To see Ourselves as Others see Us. ?In talking with one or two graduates and teachers of the Edinburgh University, I have learned of the existence there of an interesting regulation affecting the position of instructors, in the medical department at least, which obtains, so far as I know, scarcely anywhere else. It appears that, besides the regularly appointed corps of teachers, any person, after proving himself to be properly qualified before a certain examining-board, may open rooms and hold courses of lectures on any subject, attracting from the regular lecturers as vol. xxiii.?no. v.

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Speech competence is far too often lacking in the newcomers to the workaday world. A personnel head put it eloquently when he said of those who came before him for an interview, "They're speechless. They practically throw themselves at your feet and beg for mercy." An employment agency president recently observed, "If they (those seeking employment) could stand up on their feet and speak their piece, I'd have no business." These and similar remarks led the writer to develop a portion of his speech class curriculum at Rutgers University which might train students for that trying oral communication situation known as the employment interview.Students were asked to select a newspaper want ad which fitted their own vocational plans. They then wrote a letter describing their qualifications and requesting an interview. This letter was read aloud in class, briefly commented on as to style and content, and the student was then requested to take a seat alongside the instructor's desk. From that point on, an actual interview situation was enacted with the teacher taking the role of the interviewer for the company offering the job. The interviewee was questioned on his training, interests, experience, and other pertinent areas. He was also quizzed on how he would handle certain problems or circumstances likely to occur in a position like the one he desired. For more advanced speech classes, a panel of three interviewers did the interrogating, working either in rotation or at random. Finally, the applicant was told that the interview was at an end, and his remarks and behavior as he made his exit were observed.

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