Babb Will Speak On Big Business

Jervis Jefferis Babb, former president and director of Lever Brothers Company, will be the final speaker on the Office of Student Placement's series of evening talks on career possibilities tonight at 8 p.m. in the Leverett Common Room.

The final speakers in the more informal afternoon series will be I. William Hill of the Washington Post and Evans Clinchy '49, Nieman Fellow, who will speak on journalism.

Babb is trustee or director of 16 business and philanthropic organizations and is widely regarded as one of the most articulate spokesmen for "big business" in America today.

This year's series of career talks represents a significant departure from the programs of previous years. Thomas J. Crooks, director of Student Placement, decided that individual talks would stimulate more interest in the careers program than the panel discussions which had been used in the past.

The results have been extremely successful, according to Crooks. Attendance at the various events has been excellent and the student response to Crooks' program of "great man" speakers has been better than in past years.