The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-06
COLLEGE CHIEFS
CONSIDER u. S.
STUDENT HELP
State Institutions Asked to
Take Part in Meeting
Here.


part-time employment for needy
college students. a conference Of
presidents Of Indiana colleges was
called by the Governors commission
on Unemployment relief for today at
the commissions headquarters. 217
North Senate avenue. The program
was authorized in a bulletin re-
ceived from the federal emergency
relief administration, which viii
pay the wages Of the students en-
ployed under the plan.
The colleges whose presidents
were invited to attend the meeting
are:
Indiana university, Bloomington;
Purdue university, Lafayette; Terre
Haute Normal school, Terre Haute;
Ball State college, Muncie; De Paw
university, Greencastle; Notre Dame
university. South Bend; Wabash
college, Charlottesville; Earlham
college. Richmond; Taylor univer-
sity, Upland: Butler university. In
dianapOlis: Indiana Central univer-
sity, Indianapolis; Franklin college,
Franklin: Hanover college, Han
over; Evansville college, Evansville;
Vincennes university, Vincennes;
Manchester college, North Man
chester; Central Normal school,
Danville; Goshen college. Goshen;
Huntington college, Huntington;
Marion college, Marion; Oakland
CITY college. Oakland City; VAL
paraiso university, Valparaiso.
Members of the executive COM
mittee of the state relief commits
sion; Wayne Coy, secretary to the
Governor, who also is secretary to
the commission, and a representa-
tive of the state superintendent OF
public instruction, will be present.
Quotas Are Limited
Under the requirements Of the
Federal Emergency Relief Admins
tration, the quota of students to be
employed under this plan will be
limited TO 10 per cent of the full
time student enrolment of each COL
lege, on oct. Is, 1888. Each COL
lege which accepts the plan must
waive all fees for registration, tut
ton, laboratories and other pur-
poses, for the students employed.
Selection of the students will be
on the following basis: They must
be persons who could not otherwise
attend college; they must be of good
character. and must possess such
ability as to give assurance that
they will do high grade work in
college; not more than rs per cent
of the money allotted to any col
lege shall be paid to students regu-
larry enrolled in some institution
last month. so that at least Is per
cent Of the money is to go to
students who were not in college
last semester: the employment is to
be divided between girls and boys in
proportion to the enrolment. of each
in the particular school.
The pay is to be limited to SO
TO $50 a month for each student
employed, the allotment to each
school being based on a SIS month
average. This is to be worked out
on an hourly rate basis which is
TO be the rate commonly paid by the
institution for the type of service
given. but in no case less than 80
cents an hour. and no students is to
work more than thirty hours a week
or eight hours a day.
Covers Usual Work
The work to be done by these
students. the FERA authorization
said. will cover the range of jobs
cuStOmarily done in the institutions
by students who are working their
way through college. including cleri-
cal, library and research work. work
in buildings and grounds. and in
dormitories and dining halls. Regu-
lar class instruction is excluded. In
the case of institutions not under
public control. any construction and
repair projects must be on nearby
public property. 1t is further pro-
vided that all work under this pro-
gram must be in addition to any
work now rlrOvided nv tho ScboOI