Bradley University - Anaga Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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ff engineers, more than ever, will play a crucial role for the next two decades in the develop- ment of Americais economyf' said Dr. Bulkeley. I feel that virtually all engineering deans would agree that women must be aggressively recruited into technical fieldsf, Bulkeley continued. As companies eagerly seek female engineers, conditions now suggest that we have reached the point where female engineering graduates can get almost as many offers as interviews. Male engineers are changing their perceptions of the female very radically. Because engineering was formerly a predominantly male field of study, the first women appeared to be quite self-assertive. They tend to outperform the men in the collegef, Despite an apparent preocupation with the work- ing woman and her rights, Peoria's NOW president, Ms. Van Auken states that the feminist movement does not advocate a woman must be employed out- side the home to consider herself of value, as she explains, We,re trying to point out to society and certainly to the women involved that homemaking is one of the most necessary roles in our society. It's literally been the backbone of it.', i'Sexual prejuidice is the most deeply-rooted in our societyf, said the 29-year-old Bradley student. It,s going to take a long time to change. Our NOW services are going to continue in Peoria because theyire so successful - the legal service in sex discrimination cases, the 24- hour rape crisis line. In addition, we have decided to put a new emphasis on sexism in educa tion and sports, and find out what's going on in the world of credit to help women get the credit they deserve.

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Ltr ' ' .' 1 Q' lm! if I - K I ' - -1 tl .. . 5 1 2 S F A' ,f ' N X' -Q7 -f ' 6 . ,- ' ? '-1-G-Lg. v-..- N omanly Waves weather collegiate tradition A dead man is worth more than a liye woman. found a Peoria widow and student of political science at Bradley U., Barbara Yan Auken, who was refused credit by a department store which offered to continue charges under her dead husbands name. job equality, right to establish personal credit. proper recognition of the housewifes important role in society - these are a few of the goals of the National Organization for Women QNOWD which now has some 70,000 members nationally. Yet the success has been little and far between till now, as Ms. Van Aulten, President of the Peoria chapter of NOW admitted. The disparity between incomes for doing similar work has grown wider. Theres an enormous gap between the gains that people are made to believe exist and what really is happening. A lot of tokenism is going on, and as Gloria Steinem says, 'Tokens are for the subway. They are not meaningful indications of changefu Today the importance of women in th American economy is still essentially as a consumer - the housewife buying for her family. A survey in 1975 of 160 well-known business and industrial concerns on employment trends for college and university graduates showed employers expect to hire the same number of men this year as in 1975, but 'TW more women. Yet todays career education is still backward, aiming more at men than women, according to a spokesman for CATALYST, a nonprofit organization founded to increase opportunities for college- educated women. 1'Testimony given before congres- sional committees on equal rights in employment and education revealed that the majority of todays undergraduate college women, currently numbering 4.2 million, are still being steered toward tra- ditional 'girl' courses such as english, education, and fine arts, and away from hard subjects such as science. math and businessf' which accounts for the scarcity of women engineers, accountants, and business administrators in todays economy. But Bradleys dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Peter Bulkeley has contra- dicting statistics. The number of female students enrolled in the school of engineering has increased from nine in 1971, to 55 this year. With the nation confronting such problems as the finding and exploration of new energy sources,

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Prowling for food on unday nights Dorm food reeks. But it,s still a pain to go out prowling for food on Sunday night. But where to go and what to eat? Something cheap but good - not too far if you don,t have a car - and someplace where the lines aren,t six-deep in Bradleyites all with the same idea. Beer, live entertainment, and wild orgies are not to be found at Iumer's or the Boaris Head, but they're the special restaurants reserved for birthdays and anniversaries. The more courageous or talented students try fixing dinner in their illegal popcorn poppers in the dorm. Tomato soup and crackers. hotdogs, steaks, peanut butter omelettes. fondue and chop suey have all at one time or another been concocted and served on plates, ? Af