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...rest of the first few days are taken up with placement tests, course selection with the harried adviser, and registration where students have to write their last name -- middle initial -- first name on countless forms. Two mass meetings are also held to introduce the academic and the athletic side of Harvard life...
...push button" case, is the exception and not the rule. Placement figures have always been high; and if anyone regrets the existence of the Business School, Fortune Magazine commented recently, it's probably the firms that can't offer enough to attract Harvard men into their organizations. Many banks and accounting firms can't easily afford starting salaries much over $250 a month; but the average firm operating through the school's Placement Office these days is bidding around $300 in starting salary...
Over 80 per cent of the Class of 1950 had landed jobs within three months after graduation. Only about a third of these positions were secured through the Placement Office, but 215 different firms were seeking men through the office...
...fish-it breeds millions of mosquito fish for placement in areas where mosquitoes might breed . . . We grant that Mr. Duclus has placed many fish with ranchers, swimming-pool owners, but he makes no mention of industry. We, on the other hand, have gone one step farther. Sears Roebuck & Co.'s building is unique in the U.S. We have six inches of water on the roof, to keep the building cool-and how do we prevent this water from becoming a breeding place for mosquitoes? Yeah, fish-but not only mosquito fish, but other varieties of tropical fish that breed...
...following concludes the report by the Student Placement Office on the enlistment and commission policies of the services. The earlier section was printed in last Saturday's paper...