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cop and robber epic, one of many
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by Humphrey Bogart and, more
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Rome, The Detective, Lady in
Cement), Paul Newman
(Harper), and George Peppard
(PJ).
But “Bullitt” breaks the old
mold. “The Detective” used
caustic, cutting dialogue and
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marriage to a nymphomaniac to
move the plot; the plot itself, in
volving an expose of big city cor
ruption, was complicated. Bullitt
has none of these.
Its plot is simple. The hero,
Steve McQueen, is Detective Lt.
Frank Bullitt, terse, tough, dedi
cated to the principles of . . . it’s
hard to say what principles he
adheres to. Anyway, Bullitt and
his helpers are assigned by a vote
seeking politician to guard a man
who is to testify before the politi
cian’s crime committee.
THIS WOULD seem an easy
enough assignment, until you
realize that it’s the Mafia that’s
after the guy. And the Mafia’s
arm is swift and efficient. They
shoot him, and the remainder of
the movie concerns McQueen’s at
tempt to find out whodunit.
But the plot is not what makes
“Bullitt” run. It moves by means
of fast cars and shotgun blasts,
and how it moves is easy to
watch.
Take the moment, for instance,
when the stool pigeon, shot
gunned, is transferred to the hos
pital. It’s not a nice, white, clean
hospital, on which are labeled
neat names of doctors in clean
white robes, as seen in daily soap
operas. Instead, it’s a place much
like what really exists. It is
crowded, with bloody, crippled
bodies and tubes and opaque
liquids flowing, and pain. When
the doctors operate on the stool
pigeon, when they are attempt
ing to save his life, the doctors
aqtually perspire, and seem wor
ried. As one writer has described
it, you can almost smell death
when it comes. It’s real, man,
stark, so much you get sick at
your stomach.
OR TAKE another of many
fantastic moments in this flick.
The Chase. When wheeling
through the streets and hills of
San Francisco, Bullitt finds him
self being tailed by the Mafia,
who think he’s nudged their bus
iness dealings too much, already.
So they chase him. And they
turn a corner, and they lose him,
until he appears in their rearview
mirror, chasing them. Maybe
that’s the principle Bullitt ad
heres to — maybe that’s the rea
son he does his job so well; he is
The Hunter.
It probably has more sheer ex
citement than any other movie
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of its kind. Technically, its ef
fects are perfect. If you’re the
type that identifies with your
characters, see “Bullitt,” and kill
everyone on your block.
Job offers to bachelor degree
candidates in the technical disci
plines at A&M started on a sound
note in the last months of 1968
as employers interviewed pros
pective employes, Placement Di
rector Robert C. Reese reported.
In a two-month salary survey
of job offers, Reese pointed out
candidates for mechanical engi
neering degrees received the
highest offers ranging between
$934.87 and $745, for an average
of $810.30.
One offer of $950 was made
in the same discipline to a stu
dent working on his master’s de
gree.
Petroleum students scored sec
ond with salaries ranging be
tween $880 and $850, with an
average of $865.
ELECTRICAL engineering ma
jors came third with offers of
$875 to $770.93, for an average
of $809.84.
Other high salary averages for
students earning master’s de
grees this month included aero
engineering, $934.89; industrial
engineering, $930.20; computer
science, $908.06, and industrial
statistics, $905.
Reese said A&M job offers are
comparable to those of a year
ago.
Nationally last year at this
time the number of offers to
bachelor degree candidates in the
technical disciplines in 122 col
leges and universities was down
26 per cent over the previous
January.
This year the national January
volume is up 25 per cent over a
year ago, and the total of 2,179
offers is just short of the all-
time high of two years ago,
Reese noted.
A&M is one of the 122 univer
sities participating in the na
tional College Placement Coun
cil’s Salary Survey.
UNLIKE LAST year’s unusu
ally slow start, recruiting in the
early months of the 1968-69 sea
son “has come close to rivaling”
the all-time high of two years
ago, council officials said.
The council’s data is based on
actual offers made to male stu
dents at representative institu
tions from coast to coast.
Non-technical volume, which
experienced only a slight dip last
January, is up 14 per cent this
season.
AT THIS EARLY stage in the
recruiting season, the average
national offer for undergraduate
technical candidates stands at
$800 per month, an increase of 4.3
per cent since June. The non
technical average is $692, a gain
of 5.3 per cent since the close of
last season, Reese said.
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Engineering and Science at IBM
“You’re treated
like a professional
right from the start!
“The attitude here is, if you’re good enough to be
hired, you’re good enough to be turned loose on a
project,” says Don Feistamel.
Don earned a B.S.E.E. in 1965. Today, he’s an
Associate Engineer in systems design and evalua
tion at IBM. Most of his work consists of determin
ing modifications needed to make complex
data processing systems fit the specialized
requirements of IBM customers.
Depending on the size of the project, Don
works individually or in a small team. He’s
now working with three other engineers on
part of an air traffic control system that will
process radar information by computer.
Says Don: “There are only general guide
lines. The assignment is simply to come
up with the optimum system.”
Set your own pace
Recently he wrote a simulation program that
enables an IBM computer to predict the per
formance of a data processing system that will
track satellites. He handled that project him
self. “Nobody stands over my shoulder,” Don
says. “I pretty much set my own pace.”
Don’s informal working environment is typi
cal of Engineering and Science at IBM. No
matter how large the project, we break it
down into units small enough to be handled
by one person or a few people.
Don sees a lot of possibilities for the future.
He says, “My job requires that I keep up to
date with all the latest IBM equipment and
systems programs. With that broad an outlook,
I can move into almost any technical area at
IBM—-development, manufacturing, product
test, space and defense projects, programming
or marketing.”
Check with your placement office
If you’re interested in engineering or science at IBM
ask your placement office for more information.
Or send a resume or letter to Charles
Cammack, IBM Corp., Dept. C, 1447 Peachtree
St., N.E., Room 810, Atlanta, Ga. 30309. We’d
like to hear from you even if you’re headed
for graduate school or military service.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
IBM.