FAGE TWO THE MICHIG AN DAILY EDNESDAY MAY 14, 1940 Personal Appearance Important In Job Htrnting, Says Purdomn Job-seeking seniors this June will lose excellent opportunities for a career if they continue to make the fatal mistakes of the average appli- cant, warned Dr. T. Luther Purdom, director of the Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Information, in an interview yesterday. Having watched for 11 years the experiences of students and alumni in applying for positions at the Bureau, Dr. Purdom spoke with au- thority on the errors in judgment, attitude and appearance that mark the unsuccessful student in his ap- plication interview. Students too often demonstrate an arrogant attitude, Dr. Purdom .de- clared, refusing to appear as though they have any service to render, and impressing the interviewer with their desire to reform his business or school. This attitude of knowing more than the employer has proved to be fatally antagonizing in innumerable cases. Dr. Purdom stressed personal ap- pearance as, being one of the main factors taken into account with in- terviewers making their final deci- sions. A slovenly appearance, dis- arranged hair, and, in women partic- ularly, crooked seams and too much Ruthven And Feuer To Be Hillel Guests President Alexander G. Ruthven and Rabbi Leon Feuer of Toledo will be honored guests at Hillel's Bar Mitzvah banquet, 13th anniversary celebration of the Foundation on the Michigan campus, at 6:30 p.m. next Sunday in the Michigan Union. President Ruthven and Kenneth Morgan, director of the Student Re- ligious Association, will deliver short. addresses; and Rabbi Feuer, presi- dent of the Toledo B'nai B'rith and of the Jewish Community Council of Toledo, will deliver the principal talk on "What is a Modern Jew?" The Hillel Service Cup, which Al- pha Epsilon Phi has won the last two years, will be awarded to the organized house which has cooperat- ed best with the Foundation during the year. Permanent possession of the cup may be gained by the house winning three successive times. 1 makeup are more important than the applicant realizes. Dr. Purdom pointed out that even an excess of cigarette smoke on a person's breath has been known to lose him the job. Although a student may be proper-- ly qualified for a position as far as courses and degrees are concerned, employers will give first preference, other factors .being equal, to scholas- tic averages of at least a B. In some fields preference is given to married men, although married women in most fields "don't have a ghost of a chance," Dr. Purdom revealed. Moral recommendations and religious back- grounds are also considered. During the 1938-39 school year calls were received by the Bureau for 1,343 teachers, and more than 820 were placed. In the general employ- ment division more than 4 out of 5 of the persons placed are alumni, according to Dr. Purdom. There is no limit to the number of times an applicant may ask the office to aid him in finding a job. Placing a portion of the blame for the inability of students to get jobs on the lack of interest shown by students themselves, Dr. Purdom con- cluded with the statement that the Bureau, organized as an aid to the student body, cannot perform this function unless students cooperate. Speechl 31 Contest To Be Held Today Cheered on by their own class par- tisans, seven students who have sur- vived preliminary and. semi-final eliminations will compete today in the finals of the second Speech 31 contest of the semester, to be held at 4 p.m. today in the Natural Sci- ence Auditorium, Prof. Henry Moser, of the speech department, announced yesterday. Finalists and their subjects are: Jeanne Abraham, '42, "Educational Cures"; Jack Cohen, '42, "Racketeers in Labor"; James Daniels, '42, "The Problems of the Negro in the Profes- sions"; Nelson Davis, '41, "Neutral- ity"; Russell La France, '42, "Poll Tax and Democracy"; David Rich, '42, "Life on Mars"; and William Todd, '42, "Tolerance for Germany." Republican Group Will Pick Officers At Me eting Today The Michigan Chapter of the Col- lege Republicans of America will hold its first meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Union to elect members of the executive committee and hear a dis- cussion on the report of the program committee which Glenn Frank, '41, headed. The College Republicans of Ameri- ca is directly sponsored by the Re- publican National Committee in co- operation with the Young Republi- can National Confederation. Its pur- pose is to provide college men and women a means through which they can learn politics and promote good government by actively participating in political life. The affiliated local clubs are independent organizations integrated into the party through the national organizations of the College Republicans of America. Socialist Head To Talk Here - C. Krueger Will Speak On 'American Scene' One of the few university profes- sors to be candidates for the vice- presidency of the United States will come to Ann Arbor when Maynard Krueger, 1940 running mate of Nor- man Thomas on the ticket of the American Socialist Party, speaks here at 4:15 p.m., May 17, at Unity Hall on the "American Scene," Dan- iel Suits, '40, commented yesterday. Professor Krueger is a member of the economics faculty at the Univer- sity of Chicago and was the keynote platform speaker at the recent con vention of. the Socialist Party held in Washington, D.C. One of the country's most widely known radio speakers on economic subjects through his participation in; the1 University of Chicago Round Table discussions, Professor Krueger has been vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers for three terms. Suits said. Inon4sCa ll Me rnbes To Call For Life Pins More than 200 Union life member- ship pins still remain undistributed and there are but three more weeks to get them this year, Charles Hein- en, '41, secretary of the Union, warned yesterday. All those who are eligible to re- ceive the life-membership certificate and pin are urged to call at the busi- ness offices of the Union as soon as possible, Heinen said. Any male student of the University who has completed four complete years of work or its accredited equiv- alent is eligible to receive the life- membership, Heinen concluded. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940 VOL. L. No. 163 Notices Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students today from 4 to 6 o'clock. Note to Seniors, June Graduates, and Graduate Students: Please file application for degrees or any special certificates (i.e. Geology Certificate, Journalism Certificate, etc.) at once if you expect to receive a degree or certificate at Commencement in June. We cannot guarantee that the University will confer a degree or cer- tificate at Commencement upon any student who fails to file such applica- tion before the close of business on Wednesday, May 15. If application is received later than May 15, your degree or certificate may not be awarded until next fall. If you have not already done so, candidates for degrees or certificates may fill out cards at once at office of the secretary or recorder of their own school or college (students en- rolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, College of Architecture and Design, School of Music, School of Education, and School of Forestry and Conservation, please note that application blanks may be obtained and filed in the Registrar's Office, Room .4, Univer- sity Hall). All applications for the Teacher's Certificate should be made at the office of the School, of Educa- tion. Please do not delay until the last day, as more than 2,500 diplomas and certificates must be lettered, signed, and sealed and we shall be greatly helped in this work by the early filing of applications and the resulting longer period for prepara- tion. Shirley W. Smith To All Faculty Members: 1. Life Annuities or life insurance either or both may ;e purchased by members of the faculties from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity As- sociation of America and premiums for either life Annuity or life Insur- ance, or both, may be deducted at the written, request of the policy- holder from the monthly payroll of the University, and in such cases will be remitteddirectly by the Univer- sity, on the monthly basis. The secretary's office has on file blank applications for annuity policies, or life insurance policies, and rate books, for the convenience of members of the University staff desiring to make use of them. 2. The Regents at their meeting of January, 1919 agreed that any mem- ber of the Faculties entering the serv- ice of the University since Nov. 17, 1915, may purchase an Annuity from the above-named Association, toward the cost of which the Regents would make an equal contribution up to five per cent of his annual salary not in excess of $5,000. thus, within the limit of five per cent of the salary, doubling the amount of the Annuity purchased. 3. The purchase of an Annuity under the conditions mentioned in1 (2) above is made a condition of em- ployment in the case of all members of the Faculties, except instructors, whose term of Faculty service does not antedate the University year 1919-1920. With instructors of less than three years' standing the pur- chase of an Annuity is optional. 4. Persons who have becorae mem- bers of the faculties since Nov. 17, 1915 and previous to the year 1919- 1920 have the option of purchasing annuities under the University's con- tributory plan. 5. Any person in the employ of the University may at his own cost pur- chase annuities from the association or any of the class of faculty mem- bers mentioned above may purchase annuities at his own cost in addition to those mentioned above. The Uni- versity itself, however, will contribute to the expense of such purchase of annuities only as indicated in sections 2, 3 and 4 above. 6. Any person in the employ of the University, either as a faculty mem- ber or otherwise, unless debarred by his medical examination may, at his own expense, purchase life insurance from the Teachers Insurance and An- nuity Association at its rate. All life insurance premiums are borne by the individual himself. The University makes no contribution toward life insurance and has nothing to do with the life insurance feature except that it will if desired by the insured, de- duct premiums monthly and remit the same to the association. 7. The University accounting of- fices will as a matter of accommoda- tion to members of the faculties or employes of the University, who de- sire to pay either annuity premiums or insurance premiums monthly, de- duct such premiums from the pay- roll in monthly installments. In the case of the so-called "academic roll" months of July, August, September, and October will be deducted from the double payroll of June 30. While the accounting offices do not solicit this work, still it will be cheerfully assumed where desired. 8. The University has no ar- rangements with any insurance or- ganisation except the Teachers In- surance and Annuity Association of (Continued on Page 4) _do :: :: lic 7 - For Health HANDY SERVICE DIRECTORY NOW ...is the time to hake advantage of the expert golfing facilities offered at the . University o Michigan GOLF E CURSE FEES: STUDENTS, FACULTY... 50c WANTED - TO RENT -6 WANTED TO RENT-House for 15 students, starting in September. Write Box 12, Mich. 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