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SWOPE TO DESCRIBE BUSINESS AS CAREER

Awarded Order of Rising Sun by Emperor of Japan--Curtiss and White Will Hold Conferences Tomorrow

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The second of a series of vocational talks arranged by the Committee on the Choice of Vocations will be given by Mr. Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric Company, who will speak on "Business as a Career" tonight at 7.30 in the Living Room of the Union. The meeting is open to members of the University and their guests.

Mr. Swope is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was formerly vice-president of the Western Electric Company in charge of sales. While touring the Orient recently on sales work for that corporation he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan. In the spring of 1922 he was appointed President of the General Electric Company.

Curtiss and White To Hold Conferences

Supplementing Mr. Swope's lecture, the Committee has secured Mr. F. H. Curtiss '91, Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Mr. A. M. White '92, formerly of White, Weld and Company of New York, to hold conferences with any men in the University who wish to consult them.

Mr. Curtiss, who has successfully devoted his entire time to the banking business since leaving college, will give conferences from 3 to 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. White is giving appointments from 10 to 12 o'clock tomorrow morning, and from 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

While these conferences are intended primarily for those Seniors who wish advice about choosing a vocation, any student in the University is at liberty to request an appointment. Blue books are posted in 3 University Hall for this purpose.

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