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Tuesday, April 18, 1950 PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Graduates9 Job Outldok'Gobd,' Says U.S. 3he job outlook for the new eiUege graduates is generally good says the United States de partment of labor in a recent report i In an open letter to college seniors, accompanying the re port, Secretary of Labor Mau rice J. Tobin warned: "The very size of the gradu ating cla-s will intensify the competition for jobs when you seek employment Furthermore, it is likely that there will be fewer job openings for new col lege graduates this year than . there were two years ago, or ev en last year." This does not mean the out look is bleak, continued Tobin. 'ln some localities and in some occupations," he said, "there will be jobs in abundance. And our economy is so strong and pros perous that the long-range growtn possibmtes are limitless, if we as a natron concentrate ef forts to expand employment op portunities to keep pace with the growing labor force. Neverthe less, the fact remains that on the average, graduates this year will have to hunt longer and harder than predecessors before they find the job they want and for which they are trained." Three Factors Three factors will affect the plans of the new job hunter; the large number of graduates who will be seeking jobs; a moderate 'States' Plan Gala Reunion On April 29 For the first time since the heated mock campaigns for of fices, the official visits to the state capital, the inauguration of elected officers and the many other happenings ended a week cf Cornhusker Boys' and Girls' State, those who participated will have a chance to remeet fromer Staters. A reunion of all past Boys' and Girls' State, especially from the years 1946 to 1949 will be held Saturday, April 29. starting at 8:15 p. m. in the Union ballroom. Pon Chin, head of the steer ing committee which is com posed of '48 Staters, has an nounced that past governors of all the States have been mailed invitations to the reunion. Some replies have already been re ceived, he continued. Other offi cials who will be introduced at the reunion are Chief Justice Eobert Simmons and Mrs. Sim mons,, besides American LegiGn and Auxiliary officials. Gov. Val -Peterson has also been in vited. Other Tears Although planning is being done by '48 Staters, Doris Carl eon, Joan Kruger, Willa Hill, Sally Kjelson, Janet Glock. Bill Adams. Bud Bitner, Dave Sjor gen and Jim Justice former Staters of other years will take part in the program. . As a part of the evening's pro gram, two skits, one from Boys' State and one from the girls, will be given. Dolly McQuistan and Eldon Schaffer are in charge of the skits. These will be given about some phase of life during Girls' or Boys State. Other features of the program Include numbers by a dance group, a short program by the American Legion Drum and Bu gle Corps, and a humorous read ing. Dancing will conclude the evening. Music will be furnished by a combo. . Past Gevernors Past governors who have been tent invitations and their, pres ent homes are: 1946, Gib Eggen, Doane college, and Betsy Sny der, Iowa State college; 1947, Sid Johnson. Norfolk Junior col lege, and Eleanor Erickson, Uni versity; 1948. Pon Chinn. Uni versity, and .Inn Frederick Eoyce, Omaha; and 1949, Jim Lancaster, Kearney high school, and Theresa Littlejohn, Omaha North. This Is the first time sir.ce the two states were organized that a reunion has been attempted. Toe steering committee members ex pect an attendance of several hundred. Only two other times have Boys' and Girls' State ever been coordinated. The first oc curred in 1948 when the two groups finally succeeded, after trying for several years, to pass legislation in their state legisla tive branches which resulted in joint Girls'-Boys' State dance at the Cornhusker ballroom. Dance The dance was continued the following year in 1949. but it was held In the Union ballroom. The steering committee wished to stress the fact that the re union is not formal, and girls may wear skirts and sweaters. The reunion is being sponsor ed by the state American Legion, head of Boys State: and the American Legion Auxiliary, the head of Girls State. There is no admission to the reunion. mOtM "-AIXS A SI Ma tmnU. Wllawt, Anaahart, BjMlfftm. 1M 4mm tm tOmnmm (mm. 4.1-.VS Hum . trt. S-tRM, ' Jiilur.ii dental studmt would appra ciaw tuMrtnf ef prtmBt inmwr '"" 3"" ' lt11 w $ i KAUB. Ti nt. SbU Worn cmc. KM!i, KnmiMi. Ja f (in CIl? Cam pi.;. 131 key lu.thr lr,.r lnUtr ky hoiamr Tbumday p.m. 1 -ni 4, Finos call 1M. 1-7621, Est alt tthrlr n- tf awa tola) -.,- ..- r twrttasa at 11 t, onh Pltt, JNa- i u& !- W blc& U ll par tan. . laassmca Labor Department "iv A I U d MAURICE TOBIN U. S. Sec retary of Labor lists job op portunities in various profes sions for this year's college graduates. increased in the total number of unemployed persons: and the filling of war-created shortages of college graduates in some specialized fields by the large graduating classes of 1948 and 1949". Those who are looking for in formation on expanding indus tries or sections of the country in which chances for employ ment is better, should consider that most of the jobs that they obtain will be a result of posi tions vacated by other workers, pointed out Tobin. Deaths and retirements at the top of the occupational ladder create the largest number of op enings at the bottom. Most of the openings will occur in the large industries and the areas where there are now the hea viest concentrations of employ ments. The department does not be little the opportunities that may occur through expansion, states Tobin. Growing markets, tech nological improvements, and the development of new industries and additional services all tend to create job openings for inex perienced workers with the proper training. Some Fields Better For those who feel that their chances of geting a job are bet ter in certain areas of the coun try than in others, the dpart ment offers complete agree ment This is true, they find, es pecially on the west coast, the south Atlantic region and Texas. The supply of workers . in some of these areas the west coast for example h a s in creased more rapidly than job opportunities. In rural areas of the country, the need for workers in some of the profes sional fields is greater than in the cities. The greatest hope for future employes, states the labor de Chem Students Learn Bunsen Burner Magic By Jane Randall When zinc is mentioned, most people form an imaginary image of a silver-colored metal. They do this until subjected to a chem course, in which they find that this substance takes on an al together different hue. There it is proved to disbelievers that zinc, in compound, when poked into the heat of a Bunsen burn er, turns blue-green. In this course also, learners come close to running competi tion with jewelry manufactur ers. How? By making beads of different colors. For fun? No, for the colors of these beads deter mine the presence of copper, nickel, iron, chromium, or man ganese. Chemists also acquire the technique of making minia ture snow storms, which are positive indicators of chlorine in a compound. Chem Artist Is there an artist in the house? The chemistry labs are badly in need of one, for even sometimes chem majors cannot tell the dif ference between faint yellow, lemon yellow, and canary yel low. Each hue indicate a sepa rate and often entirely different metaL "Taste is no test warn in structor?. Thus they prevent their students from labeling ar snic as sugar because of their similarity in color and appear ance. . . A compound may also toe de tected by odor. Again, lab mates are in for it when they realize that gases cm either "raise the lid off your head-' or "lay you flat." Among the most common sensations are the van&M vinegar, the salience of chlorine, and the medicinal smell of io- diThen too, no one can mistake the odoriferous hydrogen sulfide, better known to most people as the "rotten egg" scent In spite of its repulsive smell, this com pound is valuable as a precipl- Current Closeup Contest Climaxed This is the last day to enter this week's Campus Closeup con test in the Union Crib. Thi urooV'i nersonality. who sings "In the Still of the Night" with the Dave Rose orchestra in the background. Will be identi fied Wednesday, when ballots are opened. , Winners of the weekly contest wui receive a free "crib" a day for a week. Ballots , are avail able in the Crib to earh per son buying a "crib." Each week, a talented student is chosen to sing or play the piano for a record to be aired in the Solatone record players. Later in the spring, representa tives from various campus or ganizations will speak on the the records, advertising campus functions. - The contest Is sponsored by the Union Activities committee. partment, Is that American In dustry is in a period of intense competition for markets. Indus try responds to this competi tion by pushing advertising and sales efforts and cutting produc tion costs, streamlining opera tions, replacing obsolete equip ment and redesigning products and plants. In general, observations about conditions - in the job market tend to hide widely varying sit uations. Prospects are excellent in some occupations, industries and areas. In others, where war time and postwar shortages have now been filled, many graduates will find it difficult to get jobs. Present Situation Here is the present situation in the job getting fields: In teaching there is an acute shortage of personnel in the ele mentary schools and a growing oversupply at the high school level. For the current school year, only one elemeatary teacher was trained for every three who were neded. But four times as many students com pleted training for high school teaching as we're required. Other professional fields in ! which much competition for jobs is expected in the next few years include: Law, journalism and personnel work. Although the same situation exists in en gineering, the situation should improve rapidly after the next four or five years. In chemistry "competition will be keen during the next rew years for those without graduate training. Bizads will find an oversupuply in most of their fields. A surplus of new gradu ates has already developed in accounting. Liberal arts graduates with work experience or specalized training will find it easier to get jobs than those with only a gen eral undergraduate education. Prospects are good for new entrants in health service occu pations. There is a shotrage of nurses, while those able to enter and complete training in medi cine and dentistry will have good opportunities. Pharmacy In pharmacy the supply of new graduates has almost caught up with the demand; the pro fession may be overcrowded if enrollments continue at their present high levels. The future picture is a mixed one. While business cond: Jons are continuing good, the grow ing labor force and growing productivity may result in high levels of unemployment Some occupations are over supplied with graduates, and the competition will be intense for the available jobs. Other fields have a demand for jobs which far outweighs the avail able supply of trained people to fill these jobs. tating agent In the determina tion of unknowns. Plaster Tablets The chem department also makes use of plaster in the form cf tablets. These are not the size of malted milk tablets nor the shape of scratch tablets, but rather in the form of discs ap proximating four inches in di ameter. These pieces of plaster, when subjected to a blow pipe via the Bunsen burner are in strumental in producing pastel colors that are indicative of the different metals. But whether it be taste, smell, or sight, no one can mistake the hair raising sound of test tubes or beakers when they hit the floor. With these mishaps comes one consolation: You may take it home with yon if it breaks! 17 Will Judge Displays, Plans For E-Week Seventeen of 18 judges for En gineers' Week have been select ed. Thy are as follows: Lay judges: Gov. Val Peter son, L. N. Ress, design engineer, department of roads and irriga tion; D. M. Kert president J. C. C.; D. J. Costin. Abel Con struction Co; T. R. Pansing. city council; and E. C. Reed, assistant state geologist. Student judges: Marshall Bok er, architecture; Louis Kash. ag e.; Neal Prosser. c e.; Charles Willey. chem. e.; Harry Witkow- ski, e. e.; and Norman Lund burg, m. e. Faculty judges: L. W. Hurl but ag engineering: A. R. La Gault, civil engineering; F. W. Norris, electrical engineering; H. T. Bates, chemistry; and N. H. Barnard, mechanical engineer ing. In scoring of the Engineers Week contest the open house will count 55 percent, window displays, 25 percent Blue Print sales, 8 percent and E ribbons. 12 percent Poll Tells Student Voting Percentage A recent survey of student governments at 44 colleges and universities by the reorganization committee at DePauw university revealed the following facts: An average of 55 per cent of all students vote in student elec tions at the colleges and univer sities surveyed. In schools with out fraternities or sororities, the average vote was 79 per cent Thirteen schools use the sen ate system and 20 elect members of the governing group at large. Results indicated that the higher the percentage of Greek letter organization, the less po litically organized was the vote. On 28 campuses political parties Bizad Honorary To Hold Banquet Professor William T. Utley, head of the government and his tory departments at the Univer sity of Omaha, will be the fea tured speaker at the Beta Gamma Sigma spring initiation banquet to be held Tuesday, April 25, in the Union. Eighteen students will be Initiated into the honor society of the college of Business Admin istration at 5:15 p. m. The ban quet will be held at 6 p. m. Beta Gamma Sigma is the na tional business administration honorary fraternity. Students elected to the society must te in the upper ten per cent of seniors in the college. Table Tennis Star to Play Exhibition Lou Paeliaro. 'reported to be the world's greatest table tennis exhibition player will entertain Nebraska students Wednesday at 4 o'clock in the Union ballroom. For a crice of only 25 cents Nebraskans will be able to see Paliaro and his tour partner, Hamilton Canning perform an exhibition game. In addition Pagliaro has a trick shot routine which includes a long dist?-.ice service from a point fifty et away from the table at a 45 de gree angle and around posts; and playing With six balls it a time giving a waterfall of latice work effect. Perhaps one of the greatest tricks in the routine is the match he plays with an imaginary op ponent which requires him to run back and forth from one end of the table to the other, re turning his own shots. United States Singles cham-J pion for three consecutive years, Paliaro plays offense and de fense with equal skill on either forehand or backhand. His eyes are so keen that reportedly he can read the title on a phono graph record while it is in full motion. The speed and skill displayed by Pagliaro at his exhibitions throughout the country have been responsible in large meas ure for the growing acclaim that table tennis is the world's fastest sport Speech Rules For Amateur Contest Told Anvone can enter the contest! Delta Sigma Rho, national hon orary forensic fraternity, is again sponsoring the annual intramural extemporaneous speaking contest The contest rules are: 1. Each organized house, af filiated or unaffiliated, may en ter two speakers. Individuals who do not belong to organized social groups are eligible to par ticipate for individual honors. 2. The intramural competition is open to both men and women students carrying twelve hours with passing grades during the current semester. 3. Individuals who are mem bers of Delta Sigma Rho or were members of the debate squad on January 1, 1950, are ineligible for participtation. 4. All entrar.ts intending to participate must be filed in the Speech office, Temple 204, by Friday, April 21, at 5 p. m. 5. Round 1 will be held Tues day, April 25, at 7 p. m.; round will be held Thursday, April 27. at 7 p. m.; and the final round will be held Tuesday, May 2, at 7 p. m. Drawings for each round 'will be held between 4 5:30 p. m. of the dsy preceding the round, at the Spevh office, Temple. 6. Any house may substitute personnel from round to round, providing the names are included on the original entry card. 7. The contest will be an ;x- temporaneous speaking contest on the general subject of cur rent national and international events. Approximately twenty- four hours before each rqund, each participant will draw two speaking subjects on the general subject and may speak on the one he chooses. 8. Speeches will be limited to five to seven minutes. Use of notes is optional but the effect they will have on the ratings will depend on the skill with which they are used. Ratings will be made on the total affect of the thought, composition and delivery. 9. All contestants will rsigage in round 1. The eight cr ten winners with the highest accum ulative rating for rounds 1 and 2 will compete in the finals. 10. A house trophy will go to the organized group whose speakers have the highest rat ings. An individual trophy will go to the winner whose accum ulate ratings for the three rounds are highest. 11. Three judges will be se lected and assigned for each sec tion by Don Olson, director of University debate, who will serve as director of the contest Five Judges will be selected for the final round. 12. All matters not covered in the above rules and all ques tions pertaining to the interpre tation of them shall be taken up by the contest director, Don Olson. The top-ranking organization will receive a gavel with the name of the organization en graved on it Last year Sigma Alpha Mu won the gaveL The top-ranking Individual speaker is awarded a silver loving cup with his or her name engraved on it. Janice Crflly and Don Farber won individual honors last year. do not exist; 12 of the 44 have organized political parties. Among schools with more than two-thirds of the campus organ ized, only one had fixed parties. Bartunek, Berkheim er M.E. Leaders l mmiiM iii t Tifiii mim Jwn ' minaaf EDWARD BARTUNEK E- Week co-chairman from the mechanical engineering de partment Male Groups Ivy Sing Filing Due April 22 All men's organized groups, except honoraries, may partici pate in the traditional Ivy Day Sing on May 6. Each group entering may have not more than 30 members, and not less than 15. This number includes the director. No medley of songs may be used and the same song may not be used for two consecutive years. Alumni may not take part in the sing ing but they may assist in the preparation, provided they are not connected professionally with music. No other assistance may be used, and no musical instruments or sound effects are to be employed. In order to be eligible for the sing, the director of the group must be an active member reg ularly enrolled in the Univer sity. All members of the groups must remain after their partici pation for recall if necessary. The winning organization will be presented with the traditional cup by the Kosmet Klub. Each group will be assessed a dollar fee to cover the cost of judging. This fee, the list of members, the name of the song, and the name of the director must be submitted to Tom Dono hoe, 1510 Vine St., or placed in the Kosmet Klub box in the Union basement by Saturday, April 22. Ok CCUfUCl ' .:- s WITH SMOKERS WHO KNOW . . . IT'S V vr'J f Its V ' 1 Engineer's Week co-chairmen from the mechanical engineering department are Edward A. Bar tunek and Leland J. Berkheimer. The recently elected vice pres ident of Sigma Tau, Bartunek also a member of Pi Tau Sigma and the American Society of Me chanical Engineers. He expects to receive his de gree in August 1951 and plans to specialize in work with internal combustion engines after gradu ation. During the 1949 EWeek he served as a guide for high school students who toured the various engineering displays. Aviation Work Berkheimer, a senior, would like to return to a career in aviation after graduation. After finishing high school he worked on his father's farm until his in terest in aviation caused him to decide to go on to school. He attended Swallow School of Aviation, the Pan American College of Navigation and fhe Burbank Technical institute. Work at Lockheed was followed by army service, c.iefly as an aviation rnechanic. At the University, Berkheimer is a member of ASME and Pi Tau Sigma. Calendars Go on Sale At Half-Price Two for only 98 centsor one for 50 cents. This is the new sales cam paign for the Builders "'White Elephant Sale" of 1950 Calen dars. All Calendars left over from earlier sales will be sold to students at half price, or two Calendars for 98 cents, accord ing to Bill Dugan business man ager of the Calendar. "These Calendars are being put on sale at half price for two reasons," said Dugan. "This is the last Calendar to be published by Builders, and pictures and information in the publication are valuable U all students." Altho only six months are left in 1950, the pictures used in the Calendar will serve as a memor andum to all University students, and are well worth the 50 cents they are being offered for. A full page is devoted to each ' month, space for writing down dates and appointments, as well m .1 ' 7R !- f v-. t -A ' , 'J 1 Van, Cornell or SO MILD thai in a cbast-to-eoast tesf" of hundreds of men and women who smoked Camels and only Camels for 30 consecutive dyg, noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported ''":'-V i-VN LELAND BERKHEIMER one of the mechanical engineering co-chairmen for E-Week. as addresses and telephone num bers. The paper used for printing the Calendars is lasting and dur able, with attractive red and white bound covers. Sales open today, Tuesday, in the Union lobby. Orders for the Calendars may also be sent to Builders Office, Student Union building, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. Mclvs Dance Beat m -m a m mm Mil "lAiOSttll At "Rat McKinlbt (above) playa Rodgers and Hart". . . My Heart Stood Still, Blue Moon, Thou Swell, 3 others. ALL "Designed For Dancing"! In fact, RCA Victor brings the dance-record shortage to an end with IS brand-new albums . . . by 15 great bands, 15 great com posers! 90 danceable hits! . . . with the rhythm that'll roll back your rugs in a hurry! McKinley's album has it! We've got all 15 everybody's rushing for them. ' S. S. Kresge Co., 1137 O Street. . GOWN AND XWELS V SAS WFTH AVENUt - ' - ' ' NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF THXOAT IMITATION duo to smoking CAf"ILSi