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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1973)
Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 7, 1973 THE BATTALO HE it Labor Market Opens Its Doors To Engineer Grads NEWARK, N.J. UP) — There’s good news for those entering the engineering field. The slump that hit the job market in the late 1960s is disappearing because of an improved economy and a drop in the number of graduating engi neers. But the combined forces are contributing to a shortage of en gineers that may become serious in several years. A survey by the College Place ment Council shows that recruit ing of graduating engineers is in- Senate Votes To Honor LBJ WASHINGTON <A>) _ The Sen ate passed a resolution Tuesday to name the government’s manned spacecraft control center in Hous ton, Tex., in honor of Lyndon B. Johnson. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Tex., sponsor of the resolution, said the late President deserves the honor more thany any other man since his administration covered the entire Gemini orbital flight program and the first eight launches in the Apollo moon land ing program. The resolution now goes to the House. Bu lletin Board TONIGHT Phi Alpha Theta presents Dor man H. Winfrey, Director of the Texas State Library in Room 226, Library Conference Suite at 7:30. He will speak on “The Texas State Library-Resources and Serv ices.” Police Relations Board will meet at 'IfrSO p.m. in the Student Senate Office. Black Awareness Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2C of the Memorial Student Cen ter to discuss the recent record dance and progress of Black Ex perience III. The Class of ’73 will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3A of the MSC. All interested seniors are urged to attend. Student Chapter National As sociation of Home Builders will meet at 8:00 p.m. in the Archi tecture Auditorium. There will be election of officers and Dr. Rob ert Bradley will speak. Young Republicans will discuss plans to attend the state conven tion in March at 7:30 p.m. at 1106 Tanglewood South Apart ments, 1619 Puryear. THURSDAY A&M Scholastic Service will hold registration for its free tu toring service at the MSC, Aca demic Building and library be tween 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. La Leche League will meet at 1201 Foster Ave., in Bev Kirk’s home at 8 p.m. Anyone interested in breastfeeding is invited to at tend. For further information call 846-1393. Cepheid Variable Science Fic tion Committee will hold an auc tion at 7:30 p.m. in room 3D, MSC. Panhandle Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 303, Physics Building. Money raising projects will be planned. Eagle Pass Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Lounge B of the MSC. DUTCH KETTLE Take Out Special Hamburger Plates 50*? Daily Between Noon to 2 p. m. 5 p. m. to 9 p. m, 100 Texas Ave. 846-9927 SUMMER JOBS Guys & Gals needed for summer employment at National Parks, Private Camps, Dude Ranches and Resorts throughout the na tion. Over 35,000 students aided last year. For Free information on student assistance program send self-addressed STAMPED enve lope to Opportunity Research, Dept. SJO, 55 Flathead Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901, .... YOU MUST APPLY EARLY Douglas Jewelry 212 N. Main - Bryan - 822-3119 creasing 27 per cent this year over 1972, which in turn showed an improvement over the previous year. Dr. Frank Endicott, profes sor emeritus of education at Northwestern University, predict ed a 42 per cent increase in job openings for engineering gradu ates. “A survey of the graduating class of 1972 indicated rather clearly that the bottom had been reached and we’re on the up swing,” said John Alden, director of manpower activities for the Engineer’s Joint Council in New York, a federation of 36 engineer ing societies. But for how long if the num ber of graduating engineers con tinues to drop? When the job market tightened at the end of the 1960s, high school students were discouraged from embarking on engineering programs. Since then, enrollment in engineering programs has dropped to the point that many graduates will have their choice of five or six jobs. The situation is not expected to change soon. Elmer Easton, dean of the Col lege of Engineering at Rutgers University, said 43,000 engineers were graduated throughout the nation last year, but this figure would drop to 32,000 in four years, based on current enrollment in engineering schools. “But the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics is estimating a demand .far about 48,000 engineers a years,” he said. “You can see we’re heading for trouble.” Alden said that, of the one mil lion engineers in the nation, about 10,000—or one per cent—were out of work, down from a high sev eral years ago of 25,000 engineers unable to find jobs. “We’re back on a roller-coaster cycle and heading for future shortages unless the economic pic ture changes,” he said. “The classes now in school are abnor mally small.” Alden said national enrollment was down this year 14 per cent from September 1971, which was down 16 per cent from the pre vious September. Easton said one indication of the increased demand for engi neers was the average salary lev- AUSTIN inimittee el. It reached a high of more thai $900 per month last year, he said ir ] e gj s lat and would be at least that tiis},l ueg( jay, d for the June 1973 graduates, IfexasSi A survey by the College Pl»-i, s tice tha ment Council of Bethlehem, ?J.M ns titutioi indicates the average salary foiBRep, Jin engineers in chemical fields was $949 per month for last June 1 ! graduates, up $21 from the ptej vious year, and first year enp.jj ouse Sta neers in other fields received sin |I oU ]d over ilar increases. I The earl e ethics 1 ained of Ion and s ■ v v Hjpii 11 "ir-y Inin fjmmsm m NES0R LIGHTER sn a*J SKAGGS ALBERTSONS DRUGS & FOODS WINDPR00F-RELIABLE LUX TIMER ALL PURPOSE MINUTE MINDER MEDICO JUNIOR PIPES' , i!2il MR. BACON PAN -iL,, 1F‘ PLASTIC COATED PLAYING CARDS! 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