= .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
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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.
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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.
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