Don\u27t put off until tomorrow what you can do today,  and if you\u27re anxious to have work this next summer, don\u27t wait too long before applying. Mrs. Mary Elva Sather, assistant to the dean of Home Economics, helps students secure summer work when it is available. Bits of experience gained while still in school are valuable after one has been graduated, according to Mrs. Sather

Greene, Helen

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"Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today," and if you're anxious to have work this next summer, don't wait too long before applying. Mrs. Mary Elva Sather, assistant to the dean of Home Economics, helps students secure summer work when it is available. Bits of experience gained while still in school are valuable after one has been graduated, according to Mrs. Sather.</p

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During your vacation Explore your Vocation "DON'T put off until tomorrow what you can do today," and if you're anxious to have work this next summer, don't wait too long before applying. Mrs. Mary Elva Sather, assistant to the dean of Home Economics, helps students secure sum-mer work when it is available. Bits of experience gained while still in school are valuable after one has been graduated, according to Mrs. Sather. Each student desirous of obtaining a summer position may file an application with Mrs. Sather. The following information is requested of each applicant: name, age, home address, major, type of employment wanted and previous practical experi-ence. Papers with this in-formation may be filed with Mrs. Sather now. Requests come to the col-lege from camps for students to teach art and crafts or to act as dietitians and assis-tants. Also hotels and cafe-terias are sources of positions as wait-resses. These offers mean an exceeding-ly small salary, but to most undergradu-ates the experience is of primary im-portance. Often opportunities are open for girls to spend periods of 6 to 12 weeks in kitchens of hospitals. Many hospitals are willing to help girls in the summer by allowing them maintenance in return for their services. Mrs. Sather advises students to work near home, otherwise the small salary which they do earn will be spent for trainfare. It is not advisable to choose a camp which opens before Iowa State's final examinations are over. BUYING clothes for college is one of the greatest problems in the young freshman's life. Department stores which have established an in-terest in coeds by creating "College Shops" are growing in popularity. Wo-men attending various colleges are employed in these shops to give help-ful suggestions in selecting a ward-robe. Barbara Field, T. & C. Jr., was employed last summer by a large Chicago department store to represent mid-western schools. "When custom-ers seemed hesitant we felt free to advise them which garment was best suited to their needs," she said. To be successful in salesmanship, however, one must understand what goes on behind the scenes. Therefore each girl employed was submitted to 12 by Helen Greene the regular training course which con-sisted of store management and selling. "Following the brief preparation period, I was ready for work August 1 when the college shop officially opened," Barbara stated when discussing her job. "A large portion of my work was modeling the clothes on display. Salespeople must be alert and on their toes if they're going to please the public." "TAKE me back to Colorado to stay" has been the cry of Margot Bacon and Maxine Anderson since they re-turned from spending last summer at a private lodge in Boulder Canyon near Boulder, Colorado. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and cold silvery streams the summer resort presented a delightful spot to dine. Serving 30 people during the week and 150 on Sundays necessitated the employment of three women. From the middle of June to the first week in September their duties consisted of food preparation, table setting and serving of the guests. "The salary, though it wasn't much, was actually doubled in the amount received from tips," according to these Iowa Staters. "Our greatest profit was the experience we gained." AN interesting six weeks was spent by Dorothy Evans, Dietetics Sr., as assistant dietitian in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Sioux City. "The work which I did," Dorothy said, "was a sample of those duties of the student dietitian in her 12 months training following graduation. At certain times I helped plan the menus as well as prepare the food. In the Special Diet kitchen were 12 to 16 trays to be taken care of for each meal. These trays, of course, demanded special nutrition requirements which meant planning and weighing of the food. As a part of the dietitian's work I visited each patient for whom I prepared a tray," Dorothy said. "~EEING is believing" is a kJ slogan of the older gen-eration which still holds true today. Convincing the home-maker by demonstrating the efficiency o f h o u s e h o 1 d equipment is no easy trick," according to Lillian Rhoades and Marian Weinell, H. Ec. Srs., who were employed by Laclede Gas and Light Co., St. Louis, Missouri, for the purpose of demonstrating equipment which was of in-terest to every homemaker. The two young women spent the first six weeks of the summer in training for their work. The demonstration work was carried on in the various depart-ment stores having household equip-ment sections. Testing recipes and preparing the food for demonstration comprised the duties which were fre-quent and important. Occasional home service calls added variety to the routine work. Classes were conducted for brides and Girl Scout organizations which provided channels for additional knowledge of demonstrating. OpAL HILL and Irene Halstrom, H. Ec. Srs., obtained positions in the Kahler Hotel in Rochester, Min-nesota. Located directly across from the Mayo Clinic, people of public prominence such as President Roose-velt frequently stay there while in Rochester. Following final exams last spring Opal and Irene left for Roches-ter and spent the first two weeks in training as waitresses. Others at Kahler Hotel were Bernice Shepard, Dorothy Wenke, Dorothy Baltz, Evelyn Turner and Dorothy Holt. "If at all possible it is desirable to spend the last two weeks with the chef studying the various divisions of the kitchen work," according to Opal and Irene. They were conscientious ob-servers of the pastry department. Wait-resses were permitted one day off a week. During these periods Opal and (Continued on page 13) January, 1939 Alums 1n the News a fixed amount, but from each year that you are asked back, the amount is raised thirty dollars. This next summer promises to be a truly exciting one as plans have been made to take everyone in camp to the New York World's Fair." by Grace Strohmeier ON DEC. 21, twenty-six more Iowa State Home Economics students became alumnae. Ten of these graduates have been placed. Mildred Wilson, M.S., Home Furnish-ing Specialist for Iowa State Extension Service; Mary Eleanor Holme, M. S ., Blackburn College, Carlinville, Ill.; Floy Jones, M.S., Taylor High School, Taylor, Texas; Mary Hayley, M. S., Alabama College, Montevallo, Ala.; Mary Reid, M. S., Ligonier, Ind., High School; Leah Weidman, M. S., University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. The following Bachelor of Science de-gree graduates have definite plans about the future: Dietetic appointments for student training: Winifred Rice, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, beginning Jan. 15; Mary Scoltock, Michael Reese Hos-pital, Chicago, Ill., beginning in Febru-ary. Genevieve Colgan is to be home dem-onstration agent for Buena Vista County with headquarters at Storm Lake after Jan. 10. Zelia Graves will teach in the high school at Green Mountain. Many graduates of former classes have also secured positions. Those who have received appoint-ments to the Farm Security Administra-tion as assistant home management supervisors are Alice Hamilton, '38, for Ringgold and Decatur Counties in Iowa, and Gayle Nelson, '38, and Mary Clark, '38, in North Dakota. Janis Black, '37, is the home demon-stration agent in Sac and Ida Counties, and Eleanor Rathke, '38, in Cherokee and Plymouth Counties. Elizabeth Kubitz, '38, is in the Home Service Department of the Common-wealth Edison Company in Chicago. During her first month of employment she acted as hostess in a model all-electric home. Now Miss Kubitz is working as home lighting advisor mak-ing lighting surveys, helping homemak-ers with their lighting problems and assisting in range demonstration. Another equipment opening has been filled by Dorothy Klauer, '36, in the Gas Service Company, Kansas City, Mo. Doris Ingle, '37, was promoted to direc-tor of the company's Wichita home service department. Ruth Whiting, '36, is with the Ameri-can Home Magazine, New York City, as assistant to Julia Bourne, '30. Recent changes in positions among M. S. graduates are as follows: Marie Bernds, M. S. '37, formerly in research work at the University of Il-linois, has been appointed to the staff of the Evaporated Milk Association in Chicago. Hattie Lundgren, M. S. '30, has con-tinued work at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Mary Klepinger, M. S. The Iowa Homemaker '31, is working at Miami University, Ox-ford, Ohio. Ruth Bergman, '38, has worked in the art department of Mrs. Stover's Bunga-low Candy Company, Kansas City, Mo., helping with Thanksgiving and Christ-mas advertising. She was married Dec. 28, to Marvin Soder, '37, of Kansas City. Approximately 200 Iowa State gradu-ates in Kansas City attended the De-cember alumni banquet at which motion pictures of Iowa State's football team were shown. ----·::~----Explore your Vocation (Continued from page 12) Irene attended diabetic lectures, doc-tors' and staff meetings and studied other dining rooms of hotels in Roches-ter to get a general idea of their distinctive type and management. TEACHING art and crafts in the Burr Oaks of Southern Wisconsin was the occupation of Ronny Ron-ningen, A . A. Grad., last summer. Exclusive in itself with riding horses, sailboats, a golf course and moving pictures, the camp was a joy to the heart of every young girl who attended. In addition to teaching, Ronny il-lustrated the mimeographed newspaper which the girls edited. "The salary which I received," Ronny said, "was T HE Highland Park Hotel in Grand Haven, Michigan, had as its wait-resses last summer five women from Iowa State including Helen Grove, Cornelia Nelson, Alice Moore, Jean Veith and Marjorie Griswold Brown. A great majority of the guests were from St. Louis, Missouri and Louis-ville, Kentucky. Working the entire summer the women received a salary of an established amount which was in-creased by tips. H OBBIES are a grand source of achievement for recommendation in a summer job provided you have cultivated them to a profitable extent. Sailing has been a hobby of Marjorie Campbell, H. Ec. Sr., ever since child-hood. Last summer she was asked to teach sailing to the girls attending Camp Kechuwa, Michigamme, Michi-gan. M USIC is one of J ane Helser's ad-mirable hobbies. Jane, a H. Ec. Sr., was selected music counselor for Camp Kamaji, a private camp for girls in Minnesota last summer. For two months Jane was in charge of Sunday vespers, special evening programs, ser-enades, the rhythm orchestra and all musical accompaniments. Other girls from Iowa State at Camp Kamaji were Ruth Marks, Ruth Kunerth, Mabel Sherril, Clara Bickford and Thelma Sydness. A NEW QUARTER Means NEW BOOKS AND NEW SUPPLIES Buy Them at COLLEGE BOOK STORE On the Campus 13 

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