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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
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lope to Opportunity Research,
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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
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