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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, JANUARY 29,195
Incentive Wage Plan Used In KC Garment Factory
The paying of employees in the Pachter garment factory of Kansas City is done through an incentive plan instead of a straight wage plan, Mr. George Dew told members of the Society for the Advancement of Management recently.
"That is, a minimum wage level' is set but anyone who does more than the accepted production level is paid a bonus equivalent to the amount of over-production they do," said Mr. Dew, who is assistant general manager of the factory.
He pointed out that all the sewing machine operators were women.
"In spite of the fact that all races and religions are represented by the workers in the plant, which consists of 80 per cent women, there is no trouble or disharmony between the various groups."
"During the last war there was an acute shortage of sewing machine operators and because of the present war situation the plant has been carrying on a training program to build a surplus of this type worker," Mr. Dew said.
"Applicants with scores below 70 were not taken, of course, because of low mentality and those with scores above 100 were not taken because experience has shown that they find the work dull and monotonous and don't prove satisfactory at the job," Mr. Dew explained.
One hundred applicants, all women, were given dexterity tests. These tests eliminated approximately one-fourth of the applicants, he said. They were then given an I.Q. test, and only those applicants with scores of between 70 and 100 were taken.
Mr. Dew, who was in charge of the training school, said that the school was financed by the Kansas City public school system and the Kansas City garment association and proved very successful. Of the 38 who finished the course, 25 were placed in garment factories in the city.
Applicants were not paid while attending classes because past experience has been that many applicants enroll just for the pay.
A salesman of the company talked about new styles of women's clothes and Miss Brite, a Kansas City model, modeled them for members of the club.
11 New Members In Med Frat
The selection of 11 new members for Alpha Omega Alpha, national honorary medical fraternity, at the University School of Medicine was announced today by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, dean.
John W. Schmaus, and Marion Summer, are the juniors. Election during the junior year is considered an extremely high honor.
Eight seniors, two juniors, and one faculty member were chosen. The latter is Dr. David W. Robinson, associate professor of surgery and oncology.
The seniors accepted for membership are Loren G. Agee, Harlan Berthelsen, Carl J. Cramm, John Kanaa, William A. Kells, Charles Krause, Mildred Montgomery, and Carl Tompkins. Student members elected as juniors a year ago are Arnold H. Greenhouse, Herman W. Heisterman, and Melvin G. Kettner.
University Daily Kansan
Mail subscription: $2 a semester, $4.50 a year, (in Lawrence add $1.00 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence. Attendance at school: University year except Saturdays and Sundays. University holidays and examination periods. Etered as second class mature Sept. 17, 1910, at the Post Office, Kans., under act of March 3, 1879.
Free Trip To Europe For Essay Winner
A scholarship trip to Europe next summer, with all expenses paid, will be awarded to the person who writes the best essay entitled, "Why I Would Like to Go Hosteling in Europe," by American Youth Hostels, New York City.
Central Europe trip are Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland.
The winner in nation-wide competition for the trip will join one of the supervised groups sponsored by A.Y.H. and spend eight weeks abroad. He will have his choice of trips to the British Isles, Central Europe or France and the Rhineland. Countries included in the
The winner will sail about June 15 and will return about Sept. 1. Part of the trip will be by train and ship, but the majority of the trip will consist of hosteling.
Hostelting is traveling by bicycle or with packs and frequently preparing food. Their expenses seldom exceed $1.50 a day.
The competition is open to any student who will be 17 by July 1, 1951, and who is a United States citizen.
Full information and application forms for the scholarship may be obtained from National Headquarters, American Youth Hostels, East 33th Street, New York 18 New York. ___
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