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Unusual Requests Strain Ingenuity of Employment Office--Ventriloquists, Ju Jitsu Experts, Often Sought

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So varied are the requests received at the Student Employment Office that Harvard men would need almost a universal talent to satisfy The demand completely. Ventriloquists, sleight of hand performers, and experts in Ju Jitsu, are only a few of the special artists asked for from time to time Requests for expert accountants, advanced Greek scholars, experienced house painters, furnace men, and life guards help to swell the list of possible employments.

Several artists, from time to time, have applied for students to pose as models. Entertainment of all sorts is in steady demand, whether by men's clubs celebrating a ladies night, or for parties and banquets. Specialty acts with the banjo, quartets, dancing and singing, or any feature entertainment are openings frequently presented Entertainment at children's parties is sometimes requested.

Guides for the cavern region of the Lost River Reservation in New Hampshire have been used by the Forestry department for nearly six years. Life guards and unusually strong students to help in carrying invalids in hospitals are supplied through the office. One of the steady demands is for donors in blood transfusions at hospitals near Cambridge.

A number of white mice being used for experiment at the Medical School clinic required an attendant, and an order was placed at the Student Employment Office. Other requests have come in for boys to take dogs out walking, or stay home at night with children. Positions for day laborers, rug beaters, floor waxers, and clerks, typists and interpreters, are among the more presale forms of employment.

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