Word: placement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Office of Tests, set up in 1945 under the direction of Dyer, deals with many other types of tests. It processes the results of the College Boards and makes up a predicted rank list for applicants on the basis of the Board scores. It sets up the placement tests used in many fields and the general proficiency tests for all-incoming graduate students. It also scores all objective tests used in hour and final exams...
Information about application for the examinations may be obtained at the Office of Student Placement...
Alexander M. Clark '38, Assistant Director of the Office of Student Placement will clear up some erroneous belief about the draft and discuss the advantages of the various services. Following the talk, the meeting will be thrown open to questions. This discussion is no limited to freshmen; anyone interested is invited...
...Student Employment. Those who showed interest were appointed as alumni advisers. Ranging from presidents of large corporations to men just a few years out of Harvard, they are in a position to advise on the various practical details of their fields. This information, according to Louis L. Newby, Jr., Placement Officer, is the kind "that one cannot find in the various company pamphlets...
Newby said the program, which was originated in 1948, "is in line with the fundamental concept of the Harvard Placement Office: an educational approach to placement, where the student benefits both by getting the most advantageous job and also gets experience finding the job and meeting people...