Evening star., 1933-06-11
SCHOOLS 5 CUT FEES
FOR UNEMPLOYED.
Graduates Unable to Get Jobs
Encouraged to Continue
Studies.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 10.-The colleges
themselves are offering one solution for
graduating students unable to And po-
sitlons-additional study at reduced.
Many institutions, ranging from
S smal oenominational colleges to large
State universities, have told seniors thev
can return in September for araduate
courses without paying tuition.
~Other schools, although not making
the oner blanket one, are ARRANGING.
scholarships for worthy students and
are increasing loan funds. Some are
even providing free dormitory rooms.
Among colleges announcing free tut
tion for needy graduates are Hamline
ana Carleton In Minnesota and WI
liam and Mary in Virginia. Temple
University, at Philadelphia, made 4
Similar ofier last February to its mid
year graduates
Cooperative Scholarships.
Russell Sage College, at Troy. N y
on the other hand, Is urging its jobless
graduates to return for further UNDER
graduate study without fees In this
way, commented President James I.
Meader. they can continue lines Of
study left unfinished when they re-
ceived their diplomas.
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of
Stanford University, announced the in
stitution would continue to permit
graduates to give notes for their tuition.
In spite of present-day conditions"
said the former Interior Secretary, q
surprising number of college and uni
versity graduates find something to do"
We are encouraging graduate study
Tor those who have no immediate pros
poets for a job" said President Walter
A. Jessup of the University of Iowa.
This year between 20 and 80 scholars
ships are being offered on purely conn
petftive basis, which include q room In
one Of the dormitories."
More Get Employment.
The University of Virginia" re-
ported Acting President John Lloyd
Newcomb, "is making every possible ef-
tort to take care of its unemployed
graduates who desire to return for ad-
vanced studies through award Of scholar
ships, fellowships and student loan
funds"
Meanwhile, educators are telling their
students college training win give them
preference IN obtaining good positions
II the present upturn In business
continues" said President Charles j.
Turck of Centre College, these young
men, trained and fit and eager, will be
the ones who will be hired, and the
problem Of unemployment will become
largely the problem of the unfit"
To-day greater percentage Of coll
lego or university graduates are being
successfully located than of those who
have not attended institutions Of high
er learning" commented President wal
ter Dill Scott Of Northwestern Uni
versity.
DR.. C. C. sclecman, president of
Southern Methodist University at
Dallas, suggested the situation might
prove blessing because "a heroic ele-
ment has been injected into life"
Opportunities Greater.
Two New Mexico educators took q
similar view. President James F. Zim-
norman OF the State University said:
Opportunities for university grad
yates will be greater than ever before.
II America gives proper attention to
cultural and creative values, after ad- ,
1usting the present economic dificul-
ties"
President H. L. Kent of the New
Mexico A. and NJ College predicted
governmental efforts to revise business
and industry will open up jobs to many
a0c4udtcv prepared young people,"
When business revival Is realized, he
said, industrial leaders would seek
younger men who could be trained for
rapid advancement.
Prof. A. H. Edgerton Of the University
OF Wisconsin has been making q scien-
tific study Of the employment situation
among college graduates His survey
to date indicates that by 1888 the place.
ment OF these young men and women
will have equaled the mark of 1929-100
per cent.