PAGE TEN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1950 The Editorial Page- After School — What? There is a dark cloud hovering over about 450,000 young Americans today. Employers throughout the country have hung out a warning sign for 1950 graduates. The sign says that jobs will be harder to find, pay will be less attractive, and the choice of work will be narrower than before. There are plenty of reasons why job prospects are not so bright. Competition is far keener because of the increase in the number of graduates. There have been over a million persons graduated from college since 1944. Each year the number receiving diplomas has risen. The 1950 class is expected to be nearly 6 per cent larger than last year's. In addition industry is slowing down its hiring of new men. The number of better jobs with higher pay are fewer than at any time since the war. Many fields are crowded. Surpluses of trained men and women are appearing where there have been scarcities since 1941. The job and salary prospects are best for physicians, nurses, grade school teachers, dieticians, social workers, and technically trained advertising men and salesmen. There is an over-supply of engineers, chemists, physicists, newspaper reporters in metropolitan areas, high school teachers, personnel workers, accountants, lawyers, and general business trainees. Students who are still investing time and money can't afford to stop. The future is far blacker for those without college degrees. Today's economy demands trained specialists. The graduate, then, should concentrate on the field most likely to pay off. College placement bureau officers are advising that 1950 graduates set their sights lower. That advice is difficult to follow. The average graduate probably has a $15,000 investment to protect. He has more than likely spent about $5,000 during the past four years. Besides this, he could easily have earned $2500 a year during the months he was in school. That's pretty high finance—a $15,000 gamble. Job-finding success will depend upon the graduate's ability to get out, hustle, and sell himself. The best advice is not to lower your sights too quickly, but to use more shoe leather. —Charles F. Reiner The Inter-Fraternity council has decided that there shall be no more serenades. And even though it hurts our pride, since the men have indicated they don't like female serenades, we of the opposite sex would like to register a protest. Woman's Viewpoint The serenade is part and parcel of collegiate life. It adds that certain glamour to a scene made dull by too many books and too much practical living. Where else will we find men who can sing to us without having neighbors toss old shoes? The old troubador had the right idea when he sang to his lady love. It is the personal touch that counts! Now, we women are to be robbed of that luxury too. Long after we are out of college and are faced with life's hardest problems we can relax on a moonlit night and remember moonlit nights of the past when men sang to us, and we will know this was the most romantic experience of our lives. The alternate plan presented by the Inter-Fraternity council calls for a singing contest similar to those of the past. But we say, what will there be to remember about sitting in a bare auditorium with a crowd of people? There will be none of the personal element left. Surely the men do not think this will mean less work when they are to be judged on such an impersonal basis. Heretofore their only judges were women who were not going to award them a cup and listen for that one fellow who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. It isn't the singing that counts so much as the idea of the thing. The Inter-Fraternity council would put an end to one of the few college traditions we have left. Long live serenades! —Stella Gabrielson 'Small Things' A scientist says that there are more brown eyes in the world than any other kind, and we must caution him that he forgets the bushels and bushels of purple eyes on government potatoes. Headlines Of The Week "Convicts To Make Soap," and this only because they want to be able to say "I've gone clean" at the next police line-up. "Guilty in Home Deal," and we naturally suppose that another unlucky spouse was trapped cheating at canasta. "Talk By Chamber Head," which really meant the president of a chamber of commerce was to give a speech, but looked like a dirty insult. More than thirty students are forming a ping-pong club, and in the face of recent developments that is the only thing they could have done. A story about Margaret Truman's concert was captioned "Sings For Her Friends," and Rodney Nipnap shrugs and wants to know just who else would go hear her. Dear Editor- A.S.C. Action Dear Editor: I couldn't believe it until I saw it! Being a typical, naive freshman I did not believe the derogatory remarks I heard about the A. S. C. until I attended one of it's meetings last night. That meeting changed my mind. I do not pretend to be an expert on student government but . . . it it seems to me that Ernest Friesen could be more impartial. Also many of his sarcastic remarks violate the neutral attitude which a chairman must assume. It was obvious that voting on some issues was dictated by party policies rather than by consideration of student welfare. For example, why did A. S. C. defeat the proposed ammendment for the two day election with a minimum of ten polling places? Doesn't A. S. C. want the student to have an adequate chance to vote? Don't take my word for it! Go to the next A. S. C. meeting and see for yourself. I promise you that you will be not only enlightened, but entertained. -Joan Turner College freshman Dear Editor: When the A. S. C. begins to disregard the constitution of the Associated students and does not even bother to suspend the bills, which is within its power, and chooses to act contrary to them, student government on this campus has hit an all-time low. Last evening the A. S. C. voted to use the same district apportionment of representation for the election April 19 as was used in the spring election last year. This is a violation of the constitution. Art. V, sec. 2, b. 3. "The various districts shall be represented according to their enrollment as revealed by the registrar's report for the semester in which the general elections are held." . wonder at this action by the council. Is it lack of concern, time, or show of political power. . . Betty Van der Smissen 2nd year law Dailu Hansan Seven hundred four volunteer workers contributed 2,995 hours of their time at the Wadsworth Veterans Administration Center during January. student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS News Room Adv. 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