PBH PLANS CONFAB; WILL INVESTIGATE CAREER PROBLEMS

Plans for a Brooks House conference on the subject of careers in government and community service on April 12 and 13 in which 21 colleges have already agreed to participate were announced yesterday by Norris P. Swett '37, P. B. H. Student Councilor.

From his experience as Student Councilor Swett feels that a large majority of students, "because they fail to think of any other vocation, go into the big three, business, law, and medicine. Business, alone, accounts for more than 40 per cent of the undergraduates.

To Give Information

"The purpose of the conference is not to give vocational guidance or training," observed Swett, "but to give vocational information and thus to open up a vast new field of careers to the undergraduate."

Both private and governmental agency work, as well as work done by coordinating agencies, will be covered in the meeting. The speakers will give both general information on the future of the agency under discussion, and specific information on the most desirable type of employment, on salary expectations, and on similar types of jobs in related agencies.

List of Speakers

Although a complete list of speakers is not as yet available, a large number have committed themselves to lead the discussions. Those who will speak are: Charles S. Ascher, of the Social Science Research Council; Arthur S. Fleming, United States Civil Service commissioner; Helen Hall, of the Henry Street Settlement; William Hodson, New York City Public Welfare Commissioner; Lawrence P. Orton, of the New York Planning Board; and Coleman Woodbury, Secretary of the National Association of Housing Officials.

There will be a general discussion on Friday evening, April 12, on the future of public and private agencies, and on their growing interdependence in dealing with community problems. The speakers will preside over small round tables for a question period on Saturday morning, and the final session in the afternoon will deal with the future of community planning.

Colleges which will participate are: Amherst, Bates, Bennington, Boston University, Bowdoin, Connecticut College, for Women, Dartmouth, Garland, harvard, Mount Holyoke, Pembroke, Radcliffe, Simmons, Smith, Trinity, Tufts, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams, Yale, and the University of Vermont.