OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGEA HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS SUPPLEMENTARY

TRAINING PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 1, 1956 TO MAY 31, 1956

Sponsored and supported by the National Science Foundation. Designed toimprove the competence of High School science teachers and those who wish toqualify themselves as science teachers. National in scope. Fifty stipends of $3,000plus fees and liberal allowances for dependents and travel. The program willfeature basic and advanced courses and laboratories in biological science, physics,chemistry, and mathematics with seminars, special lectures and discussions deal-ing with teaching methods and the applications of science in engineering, in-dustry, and research. It is expected that most participants can qualify for anM.S. degree in Natural Science from the Graduate School. Open to high schoolteachers of science with three or more years experience and to others who areable to profit by the program and qualify as science teachers. Closing date forapplications about March 15,1956. Forms may be obtained from Professor JamesH. Zant, Director, Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma Agricultural and Me-chanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

WORKSHOP FOR COLLEGE PROFESSORS AT MICHIGANThe University of Michigan will offer its fourth annual Workshop for College

Professors from June 25 to July 13, 1956. Features include presentations by aspecial workshop staff, discussions, and projects related to individual members^needs.The Workshop will be directed by Algo D. Henderson, Professor of Higher

Education, assisted by John E. Millholland, Assistant Professor of Psychology,and James M. Davis, Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Inter-national Center, University of Michigan. Other University faculty will be avail-able as resource persons, especially to assist individuals to develop new ideas andfresh materials for their academic courses.Members of the special staff for the Workshop are Benjamin Bloom, University

Examiner, University of Chicago; Frank R. Kille, Dean of the College, CarletonCollege; and Tremaine McDowell, Chairman, Program in American Studies,University of Minnesota. They will discuss such topics as course planning,teaching techniques and evaluation.The Workshop will be followed by an Institute on College Administration, July

16 to 20. Additional information may be obtained by writing to the Director,Algo D. Henderson, 2442 U.E.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

NEW EXAMINATIONS ANNOUNCED BY THE U. S. CIVILSERVICE COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D. C.

There is an urgent need for Chemists, Mathematicians, Metallurgists, Physi-cists, and Electronic Scientists in the Washington, D. C., area, the United State5Civil Service Commission has announced. Vacancies are in various Federalagencies and pay salaries ranging from $4,345 to $11,610 a year.To qualify for positions paying $4,345 a year, applicants must have had appro-

priate education or a combination of education and experience. For the positionof Electronic Scientist, appropriate technical or scientific experience alone maybe qualifying. For higher-grade positions, professional experience is also required.Graduate study may be substituted for all or part of this experience, dependingon the grade of position. No written test is required.

Further information and application forms may be obtained at many postoffices throughout the country, or by writing to the U. S. Civil Service Com-mission, Washington 25, D. C. Applicants should ask for Announcement No.46(B). Applications will be accepted by the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examin-ers, National Bureau of Standards, Washington 25, D. C., until further notice.