Jobs that just might change the world

MOVe people through rush hours at80 mph. Westinghouse built the experi-mental transit expressway in Pittsburgh.And we are building the computerizedcontrols for the San Francisco mass-transit system that will be the model forothers throughout America. We're look-ing for people to help us build equipmentthat will move people as they've neverbeen moved before.

These graduates needed: Engineering,Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, En-gineering Administration, Industrial Tech-nology, Business & Liberal Arts.

Tap the atom with the company thatstarted it all. Westinghouse supplies someof the largest nuclear generating plants inthe world. We are building nuclear rocketengines. Our reactors power nuclear sub-marines. But this is only the start. Weneed people for some of the most fas-cinating projects we've ever attempted.

These graduates needed: Electrical En-gineering, Mechanical Engineering In-dustrial Engineering, Chemical Engineer-ing, Engineering Mechanics, MarineEngineering, Structural Engineering Ce-ramics, Nuclear Engineering, MaterialsScience, Physical Sciences.

Desalt the world's oceansWestinghouse has 73 water-desaltingunits operating or on order around theworld. Now we need people to help usdesign and build facilities that can de-salt 150 million gallons a day—and solvesome of the toughest water-supply prob-lems we've ever tackled.

These graduates needed: Electrical En-gineering, Chemical Engineering, Materi-als Science, Physical Sciences, IndustrialEngineering, Engineering Mechanics, Me-chanical Engineering, Civil Engineering.

Take a dive and explore the ocean20,000 feet down. Westinghouse is devel-oping a fleet of self-propelled underseavehicles. In them we will dive deep, ex-plore, salvage and probably discovermore than any other single company inoceanography. We need adventurers tojoin the quest that has already taken usall over the world,

These graduates needed: Electrical En-gineering, Mechanical Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Materials Science,Marine Engineering, Ocean Engineering& Science.

Build a City from scratch-the way acity should be built.

Westinghouse has just purchased anembryo city. We're looking for peopleto help us rebuild many of the existingcities in America. We can do it—Westing-house now provides more products, sys-tems and services for construction thanany other single company.

These graduates needed: Engineering,Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, En-gineering Administration, Industrial Tech-nology, Business & Liberal Arts.

Fly to MarsWhen the first expeditionary vehicle takesoff, Westinghouse will be there.

We are building the nuclear engine forvoyages into deep space—to Mars andVenus and beyond. The jobs are exotic.We need more people to help us now.

These graduates needed: Electrical En-gineering, Mechanical Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Materials Science,Nuclear Engineering, Aerospace Engi-neering, Physical Sciences.

Want to change the world? Your bestopportunity lies with a company likeWestinghouse. Contact L. H. Noggle,Westinghouse Education Center, Pitts-burgh, Pa. 15221-or see the Westing-house interviewer on your campus.

An equal opportunity employer.

"I was skeptical about IBM as a place for a me-chanical engineer to work. E.E.'s, sure. But M.E.'s?"(This is Dick Driscoll, B.S.M.E. '67, a ManufacturingEngineer at IBM.)

"I was wrong. There are plenty of opportunities forM.E.'s in just about all areas, especially in developmentand manufacturing.

"When I joined IBM, I chose manufacturing engineering.In my case, this got me involved in producing core planes formemory components. After the component has been designed, Icoordinate the tooling and all the other manufacturing processes.I initiate basic ideas on the design of tooling and work closely withthe machine tool and die designers and builders, and with the install-ers of the production machinery.

"It's sort of like solving a very difficult three-dimensional jigsawpuzzle. And it's a 'pure' engineering job. The kind I was trained for.Because, in the final analysis, product responsibility for manufacturingthe memory component rests with one person. Me.Interdisciplinary environment. "You get exposed to a lot of dif-ferent disciplines in manufacturing engineering. Electronic.Metallurgical. Chemical. This kind of interfacing broad-ens you as an engineer.

"It may sound square, but I think IBM is a greatplace for an M.E. to work."

If you'd like to know more about a career in me-chanical engineering with IBM, visit your campusplacement office. Or send a brief outline of youreducational background to Irv Pfeiffer, IBM Cor-poration, Dept. E, 100 South Wacker Dr., Chicago,111. 60606. We're an equal opportunity employer.

Gary Romans editor

Tom Schafer features

Davis Chase staff artist

Jack Simmons circulation

Patti Stephayn copy

Andrew Levenfeld staff writer

Mike Fellberg staff writer

WHY? 9By Ed O'Brien

SUPER ENGINEER 11By Davis Chase

THE ENGINEER AND EDUCATION 15By Robert K. Braden

THE SOCIAL ENGINEER 17

By Dennis Faulkner

DEPARTMENTS:

EDITORIAL 5

THE NEW DEAN 7

INDUSTRIAL NEWS 18

ENGRINEERS 22

No other major corporation in our industry has grown sofast. In the last ten years, sales have zoomed from $286.4million to over $1 billion.

But that's just the beginning of the beginning.We have a lot of serious growing to do. Right now. And

some substantial, ground-floor opportunities to offer you.If you can help us grow.

We need competent, imaginative, flexible people —withdegrees in chemistry, chemical or mechanical engineer-ing, physics, or industrial engineering. People who can be-come a part of our continuing leadership in areas such asacetyl chemicals, vapor-phase and liquid-phase oxidationprocesses, fiber technology. And many more.

Frankly, we expect a lot. But we offer even more.

Like rewards based on performance—not on how old youare, or how long you've been with us. By the same token,we do not subject you to long formal training programs.We cto have a deep interest in helping you grow just asfast as you can. And in giving you as much responsibilityas you can handle.

We believe that is the reason for our success —and as-sured growth —in international markets for chemicals,fibers, plastics, coatings, petroleum and forest products.

If a pace like this sounds good to you, discuss uswith your faculty and placement officer. And see ourrepresentative when he is on campus. Or write to: JohnB. Kuhn, Manager of University Recruitment, Celanese

Corporation, 522 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10036.an equal opportunity employer

As is obvious from the size of this issue, most of

our advertisers have given up hope of hiring any

more graduates and have said goodbye to our

readers until next year. Many of the seniors have

accepted jobs with these and other companies, and

soon will be reaping the rewards of four (or more)

years in the College of Engineering. (Note the

picture of one of these fine lads on the cover.)

As was stated in the last issue, these graduating

seniors are faced with the prospect of spending the

next two years of their lives in the armed services.

We delved into many aspects of the draft in that

issue, but the ramification expressed in Ron Diehl's

I poem needs further inspection.

There has been much talk going around the

senior class about trying to find jobs with

deferments, which are still available from some

local draft boards. Most of those seeking

deferments are just afraid of Viet Nam or mad at

losing two years of experience in their chosen field.

But there are the other so-called pacifists who

believe that the war is wrong, and that by

obtaining a deferred job they will not have to

participate in it.

We are all forced to take the Humanities series at

MSU, and the one thing I remember from those

courses is that there is such a thing as human ethics.

No matter how few people follow the principle, it

is right and just not to harm a fellow human being.

The engineer who believes a deferred job will help

him follow this code is only fooling himself.

If a person eliminates the possibilities of leaving

the country or going to jail, he is left only with the

alternatives of the Army or a deferred job. If he

wants to choose the least destructive of these two

alternatives, he must choose the army. A soldier

with a weapon can only be responsible for those he

actually kills, and the property he actually

destroys. The engineer who helps design the

weapon, however, plays a part in each killing, and

each piece of destruction done by the soldier. The

sad part, which I learned on some of my interview

trips, is that very few of the deferred engineers feel

responsible at all.

It is extremely hard to make decisions such as

this. Many feel no qualms at all about the war, but

for those who do, accepting fighting as a lesser evil

than sitting in a lab designing new weapons is very

difficult.

This is my last issue as editor. In a few weeks I

will join this country's labor force in a

non-deferred job and wait for my draft board. By

this time next year, I will probably have to make

the decision discussed in this editorial. Perhaps I

will not have the courage to stick to my

convictions and accept soldiering rather than

engineering, but I hope otherwise. I wish myself,

and all other graduates, good luck.

RCA in Electronic Components and Devices

When you select the Company thatyou want to join, consider howimportant it is for your future careerto join the leader. For example, inthis one area alone—ElectronicComponents and Devices—you will•find that RCA has set standards ofengineering excellence, in anenvironment for learning, that issecond to none.We are looking for EE, ME and IEgraduates for positions in CorporatePrograms including Design and

Development, Manufacturing,Operations Research, Finance,Management Information Systemsand Purchasing.We welcome the opportunity toreview your personal interests andcareer objectives, and show you howRCA can further your individualdevelopment and growth in manyfields, such as: Home Instruments,Communications, Solid-State Devices,Computers, Control Systems, Radar,Weather and Communication

Satellites, Broadcast StudioEquipment, Conversion Receiver andPower Tubes, Laser and Electro-OpticDevices, Microwave Systems, MedicalElectronics, Graphic Systems.See your college placementdirector, or write to College Relations,RCA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08101.We are an Equal OpportunityEmployer.

Dr. Lawrence W. Von Tersch, Acting Dean of Michigan StateUniversity's College of Engineering for the past 15 months, has beenappointed dean of the college.

His appointment, effective immediately, was approved Thursday(April 18) by the MSU Board of Trustees.

He succeeds Dr. John D. Ryder, who is currently on leave ofabsence and who will continue as professor of electrical engineering.

Dr. Von Tersch was chairman of MSU's electrical engineeringdepartment from 1958 to 1965, when he was named associate deanfor academic affairs of the engineering college. He joined the MSUfaculty in 1956 as professor of electrical engineering and director ofthe Computer Laboratory. He has held the latter post since then,supervising installation of the 3600 Computer now in operation anddirecting construction of its predecessor computer, MISTIC.

A native of Waverly, Iowa, Dr. Von Tersch holds bachelor's,master's and Ph. D. degrees from Iowa State University, where hetaught for 10 years before joining the MSU faculty.

At Iowa State he also served with the Institute of AtomicResearch.

Dr. Von Tersch is past president and former chairman of the boardof the National Electronics Conference, sponsored annually byprofessional organizations and midwestern universities.

He is a co-author of the book, "Recurrent Electrical Transients"and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

NEWDEAN

OF ENGINEERING

Doesn't it seem like yesterday when you took everything in the house apart.First the toy cars and trucks . . . then your electric train . . . finally momstoaster. You caught it for that, but you found out how everything worked,and later why.

At Teletype we're looking for answers too—on a bigger scale, and weneed bright young engineers to help us find those answers. As one of thenation's largest manufacturers of message and data communications equip-

ment and a member ofthe Bell System, we needthe kind of minds thatcan take apart a problemand find the answer totomorrow's equipment.

If you're an Electri-cal. Mechanical. Indus-trial, Chemical or Metal-lurgical Engineer with a

need to find the answer—we need you. Talk to your Bell System recruiterwhen he visits your campus, or write for more information to:

It finally happened one fine day. The world, with all its delights, misery,and hope supposedly, everlasting hope, ignited.

In ten minutes all was gone and the war was over. The war that had endedall war and all hope.

The pyramids had never been built. What color had the sky ever been butblack? Who could remember when the Kansas plains were filled with waving,golden wheat? Who was left to know?

Did the ideas live on? Did the ideas that had taunted that extinct racecalled "Man" to lay claim to his brothers' lands-and lives, still live on? Oh,but such power they had given him! In but a few seconds of eternity, Manhad mastered his plantet and dreamed of the heavens. Longingly, he searchedthe sky and studied the winged creatures and one day he found the secret toflight and bombers- and missi le!

A boy in Venezuela looked up into the sky. How blue the sky was! Aflash, then blindness. In the darkness he clutched his mother's leg. She toostared sightlessly, only love remained-then all was heat, and gone.

Did Democracy win, did communism? Did the idea live on? The question,unasked and unanswered, drifts over the blighted, charred lands. The cloudsof radiation, like prehistoric mist cling to the newly bared rock, but no traceof creation can be seen. Why?

"Peace." An emergency meeting of the U.N., called too late-memberscaught in the panic -their ears stopped - angry, rushing faces, clutching,pushing arms-then nothing.

"Peace," was that a word of these people? Did they know what it meant?Oh, but it was different with "War"-war—defense, fight, win, kill,victory—war. They knew war!

Patriotism, what did it mean to them? The love of mankind as a brother,or only the tolerance of those who live near, in their area, in their country.

Did the ideas live?John Thomas remembered the day that the cloud was first sighted off

Australia. Dark and poisonous, all said. But life and crops had to go onWhere could you hide? He remembered the first time the sickness took hisbody. Yet he worked on among his dying crops. Others moved away orstayed, either way they died.

John struggled to lift himself from the brown grass-it was the clouds theyall had said, the clouds; the air. John lost the thought-tried to regroup it,and forgot all. His mind slowly sank into the blackness-engulfing hisconsciousness cell by cell as lights are turned off in an apartment building,until the last was gone.

No matter what your field of inter-est, if you work for Magnavox, re-sponsibility comes early. We're afast growing organization — fromS200 million to over $150 millionin five years without major acqui-sition—and, with Magnavox. youcan grow just as fast.Responsibility plusAt Magnavox, more than hard workis expected . . . you'll he encouragedto grow as a professional . . . to ex-tend your formal education (at ourexpense) and, informally, to partic-ipate in company-sponsored contin-uing education courses. And you'llbe encouraged to use your knowl-edge . . . to rethink old problems forbetter solutions . . . to resolve newproblems that have never beenanswered before.Many opportunities atMagnavoxMagnavox produces fine television

fboth color and monochrome) andstereophonic sound equipment forhome use, as well as workhorse elec-tronic systems for defense . . . radiocommunications for Army, Navyand Air Force; radar; electroniccountermeasures and counter-coun-termeasures; sonobuoys and dataprocessors for the Navy's antisub-marine warfare program; advancedsatellite navigation receivers; andspecialized systems for data storage,retrieval and transmission.More than just workMagnavox has plants in Indiana.Illinois, California, Tennessee, Mis-sissippi and North Carolina and, nomatter which one you join, you'reclose to good living. Big leaguesports, both professional and ama-teur . . . part icipation sports tostretch your own muscles. Excellentcultural facilities . . . or the chancejust to relax and live a little. Excel-

lent schools . . . excellent residentialareas. With Magnavox, you're notonly close to, but can afford, thebetter things in life.If you're looking forresponsibility plusSee your College Placement Officefor full information on career op-portunities at Magnavox. Or writeT. P. O'Brien, College RelationsCoordinator, The Magnavox Com-pany, 2131 Bueter Road, FortWayne, Indiana 46803.

Magnavox needs professionals nowin the areas of:

Chemical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPhysicsProduction Engineering

An equal opportunity employerm/f.

Mondays never lookthe same to Bob ByseWhen you're breaking ground on a new idea at Delco, you don't see a lot of your owndesk. For Bob Byse, design engineering means work with two dozen solidprofessionals . . . people whose specialties range from microelectronicsto model making to production. Wherever the project leads, Bob Byse is on his way.And every skill is at his disposal. Right through full production.And beyond. If there's trouble shooting under dealer warranty three years from now,Bob Byse is still the man we'll call for. That's why no two Mondaysever look alike to Bob Byse and his colleagues at Delco.The question is . . . can you say the same? Take a good hard look at how yourresponsibility shapes up, compared with Bob's. In fact, why not discuss it with us.By letter or telephone. Collect. Area Code 317/459-2808.Contact: Mr. C. D. Longshore, Supervisor, Salaried Employment,Dept. 300, Delco Radio Division of General Motors, Kokomo, Indiana.

One major criticism of the engineeringprofession by those outside of it is that, in general,engineers have too narrow a perspective on manysubjects. These people contend that because of thetechnical nature of an engineer's education, heloses sight of the world around him. They cite caseafter case of engineers who have retreated intotheir own little world, thereby avoiding the manytrying experiences of our complex society.

The sad part about the general public's view ofengineers is that in many cases it is true. Manystudents of engineering feel that the only subjectsin their curriculum that are worthwhile are theones of a technical nature. Their attitude is one ofdisregard for subjects not directly related to theirmajor field of study. They feel that their time istoo valuable to waste on subjects that they will notdirectly need in their profession.

This attitude on the part of students can beattributed to several factors. One of these is thestructure of our educational system. The student inengineering in the United States usually has hisfinal two years in college completely filled withtechnical courses. Because he knows this, thestudent usually tries to get as much background aspossible by taking as many technical courses aspossible in his first two years of college. Thiseffectively eliminates many of the various othercourses that the student may have had an interestin taking. In a way, the student is forced into anarrow path which traps him unless he activelyattempts to escape it.

A second factor determining the attitude of

other engineering students is that of high interesttowards the student's own studies. Because of thevery nature of an engineering education thestudent must possess a high degree of interest in hisstudies lest he become discouraged and decide tochange his major. The student that possesses themotivation to succeed in engineering often lacksinterest in other fields because he sees his own asbeing the most important. This leads to a rejectionor avoidance of courses that may be far removedfrom the subject of engineering.

Another determining factor for some students isbased on a practical approach. They feel thattaking courses outside of their major will bewasting valuable time which could be spent ontheir engineering courses. Because of the difficultyof most engineering curricula many students needall the time they can get just to do well in theirrequired courses and thus could not take additionalcourses even if interested in them.

Because of all these factors, it is not hard to seewhy the average engineering student is more or lesstrapped in the narrow path of his curriculum. Whatmost students don't understand is the need toattempt to escape it.

The engineer must constantly strive to learn allfields; not just his own. He needs to understand hissurroundings and to interact with others in a waywhich will be a credit to his profession. While it istrue that he cannot learn all this at college, he muststart there or he will not possess the basis forfuture understanding.

ROBERTK. BRADEN

International Harvester. We take a back seat to nobody. We're the world's largest producer of heavy-duty trucks.One out of every three on the road today is an International. Roll with us. We're rolling in high gear in farm andconstruction equipment, too. There will be another three billion mouths to feed in this world in your time. Andby the time you reach middle age, the new construction will dwarf today's most ambitious projects. It's a mush-rooming world, with International Harvester right on top of it. Our biggest challenge for tomorrow is to provide anever-increasing number of machines to meet the world's increasing demands for basic mechanical power. If you'regraduating now, you couldn't have picked a better time to join us. Ask your College Placement Office more about us.

In spite of man's increasing sophisticationin the world of science, he is still living in aprimitive society. From the earliest of man'ssocieties, where witch doctors attempted tocontrol the actions of the tribe by imposingtaboos and rituals, man has attempted tocontrol his society. Today much time andeffort is being expended toward this end inthe field of social science.

Social science is supposedly concerned withdefining and controling man's social systems.It calls itself a science, but is it really? Thesocial scientists have created a large andsuperfluous terminology in an effort to createa science dealing with social systems, but havenot met all the qualifications necessary for ascience to exist. First they have never defineda deterministic system to describe society,and second there is no method ofimplementing social philosophies intoworking ideas. The social scientists areactually social philosophers, the counterpartsof the physical scientists. What is lacking in

social science is the counterpart of theengineer, a so called social engineer.

The job of the social engineer would be toimplement social philosophies into actualworking methods used to control the socialsystem. To do this, one would first have todefine a deterministic system through whichto work. In such a system human whims anddesires would be inputs instead of thevariables that define the system. Under such asystem one could determine the outcomegiven a certain set of conditions, anddetermine controls which would give desiredoutcomes. Therefore one could discover howa society would be affected without actuallyexperimenting with the society itself. Oncethe necessary controls are decided upon, theycould be introduced into society to producethe desired results.

Basic to this approach would be thedetermination of the variables of the system.Since it is the humans in a society that mustbe "controlled", human factors could not bechosen as variables. These factors wouldinstead be introduced to the system as inputswhich would be acted upon by controlvariables to give desired outcomes. Choosingvariables to relate these inputs to actualoutcomes would probably be the hardest taskrequired to set up this deterministic system,but not an impossible task.

The feasibility of applying this approach toa social system can be judged by looking athow it has been applied to other fields. Anexample is its application to economics.Kaines did this in his theory of games andeconomic behavior. Me formulated a generalmodel where one could study the relativeeffects and properties of the economicsystem. Setting up such a system for a socialsystem should certainly be no less possiblethan it was for an economic system.

Steps in this direction have already beentaken. Perhaps the best example of this is thebook Games People Play by Eric Berne. Herethe relations between people are defined sothat individual human traits can beintroduced as inputs to find the relationsbetween certain people. Enlarged andextended such a system might be applied tosociety as a whole, using the very powerfulmathematics of game theory.

In its present state, social science is just aplaything for philosophers, people who dreamof changing society but have no way ofaccomplishing their dreams. Until a system ofimplementing ideas into working plans isdeveloped, it will remain that way.

CONSOLESSelected classrooms at the University of

California at Santa Barbara have been equippedwith computer display consoles to help studentsand teachers solve a variety of problems inmathematics, engineering and the sciences.

An IBM computer, a System/360 Model 50, hasbeen installed to implement an advanced researchand instructional system. Classrooms in fivedepartments have been equipped with displayconsoles for experimental use in a variety ofcourses including calculus, electrical engineering,sociology and psychology.

Using a t e c h n i q u e called on-linecomputation- developed by Dr. Glen J. Culler,Director of the UCSB Computer Center, and Dr.Burton D. Fried, Professor of Physics at UCLA—atime-sharing system eventually will link variousother universities throughout the country to thecomputer via a network of telephone lines. Atpresent, consoles at UCLA and the HarvardComputation Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., arelined to this computer.

The display consoles, called "teleputers", consistof a calculator-like keyboard labeled withmathematical symbols and a screen similar to atelevision tube. A student or researcher enters hisproblem into the computer through the keyboard.Each step toward a solution may be displayed onthe screen in numerical or graphical form, asdesired by the user.

The capabilities of this system will broaden theboundaries which have traditionally limited thestudy of mathematics and the sciences. For thestudent, the system will help provide a better graspof the abstract concepts common to these fields.The student who is able to see successive steps inan experimental solution of his problem gainsmany insights not available with the traditionaltheoretical approach.

For the researcher, the speed and advancedproblem-solving capability of the new system willenable him to extend his investigations into areaswhich have been too complex for solution usingordinary techniques.

Teachers, by means of a master console, will beable to monitor each of the students in a classroomand review their progress. The teacher can alsoconstruct examples of problems on his console anddisplay the images on all other stations in theclassroom.

SUPER SWITCH

This new electrical switch, called a vacuuminterrupter, can turn "on" and "off" as muchas 12,000 amperes of electric current—enoughto brightly light 2,500 six-room homes orseveral modern office buildings like thosesilhouetted behind it. Developed by theelectronic tube division of WestinghouseElectric Corporation, Elmira, N. Y., theinterrupter switches all of this current at15,500 volts and in less than one-fiftieth of asecond. In contrast, the wall switch beside ithas a rating of 15 amperes at 125 volts. Thenew super switch, only about six inches indiameter and eight inches long, is used for thehigh-power switching of power lineequipment, motor controls, radar transmittersand similar applications.

Fatigue Life Analysis. Eutectic CellSize. Carbon Equivalent Determina-tions. Those titles represent just afew areas of current investigation byMalleable foundries into methods ofimproving their product and itsmethod of production. Research hasproduced literally volumes of newand useful data in recent years . . .so much so that there is a dearth ofengineering talent to put this know-ledge to work.

Many important changes are just

around the corner. Computer controlof melting cycles will soon be appliedon a practical basis. Die casting ofiron may be coming out of the theorystage. The pace of new discoverieswill be just that much faster in theyears ahead.

Take a hard look at a career inthe Malleable castings industry.Malleable foundries are of a sizewhere you will have the opportunityto put your top skills to use almostimmediately. It's a growing industry,

as witnessed by the $75 millionexpansion program now under way.Its future is as bright as that of itsmajor customers — producers ofcars, trucks, and other transporta-tion products, farm, constructionand other types of machinery.

The image of the foundry labora-tory as a cubbyhole is being shat-tered. Pictured above is one ofseveral new laboratory facilities builtby producers of Malleable castingsin the last few years.

Can you make this partwithout a drawing?

Casting is so versatile that a designer can oftendevelop complex components that are almost toodifficult to draw . .. That's why many prototypesteel castings are developed directly from models.

Take this high-speed refrigerator impeller.Worthy of a sculptor's efforts, it not only looksgood, but must perform faultlessly. . . And itdoes, at 12,500 rpm in subzero temperatures.

Cast-steel permitted the designer tochoose the right composition for maximumtoughness at low temperatures, without com-

promising for machinability or weldability. Castin a ceramic mold, the impeller has fine surfacefinish and close dimensional tolerances, thuseliminating costly machining.

Want to know more about cast-steel? We'reoffering individual students free subscriptions

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AIRPORT LIGHTING

The young executive had taken$ 100,000 from his company's safeand had lost it playing the stockmarket; he was certain to bediscovered. In addition, hisbeautiful wife had left him. Downto the river he went, and as he wasclambering over the bridge railinga gnarled hand fell upon his arm.He turned and saw an ancientcrone in a black cloak, withwrinkled face and stringy grayhair.

"Don't jump," she rasped. "I'ma witch, and I'll grant you threewishes for a slight consideration."

"I'm beyond help," he replied,and told her his troubles."Nothing to it," she said cackling."Alacazam!" The money is backin the vault. Alacazam! Your wifeis waiting for you at home withlove in her heart. Alacazam! Younow have a personal bank accountof two hundred thousanddollars!"

The m a n , s t u n n e d tospeechlessness, was finally able toa s k , " W h a t - w h a t is theconsideration I owe you?"

"You must spend the nightwith me," she smiled toothlessly.

The thought of staying with theold crone repulsed him, but hedecided it was worth it. In themorning, the distasteful ordealover, he was dressing to go homewhen the old crone asked him,"Say, sonny, how old are youanyway?"

"I'm forty-two years old," hesaid. "Why?"

"Ain't you a little old to believein witches?"

be"My girl got a new car.""Chevrolet?""Naw."

Statistics show that Vassargraduates have 1.7 children, whileYale graduates have 1.4 childrenon the average. This proves thatwomen have more children thanmen.

SeA woman saw an elephant in

her yard and immediately calledthe police. "Chief," she said,"there's a queer-looking animalout here in my backyard. He'spicking flowers with his tail."

"Yes," said the sergeant, "andwhat does he do with them afterhe's picked them?"

beHe: "Pardon me, but you look

like Helen Brown."She: "Yeah, and I don't look

too groovy in blue either."

SeWisdom: Knowing what to do.Skill: Knowing how to do it.Virtue: Not doing it.

SiAnd then there was the tugboat

that committed suicide when itfound out that its mother was atramp and its father was a ferry.

s£A covey of fledgling pilots was

given physical examinations at theinduction center. After beingpoked at, thumped, weighed,listened to, the doctor at one endof the room announced: "Thereare a number of bottles on thistable. I want a sample from eachone of you."

"From here?" squeaked one ofthe boys in disbelief.

(Q) was low and Smith sufferedlittle lost work content inknocking him out to infinity witha severe blow on his negativecharge. Eddy made a quickcomeback with acceleration (a)stripping off Smith's outerelectrons; this so upset the villain'sequilibrium that he was convertedinto cosmic radiation and vanishedin the realms of space, leavingEddy the resultant vector in thecombat.

Old Cat Ion, attracted to thespot by Smith's oxidation,beamed upon the young dipole."Brave young lad," he emitted,"you have satisfied the boundaryconditions and by the theorem onuniqueness are the only one formy daughter."

"Our love will not betransient," said Eddy as he formeda closed circuit about her.

"Darling, we'll raise a oneparameter family of second orderinfinitesimals," murmured Annehappily. As time (t) approachedinfinitely, they lived happily.

beA young engineer took his girl

to an open air opera one beautifulwarm summer evening. During thefirst act he found it necessary toexcuse himself. He asked the usherwhere the men's room might befound.

"Turn to your left, and walkdown to the big oak tree, andthere it is."

The young engineer did as hewas told and in due time returnedto his seat.

"Is the second act over yet?" heasked his girl.

"You ought to know," shereplied, "you were in it."

Socialism: You have two cows,keep one, government takes otherfor poorer people.

Communism: You have twocows, government takes both,gives you some milk.

Fascism: Government takesboth cows, shoots you.

Unionism: Two cows go onstrike for more hay. No feed, nomilk.

Capitalism: Sell one cow to buybull.

Modernism: Shoot the bull andbreed artificially.

SiThe best way to get through

Engineering is to be like aswimming duck. Keep calm andcool but paddle like hellunderneath.

SiGirl: "You play the piano

beautifully. When did you take itup?"

E.E.: "I started playing thepiano the day my glass of beer felloff my violin."

SiThe other day I took a test and

my head was as empty as thebreakfast room in a hotel atNiagara Falls.

Definition of a nervous guy: Aman with a wife, a girl friend anda bank note—all a month past due.

5eDid you hear about the sleepy

French bridegroom who fell asleepthe minute his feet hit the pillow?

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A strong stroke isn't enough to win in freestyle swimming.Experts say: "Watch the turns."

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Tell our Manager of College Relations that you'd like to talk it over.

Join a firm that'llgive you executiveresponsibility yourfirst day at work.

Now, that's a pretty funny thing for acivilian firm to say. A boss? Right out ofcollege? The first day?

But the Air Force can make such offers.As an officer in the world's largest

technological organization you're aleader. Engineer. Scientist. Administrator.Right where the Space Age break-throughs are happening.

Or how about the executive respon-sibility of a test pilot clocking 2,062 mphin a YF-12A jet?

That could be you, too.But you don't have to be a pilot in the

Air Force to move fast. With your collegedegree you zip into Officer TrainingSchool, spin out an officer, speed onYour way as an executive, in the fore-front of modern science and technology.Right on the ground.

The Air Force moves pretty fast.Think it over. A man's career can

sometimes move pretty slow.

Dan Johnson has a flairfor making things.

Just ask a certain family in Marrakeck, Morocco.A solar cooker he helped develop is now making life

a little easier for them—in an area where electricity ispractically unheard of.

The project was part of Dan's work with VITA(Volunteers for International Technical Assistance)which he helped found.

Dan's ideas have not always been so practical. Likethe candlepowered boat he built at age 10.

But when Dan graduated as an electrical engineerfrom Cornell in 1955, it wasn't the future of candle-powered boats that brought him to General Electric.It was the variety of opportunity. He saw opportunitiesin more than 130 "small businesses" that make up Gen-eral Electric. Together they make more than 200,000different products.

At GE, Dan is working on the design for a remotecontrol system for gas turbine powerplants. Some dayit may enable his Moroccan friends to scrap their solarcooker.

Like Dan Johnson, you'll find opportunities at Gen-eral Electric in R&D, design, production and technicalmarketing that match your qualifications and interests,Talk to our man when he visits your campus. Or writefor career information to General Electric Company,Room 801Z, 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.10022