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Show 'EDUCATION' FOR LIFE' PLAN ASKS THAT SUBJECT BE OF REAL USE for th year la over, ah know1 that she- can't afford a furnished apartment, but must buy hr own furniture. She learnt that sh may have to do without a telephone In order to subscribe to the newspa- pen' and magazine he feel the1 need. In thort, the know Just what a financial tetback th will be getting get-ting when the leave papa for her young man. So far only on girl Editor'! not: Are th subjects ' girl ttudiet In collet of real . Importanc to her after graduationwhen gradua-tionwhen th enter th working work-ing world or becomet a hous-wif hous-wif and a mother? The faculty of Stephen college, Columbia, Mo, think ltt curriculum give th Ideal answer to that question. Ruth Millett. who popular column, col-umn, "W. th Women," appear In Th Salt Lak Telegram, went out to Stephen, and watched thli great acholaitlc experiment at firsthand. She telli what th taw and heard. In three fatcl-rating fatcl-rating article th tint of ' which, appear below. By RUTH Mil. LETT COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. "'Teach women the thlngt women have a chine to u" that I a theory of' education being put to th teit at Stephen college, Columbia, Mo. On th Stepheni ramput today 1850 young women are being educated, edu-cated, not merely a students, but at women. Th teit applied to every courte and every clai It "It It of real use?" Core of the Stepheni curriculum It baied on the moit perional kind of lurvey. Three hundred women college graduates, torn married, torn tingle, living and working In all partt of the country, were atked to keep a perional diary for three years. In It they lilted all their activities activi-ties and conrernt. When these were claiilfled, It wat found that torn activities are common to all women. It It the that are (tressed at Stephens. And It I never forgotten forgot-ten for a minute that 80 per cent of Stephens' "educated-for-life" graduates marry within five year after graduation. Girl who plan to be married flock to the laboratory course In household management. T h r most glrlt get a rude thock. For Initead of learning how to "manage" on an Income equal to her father't (the average income for father of Stepheni girlt It S6000), each girl learnt to live on th Income of her fiance. Thit average! between $100 and f 125 a month. Some girli even plan to live on $80 a month. , She Investigate rentals In th town where she expects to live, flndi out the cost of food, and plant her mealt accordingly. Be- hat decided that th young man' wasn't worth th "doing without" Sh brok her engagement when th learned just what hit salary meant In necessities and luxuries, This "education for life" theory It put to work In every department and In every course. When a girl tignt up for physical physi-cal education, th finds that the i ports which are stressed ar those sh I apt to keep up one th It out of school. In "humanities," her teachers of appreciation so that when the playt th radio, h turnt to good mutlc Instead of poor. They teach her to exercise the time, discrimination when the buyt furniture for her future fu-ture horn. ' Sh can check out copie of th flneit paintingt, to hang on th wall of her college room. Sh It encouraged to build per-' tonal library, filling IU thelvet with book from th college library, which the It allowed to keep all year. The college wantt her to learn to live with bookt and accomplishes accom-plishes IU almt In another Ingenious Ingeni-ous way. The boast Is that there are only two buildings on the cam-put cam-put without their own libraries the auditorium and the boiler room. Nor ar her health, looks, drett and vole neglected. The sayt Stephen college are at Important to women at any kind of "book" knowledge. And oddly enough, the faculty hat found that the two go hand in hand. Improve a girl't looks, and her graces Improve noticeably. Since a woman's voice and conversation con-versation are Important, both of these are trained at Stephens. ' Th school provides a grooming clinic that look like a Fifth avenue ave-nue beauty salon. Her Susie or Jane can go to learn how to look her Individual beat. She may go Into the clinic a careless, dowdy girl but the comet out with a new hair-do, wearing th right make-up, knowing her figur fault and how to overcome them. And the gleam In her eye eeemt to say: "Well, I'm pretty good-looking after aft-er all." If she Is overweight, the eatt at the doctor-iupervited diet table. If he It underweight the till at a table where the girli ttuff fattening fatten-ing foods. Her college reallzet that It It at right and normal for a girl to be at Interested In how many dates she gets as In how many boys she knows. Next: Training for Jobs. ,"- - I , Jl Sh ! bing "aducatad for lit" at Staphant cotUg whara the it taught, not mrly at a ttudsnt, but at woman. |