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University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 5, 1958
JUDY COONS
Mr. and Mrs. Jess E. Coons, Wichita, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Judy, to Harry L. Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Elliott, Lawrence.
Miss Coons is a junior in the College and a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Mr. Elliott was graduated from the University in 1956 and is employed by the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper.
Engagement Announced
An August wedding is planned.
A couple of generations ago, when a working girl decided to get married, she would invariably quit her job and become a full-time housewife. The prevailing attitude in those days was that a married woman just did not work outside of her home, unless there was some compelling economic reason for her to do so.
Many Wives Work In U.S.
Today that has all changed. As often as not, notes the Institute of Life Insurance, a girl continues to work for several years after her marriage. And then, after her children are grown and well along in school, she may very well decide to return to a job.
The pendulum has swing so far in the other direction that the United States has the highest proportion of wives among its women workers. More than 50 per cent of the women workers in the United States are married, according to a newly-published study by the International Labour Office, which is associated with the United Nations.
Perhaps the main reason why this country has so high a ratio of working wives is because of the development of business and industry and the creation of opportunities for employment. At the same time, as the International Labour Office points out, "society is frequently more favorably disposed to the idea of married women working" than in the past.
It's obvious that a working wife makes a very significant contribution to family security, in an economic sense, because her paycheck provides still another financial shock absorber. Although the main reason why a wife works is because of income from her job, her family also derives additional security from her benefits as an employee.
Meet wives who have jobs today have strong economic reasons for working. A report just issued by the Bureau of the Census indicates that when family income does not meet family needs or goals, the wife characteristically pitches in and assumes a share of the financial responsibility.
Among those families where the husband's income is less than $5,000 a year, one out of three of the wives work, or are seeking work. Even in higher-income families where the husband's income presumably enables them to live comfortably, a significant proportion of wives have jobs. Among families where the husband's income is between $5,000 and $10,000 a year, one out of four of the wives works away from home.
Pinning Announced
Suran-Peterson
Pi Beta Phi sorority has announced the pinning of Sue Suran, Hays sophomore, to Bob Peterson, Topeka senior and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
The pinning was announced by Creta Carter, Jennings junior; Pat Dawson, Emporia, Nann O'Brien, Great Lakes, Ill., Sue Sentney, Hutchinson, and Anne Taylor, Austin, Tex., all sophomores.
: . . Campus Club News
Student NEA
Miss Ruth Stout, vice-president of the National Education Assn., will be the guest speaker in a special meeting of the Student NEA at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Bailey Auditorium. She will speak on "Ethics in Teaching."
B'nai B'rith Hillel
Miss Stout is the director of the field programs in the Kansas State Teacher's Assn. and a member of the commission on teacher education and professional standards.
A group discussion will follow the speech.
Jerome Sattler, Wichita graduate student, has been elected president of B'nai B'rith Hillel, Jewish student organization.
Other officials elected were Norman Bresel, Kansas City, Kan. freshman, vice-president; Roland Leiser, Kansas City, Kan. junior, secretary-treasurer; Saul Frommer, Bronx, N. Y. graduate student, religious chairman; Gerald Goldstein, New, York, N. Y. graduate student, program chairman.
Phi Delta Kappa
Other officers are Clark Coan, vice-president, and William Lieurance, secretary, both from Lawrence; Franklin G. Fisk, treasurer, Tonganoxie, and William Howard, historian, San Antonio, Tex. All are graduate students.
Warren J. Ball, Superior, Neb.
graduate student has been elected
president of Phi Delta Kappa, men's
honorary fraternity in education.
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KEITH LYNN, B.S.E.E., PURDUE, '52, INVITES YOU TO
"Spend a day with me at work"
"I'm an Equipment Engineer for Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Chicago. Speaking personally, I find Bell Telephone engineering darned interesting and very rewarding. But judge for yourself."
"8:30 a.m. We start at my desk. I'm studying recommendations for installing additional dial telephone facilities at the central office in suburban Glenview. This is the beginning of an interesting new engineering assignment."
"10:20 a.m. I discuss a proposed layout for the additional central office equipment with Supervising Engineer Sam P. Abate. I'll want to inspect the installation area this afternoon, so I telephone the garage and order a car."
"11:00 a.m. At an interdepartmental conference I help plan procedures for another job that I've been assigned. Working closely with other departments of the company broadens your experience and know-how tremendously."
"2:00 p.m. After lunch I drive out to the Glenview office. Here, in the frame room. I'm checking floor space required by the proposed equipment. Believe me, the way our business is growing, every square foot counts."
"3:10 p.m. Then I drive over to the office at nearby Skokie where a recent engineering assignment of mine is in its final stages. Here I'm suggesting a modification to the Western Electric installation foreman on the job."
"3:30 p.m. Before starting back to Chicago, I examine a piece of Out Sender equipment being removed from the Skokie central office. This unit might fit in just fine at one of our other offices. I'll look into it tomorrow."
"Well, that was today. Tomorrow will be different. As you can see, I take a job from the beginning and follow it through. Often I have a lot of jobs in various stages at the same time. I think most engineers would agree, that keeps work interesting."
Keith Lynn is one of many young engineers who are finding rewarding careers in the Bell Telephone Companies. Find out about opportunities for you. Talk with the Bell interviewer when he visits your campus. And read the Bell Telephone booklet on file in your Placement Office.
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