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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, February 28, 1956
Job Interviews
TEES Meeting
Set Tomorrow
Equation solving- machines such
the one devised in research of the
Texas Engineering- Experiment
Station will be discussed tomorrow
afternoon at 4 in room 301, Elec
trical Engineering Building.
Norman F. Rode of the Elec
trical Engineering Department will
talk on “Applications of the Ana
log Computer.”
The following job interviews will
be held as follows:
Wednesday
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC
CORP. will interview electrical,
mechanical, industrial, chemical
engineering majors and physics
majors for opportunities in atomic
power work.
CARBIDE CARBON CHEMI
CALS CO. will interview mechan
ical and chemical engineering and
chemistry majors for various op
portunities including technical
sales openings.
ESSO STANDARD OIL CO. will
interview chemistry, chemical, civ
il, industrial, electrical and me
chanical engineering majors for
technical work at the refinery.
REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK
On Canvas
with
Max Shulman
(Author of '"Barefoot Boy With Cheek," etc.)
THE GRIM AND GRISLY ADVENTURES OF
NORBERT SIGAFOOS, AMERICAN
If you squeam, read no further, for today’s column is not for
the squeamish.
It is a harrowing story which begins in 1946 when Norbert
Sigafoos, an ichthyology major from UCLA, went on a field trip
with his class to Monterey Bay to study the many fish and
crustaceans who make their homes in these waters.
Buf truth to tell, Norbert was not very interested in ichthyol
ogy. What he was interested in was television, which in 1946
was d'n exciting new infant industry. While his classmates
leaned over the rail of the boat, studying the tunny and amber-
jack which swarmed below, Norbert just leaned and thought
about television. Thus preoccupied, he fell overboard and, all
unnoticed, was washed far out to sea.
A strong swimmer, Norbert, after 43 days, sighted land—a
tiny atoll, far away from the normal sea lanes. Tired but happy,
he clambered ashore. Being a college man, he was, of course,
fearless, resourceful, and clean in mind, body, and spirit. He
built himself a snug shelter, fashioned traps for animals, wove
fishing lines, and arranged day and night signals to attract
. any passing ships.
Though nine years went by, Norbert never abandoned hope
of being rescued. At long last, his patience was rewarded. On
October 14, 1955, he was picked up by the Portuguese tanker,
Molly O’Day.
Ralph Gomez, the ship’s captain, greeted Norbert with a
torrent of Portuguese. “Do you speak English?” Norbert asked.
“A little,” said Ralph Gomez, which was no less than the
truth. He did speak a little English: two words. They were “a”
and “little.”
But, withal, he wq,s a .good hearted man, and he gave Norbert
fresh clothes, a razor, and a cheroot.
“Nq, thank you,” said Norbert to the cigar. “I’m a Philip
Morris man myself. Have you ever smoked Philip Morris?”
“A little,” said Ralph Gomez.
“Then you know what I mean when I talk about their yummy
goodness., their delicately reared tobaccos, their soothing, con
soling, uplifting, unfailing gentleness—pack after pack after
pack,” said Norbert.
“A little,” said Ralph Gomez.
“I suppose you’re wondering,” said Norbert, “how I kept my
sanity during all those years on the island.”
“A little,” said Ralph Gomez.
“Well, I’ll tell you,” said Norbert. “I’ve been thinking about
television because that’s what I want to go into when I get back.
For nine years I’ve been sitting on that island thinking up
brand new shows for television. And I’ve got some marvelous
new ideas! I’ve got one terrific idea for a show where a panel
of experts tries to guess people’s occupations. ‘What’s My Line?’
I call it. Then I’ve got one, a real doozy, where you pull some
body unexpectedly out of the studio audience and do his whole
life story. ‘This Is Your Life,’ I call it. But that’s not all! I
thought up a real gut-buster of an idea for a quiz show where
you give away not $64, not $6400, but—get this, Ralph Gomez—
$6%,000! Wow, I can hardly wait to get back to the States and
sell these fabulous ideas to the networks!”
There is, fortunately, a happy ending to this chilling tale. Nor
bert never had to suffer the bitter disappointment of learning
that all his ideas had long since been thought of by other people.
Why not? Because the Portuguese tanker, Molly O'Day, struck
a reef the day after picking up Norbert and, I am gratified to
report, went down with all hands. ©Max shuiman, lyse
If the shattering story of TSorbert Sigafoos has left you limp, com
fort yourself ivilh a gentle Philip Morris. So say the makers of Philip
Morris, ivho bring you this column iveekly through the school year.
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of Dallas will interview men in
terested in making banking- a ca
reer. These men will be enrolled
in the Management Training Pro
gram to be prepared for positions
of responsibility in the bank. Ma
jors in finance, accounting and
general business are asked to at
tend.
ARTHUR YOUNG AND COM
PANY will interview accounting
majors interested in positions on
the staff of a national public ac
counting firm.
SPERRY FARRAGUT COM
PANY of Bristol, Tenn. will in
terview mechanical, electrical and
industrial engineering majors for
opportunities as indicated in the
company brochure.
SOCONY-MOBILE CO. will in
terview petroleum, mechanical and
chemical engineei’ing majors for
overseas assignments.
TOUCHE, NIVEN, BAILEY
AND SMART will interview for
accountants.
MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM OIL
COMPANY will interview chem
ical, civil, electrical, mechanical,
geological, petroleum engineering
and geology, business administra
tion and accounting majors for var
ious opportunities.
BOEING AIRPLANE will hold a
group meeting at 5 p.m. in the
Assembly Room of the MSC for
electrical, civil, mechanical and
aeronautical engineering majors.
Treacherous Diamond Shoals, a
few miles off Cape Hatteras, is
known as the “Graveyard of the
Atlantic.”
TUES. & WED.
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History classes this semester are
larger and more crowded than they
have ever been before as the result
of the history bill passed by the
state legislature last spring.
This semester, 2,846 students are
enrolled in history courses. There
were 1,460 students taking history
courses last spring. The largest
section in American history has
206 students and the “smallest” of
the sections has 145 students.
The bill requires all students in
state colleges to take two three-
hour courses in American history
or one three-hour course in Texjis
history and one three-hour course
in American history.
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