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...short-wave station WRUL called up and wanted a student who could translate English into Polish to dash in town, translate a 15-minute speech, and read it over the radio, all in the space of half an hour. "That kind of stuff drives us all crazy," says Duhig. "We got the man, but he was too late...
...Duhig is amazed at the number of outsiders who think Harvard men will work for sweatshop wages just because they're students. "One fellow wanted an engineer-drafts-man with car, to design horse trailers, pull them around the country, and do odd carpentry too. All for $18 a week." Many companies call up for trained graduate scientists, offering under $20, when undergraduates are getting $25 doing the same thing...
...This is a business like anything else," declares Chief Coordinator Duhig. "Only it's run for the profit of the students rather than for us, Harvard, or anybody else. We have to keep our clientele happy, though. If they're not satisfied with a magician we send them, that gives the Bureau a bad mark. So we make sure they're good. That goes for any other man we get to fill a job, too, and we rarely have any complaints...
...greatest number of students helped by the Bureau are very much in need of financial assistance. Duhig is convinced that at least ten percent of the undergraduates put themselves through, and over half have added to their income in some way or other. They get more money working around Harvard then they would in most other colleges, better opportunities, and better people to work...
What is the best kind of experience and training for a future job Duhig explains it this way. When an employer comes to Harvard to look over the crop, he is looking for three things. He wants to know the grades of a prospect, first of all, and the average boss is only satisfied with group IV or better. Secondly, he is interested in the extra-curricular record of the student. Grinds may be all right for research work, but they are definitely not wanted in the outside world. The third and most important qualification is that his new employee...