THE PRESS

. . . Numerous educators today are insisting that too many young people are going to college. President James Conant of Harvard, for instance, suggests the number be reduced and brought more in line with the annual demand for the services of college-trained men and women. . . .

It seems that President Conant is assuming that every student getting a degree from a college today is counting on nothing but a white collar job. Doesn't it seem plausible that there may be students who aspire to and obtain jobs that cannot be classified as such? . . .

Few students entertain the belief that there will be a reception line of prospective employers awaiting them with flattering offers of jobs on Commencement Day. They know that if they get any offer of a job at all, it likely will be of the blue-denim rather than of the white-collar variety. And they'll accept that blue-denim job in the hope that some day times may be better and their college training may help them to advance.

That's the spirit of the college youth of today as we see it. --The Indiana Daily Student.