Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 17, 1955, Image 22

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Newspaper Page TextSIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE -.Thursday, March 17, I95S Soft Jobs, Good Pay Said Wooing Students From Engineering Field When Badly Needed Editor'! Note: According to reliable figures Soviet Russia is turning out 54,000 new engineers a year while col leges and universities In the United States are graduating 24.600. Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, retired former bead of the Army's World War II atomic weapons project, recently charged the U.S. educational system with failing to meet the challenge of our technical era. The United Press asked the head of one of America's best-known en- Lineering schools to explain the lag i training of engineers. Br DONALD F. MARTIN United Press Correspondent Atlanta, Ga. OJ.R) Soft jobs that pay well and require little or no technical knowledge are wooing American students away from the engineering profession at a time when America sorely needs well-trained engineers. This explanation of the serious shortage of engineers in the United States has been offered by Blake R. Van Leer, president of Georgia Tech, one of the Council Turns Down D'Anjou Street Vacation Proposal The Medford city council Tuesday accepted a city plan ning commission recommenda tion to deny vacation of D'Anjou st., between Spruce and Cherry tts. Reasons given for denial of the vacation, or abandonment for any further use as a street, were that a storm sewer runs through the property, it is a good site for a railroad team track, and opposition to the vacation was expressed by property owners in the area. The property is not used for treet purposes at the present time. A California Pacific Utilities company 10-year franchise was approved by the council. The new franchise, which includes only minor changes from that now in effect, calls for 2 per cent of the gross, payable an nually during the term of the franchise. Two airport leases received the approval of the council. A renewal of a lease to Water Re sources Development corpora tion was approved, and a lease was granted to Rogue Flying service, George Brothers, which purchased the Paul R. Smith fixed base operation. An offer to the city for pur chase of two east side lots by Thomas Whittle was referred to the city council fire committee and the city manager. Whittle offered $4,010 for the two lots, which cost the city $4,000. The lots in question are located on Ruhl Way. They were purchased by the city as a possible site for an east side fire station. country's best-known engineer ing schools. In an interview, he also blamed penny pinching and lack of imagination on the part of state boards of regents for hold ing the quality of education at a "level of mediocrity in state supported schools. Van Leer said he would have to agree with a recent statement by Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Grooves, retired former head of the Army's atomic weapons project, that Russia appears to be out distancing the United States in the training of new engineers. The U.S. shortage of engineers Van Leer believes, is due to three main factors: 1. People of superior intelli gence did not produce enough children during the 1930s. 2. Technical advancement in the last 10 years has created an unprecedented demand for engi neers. 3. The "modern idea of taking things easy" has led students to avoid taking courses that re quire hard work. Salaries in non-technical professions are so attractive many students feel there is no point in pursuing technical studies. The third point, Van Leer said, is most important. "Nowadays a student won't buckle down to the task of mastering math and the sciences in high school when he knows he can get a good job without them," he said. The Georgia Tech administra tor believes the engineer short age could be overcome by 1960 or 1962 if the present demand for engineers remains un changed and more students are encouraged to study engineering. He suggested the federal gov- Jacksonville OKs Extension Survey Jacksonville The Jackson ville city council has authorized a survey for an extension of Fifth st., according to B. J. Christianson, city recorder. The street extension would serve several new homes, all of which are now without ade quate fire protection because of the lack of street facilities, Christianson said. . The survey was authorized at a continued meeting of the coun cil held this week. In other action, the council heard a request from . Art Hinkle that the council sell a section of the cemetery prop erty to be added to the IOOF section of the cemetery. The re quested proposal was referred to committee. Councilman E. O. Graham has been appointed by Mayor John Keaveny to serve as council rep resentative to the city library. STAR GiVZER? ARKS MAR 21 APR JO 30-330-43 70-75-84-90 TAURUS apr. ai MAY Jl 2- 6- 9-33 42-43-69 GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE 22 50-59-79-83 CANCER. , JUNE 23 j JULY 23 4-12-22-471 Cy51r62-7.T IEO ga- JULY 24 AUG. 23 fT 3-10-56-57 K63-65-82&y VIRGO AUG. 24 SEPT, 22 VU8-19-36-3q -tV 60-64-76 k5 -By CLAY R. POLLAN- Your Daily Activity Guidt According ta the Stan. To develop message for Friday, read words corresponding to numbers 6f your Zodiac birth sign. 1 There s 31 Evening 2 Conced 32 Appears 3 Lei 33 Away 4 Right 34 Sociable 5 Plenty 35 To 6 Minor 36 Which 7 Tokt 37 The 8 A 38 Good 9 Issues 39 Can 10 Peopl 40 From 11 All 41 Point 12 Movet 42 Gain 13 The 43 Motor 14 Of 44 To 15 Clash 45 Other 16 Gaiety 46 Successes 17. 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Each half cup (4 oz.) contains only 100 calories. Buy some today! Also try these other outstanding Porter-Scarpelli macaroni products Spaghetti, Saladettes, Macaroni, Sea Shells, Kurle-Q-Noodles and Lasagne. ernment could help by ellowing taxpayers to deduct the cost of sending their children to col lege, or by permitting all branches of the armed forces to finance a student's education in return for two years of service in the militia. Private institutions up to now have led the way in research and sponsorship of new ideas in the engineering world. Van Leer said. They can do so be cause "they are not controlled by boards of regents" who shud der at any innovation "es pecially one that costs money As for the fact that Russia produces 54.000 engineers a year while the United States turns out 24,000, Van Leer asked: "But how well are the Russian engineers trained? They do a good job of teaching the basic fundamentals, but you cannot train professional engineers to competency in a dictatorship. There is need for freedom. "The Russians train men with out ingenuity. If you put a boy in a straitjacket, no creative mind will develop." Neuberger Accuses Hoover. Commission Washington U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) has accused the Hoover Commission of following a "meat ax ap proach" in its report this week recommending curtailment of federal lending activities. In a speech prepared for the Senate, he was particularly critical of the recommendation to have the Rural Electrification Administration depend on pri vate financing. "It would put our farmers again at the mercy of the banks and utilities which left them Roosevelt administration," Neu without lights prior to the berger said. Martin Clogston Leads Field at Gun Club Shoot Martin Clogston led the field in shooting at the Medford Gun club Sunday, according to re ports received yesterday. In the skeet shoot his score was 24 with Ray Coleman sec ond with 21. Jim Horn came in third with 20. In the 16-yard shoot Clogston ws first with 50x50, Horn sec ond with 48x50, Coleman third with 46x50 and Bernard Henry fourth with 45x50. Clogston was tied by Harry Elden in the Journal telegraph ic shoot with a score of 25. Coleman was close behind with 24. Clogston shot 48 in the Ed Pease handicap with Paul Cul bertson next with 46. 4-H Club News Central Point Club Central Point Button and Bows 4-H Clothing club met March 11 in the Homemaking room of Central Point junior high school with Margaret DeHass and Linda Lou Graber as hostesses. Next meeting will be on March 25 in the junior high school. Each girl is to bring a sample invitation to the moth ers' tea. Beverly Little Reporter Use Mail Tribune Want Ads BALANCED FOR A wonderful blend of GUERNSEY MILK for golden richness, HOLSTEIN MILK for added energy units and JERSEY MILK for healthful solids. 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