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No job search worries for Humanics graduates THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1978 Page 7 obert Tomasini of San Antonio and William Stalcup of Col- lege Station, both Texas A&M civil engineering majors, apply finishing touches to a concrete canoe to be used in the Saturday im ASCE races in Corpus Christi. The 15-foot, 200-pound craft •lo- will have a gunwale added and its exterior ground down. It is a special aggregate and light-weight sand, handpacked on a wire ame molded inside an old canoe. Ags paddle concrete canoes in ASCE races . m Mexas A&M students Saturday s , yill launch some concrete in Corpus christi Bay. mens i , J nine 1 W 'H paddle specially- imens P* an( ^ 15-foot canoes in the ts American Society of Civil Engineers \SCE) races. They plan to add to ftvious successes with such craft. Btudent-built of a special ceramic bs aggregate, the canoes will he ipelled by five two-person teams |m Texas A&M. Paddled over f |D0-meter (for men) and 600-meter ^ »rnen and faculty) courses at the ’-Head Marina, the races will in- arresliplu 1 entries from student ASCE vesti: hapters at 10 universities, r offiu Aggie entries will include a wo- liceDf|en’s team of Gail Jones and Julie jartz of Houston, two male stu- ts and two faculty members. The er will consist of Drs. Calvin bods, Eugene Marquis, Bill fchelor and one other civil engi- ring faculty member. I’wo men’s teams will be drawn from Sam Beecroft and Glenn Baker of Corpus Christi; Dan Hartman, San Antonio; Russell Weniger, Se- guin; William Stalcup, Farwell, and Robert Tomasini, San Antonio. The competition will be launched by ASCE conference host Texas A&I, Texas Tech, Prairie View A&M, SMU, Lamar Tech, Houston, UT-Arlington, UT-E1 Paso and UT- Austin. Technical sessions are the primary element of the three-day confer ence. Texas A&M ASCE chapter president Tom King of Marshall said a senior trip to the King Ranch, bay excursion and construction site tours are planned. National winner two years ago, the Aggie concrete canoe paddlers have a string of successes going. The women recently won their division at the Mardi Gras Invitational. At the 1977 ASCE race on Dallas’ White Rock Dike, a faculty first and men’s second place were won. Texas A&M University seniors enrolled in a new youth service careers program are faced with a unique problem: What to do with all those job offers. Ed Rogers, head of Texas A&M’s American Humanics Program, said that youth service organizations are literally begging for qualified work ers. The program, which started here last fall, is one of only 10 in the coun try offering college students concen trated courses aimed at employment in youth service agencies. Students are trained through 22 semester hours of prescribed courses, almost two years of classes, to work in organizations such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Red Cross, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Young Men s and Women’s Christian Associa tions. “We tell a prospective student just what they’re getting into,’’ Rogers said. “We want them to know they’re not looking at an 8 to 5, five days a week job after graduation, and that they won’t always be working with youth.” Apparently few have been dis couraged. American Humanics at Texas A&M currently has 20 enrolled. The goal is to graduate 25 per year, and Rogers said he believes it can be accomplished by 1982. “We don t actively recruit stu dents. We really try to be selective,’’ said. “Currently two-thirds are women and over one-half of the stu dents are recreation and parks majors.” The required courses give stu- dents a background in preparing budgets, public relations, business law and leadership development. “We emphasize preparing budgets, Rogers said, “because when you go into the red in a youth service agency, the possibilities in clude the rest of the funding coming out of your pocket. ” Although the hours can become tedious and budgets are hairtearing, the job market is virtually wide-open to anyone with experience, he said. “We conservatively estimate there are more than 500 openings a year in Texas alone, said Rogers. Since there are 350 major youth agency service centers in Texas, that amounts to slightly better than one opening per agency each year.” The jobs humanics graduates ac cept are usually positions as program and field directors with the larger agencies, and almost always adminis trative, he said. 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Spouses or surviving spouses have 10 years from the date of their initial eligibility to complete training under the bill.' Until passage of the new law, those who had not used all their GI Bill education benefits by the end of that 10-year period lost them forever. Coker said VA doesn’t know the number of eligibles, but he urged persons who believe they qualify for the new program to make certain they have the necessary medical evi dence. Further information on the pro gram may be obtained at any VA of fice, veterans county service office, from veterans service organization officers or at the Texas A&M Univer sity office located in the Hart Hall lounge. the VARSITY SHOP HAIR CARE FOR GUYS & GALS 301 PATRICIA NORTHGATE 846-7401 REDKEN 846-7785 recort run aoi ,s in I Cowboy illas unS Yanckl nded bi yed co! ti, is tli n scorii SPRING SALE 2 BIG DAYS Fri & Sat Both Locations Culpepper Plaza Town & Country Movin On JEANS i compd is been! 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