Word: placement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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American industry will hire at least as many college educated men in 1955 as in 1954, Louis L. Newby, Director of the Office of Student Placement, said last night...
Newby spoke in reference to a speech by Frank S. Endicott, director of placement at Northwestern University. Endicott said that employers will nine 19 percent more engineers and two percent more non-technical graduates this year than last year...
...qualify for sophomore standing, however, Harvard applicants must attain outstanding marks on the placement tests for at least three of the fields of Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Languages, Mathematics, and Physics. This provision is similar to Yale's requirement that all-round achievement precede promotion from the freshman to the junior class...
...paid to officials of an organization are listed as administrative costs. But often there is no clear line between administrative work and the service for which the charity is known. The National Scholarship Fund, for example, has field workers traveling throughout the country notifying prospective Negro college students of placement and scholarship opportunities. Then the same people will record and file relevant findings. Deciding upon the nature of this salary is just one of many cases...
Newby also said that students facing military service should check with the Placement Office on the various reserve and National Guard opportunities open to them...