CRIMSON OPENS SECOND BUSINESS COMPETITION

The following article was written by E. T. Batchelder '30, present advertising manager of the Crimson.

Members of the Class of 1932 who desire rigorous but well-balanced training in business methods, coupled with the pleasure of working on a newspaper, will find an opportunity to satisfy their ambitions in the CRIMSON Business competition which begins this evening at 7 o'clock with a meeting in the Crimson Building.

Occupying, as it does, a significant position in Harvard affairs as an important connecting link between the University and the business world, the CRIMSON offers many advantages to its prospective business editors. Contrary to the supposition that the competition is drudgery, there are many interesting experiences, ranging all the way from taking Old Gold tests to searching for phonograph-listening marathons. Then there is contact with the advertising sides of business, which are recognized as essential factors in modern industry.

The whole field of securing advertisements, moreover, presents innumerable opportunities to the energetic candidate, both while he is in college and after he has been graduated. CRIMSON editors find many money-making ventures open to them" and the contacts they form with business leaders are valuable in after-life.

Work on the competition opening tonight will begin tomorrow, and consists of getting advertisements and subscriptions and collecting bills. The trials will last nine weeks, stopping before the Final Examination period and being continued again in the fall.