REPORT OF EMPLOYMENT OFFICE SHOWS DECREASE

The following report submitted by the Secretary of the Students' Employment Office describes the work of that office for 1914-1915. The office undertakes to recommend Harvard students and graduates as tutors and for such temporary or part-time work as is available. It also endeavors to increase the demand for this work.

In comparison with 1913-1914, the figures show an increase of 78 men employed and a decrease of $16,841.17 in the amount earned. Much of this loss may be attributed to a scarcity of tutoring positions during the term-time--$10,212.50 less being earned in 1914-1915 than in 1913-1914. It is natural that this item should be the one most affected by the unfavorable business conditions of the past year.

In all, $50,439.30 was earned during term-time in 1914-15 by the 438 who received employment, out of the 636 who registered. Two years ago 601 men applied for work. Three hundred and fifty-seven of these received jobs, netting a total of $68,913.57.

In these figures are included 16 men who received employment through the Departments of the University, the Alumni Association and the Appointment Office of the Harvard Club of New York.

The summer work shows a decrease in applications, and a consequent slight falling off in positions secured but a gain in the amount earned. Last year out of the 579 men who registered for work, 151 secured employment and made a total of $39,979.32, a gain of $1,633.10 over 1913-14, when 154 received employment out of 611 applicants, and netted $38,346.22. Thirty-three of these men were employed through the aid of the Departments of the University, the Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Club of New York.

The total registration on the books of the Bureau for 1914-15, allowing for men registered for both summer and winter work (178 applicants). is 1,037, just 27 more than in 1913-14. The total amount earned by those who received employment was $90,418.62 a decrease of $16,841.17, in comparison with the figures of 1913-14. A table showing the divisions of registration reveals the following statistics:   Term-time.  Summer. College  461  365 Graduate  79  95 Law  50  60 Unclassified  8  20 Medical  6  13 Assistants  6  11 Business  13  3 Divinity  5  5 Architectural  5  3 Dental  2  4 Forestry  1  0 Total  636  579

Total number of men registered at the office (178 duplicates), 1,037.

Fourteen hundred and sixty-one temporary positions were filled during 1914-15, embracing 76 different kinds of work. Three hundred and forty-eight men secured work as guides: while the monitor and typewriter divisions are both well over 200. The classes having over 50 enrolled are as follows: choreman, clerk, proctor, tutor, "tutor and companion," and waiter. The highest average per man for term-time employment was $983.93 accredited to the "tutor and companion" class in which $14,609 was earned altogether. The average of the newspaper correspondents division comes next with $712.75; the "instructors" third and hotel employees fourth.

During the summer, the engineers division is in the-lead with an average of $1,404.16 per man; the "literary work" class is second with $1,330.

The highest averages, outside of the two classes just mentioned, go to the attendant, "tutor and companion," yacht hand, lumber worker and railroading divisions.

Total number of men registered at the office (178 duplicates), 1,037.

Fourteen hundred and sixty-one temporary positions were filled during 1914-15, embracing 76 different kinds of work. Three hundred and forty-eight men secured work as guides: while the monitor and typewriter divisions are both well over 200. The classes having over 50 enrolled are as follows: choreman, clerk, proctor, tutor, "tutor and companion," and waiter. The highest average per man for term-time employment was $983.93 accredited to the "tutor and companion" class in which $14,609 was earned altogether. The average of the newspaper correspondents division comes next with $712.75; the "instructors" third and hotel employees fourth.

During the summer, the engineers division is in the-lead with an average of $1,404.16 per man; the "literary work" class is second with $1,330.

The highest averages, outside of the two classes just mentioned, go to the attendant, "tutor and companion," yacht hand, lumber worker and railroading divisions.