“The Mother’s University Club” was formed Thursday, April 26 in a meeting to which all mothers of full-time girls were invited. Betty Wiltbank, speaking in behalf of the Women’s Advisory Council, welcomed the mothers. She was followed by Dean Rose, who told what she is doing in regard to helping girls decide on their vocations and acted as chairman for the business meeting that followed.
It was decided that club should be called “The Mother’s University Club,” a name which had been suggested, Dean Rose said by some of the girls. It was the wish of the club that Dean Rose take the position of chairman and she accepted temporarily. There will also be an executive board composed of two mothers of Freshmen girls, two Sophomore mothers and one Junior mother, who will be elected later.
Of her work in regard to girl’s vocations, Dean Rose said that her object was to try to get the girls to think about a future vocation during their freshman year but not to urge them to make any definite decision. One of the mothers suggested that a better adjustment of social and school life ought to be reached; and Dean Rose explained the Point System which keeps a student from spending too much time on extra curricular activities by giving so many points for each activity and limiting the number of points a student may have.
Dean Rose introduced Mrs. Woodhouse from the Bureau of Home Economics who spoke on Vocations for Women. She said that the most important factor in choosing vocation was interest in that particular type of work. Mrs. Woodhouse suggested questions for a girl to ask before deciding on her vocation and gave some very interesting statistics which she is compiling in regard to the number of women college graduates in various vocations and their average salaries. The greatest number of women were in teaching, next came librarians and after them, research workers.
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Author or Source: Hatchet, May 2, 1928
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: January 29, 2007
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist
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