POSITIONS FOR YOUNG ALUMNI

The annual report of the University appointment office for the year 1913-14, which has just been completed, shows 203 positions filled through the efforts of the office during the past year, the largest number on record. The activity of the office is primarily to secure positions as teachers for graduates of the University and other colleges. The office serves as a meeting ground particularly between young and inexperienced teachers, and the colleges and preparatory schools. The aggregate salaries reported for the year amount to $237,436, making the average salary per man about $1,170, without counting in the 29 salaries that were not reported. The plan of appointment extends to 23 states and the Philippine Islands, Canada, Scotland, France, Japan and Turkey, although the greatest activity has been the North Atlantic division of states, where 109 men have been placed during the last year. The largest number of men were placed in universities and colleges, there being a total of 116 against 32 in the preparatory schools. The remainder of the institutions where appointments were made include technical schools, business schools, government schools, public schools and some minor institutions.

Although the report shows 203 appointments, there were 465 direct calls to the office, which shows that there is plenty of opportunity for more men to apply. The scarcity of University men who are fitted and willing to spend even a few years of their lives as teachers in boarding schools is becoming an especially serious problem.