Firms Want Only Engineers With High Grade Points "Jtromote Sele.nee as a career tor Youth" was Lho Uleme at U1e
annual convenUon of the ldaho Society of Professional Engineers, held at Bols<l, Jan. 16-18. About 12c; engineers attended the Lhreeday convent.ion which was open to all professional (licensed) engi• neers in Idaho. At the Boa.rd of Directors meet-
This Group Provides College Socials
ing at the convontlon, Mr. MoM!r
1·epresented Prof. C. A, ·M oore, hea(I of the civil engineering de· partment at ~e University ot Idaho. Mooi·e was ill a.nd unable to attend. Mr. Moser reports that a portion
of the convention was concerned with problems of the pro!e&lonai engineer. but that ma.ny interest· lng points were introduced which are pertinent. to the student. The president of the NSPE discussed engineer oupply and de· man.cl. The core of b.16 discussion brought out that the engin..,ring field is becoming quite competitive. The student should be quite aware of this at an early stage, so that. he may strive for a bJgher grade•point average, because there ls an acute shortage or engineers with master or doctor degrees. Also, there 1s still a. high demand tor good technicians In mosl fields. A. S. Janssen, Dean ot lhe En· g:ineering College at the Unlver• ally ot I<laho, pointed out that the number ot companies requesting senior interviews is about the same as last year. Some companies have stopped interviewing because of toss of contracts, but other com· panlcs have filled In. Mr. Janssen cmpha$.lzed that. the Interviewers are selecting only the best of the senior crop, so again it ia wise to keep the grade-point average high. The mining and geological engi· neering picture Is presently qulte poor, because the demand in these fields Is practically nil. However, these fields may improve in the fUlure. Mr. M:oser reports that other local members of the northern chapter or the ISPE attending uu, convention Included President A. S. Sachse, who is Lhe district engineer tor the Idaho Bw-eau of Highways; Vice-President Dick Kearns, a. design enginee.r- also working tor the ldaho Bureau of Highways; and George Riggs, who is an elec• trical engineer for the REA. Mr. Moser Is the secretary of the. northern chapter of the ISPE.
College May Sponsor Sales Course Aimed At Tourists In Area In cooperation with the :Merchants Commir,sion of the coe·u r d'Alene
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and the State Department of Vo· catlonal Education, NIJC is planning a course tor sales pe.ople ln this community. The cour-s& la aln~ at supplying Lhese people with information which would help theJD 10 answer questloru1 which tourists ask most frequently. This evening course is lntQnded to cover four lessons, each Jessop lasting two hours. Tbe course ls planned !or March. The tee UDBet as yet., will be approximately one dollar a person. Details are being worked out by a special committee appointed by Hard.Jn Young, chaimtan of the Merchants Committee. Corl Qri.d lcy la chairman of tho Adlrisory Committee. Mr. Wendt of the college faculty Is representing the vocational-educational department in organlzlng the course. Super'-islon and course content ts being worked out by Chamber ot Commerce officials and the college sta!-f.
\Vhen the final det.ans are work· ed out, tho public wm be Informed and a date set for registration.
S. U. Overflow Is Under Scrutiny By College Officials
The students responslble tot- socl.a1 activU!es tor NlJC are shO\f1\ $eilted a.round chalrman of the col· lege frnclal commJt-tee. 1\rargarct Olson. From left to
Exchange Newspapers Are Now On Display In The Student Union The new,paper rack recently set up ln the student union has just been refinished by Mr. Riebe and his indu.stMal arts students. It has been placed there for u,e convlen· ience of students interested in readlng material from other col· teges and sChools. The news-pa.per rack contains a variety or papers obtained through exchange agree· ments with other colleges. and area hlgh schools. Among tho new5pa~rs to be found are those froJn Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg; Waalllngton State College, Pullman; Gonzaga Uni• versity, Spokane; College of Idaho, Caldwell; Montana. State Unlver• sily, Mlssouia.; L<!wis and Clark Co.liege, Portland; Montana Stale College, Bo""man: and the publi· cations from the Academy Of IH.l\'1 High School 1n Coeur d'Alene. The exchange newSl)npers Crom the library will be .moved to the newspaper rack in the s. u. In lhc future all issues of exchange newspapers. Including issues trom schools which are pregently pending exchanges. will be placed there for the conven~ce of the students. Tile dany publlcallons !Tom the University of 1daho are expected to be obta.Jned for the future. We a::re preaentJy !"8.<:e(ving lhc Washington State College Evergreen. which ls also a. dally publication, and will be or value t.o students in· terested in transferring there or students tote.rested 1n the activity of the collage. More Issue.a arc expected to be added as our 11st of exchanges growa. Some of the major hlgh schools in north Idaho are to be added 1n the near future also.
First Semester Final Grades Will Be Mailed Students are asked not to call 1:Ll t.he office for their first $eme&-
tcr finaJ grad~ as Interruptions do cause a delay in getting- out the grades. Report cards will be mall• ed around the se£Ond week or February.
right: Ray Thom1>$0n, Nrullne Brooten, J.AVern Guth~ mlller, 1>nn Pllldngton, Ma.rga.ret Olson, Kay Wilson Brian ~te<:.kc.t, a.nd Arlene Reru1ersoo. '
President Kildow Represents NIJC At Gov. Smylie's "Sputnik" Conference On Jan. 20, Dr. Kildow attended a special education conference at 1.bc stat.e capitol in Boise. The conference, endorsed by Covcrnor Smylie, was called lhe ·'Statewide
Taak , Force Conference on tho Educational Irupllcations ot Sputnik." Dr. Kildow said the purpose of the meeting was to consider our whole state educational program and try to !ind out if any changes should be made to ;meet conditions in our teehnotog!eal ago. About 100 people attended tho meeting, representing all the col· leg~ in the atat.e, both public a.nd private. School superintendents, ~chool pri.nctpa.18, interested merchants, and member& of the State Board ot Educ..tlon also attended the m•eting upcn Invitation by St.ale Superintendent of Public In• struotion1 Alt.on B. Jones, who presided over the meeting. Gov. Smylie opened the conference with a speech: ''A Fundamental Challenge.'' The ma.in as• sombiy was divided into nine groups for group di1lcusston8. Eacl1 Of Ute nine groups was given a topic and so.vOl"al related questions tor dlscuSs:ion. Dr. Kildow was elected chalrman of Group U. and Mr. George E. Denman, State Director of Voca• tional Education was the recorder. Their topic was ••Demands o1 Our Industrial and Technological Age." Tho questions the discussed were: l. Should there be more tests and counseling to placa each student in studies or bls interest and greatest aptitude? 2. Should science and math be prov;ded for all, or should it be ava.ltabJe only for those with spec• ial aptitudes and 1nt.ere8ts? 3. How shall we modify our teacbing objecuves to provide an adequate understanding of thla technological age? 4. What are the problems In "holding power" in colleges. secondary and olementary schools? Alter severaJ hours of crittc:al di&euasions the group favored the adoption ot such things as adequate guidance a.nd c:ounse:Ung programs, good science and mathematics instruction avaUa.ble to
•tudent.s with real inl.ere•ta and abllit1cs. and a. mode.rntzatton ot te1;1.ching method& and materials with special e.mphaai& on those subject.s that provide youth "-'Ith a better understandiog of this technolog:ica.l age. They also de• cided tha.t in order to improve educa.tion to educate all youth as tar as they can go that the following factors should be conside.J:ed: l. All tonns ol financial encouragement tor youth to remain 1n school. 2. Youth 1D1ust be given ade,. quat.e undersUUlding and apprecia• tfon Of their educational oppor-, tunltles. 3. Boredom and dissatisfaction of youth with school. 4. Mol'e effective teachers are CS$Cl\Ual. 5. The possibilities of operatlr\g the year-around school program. Dr. Kildow said that tills report, along with the reports !J-om the oU-ier groups, would be published and released later. When asked what be thought of the meeting as a whole, Or. Kildow said, "I would say from my own standpoint, having attended a previous. governor's conference on education, that thi.s was a much bette1·-planned meeting. I think we got closer to the heart of the p1•oblem, more than we did 1n tho previous meeting. Those peoplo attending this confe.t"ence seemed to hllve an Intelligent grasp of problems involved. Of course, the actual ben.c !it derived from this c:ontere.nce w1U depend on Whal use the governor makes ot the findings or the various disCWWon groups. I think people should be aware that we have been arriving at our present educational position for a nurnber ol years and it wlll take SO'me ti.mo be.lore any noticeable change can be c!!ected among the vartous college aod high school student bodies." IZ MILLION WATCH TV Twelve mllllon persons t1ow comprtse Ute educational television audience - not Including the thousands lnvolvcd in closed-clrcul.t TV instructional programs.
I To see If any plans may have been discUS8ed to alleViate the overflow 1n NIJC's student union each activity period and al- noon, Relriew reporter Arvella. SudnikoVieb interviewed Dr. Kildow. Here a.re, the results: Accordlllg to Dr. Kildow, tile inc:reo.scd em-ollment. ha.s caused the faculty and college boaxd to seriously con.s1der the burden on S. U. !acilJtiea. It is Increasingly evident that a solution m.ust be found. Several possible plans have been discu.ssed. l. Several tables aim.lla.r to the Umekeeper's table used during basketball games could be used. They would be placed In the bal· cony Cor the use of non•smoking students. The tables would fit over tho scats. 2. Small tables cou!d be pince<! on the !Joor or the gymnasium on the northeast side near the entrance to the S. U. These tables would also be restricted to nonmnoklng studenta. The maln drawback to both tentative solutions 1$ the- .non• smoking rcstncuon. This ban ts established by the college board ot trustees in compliance with st.ate fire Ja.ws. No definite plan bas been decid· cd upon and probably present racilltica wUl have to be used tor the balance of this school yea.r. Dr, Kildow stated that the college Is also having gro,ving paJrus In the trade department. Present fa.ciliUes are not adequate tor additional enrollments. Shop space for auto mechanics, specifically to meet demands !or body and fender classes, is simply- not in existence. The college board Is reluctant to ask taxpayers to vote bonds !or moN> college bulldings. Yet from enrollment predictlon.s, it will not be long until it is necessary to provide rnore room ln other depart• ment.s u well. The alternative Is to tlll'n down appltcaUons !rom pro.spective students.
Students Should Check Bulletin Boards Daily The public adddress ll)'Iotein and
the bulletin boards a.re means o! communication at NIJC. Many students don't use them to an ad·
vantage. Instl'Uctors often put lists on the bulletin board requesting these students to report at a. certain t.ime. Usually only a very small per cent answers. the. summons. Letters sometimes stay tacked to tho bulletin boara for several weeks. Students £all to attend meetings because they <lon't hear the nnnounce.ment-3. Everyone has an obligation to listen to all announcements and check the bulletin boards dally. The next announcement may dfr. ecuy concern you.
Coffee Still Five Cents Mis.s Johnson, S. U. manage.r, wishes to compliment the students for the job they have been doing on keeping the Student Union cJean. Two wee.ks ago it was an• nounced that the price of coffee would be r8.i$ed if the appearance of the S. U. did not improve. Mlss Johnson mites that if the students keep up the good work, coffee "iU remain tlve cents per cup.