= .FRIDAY, MARCH 10,-1944 Graduates Receive Numerous Bids For Employment, States Placement Director "Seven or eight jobs are waiting for every qualified Penn State graduate," points out- George N. Leetch, director of the College Placement Service, in a report of the bureau's first year of opera tion. "Industrial. concerns • have learned. to. respect the type of men and women which the Col lege' produces. Technical men es pecially are welcomed with open .sins," stated Mr. Leetch. • The College Placement Serv ice director said that his office plans to begin its second year of continuous service in a few days. The bureau moved into its pres ent offices in March 1943. During the I)st year the Col lege Placement Service has serv ed three purposes—place graduat ing students, find part-time em ployees, and help available alum hi More than 76 companies have Sent representatives to the campus 'with the purpose of interviewing students. Some of the firms Stretch across the nation, while others have only, one small plant located in Pennsylvania. . A number .of the large compan ies which have sent .men to State College • are General Motors, Westinghouse, RCA, General El Pinic Advises Entrance Age . A stepped-up .program in high isehool, to permit r•admiSsion to cor ;lege of 16 and 17.-year-old students :was advocated today by. George F. ICastore, graduate assistant in the ;psycho:educational clinic at :the ;College. The suggestion, .he, explained, based..on the results of a bat tery of tests he administered to a !group of 48 "experimental freSh- . a men" who entered 'Penn State at - ithe end of three:and ' f one-half Srears / i • l . ?in 'high sehoo . encl. to reshmen ,Nvlio: entered after' four . Years, of Ihigh Scholarship, !edgel Of :current' events,, ettitudek . iiid . optimisM were measured. • '."Every test reault was in favor .10, younger . students.. entering co], Ilege,":, , accordiiig to the Perin State ;graduate,vcissistant.• "With ivartime . klemandsnecessitating quick train- Ing,"_he added, "it seems waiteful. .:ta insist that a student take a Recified number of years , to tom :pre-colirege' work when the parne results can be achieved in'a ahorter time." , - Portfolio Elects Edit, Business Staffs '•"Portfolio" elected editorial and business staffsat their last meet- Rozanne Brooks will head the 'editorial staff consisting of Ruth cOnstad,- Victor Danilov, Robert Itinniel, Lee Learner, and Jacque line Socol. Theodora Rappaport was elected advertising .manager, and she will 13 . e,assisted,by Sydelle Buckwelter, Lois -Cohen, Lee Freedman, Shir ley Levine, and -Jean Lobell. . The: next issue of the literary magazine :will be published near the FOth of this month. For Every Occasion RIGHT GIFT from the TREASURE HOUSE Aver. ectric, Eastman Kodak and. many aircraft firms. Smaller companies come from Williamsport, Johns town, Erie, Harrisburg,• Lock Ha ven, PittsbUrgh, and other Key stone cities. Mr. Leetch is emphatic in his belief that students should plan for the future. He said that he would. be. glad to talk over poss ibilities of work with any stu dent. "Too many seniors wait until the week before graduation and then hunt .for employment. Wo men students in particular are at fault in this respect," declared the College Placement Service director. "There is a large opening for r art-time work here on the cam pus," Mr. Leetch said. "All stu dents who, are interested in part time employment should register at the office, 204 Old Main; im mediately. Those who did so last 'semester are :reminded to turn in their new schedules." Mr. Leetch made it clear that he serves only as _cOordinator for placement activities carried on by the chairmen in the various schools. The chairmen• are as •fol lows: Dr... 1. E. McCord, Agricul ture; Dr: G. C. Chandlee, Chemis try and Physics; Dr., C. 0. Wil liams, Education; Assiatant Dean Lowering Fora Frosh - He-said members of the experi mental group not only did as well academically as 'their :older class -mates, but also proVedlobe more vitally -concerned- with social out comes, more optiinistic; and more impressed by their instructors' academic achievements; "Sixteen is the age when the average person reaches mental maturity," Castore observed, `` . and that is .the time when he should leave his' home to face the independence and reality of col lege life. ,The transition into adult, college life should 'be made at a younger•. age- r -before the: student becomes 'too set in his ideas and ideals." • Stheetheart of the Servicemen will be presented by The Penn State Players April 14 and 15 4.1 (WENS 06 - invite you to .11 / • come on 'n' dance at SHAMROCK SHUFFLE on MARCH 18 Music by -$l.lO Couple _ Campus Owls . 'White Hail THE COLLEGIAN P. M. • Gerhardt, Engineering; Prof. H. B. Young, Liberal Arts; Dr. D. F. McFarland, Mineral In dustries; Dr L. M. Jones, Phys ical Education and Athletics; and Mr. W. A. Calvert, extension services. During the last few months . Mr. Leetch has been making extensive trips throughout the state to local ities where there are centers of Penn State graduates. He plans to enlist the aid of.these men in helping find employment for Col lege graduates. So far the placement director 1-as made 27 trips, He still in tends to visit, 15 more sections of the state. The system is slowly being put into operation. "Approximately 25 . students come into my office each day seek ing information or employment. However, marriage, locality, or pay often prevent certain students from accepting positions stated Mr. Leetch. The placement service head be lieves that the College Placement Service will play an important part in the employment of stu dents after the war. At the pre sent time Mr. Leetch and his staff, Miss Gay Stephens and Lois Kreamer, plan to "meet the needs as they arise." 'Penn Stale Engineer' Scholarship Is Awarded For the first time in the history of the "Penn State Engineer," a scholarship has been presented to Gunther Cohn, sixth-Semestei mechanical engineering major. This award, amounting to $5O, is to be given once every two se mesters to a member of the Junior class majoring either in engineer ing or chemical engineering, ac cording to members of the "En gineer" staff. 'The • following personnel changes have been made recently: Bob Peterson, managing editor; Bob Kimmel, associate • editor; Howard Amchin, business man ager; -Walter R. Berg,. executive director; and Harry Bell, office manager. "JANIE" Students Believe Debate Team Peace After War Only Temporary College students are not opti mistic regarding the possibilities * of permanent world peace, ac cording to Joseph F. O'Brien, pro fessor of speech at the Pennsyl vania State College, who added they are hopeful, nevertheless, of a more lasting peace. Professor O'Brien, who is coach of the men's debating teams at Penn State, bases his conclusions on wide association with student groups in public speaking activi ties. "Students, in their debates, for ums, and other discussions, ex hibit great realism and practical ity," he said. "While all of them want to avoid future wars, the majority admit the difficulties of obtaining permanent peace." Contrary to their pre-war dis cussions when many advocated isolationism, he pointed out that college students now agree that in ternational cooperation is the on ly solution. They seek in debate, he said, to find the road to an en listened post-war policy. "Even the men debaters who are facing induction," he added, "agree that war is not the ulti niate evil. WAR'TOWN BOON! "Community" public telephones—some even in outside booth . locations—are serving residents in war-born neighborhoods. Many such telephones handle several hundred calls every month. It's a way more persons can use the available facilities, limited now by wartime material shortages. The nation-wide resources of the Bell System are enlisted in maintaining dependable communi cation services—vital in war, essential in peace. • `, War calls keep. Long Distance lines busy 2 411 P. VP' .1 • ' I . • • That's why your call may be delayed. law i • -I Meets Syracuse Taking the negative of the topic, "Should the Accelerated Program Be Continued After the War " the men's debate squad will meet Syracuse in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday. The contest will •be the first with Syracuse in sev eral years. Ottis L. Castleberry and Louis L. Ullman will be debaters for Penn State, with Martin Cohn as affirmative floor leader and Theo dore D. Homer as negative floor leader. Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien will preside and Alex Reisdorf will be secretary and timer. The debate will be of the par liamentary session type, which opens with debate of constructive speeches by the two affirmative and two negative speakers. Fol lowing this the affirmative floor leader offers a formal resolution in favor of the affirmative and speaks briefly in its behalf. The negative floor leader then follows the same procedure, after which the discussion again pro ceeds. The debate closes with a vote on the resolution by the audi ence. We'll soon be sitting on the porch to see who's walking by to see who's sitting on the porch. , 4, . : : ,: . : ... '4 .c ' i, :?... :e::' 4 , -... ::%::::,%:::' ', i,i : . .: i:':§!'fii' :::41: : : : :f i:::::::4, , : , :i::: •il : O ss:%. ' : ............, ........ ........... ....... ............., ....... ....... ~ ...... .. .....,,,...,::, :,„ BELL NELEPHONE. .SYSTEtiI PAGE SEVII2I
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