Elaborate Census System Prevents Too Much Power

When a girl finishes Vassar, she's supposed to be good at everything and excel at nothing. This is the theory of a liberal arts education.

In addition to this preparation for the Outside World the college's administration has taken one other precaution. It has adopted a "census" system limiting a girl's power while in college and providing for decentralization of student executive power.

Because of this system the President and the Vice President of the College Government Association, members of category one, can hold no other offices. In addition to this, and according to the by-laws of the census system, they must maintain a C-plus academic rating. This rating requirement drops in the lower classifications, as do the limitations. A girl who is a Corridor Representative, for example, may hold three other jobs in Group six, a category which includes such positions as N.S.A. Alternate Delegates, and the Chairman of the Girl Scouts.

The system is complex (in Classification three a student may hold one other job in three or two other jobs in five and six), but it keeps the activity, spread out and prevents women from becoming domineering.