VACANCIES REPORTED

The number of vacancies listed during the school year
was 1717. This is a decrease of 258 below last year, a loss
of 12.9 per cent. ‘This year's demand however, much greater
than that of the pre-war years. The reasons for this are
readily apparent. People who under normal conditions would
be teaching are now doing war work. Those college students
who would be in training for teaching are in the armed ser-
vices or in defense plants. It seems likely that there will
be many vacancies and fewer candidates until the war ends and
something like normal conditions can be restored.

PLACEMENTS

Due to lack of candidates our placement total regis-
tered a decline. The number of persons located on direct re+
commendation by the bureau is 107. In addition to these, 45
of our registrants were elected to teaching positions. Some
of these were placed by the Federal Employment Sertéc¢e or by
private agencies and received only incidental assistance from
the bureau. For that reason we do not count them in our place-
ment totals. If we add these to the 107 mentioned above, 152
of our registrants have positions. This is 62 less than the
similar total for last year. All told we mailed 844 sets of
credentials for 305 different persons. The principal facts
regarding calls, enrollment, and placements are recorded in
the table attached to this statement.

CONTACTS WITH EMPLOYERS

No publicity material of any kind has been mailed this
year. Decrease in fees received from registration has made
it impossible to cover printing and mailing costs. As soon
as possible we should resume our program of mail contacts in
order that we do not lose touch with our clientele. The vi-
siting program carried out last year helped to maintain con-
tacts with the schools visited. :

The secretary hereby expresses his thanks to all those
staff members who have contribyted to the success of the year's
work by writing references for our registrants and by assist-
ing in recommending candidates for vacancies.

GE ly submitted,
: oth

He Be Chandler, Secretary