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College Helps
Job Hunters
Only 87 more days remain for
the illustrious seniors within the
peace and serenity of Nittany
Vale. Then on June 6, sheepskin
clutched securely in hand, many
graduates will suddenly realize
they now have to earn a living for
themselves. Undaunted they will
proudly take their degree, march
determinedly up the stairs of Old
Main, look Abe Lincoln confident
ly in the eye and turn right to 204,
the Placement office.
The Placement Service was es
tablished here in 1943 as a service
to students, and, as the College is
a state institution, to aid the em
ployers of Pennsylvania. The serv
ice does not actually place anyone
in a job but aids each student in
getting his own job.
Regarding prospects for employ
ment at the present time, George
Leetch, director of the Placement
Service, said: "Jobs are available
but the employers are being more
selective. Demand for non-techni
cal personnel is spotty in some
areas but otherwise the demand is
as great as last year." He added,
however, that this situation can
change at any time; just when, it
is difficult to say.
Technical Interviews
About 80 per cent of the inter
views conducted on campus now
are for technical people, that is,
those in the Chemistry - Physics,
Mineral Industries, and Engineer
ing schools. This does not neces
sarily paint a black picture for the
other graduates as recruitment for
non-technical jobs is usually done
in the locality of the company
seeking new people.
The services of the Placement
office extend beyond arranging in
terviews. Counseling on employ
ment problems is offered to stu
dents. The office also keeps up-to
date files telling where jobs are
available, the kind of organiza
tions needing new employees, and
the type of work offered. Through
these files students can be refer
red to companies who are inter
ested in new personnel but do not
send representatives onto the cam
pus for interviews.
Publicity Notices
When scheduling interviews, the
widest possible publicity is given
regarding the dates various com
panies will be on campus. Notices
are sent to the departments, are
placed on the bulletin board in
Old Main, and are published daily
in the Collegian. This is to make
sure that all interested students
will have been sufficiently in
formed. The actual scheduling of
students for their interviews is
done in proportion to the demands
of the company for graduates of
the different schools. In this way
if a company is mainly interested
in engineers, a greater number of
engineering students will be sche
duled, and so on in the direct ref
erence to the company's desire.
If the student is unable to secure
an appointment, it is important
that he place his name on the
waiting list.
Mr. Leetch recommends that
while using the Placement Serv
ice, the student keep contact with
the department heads and faculty
members as many opportunities
may arise in that manner.
Qualifications
The Placement Service director
also emphasizes the fact that while
employers arc interested in grades
made in college, they are also in
terested in the applicant's health,
speech, loyalty, readiness to ac
cept responsibility, self-confidence
and especially his extra-curricular
activities. Companies do, however,
understand the difficulty faced by
married men and commuting stu
dents in entering such activities.
In addition to regular employ
ment, the service is interested in
encouraging employers to hire
juniors during the summer months
as a long range recruitment meth
od. Information concerning sum
mer employment in camps and at
resorts is also available to stu
dents. All of the services of the
office are offered to alumni as well
as undergraduates.
Penn State Players
Penn State Players recently
elected Dorothy Kuryloski presi
dent and Sally Searight corre
sponding secretary.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
entertained the Alpha Chi Omega
sorority at an informal get-togeth
er at the house. Jack Driebeibis
was recently pledged by the
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Student Councils
Chemistry and Physics
This is the fourth in a series of stories to be published by
the Daily Collegian concerning the student councils of the vari
ous schools of the College.
The purpose of the Chemistry and Physics Student Council is
to promote student-faculty relations; to review and criticize •the
various curricula in the school; and to act as a representative body
for the students of the School of Chemistry and Physics.
Its plans include an open house for the school during the Spring
semester. The open house will be similar to last year's, including
Actions taken include the re
view of several courses. Sugges
tions for their improvement have
been taken to the dean of the
school.
Elections of new members and
officers are held in the spring and
early fall. There are 24 members
on the council which include 12
seniors, eieht juniors and four
sophomores. Each of the six cur
ricula in the school are repre
sented in proportion to their num
bers in the school and provisions
have been made for the addition
of freshmen when they return to
the campus.
Present officers of the council
Sure, America's
• Let's compare yesterday with today ...
that will give us an idea of what tomor
row can be!
Machine Power: Since 1910 we have increased our
supply of machine power 44 times.
Preduction: Since 1910 we have more than doubled
the output each of us produces for every hour we work.
EVANS CLARK, Executive Director, Twentieth Century ?laud BORIS SHISIIKIN, Economist, American Federation of Labor PAUL O. HOFFMAN, Formerly President, Studebaker Co,
are Abram Bosler, president; Da
vid Barron, vice president; Doug
las Brace, secretary-treasurer.
Selsam To Speak
Dr. Paul J. Selsam, head of
the history department, will give
a brief history of Russia as well
as answer the questions of how
and why Russia maintains her
present world position, historical
ly speaking, in the first of a series
of talks on Russian-American re
lations in 304 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday. These discussions will
be held in conjunction with bi
weekly meetings of the PSCA.
if we a pull
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THE PURE OIL COMPANY
225 Attend Mixer S
Approximately 225 students and
professors attended the Liberal
Arts Student-Faculty Mixer spon
sored by the student council of
the school at the Tub Wednes
day night.
Entertainment for the mixer
included Prof. Sheldon Tanner,
department of economics, who
was featured in several piano
numbers. Harry Kondouraj ian
and Sidney Manes gave their ren
dition of three song and dance
routines.
Joel Fleming, a Liberal Arts
Student Council member, did a
comedy act. Master of Ceremonies
Income: Since 1910 we have increased our annual in
come from less than $2400 per household to about
$4OOO (in dollars of the same purchasing power).
Work Hours: Yet, since 1910 we have cut 18 hours
from our average workweek—equivalent to two pre'.
ent average workdays.
HOW have we achieved all this? Through the
American kind of teamwork! And what is teamwork?
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going ahead
together!
American teamwork is management that pays
reasonable wages and takes fair profits—that pro.
videa the best machines, tools, materials and
working conditions it possibly can—that seeks
new methods, newmarkets, new ideas; that bar.
gains freely and fairly with its employees.
Our teamwork is labor that produces as eM.
ciently and as much as it can—that realizes its
standard of living ultimately depends upon bow
much America produces—that expects better wages
as it helps increase that production.
Teamwork is simply working together so
turn out more goods in fewer man-houni —mak.
ing things at lower costs and paying higher
wages to the people who make them and selling
them at lower prices to the people who use them.
What we've already accomplished is just a fore•
taste of what we can do. It's just a start toward a
goal we are all striving to reach: better housing,
clothing, food, health, education, with ever greater
opportunities for individual development. Sure,
our American System has its faults. We all know
that. We still have sharp ups and downs in prices
and jobs. We'll have to change that—and we will!
It will continue to take teamwork, but if we
work together, 'there's no limit on what we
can all share together of even greater things.
THE BETTER WE PRODUCE ~P +i,
.r '..
THE BETTER WE LIVE
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949
ponsored By LA's
for the mixer was Howard Rosen
Potato chips, pretzels, and
punch were on the refreshment
list. Dancing to the Tub juke box
completed the evening's list of
activities.
Designed to give students and
professors an opportunity to meet
on a social basis, attendance at
this year's mixer was twice that
of the same affair last year, ac
cording to Karl Borish, chairman.
Patricia Bender, Clare Lefkoe,
Corrine Mittelman, Sylvia Ock
ner, and Howard Rosen served on
the committee for the mixer.
What we hat .....ady
accomplisheu Is just a
foretaste of what we
can do—if we continue
to work together.