Page 23 - To Dragma November 1924

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Staff jobs on newspapers and magazines are always open., first,
to those who can gather good stories accurately; second, to
those with the specialized knowledge which gives their composi-
tion the stamp of authority; and third, to those with the special
flair for writing which makes interesting whatever they touch.

While she who is listening with both ears f o r Opportunity to
come aknocking will do well to specialize and develop a "line,"
I believe more firmly in the one goal for a writer; no job at all.
Paradoxical as this may sound, I mean it. The final aim of the
writer should be free lance work, with all the freedom in market-
ing, gathering materials and following one's own bent that such a
situation provides. I f one can agree with this line of reasoning
any opening f o r journalistic work is an opportunity.

Muriel Fairbanks Steward, Tau.

The Bureau of Vocational Information in New Y o r k City gives the

following list of vocations about which inquiries were made to the bureau

during 1923. T h e list is arranged in the order of frequency of the re-

currence of requests.

Social work Physical education Diplomatic work

Secretarial work Religious work Occupational therapy

Business, General Selling Pharmacy-

Vocational guidance Employment work Proof-reading
Home economics Hotel work W o r k in textiles
Journalism Art Geology-

Advertising Book-shop work Actuarial work
Teaching Costume designing
Camp work
Foreign language worl Accounting Horticulture

Education other than Nursing Mathematics
teaching
Real estate Museum work
Personal work
Industry and trade Bacteriology Physics
Psychology
Department stores Biology Professional shopping
Library work
Chemistry Child care Public health work
Part-time work
Publicity work Insurance Story-telling
Publishing house work
Statistical work Motion-picture industry Tourist guiding
Dramatic work
Dietetics Crafts Zoology-
Music
Banking Filing Agriculture

Interior decoration Laboratory technician's Catering
T e a room management
Law work Dancing

Landscape architecture Dentistry

Bond selling Mail-order business

Bookkeeping Newspaper syndicate

W o r k in foreign work

countries Politics

Medicine Printing

Importing and exporting Public stenography

Photography Sales promotion

Eighty distinct vocations about which information was sought, and

twenty years ago, teaching, and for the daring, library work, covered the

fields the educated woman was supposed to find vocationally possible!

Kappa Alpha Theta.