Word: placement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tomorrow, the first full day in residence, like the last day will be devoted to tests and exams, such as language placement and English A anticipatory. University officials warned the men who are eligible for the English exam to register today so that there would not be a conflict tomorrow...
...case, wrote Dr. Whitton: "If these babies are suitable for adoption, they are a valuable national asset and the whole Alberta policy is puzzling; if they are not suitable for placement, it is a dastardly thing to send them to foster homes in a friendly neighboring country." Her suggested remedy: recasting of Alberta's Child Welfare Act to reduce the "unjustifiable powers" of province officials...
Through a small miracle of timing and placement, the news story revealing definite preparations for a United Nations armed force, appeared in Tuesday's papers neatly juxtaposed with a tailor-made of the need for a Force: the story of the plot against the French government. This melodramatic plan thus highlighted one of the most heartening moves in recent months in the direction of an autonomous supra-national authority in world affairs...
Instead of an all day session of registration today, Mem Hall will be open for only four and a half hours, from 8:30 to 1 o'clock. Afternoon hours will be consumed by placement tests...
Many of the jobs being offered through the Placement Office are in the form of "executive training programs," which essentially are formalizations of the typical indoctrination process for any newly employed men. These programs are conducted primarily by large-scale concerns--Industrial, commercial, and financial--and are frequently glorified in elaborate prospectus. The prospective executive trainee will generally be offered a starting salary of anywhere from $185 to $275 per month; higher salaries have been obtained, but only where the applicant possessed some special talent or knowledge...