The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 8, 1949 Page: 4 of 8
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THE THRESHER
New Placement Service Outlined In Detail
PURPOSE
The Alumni Placement Service is maintained cooperatively by the
Rice Institute and the Alumni Association to assist applicants seeking
employment to contact firms in which there are opportunities for
employment.
THOSE SERVED
Alumni of The Rice Institute
Undergraduate Students
Unemployed: The primary purpose of the service is to assist unem-
ployed Rice alumni to obtain employment.
Betterment: The service also assists employed Rice alumni who may
wish to change their positions.
Candidates for Degrees: The service assists candidates for degrees
to find employment by arranging interviews with firms interested in
these men. These interviews are arranged prior to Commencement in
cooperation with heads or members of the departmnts concrned.
SEE STORY PAGE ONE
RESIGNATION
Part-Time: The service will assist alumni and students in obtaining
part-time work.
The word 'Alumni,' includes those who have attended Rice Institute
even though they did not rereive a degree.
Any alumni who may be classified in one of the above divisions may
register with the Placement Service by completing an application obtain-
able on l equest to the Placement office, made in person, by letter, or by
telephone. No registration fee is charged.
R ECOM MENDATION
The procedure for the selection of an applicant is as follows:., when
an application is filled out, reference estimates will be sent to Faculty
members who are familiar with the applicant's school work or business
record. These estimates will be filed with the application, and will be
available for interviewers and business concerns. The Placement office
and the 1< acuity will work hand-in-hand in making every possible effort
to secure a job for each applicant.
NOTIFICATION
All alumni recommended for a position are notified of the details of
the job by letter, telephone, or telegram, whichever may be felt to be
tho most expedient. These alumni are requested to ADVISE THE PLACE-
MENT SERVICE IMMEDIATELY WHETHER THEY ARE INTEREST-
ED IN THE POSITION, so that all records may be kept up-to-date
APPLICATION
Alumni applying to a firm or an individual on recommendation of
the Alumni Placement Service of The Rice Institute should mention this
fact to the employer. An early application is usually desirable.
AN APPLICATION SHOULD ADVISE THE PLACEMENT OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DECISION REACHEb BY AN EMPLOYER
TO WHOM HE HAS BEEN REFERRED. If an alumni obtains apposi-
tion, the application is removed from the active files of the Placement
Service unless requested otherwise. It at any time this alumni wishes
to make his or her application active again, he or she may do so by
notifying the Placement Office, stating the reason for the desired change
and giving any supplementary data needed to bring the application up-
to-date.
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2324 BISSONNET
Where Friends Meet
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at Sears
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EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE
EXECUTIVE, OFFICE, SALES AND
TECHNICAL PERSONNEL
Member National Employment Board, Chamber
of Commerce and Employment Counselors of U.S.
405 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. — Houston 2, Texas
JUST ACROSS THE STREET
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CONTRIBUTION: When a per-
manent position (three months or
over) is obtained through the ef-
forts of the Alumni Placement Serv-
ice, a contribution of ten per cent of
the first month's salary is custo-
mary. This contribution is used to
help defray the expenses of the serv-
ice. CONTRIBUTION CHECKS
SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO
THE ASSOCIATION OF RICE
ALUMNI, and should be forwarded
to the Alumni Placement Service,
The Rice Institute, P. O. Box 1892,
Houston, Texas.
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED FROM CANDIDATES
FOR DEGREES, who are placed
by the Placement Office prior to
July 1, following receipt of degrees.
After that date, however, applicants
will be expected to follow the same
procedure as outlined for other clas-
sifications.
OFFICE
Location:
Hours:
Telephone:
Lovett Hall, Room 205
The Rice Institute
Post Office Box 1892
Houston 1, Texas
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Monday thru. Friday
Justin 8-4141, Exten-
sion 218
Wedding Bells RingFor Many Students
In addition to the usual holiday
festivities, many Rice students and
members of the alumni offered ad-
ded interest to friends at Rice
through engagements and weddings.
A few of the pre-season weddings
were those of Ruth Smith and Fred
Jacob, whose marriage was solemn-
ized in Victoria, Texas, and that of
Pat List and Carl Olsen, who were
married in Houston.
During the holidays, Marjorie
Ann Bintliff was wed to Bill John-
son, Patsy Reinshagen to Phil Cos-
ta, Barbara Underwood to Paul Leo-
nard, Lullene Powell to Jack Knox,
Billy Ruth Buckner to Mel Ready,
Joy Vittitoe to Robbie Read and Ann
Bugbee to Gilbert Tausch.
Among the newly engaged couples
on the campus are Norma Tabor and
Jimmy Armstrong, Betty Dargan
and Tommy Roach, Carolyn Del-
homme and John Jackson, Rose-
mary Biamonte and Fred Allday,
Mary Louise Rousseau and Tommy
Breed, and Mary Simpson and Tom-
my Smith.
Library Staff Has A
Few New Members
There are several new members of
the Rice Institute Library Staff.
Mr. David Webb (A.B. University
of South Carolina; A.B.L.S. Emory,
A.M.I/.S. Michigan) is the new As-
sociate Librarian. In addition to
being in charge of technical proces-
ses, Mr. Webb is also acting as
Technological Reference Librarian.
He is the person to whom you should
go if you need assistance in very-
fying a title, finding a reference, or
hunting general information on a
subject in any of the fields of nat-
ural science or engineering.
Mrs. Helen Wheat (B.A. North
Texas State Teachers) is the new
Order Librarian. She will receive
your orders for new books, unless
there is some special problem which
you wish to discuss with the Librar-
ian or the Assistant Librarian. If
you wish to know whether a recently
ordered book has arrived, call her.
Malcolm Herndon (B.A. Rice))
and Helen Chillman (B.A. Mt. Hol-
yoke) are the new Assistants in
the Catalog Department.
Mrs. Margaret Eckel (B.A. Rice)
is in charge of circulation in the
Physics and Chemistry Libraries.
Mrs. Ruth Canterbury (B.A. Wel-
lesly; B.S. Simmons) has charge
of the second floor desk in L.H. in
the mornings.
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m
in corduroy. Sweet, sentimental col-
ors never looked newer, fresher!
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Photographed is Miss Betty Keyser
in a fine wool jersey blouse, with a
weskit and skirt of soft, velvety cor-
duroy—washable, too. From our
glamorous collection of separates
made for each other, for exciting
gifts, for your own merry whirl.
Young-Minded Fashions, Fifth Floor
W0LFMAN, inc.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 8, 1949, newspaper, January 8, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230782/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.