Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Counseling and guidance are necessary to see that ci student's job is beneficial to him and does not jeopardize his academic program. i 5'- 3 L. .wi One of nearly 200 jobs available is that ofa checker in Southern's library or textbook service. ln 1955, Southern lllinois University, with an eye on the future, initiated a new program ol student employment. This program has grown into one ol the largest in the nation. This year, student earnings totaled more than one and one-hall million dollars. Students earn anywhere lrom six-hundred and Fifty to one-thousand dollars. This program enables academically capable,linancially needy students to obtain the benefits ol college. ln addition to the Financial help, the SIU worlc program is a maturing process and a very worthwhile educational experience. A secretarial job may require work outside the office as well as the usual typing and shorthand.

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Signing up tor a library card, the student receives his passport to knowledge. Somehow managing a few spare moments, ci young co-ed takes Q tour of the University Museum. The Parent's Day picnic serves as one last Fling. The next day classes start and it's hit the books.

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Southern's Work Program Employs 4000 Students no gun A student who desires cafeteria work may request from the Work Office a time block which leaves meal hours free of classes. Student janitors are hard at work every night to prepare buildings for use when classes begin in the morning. A coat check service is important to any student attending a dance or meeting in any one of several buildings on campus.