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STAFF ARTICLES: Gary Romans editor The LAB-yrinth by Andrew Levenfeld Tom Schafer features & Gary Romans 17 Jack Simmons circulation Image of an Engineer — Revisited by Jim Buschman 22 Andrew Levenfeld staff writer How I Spent My Summer Vacation 27 Clifford Arthur staff writer What Is an Honorary Mike Fellberg staff writer by David Ring 46 Bill Wenk staff writer Archie Lamb staff writer DEPARTMENTS: Editorial 7 ADVISOR Dean's Letter 11 Keith Asplin Placement Bureau 36 Overheard in E. E. Lab 42 Advertiser's Index 49 Engrineers 54 If you want a career with the only big computer company that makes retail data systems complete from sales registers to computers, where would you go? Guess again. It's NCR, and this is not the only surprise you may get if you take a closer look at NCR. We're a company alive with new ideas, research, de- velopment. A year never passes without NCR increasing its investment in research. 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Cyrus the Great, King of Persia, built a com- In a world that has conquered distance, munications system across his empire some in a world whose destiny could hinge on six centuries before the Christian Era. On each seconds, man is totally dependent on the of a series of towers he posted a strong- means which carry his voice and thought. It voiced man with a megaphone. By the 17th is this means that we in Western Electric, century, even a giant megaphone built for indeed the entire Bell System, have worked England's King Charles II on together since 1882. could project a man's voice Our specialty at Western no further than two miles. Electric is the manufacture Charles II richly rewarded and installation of depend- Admiral William Penn, father able, low-cost communica- of the colonial Quaker, for tions systems for both developing a fast, compre- today and tomorrow. And to hensive communications meet tomorrow's needs, we system - ship-to-ship by will need fresh new ideas. signal flags. Yourideas.Thereis still much We waited for the com- for you to discover right bined theories of Maxwell. here at Western Electric. Hertz, Marconi and Morse before men could transmit their thoughts by wireless, though °nly in code. Only after Bell patented his telephone and DeForest designed his audion tube could men actually talk with each other long-distance. Today nations speak face-to-face via satellite. Laser-beam transmission is just around the corner. Yet man still needs better A NEW YEAR It is November and the Spartan Engineer is embarking one interested should give their name to Keith Asplin, 210 on its second year of being the only college engineering EB. Not only is it fun putting out the magazine, but being magazine in the country to be completely without technical on the staff is a worthwhile thing to mention during a job articles. This is possible only because the interest shown in interview. the magazine last year was greater than shown ever in the I would like to finish with a few words on why the car- past. My staff and I hope that we can keep the magazine toon is facing this editorial. I was fortunate enough to lust as interesting in the coming year. As can be seen by obtain a technical job this summer with Western Electric this issue, we are not planning on changing our "Philosophy Company (see How I Spent My Summer Vacation, page 27) of Contents". It was shown me that there is something that is not I would like at this point to thank the administrators of emphasized enough in our engineering education. Namely the College of Engineering for their support of the that when we graduate we will not be engineers. True, we magazine and their permission to allow the magazine to will have a diploma that says Engineering on it, but it contain articles of the type most students seem to want to won't mean much. I worked with men who had two or read. I met with many other editors of college engineering three years of college or military training in electronics, magazines at the beginning of the term and often heard the but had no degree. They do not have the earning power comment that they were forced by their college to print that I will have when I graduate, but most of them know technical articles that were of worth to only a few students. more electronics than I ever will. They then complained about lack of student interest in The piece of parchment I will get in June only means freir magazine. that I was able to show I could learn by making it through As for student interest - you may have noticed that, my four years of an electrical engineering curriculum. A grad- being an Electrical Engineering student, last year the mag- uate may make it in industry or he may not, and it will azine was slightly orientated toward Electrical Engineering. take him a few years to find out. Only when he proves that We will try and remedy that in the future. The staff, as it he can correlate his training to the world outside the stands now, consists of two Electrical Engineering majors, college can he call himself an engineer. f o u r Me chanical Engineering majors, and two Chemical I highly recommend that, if at all possible, every attempt Engineering majors. But eight people cannot run a mag- be made to obtain a technical summer job. It will provide azine of this size. As is usual among college engineering you with a rude awakening. Magazines, we are in dire need of new staff members. Any- SYMBOL DEPLETION We've almost lost a good word, and we hate to see it go. I he movie industry may feel the same way about words such as colossal, gigantic, sensational and history-making. They're good words-good sym- bols. But they've been overused, and we tend to pay them little heed. Their effectiveness as symbols is being depleted. 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Mensendick, formerly Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, assumed new responsibilities within the College of Engineering. It is deemed significant at this point to trace some important developments of the Student Affairs Office under his leadership. In September of 1962 the College of Engineering took occupancy of its new building, making it possible to bring under one roof virtually all of the departments and agencies of the college. Paralleling this step forward, the functions of the Classification office and the Freshman office were combined under the Engineering Student Affairs Office. This new Student Affairs Office continued to serve as the coordinator for academic advisement, the centralized clearing house for admissions and academic actions taken by the College, and as the primary record-keeper for both undergraduate and graduate records. This area was charged, however, with a new responsibility; to add a new dimension to our relationships with both undergraduate students and those high school students considering entering the engineering program at Michigan State. This function might be defined as the responsibility to provide leadership in developing a program which recognizes students as unique personalities requiring individualized attention to their various academic, social and personal needs. The program under the leadership of Mr. Mensendick has been under active development for the past six years, emphasizing improved articulation with high school students and developing closer, more personal relationships with undergraduate engineering students. The Student Affairs program has expanded both in terms of the number of staff members engaged in this work and in terms of the breadth of the activities which are being undertaken. This has been accomplished through the cooperative efforts of the various departments in the college and the office of Student Affairs. It has been my privilege to work in this program with Mr. Mensendick for the past four years. His contributions to the development of this program are indeed appreciated and his counsel and judgment will be valued in the future. The less you've heard about us the better. Maybe you think that's a funny way Plus a packaging film company. But don't let this steer you away to talk to you. And that we're an aluminum com- from chemicals, if that's on your mind. But we don't think it is. pany. And a brass company. There's everything here from inorgan- Many people think we're only a big And a sporting arms and ammuni- ics and organics to specialty and agri- chemical company. tion company. (You've heard about cultural. Chemicals being the biggest thing Winchester? That's us.) Now you've heard more about us we have. 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You're part of the m o s t exciting technical environment available today and tomorrow, and facilities and associates are the best. aHow Du could you fit in?and pont interviewer Whyfindnotout? sign up for a chat with The coupon will alsobringyoumoreinformation about us. Finally, what is Project X? We don'tfor waiting know you yet. Could to tell us. be we're I t has a l w a y s b e e n common almost every week to keep as interest in labs, the ME depart- around the Engineering Building much uniformity as possible within ment tries to give the students to see j u n i o r and senior engi- the different sections of a parti- motivation. The students start with neering students complaining to cular course. The labs are open precepts and the labs bring them anyone who'd listen about their in the evening and extra lectures into contact with real things, The laboratories. In the pastfewweeks are being given in some courses ME labs are not set up to simu- I have interviewed the chairmen to cut down on the preliminary late industry. Noon the job train of the various departments in the work. ing per so is given. The labs college to determine their justi- Dr. Hedges has sympathy for the emphasize fundamental laws of en- fications for some of the aspects students and is trying to improve gineering. The purpose of the labs of the labs which cause the com- on the quality of the labs. Due is to train students in things fun- plaining among the students. The to advances in science and tech- damental in physical and engineer- following statements were written nology over the past few years ing fields. Fundamentals are more from notes taken during these there are more things to cover i m p o r t a n t than specifics be- interviews. T h e s e m e n a l l in the curriculum. In the labs cause they are used in all fields expressed concern for the students things are done to prepare the of industry. The reason labs stress views, so in the next issue of students for the future. A problem fundamentals rather than job train this magazine will be printed inter- will exist if the student spends ing is that industry is better able views with students who either too much time on labs and becomes and equipped to do the latter. agree or disagree with what the lax on other subjects. The student department chairmen said. should learn to budget his time. DR. M. H. CHETRICK Chemical Engineering DR. H. G. HEDGES DR. C. R. ST. CLAIR, JR. Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering The C h e m . E . Department has only one lab conducted by their own The purpose of the electrical The student receives one credit staff. The Chem.E. 422 lab is of- engineering labs is to r e l a t e per three hour lab, whereas he fered to seniors only. It is a mathematical models to physical receives one credit per one hour four credit lab that meets twelve systems, since engineers u s e lecture. The reason for this is hours per week. There is not too that lectures require more prep- much outside homework involved. aration. Labs require less concen- The lab is designed to give stu- t r a t i o n , time and effort. The dents a taste of problems they amount of c r e d i t s given for a might encounter in industry. Each group of students is given a vague assignment. They have to deter- applied mathematics in industry. mine what the problem is, how long Labs also give students knowledge it will take to be completed, and of the kinds of measurements able their plan of attack. There is a to be made. These are represent- member of each group appointed ative of industrial measurements. foreman. The foreman supervises The students learn to record and the proceedings and the job ro- use measurements to their ad- vantage. They also learn how to course depend on the material use the instruments required to covered and the degree of dif- make these measurements and the ficulty. The labs demonstrate the faults of some of these instru- p r i n c i p l e s p r e s e n t e d in the ments. Use of data and the ability lectures. Each lab is set up per to relate v a r i a b l e s is a l s o the experiment. Some labs are of stressed. Electrical Engineering the cookbook type. Some are mere ldbs are basically of two kinds — design in nature. Whereas some cookbook and thought. The first are demonstration and calcula- few labs are basically of the cook- tion types. Each individual lab book type. As the student pro- should be judged in regards to gresses the labs use more and quantity and quality. Dr. St. Clair tates with each new problem. There more of the design type experi- feels that there is a good assign- are no exams, although there is a ment. ment of credits to the labs but quiz given when the report is due About two hours are expected it is not the ultimate. He also to make sure each member of the to be spent before the lab period feels that there has been a fairly group has participated in the ex- on a preliminary report. A quiz accurate evaluation of the labs, periment. The last few periods of is usually given at the beginning but is willing to look at them the term are used as a seminar again. in which each team will give a brief of the period. During the t h r e e r e p o r t on their problem so that hours of l a b qformal u e s t i or en s r t are s are The impression the student has each group will have the oppor- answered. required per two term a n d t h e P° r a d e when he takes a lab is that it is necessary, but not of first inter- tunity to discuss and learn what the is based g other teams have done. ° n t h e s e f o r mal reports, est. This may be because of the The chemical engineering de- and lab emphasis placed on analysis and the pre-reports, quizzes partment feels that there should be theory in the lectures. Maybe the no complaints on the amount of performance. student hasn't been trained for Each term one instructor super- CONTINUED ON PAGE 43 vises all the sections and meets labs. Feeling that the student lacks with all the other instructors out making steam generation equipment. 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This interested me. "Go on," I said. " W e l l , do you remember when I recited my poem for you last y e a r , and everybody in the cafe- teria heard i t ? " He looked down at the floor, obviously still em- b a r r a s s e d about the incident. "When I walked out, Iheardpeople talking about me. And they didn't say, ' T h e r e goes the stupid poet' --they said, 'There goes the stu- I should have known it would neatly combed, and he had a pair pid engineer who reads poetry,' happen; there was just something of carefully trimmed sideburns. They still knew I was an engineer." in the air. It was exactly a year And then I saw it; Hanging from "And what did that prove?" to the day since I met my friend his belt was a slide -rule. The hand - asked. the engineer there in the Cross- some creature before me was My "It proved that what other stu- roads Cafeteria at the International Friend the Engineer. dents really care about is ap- Center.* He had been in the pro- p e a r a n c e , " he answered. "They "Sure, sure, sit down," I an- don't care what you are, just cess of change then. Unsatisfied swered. I was still sort of be- with his image as an engineer, what you look like and sound like. he had enrolled in classes in liter- wildered. They don't care if you talk about ature and art, philosophy and reli- My friend flashed me a sin- circuits and trigonometry, just gion, home and family living. As c e r e ( smile and stuck out his so you do it in a groovy way. we sat there, watching Wells Hall hand. "God, it's good to see you We engineers realized this, an rise in the air, he had talked about again," he said, "How the hell so we all started ^earning how to his task. "We students in engin- are you? It's been a long time." "It's been a whole year," I be suave and cool." . eering are trying to get away from "How did you do that?" I asked this old image of us that every- said as I reached out and felt one seems to have," he had said, my knuckles crack, "You've cer- him. " -- the idea that an engineer- tainly changed." "Magazine subscriptions were ing major is a funnylooking guy "Well, yes," he said, "I've big h e l p , " he replied. "Naturally who talks in formulas and wears a changed a few habits here and we all got subscriptions to play slide-rule on his belt. It isn't there. But it isn't just me. The boy." true anymore. We want to broaden whole Engineering Department is "Naturally." our interests." different now. We've found our " T h i s helped us keep up o cool. No more white socks and fashions, hairstyles, etiquette .. And now it was a year later. skinny ties for us. We're what's The engineers had come and gone happening, baby." lots of things. I alsosubscribeto at Wells Hall. A year ago there E s q u i r e and Gentleman's had been bulldozers and cranes; "So I see," I answered. "But Quarterly. As you can see, it's now, my window looked out on a how did you manage to make the changed my appearancealot." b e a u t i f u l building and a large, switch so fast? You must have worked awfully hard at it " He waved his hand over the olive grassy part. g r e e n-and-yellow ensemble an My friend shifted in his seat, turned his head to give me a go I glanced at the clock. It was and I could tell he was uncom- fortable ab °ut this point. "Well " profile view. ten-thirty in Saigon. "Very nice," Icommented "Hi there," said an oddly fami- he began, we engineers don't. We notice your speech has changed liar voice, and I looked up to find prefer looking toward the future too. How did you manage that? a total stranger. -you know, progress and all that. "We made taperecordingsof "May I sit down?" he asked. fraternity r u s h . " That voice -- where had I heard But I guess since you knew me it before? I stared at him, search- back then I c a n talk to you. You "Oh." ing for a clue. He was immacul- remember what I uased to be like." " T h e only trouble," continued I nodded, smiling as I recalled my friend, " i s that being cool a t e l y d r e s s e d , from his yel- low c a s h m e r e Arnold Palmer the young man with the crew-cut costs a lot of money. It gets ex- sweater to his cordovan Weejuns. and bright orange sport shirt who pensive when a guy has to pay He wore olive green checked slacks had sat across from me a year for a big wardrobe,andacar, and a matching shirt with wide ago. and a luxuryapartment.nottomen- pin-stripes. His hair was long and "Well, we tried very hard to tion dinner dates, parties and of make the engineering student more course a big liquorsupply.but i t ' s worth it. will a job with LTV Aerospace make you more exciting, sought after, healthy, wealthy and wise? RCA in Home Entertainment Engineering at RCA Victor Home Instruments Divi- Communications, Solid-State Devices, Computers, sion involves many areas of advanced electronics and Control Systems, Radar, Weather and Communication other disciplines such as chemistry, physics, metal- Satellites, Broadcast Studio Equipment, Conversion lurgy and computer science. Receiver and Power Tubes, Laser and Electro-Optic The continuous growth and innovations in every Devices, Microwave Systems, Medical Electronics, area of electronics have made RCA a leader in this Graphic Systems. field. To continue this record of success, we are look- See your college placement director, or write to ing for EE, ME and IE graduates for positions in College Relations, Radio Corporation of America, Corporate Programs including Design and Develop- Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08101 ment, Manufacturing, Operations Research, Finance, Management Information Systems and Purchasing. We welcome the opportunity to review your per- sonal interests and career objectives, and show you now RCA can further your individual development and growth in many fields, such as: Home Instruments, No, the perfect job or place to work . . . is as elusive as the Foun- tain of Youth. This multiple hybrid, patchwork creature simply does not exist. Yet, we are convinced the Naval Ship Missile Systems Engineering Station has much to interest you in that direction. For example, we offer an excellent, smog-free, year- around climate, (thirty miles from Santa Barbara) generous vaca- tion and sick leave plans; opportunities for earning educational degrees up to the PhD level, as well as project responsibility and personal achievement recognition. Rapid career growth / salary increases are provided through our career development program, As an expanding organization, engaged in equipment and systems engineering both ashore and at sea with the Navy's surface missile system ships . . . we offer a variety of stimulating assign- ments. They include such areas as systems equipment engineer- ing • computer/data processing • weapons performance evaluation • missile launching, handling and stowage . . . to name but a few. So, if you're graduating with at least a BS degree in electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical or general engineering and looking for a place to g r o w . . . consider the Missile Engi- neering Station. We're not exactly perfect, but we have much in our favor. At least, we'd like the chance to convince you. Fair enough? If you agree, why not stop by and see us on Campus on one of the dates below: Since summer employment is not as plentiful in engineering as full-time employment, it is not too early to begin searching for a summer technical position. The following are a few students who obtained technical jobs, and their opinions of their employment. BILLSZALAY-Sr. EE nected with my studies in EE, etc. on these characteristics, as I spent last summer working in I didn't learn much in that area. well as the thermal profile of the IBM's semiconductor development The main advantage, 1 feel, was module. The results of this study laboratory in E. Fishkill, N.Y. in my relations with people. This would hopefully allow IBM to pre- Working under the guidance of a type of thing can't be learned in a dict with more reliability the per- Ph.D. in Electrical Engr. I stud- classroom and thus the many op- formance of existing modules in ied the effects of surface condi- portunities that were afforded me v a r i o u s machine applications, tions on beta degradations. The in camp enabled me to improve generate optimum designs for new first three weeks were spent study- myself somewhat in this important applications, and provide realistic ing books and technical publica- area. As college graduates, we guidelines for optimum network tions to determine what was al- will be "expected" to take lead- layout. ready known in this area. The ership roles in our society, and the I obtained the job by interview- following weeks were spent in de- experience gained at camp is good ing at the Placement Bureau, plus sign of test devices, fabrication for the development of such qual- having some inside help at Pough- of these devices, and design of ities. keepsie. IBM was a very impres- tests (i.e. stress conditions which In our complex society it be- sive company to work for. In spite the devices would undergo and comes increasingly difficult to ex- of its size, the companies con- measurement techniques). This perience a true sense of achieve- cern extended to each individual, was followed by the actual test- ment. This type of work offers the and as a result, IBM seemed very ing and the preparation of a paper g r e a t e s t possible challenge -- employee conscious. Almost with- describing what had been done and working with people. In the camps out exception, all the employees I what was found. where I worked people were in- associated with this summer were fluenced and directed, we trust, happy with IBM, though each had With the invaluable experience, worked with other large concerns however, was the desolateness of for the better. I know of no other before. The only detriment I could the Fishkill area and the high cost of area that gives such a thrill, and, find was the Poughkeepsie area. living in New York. My sav- t h e r e f o r e , I recommend very The opportunities for outside ac- mgs amounted to about half my highly this type of work. tivities were very limited, espe- earnings ($436/mo.). I got the job cially since this summer seemed in May by interviewing at the ALTHROOP-Sr. EE to be the monsoon season in New Placement Bureau. This past summer I was for- York. It was an especially cool, tunate enough to obtain employ- wet summer and left much to be ROBERT KAATZ-Sr. EE ment with the IBM corporation, desired. In all fairness, though, My job was as a staff member working in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., a I think the situation may have been in two privatelyG e owned camps, one small city two hours north of New different had the stay been per- in Cleveland, orgia and one in York City. As my project this manent. shelby, Michigan. My assignments summer, I investigated the effects had considerable variation, such of certain parameters on thether- as maintenance of electrical and m a l operating characteristics mechanical equipment, waterfront of the resistor modules that IBM director, teacher, assistant in uses in their computers and other charge of monetary affairs, machines. general laborer, counselor in a My first few weeks were used cabin, camp director (for a short to acquaint myself with the dif- time), and public relations work. ferent technologies developed to My wife and I were appointed af- make the modules, the advantages ter meeting t h e executive director and disadvantages of each, and of Bible Memory Association which what was known of their charac- owns these camps as well as two teristics at that time. It was then others. Our wages totaled $120 necessary to develop tests that Per week plus room and board. would reveal the effects of geo- since my work was not con- metry, distribution, environment, Some say we specialize in power... power for propulsion... power for auxiliary systems... power for aircraft, missiles and space vehicles... power for marine and industrial applications... ... they're light. And wrong. It might be said, instead, that we specialize in people, for we believe that people are a most important reason for our company's success. We act on that belief. We select our engineers and scientists carefully. Motivate them well. Give them the equipment and facilities only a leader can provide. Offer them company-paid, graduate-education opportunities. Encourage them to push into fields that have not been explored before. Keep them reaching for a little bit more responsibility than they can manage. Reward them well when they do manage it. You could be one of the reasons for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's success . . . if you have a B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in: MECHANICAL • AERONAUTICAL • ELECTRICAL • CHEMICAL • CIVIL • MARINE • INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING • PHYSICS • CHEMISTRY • METALLURGY • CERAMICS • MATHEMATICS • STATISTICS • COMPUTER SCIENCE • ENGINEERING SCIENCE • ENGINEERING MECHANICS. And we could be the big reason for your success. Consult your college placement officer—or write Mr. William L. Stoner, Engineering Department, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108. Depends on the giant. Actually, some giants are just regular A network of computers to put confusing facts and kinds of guys. Except bigger. figures into perspective. And that can be an advantage. Complete testing facilities to prove out better ideas. How? Well, take Ford Motor Company. We're a giant And at Ford Motor Company, your better ideas won't in an exciting and vital business. We tackle big problems. get axed because of a lack of funds. (A giant doesn't carrv Needing big solutions. Better ideas. And that's where you midget's wallet, you know.) come in. Because it all adds up to a real opportunity for young Special programs. Diverse meaningful assignments. Full engineering graduates like yourself at Ford Motor Company. responsibility. The opportunity to follow through. The best Come to work for us and you'll be a member of a select facilities. The funds to do a job right. No wonder 87% of the College Graduate Program. As a member of this program, engineers who start with Ford are here 10 years later. you won't be just another "trainee" playing around with If you're an engineer with better ideas, and you'd like "make work " assignments. to do your engineering with the top men in the field, see the You'll handle important projects that you'll frequently man from Ford when he visits your campus. Or send your follow from concept to production. Projects vital to Ford. resume to Ford Motor Company, College Recruiting De- And you'll bear a heavy degree of responsibility for their partment. success. You and Ford can grow bigger together. You may handle as many as 3 different assignments in your first two years. Tackle diverse problems. Like figuring how high a lobe on a cam should be in order to yield a certain compression ratio. How to stop cab vibration in semi-trailer trucks. How to control exhaust emmission. Soon you'll start thinking like a giant. You'll grow bigger because you've got more going for you. OD is the "big scoop" at Conoco. It's our term for You'll find an open mind attitude the key factor at the many kinds of careers that are available to the Conoco — we need new ideas and vigorous ap- person who thrives on working hard and has fun proaches now. We operate in small, personal doing so. Created by our exceptional growth record groups, where you can function independently and retain your individuality, in an internationally diver- and current development program, OD is an atmos- sified environment of petroleum, chemicals, coal, phere offering a future for management, technical fertilizer and plastics. All degree levels are needed and professional talent — to people ready to step — the B.S. grad will have meaningful responsibilities into new and stimulating challenges early in their from the first day, knowing that he will have the free- careers . . . people involved in the complexity of dom to learn from his mistakes and that he will re- solving important problems... people who translate ceive credit for a job well done. If you're the QAM accomplishment in terms of tangible recognition. for the AO at Conoco, you have maximized your OD. That's the scoop! Shell is a pair of sneakers-made from our thermoplastic rubber. Shell is a milk container—we were a pioneer in the all-plastic ones. Shell is a steel island—we are installing deepwater platforms for drilling and produc- ing offshore oil and gas. Shell is a clear, clean country stream —aided by our non-polluting detergent mate- rials. Shell is a space capsule control-ener- gized by Shell's hydrazine catalyst. Shell is food on the table—made more plentiful by Shell's fertilizers. Shell is mileage gasoline-developed through Shell research. Shell is a good place to build a career People dorit just work at Texas Instruments They make a career out of it. It's true. People do make a is to conduct the business in such it to us. We welcome the oppor- career out of Texas Instruments. a way that you retain your individ- tunity to give you a comprehensive And we plan it that way. uality and can relate your own per- look at Texas Instruments and what sonal goals to those of the company. we have to offer. Since World War II, TI has grown 200-fold to a $580-million And finally, yes, because you'll Continuing planned growth in find TI a different kind of com- Research & Development, Mate- billings level. Yet, with all this rials, Components, Equipments and growth, it has not been necessary pany. Different in management Systems, and Services. for us to go outside the company to philosophy. Different in organiza- fill a principal managerial position. tional structure. Different in the You m a y be saying to yourself, way we seek and do business. That's fine, but can TI keep grow- We have a comprehensive bro- ing at a rate that will offer me the chure which will show you some same opportunities?" of the ways we are different, some Our answer is yes. of the reasons why we can offer you Yes, because we have set a new really exciting growth opportuni- growth goal —to become a $3-bil- ties in a wide range of disciplines. lion company in the next decade. Then, if you like what you read, Yes, because one of our impor- we hope you'll fill out the resume tant management responsibilities attached to the last page and mail The following is a tentative listing of companies interviewing Engineering majors during the Winter Term 1968. Each Monday of the regular term the Placement Bureau publishes a bulletin containing the companies interviewing and majors and degree levels sought for the following week. The Bulletin is the most reliable source of Placement Bureau information. Appointments must be arranged at least two days prior to the time of interview. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Marathon Oil Aerojet General Corp Union Carbide Bunker Ramo Corp. DuPont Taylor Instruments Xerox Bendix Warwick Electronics F.M.C. Corp. American Electric Power Ser- Vestal Chemical Labs Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. vice Corp. Scott Paper Co. Peoples Gas Ohio Lime Co. Consumers Power Co. Kimberly Clark Corp. U.S. Army - Corps of Engineers Sylvania Pure Oil Dewey & Almy Chemicals Dow Chemical Co. Dow Chemical Northern Natural Gas Westinghouse Electric Corp. U.S. Plywood Corp. The Mead Corp. U.S. Naval Air Test Center International Harvester The Budd Co. International Mineral & Chemical WEEK OF JAN. 29 - FEB. 2 International Paper IBM Sinclair Research Kaiser Aluminum Eastman-Kodak U.S. Steel Corp. Standard Oil of California North American Aviation Sinclair Refining Allis Chalmers Baxter Laboratories Wright Patterson AFB. (Aeronau- Ford 3M Co. tical Systems) Cooper Tire & Rubber Philco Co. Hewlett Packard Sperry Phoenix Co. Inland Steel Ingersoll-Rand National Steel Interlake Steel Co. Masonite Corp. WEEK OF FEB. 26 - MARCH 1 U.S. Steel American Can Co. Hercules Inc. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Burroughs Humble Oil Texaco Inc. Brunswick R.J. Reynodls Co. Cummins Engine Co. Inc. Fairchild Camera And Instrument Sherwin Williams Co. Corp. Detroit Edison Sparton Electronics R.C.A. Anaconda Wire and Cable Toledo Scale WEEK OF FEB. 12 - FEB. 16 U.S. Naval Weapons Lab. Idaho Nuclear Corp Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Whirlpool Hughes Aircraft Shell Oil Armco Steel Bendix Chev. Flint Mfg. Co. Jet Propulsion Labs Collins Radio SCM Microstatic Div. Mobil Oil Bell Systems NASA Timken Roller Bearings Radiation Inc. General Electric Cornell Aeronautical Labs, Continental Oil Co. Republic Steel foungstown Sheet and Tube Miles Labs Square D Co. Hupp Co. - Gibson Refri. Div. U.S. Naval Ordance Test Station LTV Aerospace American Airlines Weyerhauser Co. Sundstrand Corp. Marshall Space Flight Center Douglas Aircraft Toledo Edison Mississippi ValleyStructuralSteel Automatic Electric Co. Lockheed Owens--Corning Fiberglass Corp. Leeds and Northrup Colgate Palmolive Gulf Research & Development Vicks Chemical Cadillac Gage Co. Emerson Electric Caterpiller Tractor Lear-Siegler Inc. Hamm's Breweries Scott Paper Procter & Gamble Lawrence Radiation Lab. Industrial Nucleonics Olin Texas Instruments Uniroyal Grumman Aircraft WEEK OF FEB. 5 - FEB. 9 Honeywell Inc. New York Central Eli Lilly Co. Firestone Tire & Rubber Dow Corning TRW Inc. WEEK OF MARCH 4 - MARCH 8 Vick Chemicals Philco - Aeronautics Div. Borg Warner Research Magnavox Co. Tocco Induction Heating Owens-Illinois Union Carbide Youngstown Sheet and Tube General Motors International Milling Kelsey Hayes Hercules Co. Continental Motors Motorola TRW Borg Warner Union Electric U.S. Army Engineers Lear Siegler Inc. National Twist Drill & Tool oilman Inc Interstate Electronics American Oil Co. WEEK OF FEB. 19 - FEB. 23 Humble Oil & Refining B.F Goodrich Amoco Chemicals Corp. National Cash Register U.S. Gypsum Charmin Paper Chrysler Univ.ofMichigan (Inst. of Science P.R. Mallory & Co. Inc. Amer. Bosch Arma. Corp. & Tech.) Lockheed, Missile and Space Dana Corp. International Harvester. The first producer in the huge Chicago steel district to apply continuous casting commercially... the first U. S. producer to cast basic oxygen furnace steel in billets on a commercial basis... operating the world's largest billet continuous casting machine. ..and now with vacuum degassing. Bet you didn't know we produce steel... or that we're already producing gas turbine engines to serve tomorrow's power needs. You know we make farm equipment and trucks. Our name is a giveaway for the farm equipment. Our success in trucks is equally obvious. One heavy-duty truck out of every three on the road today is an International. IH today is a leader in many diversified fields that multiply your opportunities from raw steel, through production, to sales and service. Care to explore a few of our fields? 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Tell our Manager of College Relations that you'd like to talk it over. "Well, here we are again." "That's sinusoidal, you idiot." "Yah." "Where do we put the ammeter in the circuit to "I wonder what kind of orgy we perform this measure source current?" week? "Across the source, I guess." "Beats me." "What happened?" "Anyone read the experiment yet?" "The needle went around three times and dis- "No." appeared." "Not me." "Try a bigger meter." "I did." "That needle just went around twice and melted. "Darn you, Taylor. You know the rules of our "They don't make meters like they used to. club. Nobody reads the experiment until fifteen "Which one of you guys is taking down the data? minutes after the period starts." "I thought you were." "I must have been out of my mind." "We don't have any data yet." "1 guess we might as well get this show on the "We'll have to fudge that into the report." road." "What kind of curve should we use this week for "Where do we plug this?" our graphs?" "Try your ear!" "I always had good luck with the one with a bi "It says here, 'From your knowledge of the sag in it." oscilloscope gained in previous experiments, con- "Yah, that one always works great." nect the scope into the circuit shown, so the fluctuation across the unilateral filibuster may be "What happened to Taylor?" observed.! " "I charged up that big capacitor and touche "What's a unilateral filibuster?" wire to each of his ears." "Beats me." "Get off the floor and stop goofing off, Taylor." "I'm snowed." "Here's some numbers on this piece of paPer. "This must be it." They look good enough for data." "That's my eraser." "These last eight parts don't work so let's check "It says here, 'Plot the suicidal source current as a function of time.' " LABYRINTH . . . Materials, Soil Mechanics, Hydro- IMAGE . . . credits received. It is not the dynamics, Environmental Engin- I asked him how he paid for amount of credits that count but eering, Structural Synthesis, Hy- all his activities. what a student gets out of the draulics and Highway Facilities. "I work a lot," he answered, course. If there is a complaint The purpose of the laboratory ac- "I'm a busboy in the Union Grill." on the content of the course then tivity varies with the subject. In Suddenly my friend looked at the this is justifiable. There have been Surveying, the student learns to clock. "Oh, damn," he said, "I'm complaints made to Dr. Chetrick operate transits and levels and to late for my hairdressing appoint- about the chemistry department take measurements in the field. ment. I've really got to go -- labs r e q u i r e d of chemical en- In Soil Mechanics, the student it's been almost a week since gineers, but he can do nothing conducts experiments in the labor- I had my sideburns trimmed." about these. The reason that more atory and studies the physical This surprised me. "Wait a min- credits are given to the lecture characteristics and behavior of ute," I said. "Aren't you going sections is that there is not as different types of soil. In Hydro- to show me your slide rule, or much work involved in the labs. mechanics laboratory the student s o m e pictures or something? The Chem.E. lab is designed to observes the phenomena of fluid Aren't you even going to recite arouse the curiosity in the student. flow and takes measurements on a some poetry for me?" Requests for night labs have shown number of flow phenomena. The word "poetry" stopped him that the lab is accomplishing this In the Senior Year, a number in his tracks. He leaned across purpose. of our laboratories are related the table and whispered: There is no cookbook type of lab. to analysis and design of facili- "Don't tell my advisor, but I'm The instructor gives the student ties. These are essentially calcu- still writing poetry. Of course, I a problem and lets him design the l a t i o n sessions which develop stopped reciting it in public. But experiment. Safety is emphasized c r e a t i v e thinking, engineering s t o p by the apartment some- to a great extent in the labs. judgment and analytical skills in time and I'll give you a private solving problems facing the en- reading of my latest work, 'Metal- DR. C. E. CUTTS gineering profession. lurgy At Midnight.' I consider it Civil Engineering The laboratory activity broad- my masterpiece. See you later." Mr. Levenf eld has inquired about ens the student's experience in And with that he was gone, leav- the undergraduate laboratories in observing and measuring physical ing me to ponder over those fa- the Civil Engineering curriculum. and chemical phenomena and bet- mous words of the Brooklyn Dod- It should be noted that we have ter prepares him to solve the en- gers, "Wait till next year . . ." laboratory sessions in Surveying, gineering problems of tomorrow. with the help of Foxboro instrumentation Cookies and gasoline are but two of the Foxboro — a fast growing company in a products Foxboro instruments help make a nondefense industry. better. We could name lots of others — Talk to your Placement Officer. Look clothing, paper, steel, chemicals — all fund- through the Foxboro Capabilities Brochure amental to high living standards. Our people find the world of process con- in his office . . . then let us tell our story trol a rewarding place to live and work, a in person. Write: place where individual talent and initiative are recognized. Professionals like you are finding just the opportunities they've been looking for with you're equally comfortable with a wide range of specialties Asayoungcollege grad joining Pan Am's team of range (radar, telemetry, electrical, optics, command/control, tim- Professionals you'll get the best pad-side seat in the nation. ing, hydraulics, statistics, infrared, orbital mechanics, Before you know it, you'll be helping to engineer the track- structures, aeronautics, instrumentation, communications, ing. telemetry, communications, data handling and display etc.). systems-or providing launch and base support operations Talk to your Placement Director. It could be your first step -for many of the nation's major space shots along the 10,000 miles of the Eastern Test Range from Cape Ken- to the Cape. Or write for more information to Manager of nedy to the Indian Ocean. College Relations, Dept. 309L, Guided Missiles Range You'll work with a lot of highly imaginative hardware and Division, Pan American World Airways, Inc., 750 S. Orlando Ave., Cocoa Beach, Florida. An Equal Opportunity Em- systems engineering that is as advanced and complicated as the space action we support. And you'll soon find that ployer (M/F). J j ast year around the first of November, I received, by letter, an invitation to join the Tau Beta Pi Association, which, accord- ing to the letter, was an honorary organization dedicated to the re- cognition of outstanding scholar- ship among undergraduates in all fields of engineering and various o t h e r high-minded goals and a moment. Throw out all of the ideals. By changing only the name high-minded, but for the most on the letterhead and the field of part empty, pious platitudes being recognition, it could have been voiced about Tau Beta Pi (or any made virtually impossible to dis- other honorary, with few excep- tinguish this letter from half-a- tions) and consider what's really dozen others which I have re- happening. Each year, Tau Beta ceived or seen from various or- Pi and its numberless counter- ganizations with either Greek titles parts recruit new members with or similar indecipherable nomen- high-minded statements and a g a n i z a t i o n and exhort them to clatures. Now, upon completion of week of generally purposeless ac- higher goals or similar ends. But this essay and several other lip- tivities ingeniously contrived by most important, the member now service tasks (such as spending the actives of the organization, has three more Greek letters to a weekend filing a hunk of bronze mostly to get back at the new tack on the end of his name, and to smoothness; a definite mind- pledges for what they had to go perhaps one more certificate to improving task), I shall become a through the previous year. After hang on his wall, or even another part of the Tau Beta Pi Asso- this week of such activities, the pin to wear on his suit jacket, ciation, and next year be one of new pledges are "initiated" into Here is the only real tangible those responsible for the dis- full membership in the organiza- v a l u e of the usual honorary. semination of similar letters to tion in ceremonies which, depend- Haven't we all had the pleasured other aspiring engineers. Thus the ing on the organization, may vary having someone ask "Gee, what's wheel will come full circle, and be from something similar to early that pin you're wearing?" and an- repeated again and again, in the pagan rites at Stonehenge to atro- swering "Oh, that's my Alpha same cycle. cities somewhat comparable to ac- Sigma Sigma pin.", and having the But wait! Let's stop and ex- tivities some twenty-five years person look properly impressed, amine this endless pinwheelingfor ago at a place called Auschwicz. although in 99 out of 100 cases he Now that the new pledge is an knows absolutely nothing about the "active", what has he got? Well, organization and is being only if he wishes he may, depending on polite? And, of course, job in- .the organization, attend a meet- t e r viewers and graduate school ing or two a month to discuss are always great places and people basically plans for the next pled- for such name dropping,Sothe ging and initiation ceremonies. honorary is of some value,ifonly Perhaps a dinner or dance for the from the monetary standpoint of members may be held during the helping one to get a better job year, and, more unlikely, an im- when one leaves school. portant speaker in the field of All of this leaves something recognition may speak to the or- to be desired, however,inmy opinion. Somewhere back when it all began, before the ball got to r o l l i n g on inertiaalone,each honorary, Tau Beta Piincluded, actually meant somethingofwhat it claims to mean in its flowery statements to its members. It actually was somethingofgreat internal personal valueandhonor to its members ratherthanjust another bunch ofGreekletters, But then, I guess that not my concern. Why rock the boat? Use this page to jot down what you know about Allied Chemical. Don't look at it again until after you've talked to our interviewer. Then see if you really knew all that we're doing today. Some of our best engineers are still students. Take the head of one of our We try to make self-improvement Systems Sections. He puts in a work- easy at AC Electronics—where we crammed week riding herd on the specialize in research, development development of AC's new Ship's and production of guidance, naviga- Self-Contained Navigation System tion and control systems for military, (SSCNS). But come Tuesday nights, space and commercial applications. he's down at the university (he'll Our Career Acceleration have his Ph.D. next June). He's one Program, covering both technical and of our top engineers. Still a student. management preparation, helps pave He's typical of our moonlighting the way upward in your career. Our "student" engineers who spend their Tuition Plan pays your tuition costs workdays on advanced projects like when you complete college-level Apollo, LM, Titan III, MAGIC courses. Full General Motors .series on-board computers, Carousel career benefits along the way are IV (AC's inertial navigator for another plus. Boeing's new 747 jet), a fire-control If you're completing your B.S. system for the Main Battle Tank or M.S. in E.E., M.E., Math or (a joint U.S.-Federal Republic of Physics, ask your college placement Germany Program). officer about a General Motors/AC Then there's another kind of on-campus interview for positions at student engineer. He's in college all three AC Electronics locations- somewhere completing his degree. Milwaukee, Boston and Santa He strives for the top grade in his Barbara. Or write directly to class. And usually makes it. He has Mr. R. W. Schroeder, Director of no intention of calling his education Professional and Scientific Employ- quits when he graduates. He's got his ment, AC Electronics Division, feet on the ground and his eyes on the stars. He, too, may one day be one of our best engineers. Could we be talking about you? Be one of the more than a hundred students to win this outstanding opportunity. You will study at a prominent university through the Hughes Fellowship Program. Work-study and full-study academic year plans are offered. You will gain professional experience with full- time summer assignments in Hughes research and development laboratories. You may take advantage of a variety of assignments through Planned rotation. Requirements: B.S. degree for Masters Fellow- ships; M.S. degree for Engineer and Doctoral Fellowships; U.S. citizenship; grade point aver- age of 3.0 or better out of a possible 4.0; selection by Hughes Fellowship Committee. For additional information, complete and air- mail form to: Dr. Arnold M. Small, Director, Scientific Edu- cation Hughes Air- craft Company, P.O. Box 90515, Los An- geles, Calif 90009. THE ADVERTISER'S INDEX 48 AC Electronics LTV Aerospace 24 47 Allied Chemical Malleable Founders 43 Allis Chalmer "• Monsanto 2 American Oil 9 Naval Ship Missile Systems 26 Asphalt Institute 55 NCR * AT & T 6 Olin 12 Babcock & Wilcox 19 Pan American Guided Missiles Range . . • • 46 Bethlehem Steel 38 & 56 Pratt & Whitney 28 & 29 Celanese 52 Raytheon 14 Collins Radio 8 RCA 25 Continental Oil 31 Shell 33 Delco 18 51 Teletype Dupont 15 34 & 35 Texas Instruments Eastman - Kodak Inside Back Cover .41 Timken ' Ford 30 53 USAF ' Foxboro 44 .23 Union Carbide 5 Garrett 20 Western Electric ' General Electric Back Cover Westinghouse inside Front Cover GT & E 21 10 Whirlpool 13 Hughes Aircraft 4g • Xerox • ' International Harvester 40 All those memories of childhood . . . discovering . . . doing . . . just existing everything was a new, exciting experience. It's hard to grow up to the everyday grind—and harder still to look forward to working at the same thing day after day. At Teletype there is no "everyday grind"... we're working on tomorrow's equipment today. As a Bell System Company, today's equipment is just a memory to us. The need for new message and data communications equip- ment keeps us on our toes, striving for new ideas and methods con- stantly. To keep up with new trends we need young, vital engineers in all fields—men who have memories of past discov- eries—and the look of to- morrow in their eyes. To discover how you can fit into the company of tomorrow, talk to the Bell System Recruiter when he visits your campus—or write: "It's possible that Celanese won't appeal to you!9 "Unless You're Ambitious, Flexible, Creative, Imaginative, etc/* These U.S. Air Force officers are getting what they want out of life. You can be one of them. The weird scientist looked over First M.E.: "And what are you A space traveling martian, af- r e p o r t s on his life-preserving doing now?" ter trying in vain to get the pumps ionic. "Hmmmmmmmmm . . " he Second M.E.: "Buying old wells, in a gasoline station to talk, gave mused, "I see where my elixir sawing them up, and selling them up in disgust and reported back to has had its first failure -- a for post holes." h i s commanding officer. "Sir, ninety-eight year old woman. Ah, you're not going to believe this," but what's this? They saved the he said, "not only do they jus! baby." , 5e stand there without saying a word . . .but you'll never guess wha be Thermometers aren't the only they stick in their ears." Overheard in Dean's Office -- things that are graduated and have Dean to engineering student: degrees without having any brains. "Aren't you ashamed to be seen be here so often?" The none-too-bright Chem. E. S t u d e n t : "Why, I've always be had been dating the same girl thought of this as a respectable for over a year when one evening place." "You know what Lady Godiva said the girl's father confronted him as she rode through the streets and wanted to know whether his Se of London bareback and naked?" "Oh what a cool saddle!" intentions toward his daughter were honorable or dishonorable A sheriff rode up to a group of poker-playing guys in a west- "Gee," said the young Chem. E. ern town, and looked at them from swallowing hard, "I didn't know I his trusty mare. One of the play- be had a choice." I looked up and said: "Care for a little stud?" "Don't mind if I do," replied Of course you're the first girl I ever kissed," said the senior 51 C.E.: "Do you believe in free the horse. EE as he shifted gears with his foot. love?" Coed: "I haven't sent you a bill Se be have I?" The engineers have a new game An Englishman returned to his they play. Three guys rent a motel home after a trip to America, and room and they all bring a quart was telling his friend of the odd be of Cactus Jack with them. They American games. Then there was the engineer wh sit and drink for an hour, then "One of the queerest games couldn't spell who spent the night one of them gets up and leaves. is c a l l e d 'Oh Hell' I t h i n k , " in the warehouse. The other two have to guess which "Oh Hell?" he said, "how do one left. they play it?" "Well, everyone is given a card Se It is rumored that one E.E- Se with a lot of numbers and then a man yells out the numbers. Sud- professor recently became awar that his class had drowsedoffon Hit by a speeding midget sports denly someone yells 'Bingo' and car as she was strolling across him, and he decided that he woul a country road, a little hen got everyone else yells 'Oh Hell' . " catch everyone offguard.Hesud- up, smoothed down her feathers denly dropped into double-talk, and muttered: "Lively little cuss, but he didn't get anywhere." Si "You then take the loose sec- tions of feathered smiggsandgweld The difference between a mar- them, b e i n g careful not to over- 5e ried man and a bachelor is that when a bachelor walks the floor heat the broughtabs. then ex- t r a c t and wampt them gently for Critic: "It strikes me as being with a babe in his arms, he's about a time and half. Fwengle an impressive statue, yet isn't that trying to sober her up. each one twice, then swiftly dip rather an odd posture for a general them in blinger, if handy. Other- to assume?" wise, d i s c r i m i n a t e the entire in- Sculptor: "It isn't my fault. I s t r u m e n t in twetchels.Arethere had the job half done when the Engineer: " i ' m n o t feeling my- any q u e s t i o n s ? " committee decided they couldn't " Y e a h , " c a m e a sleepy voic afford a horse." self tonight." from the back of the room. "wha Coed: "You're telling me." are twetchels?" 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