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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John W. Holt, Ed.M. '45, director of Student Employment, termed the duck plucking detail one of the strangest of the many requests for student workers which come into his office around the holidays...
Department stores don't have as many positions open this year as they usually do during the Christmas rush, Holt added, because shoppers are not doing as much buying as they usually do. Another disadvantage for the student is that the Christmas recess doesn't begin until Wednesday...
...offer an employer a student's services for only two days before Christmas, because one day is usually required for breaking in. Students at schools which let out at the beginning of the week are getting the jump on these jobs," Holt explained...
Wide-Awake Student...
Among the more bizarre requests which have been received in recent weeks was one from Massachusetts General Hospital. The doctors were in search of a student who would submit to a series of tests after being kept awake for 48 straight hours. The obliging guinea pig pocketed $20 for his sleepless nights. Another freshman allowed his intestinal tract to be explored by means of a series of tubes through his nose and down his throat...