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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 31, 1965
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Deans, Placement Officials Foresee Many Jobs
By Eric Johnson
Deans and placement officials of the University's various schools have painted a pleasant picture for KU June graduates.
In almost every school, the number of jobs surpasses the number of graduates available to fill them.
Mrs. Kathleen Olsen, placement secretary for the School of Business, said, "With the giants of industry, oil, electrical, and others, there is quite a scramble for graduates.
"We will have 64 graduates in June with master's degrees in business or accounting. Their starting salaries will range from $600 to $730 a month. The average for our graduates is about $660, this is a little higher than the national average," she said.
"THEER IS competition for the top students. People who graduate with undergraduate degrees in business and accounting can expect to make about $550 a month. Accounting graduates make about $10 a month less," Mrs. Olsen said.
Duane G. Wenzel, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said, "Prospects are excellent, and we have a lot more openings than we can fill. There is a larger demand from industry and teaching than ever before."
He said that as with other schools, students who graduate with advanced degrees have better opportunities for jobs. "Increased standards have made the pharmacist more than a counter of pills and a pourier of liquids. He is sometimes the doctor's right hand man."
"SOME OF OUR graduates are going into hospital pharmacy, retail pharmacy, or writing for related journals. The importance of pharmacy is far greater than in the past. We have many requests for people; our greatest problem is to find students to train so they can fill these positions." Dean Wenzel said.
The School of Pharmacy now offers degrees in pharmacology, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutical chemistry. They have a Ph.D. program in the latter and hope to expand. Wenzel said.
James K. Logan, dean of the School of Law, said the prospects for graduates in the law school were good.
"Opportunities are excellent and salaries keep going up. We felt last year we could have placed twice as many students as we did," he said.
Associate Dean William A. Kelly, who is placement director for the School of Law, said, "The demand for lawyers in government, industry and private law practice exceeds the number we have coming out of law school."
"COMPENSATION FOR the lawyer will vary tremendously, however, the trend is toward higher compensation. A lawyer may go into private practice, he may find a partner and go into a small town, or into government work. Compensation can range from quite low to $9,000 or $9,200 a year," Kelly said.
Associate Dean Kelly commented that students from this campus like to go into private practice.
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For this reason, they weren't filling the government jobs, or positions in small towns.
"We need lawyers in small towns in western and central Kansas." He said a young lawyer usually must start himself.
The School of Engineering ranks high in the number of graduates seeking jobs. Many jobs are available too.
Associate Dean Albert S. Palmerlee, who is the placement officer for the School of Engineering, said, "During the fall semester, October, November, and December, we had approximately 130 companies who interviewed our graduates. We had about 80 who graduated."
"INTERVIEWING in the spring semester starts shortly after classes begin. We will have almost as many companies interviewing in the spring as in the fall. We are looking forward to from 200 to 300 graduates." Palmerlee said.
In relation to salaries which could be expected by engineering graduates, Palmerlee said, "I would guess from the feedback that I have gotten from people who have been employed, the average is about $630 a month. This is up about $30 from last year."
"We get numerous phone calls and letters from companies who don't feel it advisable to send interviewers to Lawrence, but who offer to send planes to pick them up to interview them."
"There is a heavy demand for engineers with advanced degrees. Actually a larger percentage of our bachelor degrees are going on to graduate school, and this cuts down the number who are available to take jobs immediately," Palmerlee said.
PALMERLEE SAID in a national study he had read, salaries for engineers with master's degrees were about $50 higher than those of the bachelor degree holders. The level for the holder of a doctor's degree was about $200 to $250 above the master's.
Palmerlee concluded by saying, "We wish we had more graduates available to accept the jobs that are available to them. There are about 35,000 engineering graduates each year—there is a demand for 70,000—and it looks like that at no time in the 1960's will the number of graduates exceed 40,000. There are numerous job opportunities and the salaries are improved, the prospects are good for the future."
One of the largest placement bureaus on campus belongs to the School of Education. Herold Regier, assistant professor of education and director of teacher placement, echoed the findings of the other schools.
"The bachelor's degree candidates," he said, "are finding opportunities probably as great this year as ever before, with as many or more opportunities in the following fields: elementary education, special teaching, remedial reading, foreign languages and English."
"AS ONE school board member said, 'We find it a lot easier to hire a superintendent for our district than it is to hire an English or foreign language teacher,'" Prof. Regier remarked.
"The general pattern of salaries is from $100 to $200 higher than last year," Regier said. "The salaries are ranging from $4,200 to $5,600. Most of our people have taken jobs for $5,000 or $5,100. This pattern is primarily set by the Kansas City area schools," he said.
"We have had more recruiters on campus this year than before. Tomorrow for the first time we have recruiters from the Arlington, Va., schools. This week we have had 12 recruiters, from Wasco,
Calif., to Arlington, Va., and as far north as Kodiak, Alaska," Prof. Regier said.
Prof. Regier said the School of Education anticipated having about 550 bachelor's degree candidates this year with about 40 master's and between 25 and 50 doctoral candidates.
"THEERE IS a greater demand for teachers with advanced degrees. We are getting many listings for PhD. people. Their salaries range from $7,600 to $9,600 for the nine month academic year," Regier said.
"At the doctoral level, colleges are reporting more vacancies than ever before. These vacancies are in the fields of English, mathematics, physics, engineering and education," Regier said.
CORRECTION!
The SUA Table Tennis Tournament Advertisement that ran in the Kansan Monday March 29, should have read...
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All Day Friday, April ?
"Marijuana Rise for Collegians," "Emporia State C of E Students Investigated for Narcotics Addiction." These have been recent headlines in area newspapers. Large universities singled out have been Colorado, Wisconsin and Harvard. Why, you ask, has this evil habit not taken hold at KU? Because of that shining bulwark against wrongdoing, the Southern Pit.
It is said one of the main reasons for turning to narcotics is to escape boredom, to seek excitement. As all of you who have patronized the Pit will readily attest, boredom cannot exist on this campus as long as the Palace of Enjoyment extends its unequaled hospitality. During an evening at the Pit ennui vanishes, optimism replaces pessimism, and the faithful are once again ready to face life's severest trials with a smile on their lips and a gleam in their eye.
B be sure to get a generous supply of Pit Crew fortitude this week, for the Southern Pit will be
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April 10th through April 10th Open again Monday, April 11th
PIT PICK — This week the Fit Crew honors Bonnie Ward, Hashinger Hall.