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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 13

VOCATIONS FOR WOMEN

C OLLEGE WOMEN are now engaged in as many as eighty kinds
of occupation, a remarkable record as contrasted with that
of only a few years back. That you may hear of some of these
newer ventures, and that you may perhaps receive personal in-
spiration, it is purposed to publish, beginning with this issue, a
few articles written by members of our fraternity, and clippings
from publications which may be deemed of special significance
along vocational lines.

June Kelley, Chairman, Committee on
Vocational Guidance.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE GIRL INTERESTED
IN GENERAL SCIENCES

A RE YOU interested in biology or chemistry, and are you one
of those girls who say in an unenthusiastic tone, " I sup-
pose I ' l l teach when I get through college"? I f you are, just look
around and see i f you can't find something about which you can
be enthusiastic.

1 want to tell you a little about one field that is a constantly
growing, one f o r girls with a general knowledge of science.
Laboratories all over the country are demanding trained workers
as technicians and research assistants, both in the academic world
and in the industrial world. Chemists, physicists, physiologists,
pathologists, bacteriologists, and many others are realizing the
need of trained assistants, and i f you go into that work you will
find that many interesting associations and opportunities are open
to you. The research field is like a big picture-puzzle, every new
problem has its own little niche, and you are helping to complete
the picture. The fascinating thing about it, however, is that the
picture is never completed, as there are always new things to be
discovered or explained in this wonderful big world of ours.

You may think that you have not the ability to do independent
research, but i f you can do intelligent, interested work under
direction you can be very happy in your work, and much of the
success of the experiments will depend upon you.

The first things necessary in this work are a spirit of enthu-
siasm and a willingness to cooperate with others. I f you have