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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1950)
Technical Jobs In Civil Service Listed as Open Civil Service positions as math metician, chemist, physicist, and metallurgist in Washington D.C., and as director of research and as sistant director of research in the general laboratories of the Phila delphia Quartermaster Depot, Phil adelphia, Penn., are now open. Salaries for mathematician range from $3825 to $10,000 a year, and for chemist, physicist, and met allurgist from $4,600 to $10,000 per year. Applicants must meet a basic requirement of appropriate educa tion, or experience, or a combina tion of both. They must have had professional experience in the ap propriate field. Director of research pays $10, 000 a year; assistant director, $8, 800. To qualify for these positions, applicants must have completed a four-year college course, have four years of experience, or a combina tion of both. They must *have three years of broad professional experi w' ence in physical science, including or supplemented by at least two years of experience in an adminis trative capacity. No written test is required. Applications for mathematician, chemist, physicist, and metallur gist will be accepted in the office of the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D.C., until further notice. Persons who wish to receive early considera tion should apply before May 23. Applications for director of re search and assistant director, must be filed with the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners, Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadel phia, Penn., not later than May 23. Gardener Exam Set for May 15 An open competitive Civil Ser vice examination for the position of gardener will be given at 1:30 p.m., May 15, at the Municipal Auditorium;' in Portland. Candidates must have had at least two years’ paid experience as skilled gardeners on a large estate, park, or responsible experi ence with copimercial horticul tural organization. Such experi ence must show that candidates ^-' have a knowledge of propagation, growing, and care of trees, shrub bery, and flowers. College study in agriculture, forestry, or landscape architecture may be substituted for practical experience. — Applications must be filed in Room D, Municipal Auditorium, S.W. Third and Clay, Portland before May 10. House Picnic Attendance Data Needed Wed. Fraternities and sororities oper ating under the Bresee-Wamer ac counting system should notify Bresee-Warner by 5 p.m. Wednes day of the number of members who will be eating lunch at the All Campus Picnic May 13, Tickets Chairman Irene Philan said Mon day. Parsons to Give Exams J. R. Parsons, professor of soci ology, will give Civil Service ex aminations today in Portland for the offices of chief probation of ficer and supervisor of social ser vices for the Multnomah Court of Domestic Relations. Reports from all over the coun try say that square dancing is getting around. Sobine to Speak On Puritan Revolt “An Episode of the Puritan Revolution’’ will be discussed by Dr. George H. Sabine, professor of philosophy at Cornell Univer sity, at a 6:15 p.m. dinner of the Social Science Club Thursday at the Faculty Club. Reservations for the dinner, at $1.25 a plate, will not be received later than noon Wednesday. They may be made through H. E. Dean, professor of political science, 109 Oregon. Dr. Sabine is visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Washington at present. He is auth or of “A History of Political The ory,” co-translator of “The Mod ern Idea of the State,” by Krabbe, and of Cicer’s “On the Common wealth.” CAMPUS CALENDAR 6:30 p.m.—Phi Theta Upsilon, Chi Omega 6:3$ p.m.—Alpha Phi Omega pledge class, Delta Tau Delta 7 p.m.—Christian Science Club, 1251 Emerald St. 7 p.m.—Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, John Straub dining room. F. A. Beard, superintendent of the University Press, will dis cuss "Trouble.” Olemanto Lead Cosmopolitans Carolyn Oleman, junior in music, was elected president of the Uni versity Cosmopolitan Club at a Friday night meeting in Gerlinger Hall. Other new officers are Jim Os wald, secretary; Wah Chun, treas urer; and Dirk Schepers, social chairman. Advisers for the club are L. o. Wright, professor of romance languages, and Mrs. Wright. Following the elections, tenta tive plans were discussed for a talent show, a hayride or picnic, and a semi-formal dance. Over 50 students attended, of Which half were foreign exchange students. Games and dancing fol lowed the general meeting. The club will meet at 8 p.m. Friday in the YWCA headquarters, Gerlinger Hall. Exchange Student To Present Recital Ernst Lutz, exchange student from Vienna, Austria, will present an organ recital' at 8 p.m. Thursday in the School of Music Auditorium. He will play works of Johann Se bastian Bach. Also on the evening program will be a sonata for organ and two vio lins. Violinists Ann Kafoury and Ellen Liebe, sophomores in music, will assist Lutz. No admission will be charged. The meeting is open to the public. Plans Explained For Seniors (Continued from page one) combined senior picnic-dance to be held June 9. Free chow will be served at 6 p.m., followed by a free dance at Swimmer's dance hall for the exclusive use of seniors and their guests. Ticket Number Reduced Tickets for guests at Commence ment will be limited to three this year. Usual number is four, but this last veteran-dominated class will take up more room in Mac Court than ever before in Univer sity history. Tickets will be issued starting May 29. Any extra tickets will be doled out on a first-come, first serve basis, June 9. Alumni secre tary, Les Anderson’s staff will ask you to register as an alumnus when you visit his office. This doesn’t cost anything! Students will receive a full year's subscription to Old Oregon free of charge and will automatically be welcomed into the Alumni' Associa tion family without payment of dues. Six class reunions are scheduled for Commencement weekend. It is advised that seniors expecting guests before Sunday, June 11, make reservations now. ®acr Story Approximately 350 seniors have completed graduate placement pro cedure, and another 200 are in the process of completion. Take this for what it’s worth: The typical graduating senior is going to have to hustle more and sooner (if he’s wise), than the graduate of the recent past. There are approximately the same number of firms listed with Karl W. Onthank’s Graduate Place ment Office, and about the same number of interviews scheduled as last year, (1) they need fewer men,, and (2) the prospective employee list has increased greatly. The employer will enjoy a buy er s market at the college gradu ate harvest of 1950. Thus ivory tower tactics won’t get one very far. Visit Office Dean Onthank urges that seniors get their graduate placement ma terial to his office as soon as pos sible. Besides furnishing employment advice, counseling, and aids in se curing positions before graduation, the office serves as a home base for future references. It is a long range plan, and should not be ig nored. And lastly, be sure to clean up all debts to the school prior to Commencement. Incentive here is strong. 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