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These graduates needed: Electrical Engi- neering, Mechanical Engineering, Physi- These graduates needed: Electrical En- cal Sciences, Business & Management g i n e e r i n g , Mechanical Engineering, Sciences. Chemical Engineering, Materials Sci- ence, Marine Engineering, Ocean Engi- These graduates needed: Physical Sci- neering & Science. ences, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Teach kids who must learn five Engineering, Civil Engineering & Indus- times as much as kids did forty years trial Engineering. ago. Westinghouse has just created a Clean up t h e air with the company new company to explore teaching prob- that is taking the fumes out of power lems, devise new methods, machines generation. Westinghouse built the first ana systems to help students learn Work with computers with the nuclear generating plant. We need more more than students ever learned before company that automates industry's most people to help us fight air pollution by —and learn it better. We want the bright- complicated processes. Westinghouse building the largest, most advanced nu- est people around—and even for them Prodac computer control can start, stop, clear power stations in the world. it won't be easy. track, control things in steel mills and complete chemical plants. Now Westing- house is being asked to tackle more of the critical processes in industry. We're looking for the most creative tacklers we can find. These graduates needed: Electrical En- gineering, Mechanical Engineering, In- dustrial Engineering, Industrial tech- nology, Chemical Engineering,CivilEn- gineering. Want to change the world? Your best op- portunity lies with a companylikeWest- inghouse. Contact L. H. Noggle, Westing- house Education Center,Pittsburgh,Pa. 15221-or see the Westinghouse inter- viewer on your campus. These graduates needed: Electrical Engi- An equal opportunity employer Inpm 9 f a ^ u a t e s n e e d e d : Industrial Man- neering, Industrial Management, Com- " n t - . 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Hoenke IMPURE MATHEMATICS 39 ADVISOR WORDS ABOUT WISDOM 42 DEPARTMENTS: 5 EDITORIAL DEAN'S LETTER 7 48 ENGRINEERS 49 AD INDEX 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. We have hundreds of engineers, chemists, and physicists exploring their own ideas for the companythat'swillingtowaitandletthemdoit. Take a closer look and you'll see that NCR makes com- puters, electronic accounting systems, highly sophisticated solid-state communications systems for space and defense applications, and you'll see that even our good old cash reg- isters have become advanced information machines for businessmen. In a list of "emerging ideas of 1966," Business Manage- ment magazine credits NCR with two out of seven: pioneer- ing in laser technology for recording data, and development of our new PCMI microform system that puts the Bible on a projector slide. When you start looking, look closely at NCR. NCR can sur- prise you; maybe you have some surprises for us. Write to T. F. Wade, Executive and Professional Placement, NCR, Dayton, Ohio 45409. Most of you know people who are in Viet Nam. or will go there in the near future. Many of you know people who have been there and returned, or who have been there and will never return. And then a few of you know people who will risk jail rather than go. In any case, the decision to go or not to go has been made in many cases not by the individual, but by a local draft board. When the draft is considered today, Viet Nam must be considered too, for one implies the other to an individual eligible for the draft, and when Viet Nam is considered there is usually trouble. We have all heard the saying that it is easier to Point out an evil than to provide a correction for it. This, in one sentence, is my opinion of Viet Nam. I don't know much about the use of napalm, Many of you who are reading this editorial gas, or fantastic anti-personnel weapons. I don't will soon have to decide about the validity of the know much about murdering women and children, killing the United States is doing, and the draft will Whetherthey are murdered by Americans or Viet speed up your decision. If you decide that the war Cong. My faith in the mass media, including Joe is unjust, and you are drafted, you will be faced Pyne and other "unrehearsed" interview shows, is with a few grim alternatives - Canada, jail, or the too low to let myself believe that the facts I have swallowing of your beliefs. If you select induction, been given are the whole truth. In short, I know however, you can still refuse to fight. You will just nothing about why we are in Viet Nam, what we be taken to where the fighting is and be allowed to are doing there, or why we are staying. I cannot use your own judgement. say what would happen if we left, nor can I say what good we are doing there. I can say, however, that killing is evil, whether done by an army or Clyde Barrow. Tt's reassuring to have a good name behind you. But a name is only a handle which describes the quality of people working for it. Monsanto is swiftly expanding in exciting directions. Monsanto needs more of the same high caliber personnel it presently employs-both graduating students and experienced men and women. Engineers, scientists and college graduates at all degree levels are wanted, and op- portunity for growth is an understatement! If you are talented; if you have big ideas; if you'd be proud to say, "I'm from Monsanto," we really ought to get together. Meet the Man from Monsanto when he visits your campus. Or write: Monsanto Company, Manager, Professional Recruiting, Dept. CL 698 St. Louis, Mo. 63166. It is not the intent of these remarks to enter deemed to be in the national health, safety, or into a dialogue concerning the relative merits and interest shall be eligible to request demerits of the selective service system. Rather, continuation in Class II-S." the purpose is to highlight some of the existing selective service regulations and to share some observations assessing the present draft situation The literature relating to this policy has been relating to occupational and graduate student optimistic in recent months with the expectation deferments. that the exemption of graduate students in the The following paragraphs have been taken health-related sciences would be broadened. from the 1967 Draft Act pertaining to graduate However, as you are aware, the recent student deferments: interpretation from Washington via General Hershey simply reaffirms the existing policy as "A student shall be placed in Class II-S if he is stated. satisfactorily pursuing a course of graduate The following paragraph reflects the policy study in medicine, dentistry, veterinary for occupational deferments as presented in the medicine, osteopathy, or such other subjects 1967 Draft Act.: necessary to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest as are identified by "The Director of Selective Service may from the Director of Selective Service upon advice time to time upon the advice of the National of the National Security Council." Security Council identify needed professional "A and scientific personnel and those engaged in registrant entering his second or and preparing for critical skills and other subsequent year of graduate study without essential occupations. Employment in such interruption on October 1, 1967, may be occupations is the basis for requesting Placed in Class II-S. However, he shall not be occupational deferment. When such lists are deferred for more than one additional year to ob prepared, they will be available through tain a master's degree; or for more than a Selective Service. Prior to the publication of total of five years past the bachelor's degree to new lists of critical occupations and/or obtain a Ph. D.; or for more than one activities, local boards may continue to use as additional year whichever is greater." guidelines for occupational deferment the "Any registrant enrolled in his first year of Departments of Labor and Commerce Lists of Post-graduate study on October 1, 1967, or Critical Occupations and Essential Activities accepted for admission for that year, may be that were in use prior to enactment of the Placed in Class II-S if he has entered the first Military Selective Service Act of 1967." class commencing after the date he completed the requirements of admission. He shall be We have presently reached a point for students deferred for one academic year only, or until which I choose to call an "era of uncertainty". he ceases satisfactorily to pursue his course of This phrase may appear trite to some and study, whichever is earlier. At the end of that unscholarly to others, yet in talking with several one year, students pursuing a course of study students during the past few months, uncertainty CONTINUED ON PAGE 43 UNIQUE... Because Allis-Chalmers serves so many industries in so many vital ways. No other manufacturer researches, develops, builds, markets, installs and services as vany products and processes for as many specialized needs as does Allis-Chalmers. Our unique combination of capabilities serves all major industries including agriculture, electric utility, mining, metals, construction, cement, chemical, pulp and Paper,food,material handling, general industry and aerospace. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?. . . 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If you're up to facing the challenges of modern industry, if you've got the initiative, ingenuity and training to thrive on tough problems, join the team. Write The Timken Roller Bearing Company, Canton, Ohio 44706. Fell our Manager of College Relations that you'd like to talk it over. 1116 year is nineteen-hundred sixty-eight; the place is a Vietnam is a small country, able to fit within the rice paddie, or a jungle river, or maybe a small Vietnamese boundary of some of our states. Yet, week after week, village. Americans, but more important, human beings, are month after month, even year after year, we blast this land fighting there, killing, and being killed, dying for causes and its people with every weapon our technology provides which are so vague and cloudy in the sense that they are (except for the big one) and still the war goes on. And then Whed. Freedom for the oppressed people and an one hears these words: "Aw shucks; we can beat them opportunity for them to choose their own form of anytime we want to." Who are we kidding? Why won't the government. That really sounds impressive on paper. And leaders of this great nation be honest with the masses that so, we move through the countryside, burning, destroying, they lead? Is withdrawal of troops that ridiculous a killing, trying to save the small country of Vietnam. Save prospect? If it is help we wish to give, is not money spent from whom? Why, the Vietnamese, of course! on a shovel sent to Chile much more rewarding than the I do not pretend to be an informed person when it comes tear on a Vietnamese child's face as he watches his home to the minute details of the war in Southeast Asia in which burn to the ground? our country is involved. But, then, this paper contains opinions which are far removed from fact in that they may only be true to the person holding them. Therefore, I We hear on the news report, "one-hundred twelve continue along my way without worry about being wrong Americans killed this week, three-hundred enemy dead." (very mysterious word indeed). Disagree, please, but How ridiculous this sounds to the mother of one of these know why. statistics . . . War is a phenomenon which has existed on earth down I love my country and believe in the principles upon through the ages. War originates from a disagreement as to which it was founded, but I wonder if the war we are now therighto r wrong (there is that word again) of an issue or fighting is consistent with these principles. Someday I may action.ourcountry has been involved in many wars, from point a gun into the face of a Vietnamese soldier but before the evolutionary War to the two world wars with others I pull the trigger, I hope to God that I know why he must occuringchronologicallyin between. And they have had die. purpose and objectives which I shall not be concerned with Opinions, thoughts, ideas, viewpoints; these are inthisdiscussion,Itis the meaning and purpose of the presented in the preceding discussion. To me, they are very present conflict which our country is engaged in that realI for they are my beliefs. It is my hope that reading these question. words has caused others to ask the question, why. When life was easy . . . the end of the world was three blocks away (as far as mom would let you skate). Things have sure picked up since then you can not only travel to the ends of the earth today—but to the moon tomorrow. At Teletype we're working on tomorrow, and we need bright, aggressive individuals to work with us. We need the kind of kids that explored every inch of those three blocks yesterday—to explore every mile of the road to tomorrow — a tomorrow which will demand the best in message and data communications. 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What kind of a mind Does it take to design A gun that will kill many people Or deliver a bomb With designer's aplomb To destroy every home, church and steeple We work and we slave In the 'home of the brave' To learn what makes worldly things function Then apply what we've learned Watching cities be burned And we really have zero compunction Well, we're engineers now We can all take a bow We are here for the world to find But when faced with a chore That will make better war STOP! Think - is it helping mankind? Satellites, Broadcast Studio When you select the Company that Development, Manufacturing, Equipment, Conversion Receiver and you want to join, consrder how Operations Research, Finance, Power Tubes, Laser and Electro-Optic important it is for your future career Management Information Systems Devices, Microwave Systems, Medical to join the leader. For example, in and Purchasing. 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Pan Am's Aerospace Services Division has development program gives you actual So you can see that with all this range been continuously responsible since 1953 contributing assignments involving instru- in so short a time, you'll be able to tell ex- or the engineering, operation and main- mentation hardware or systems support- actly where you want to go in your career. tenance of Cape Kennedy and the Air ing the nation's space launches at Cape Kennedy. The entire Eastern Test Range For more information, see your Place- Force Eastern Test Range (ETR). is your classroom, and the best range pros ment Director, or write to Manager of You start in Pan Am's unique engineer- in the business are your instructors. College Relations, Dept. 309C, Aerospace ing training program with complete brief- Services Division, Pan American World ings by each of our engineering managers Formal instruction includes briefings Airways, Inc., 750 S. Orlando Avenue, ... in telemetry, frequency control and on range instrumentation concepts, ad- Cocoa Beach, Florida. An Equal Opportu- analysis, command and control, data dis- ministrative approaches and engineering nity Employer, M&F. play, radar, data processing and analysis, techniques that are the heart of a suc- THE WOMEN IN MY COMPUTER'S LIFE One afternoon about the middle of Engineering, one Civil Engineering, and even an occasional large party - would winter term I was sitting in the Spartan one Chemical Engineering. All of the do in a pinch. With whom? Well, would Engineer office discussing the topic of girls in the 'normal' engineering field you believe Sarah has a boy friend the day, which happened to be were freshmen. whom she met while waiting in line at distribution of the then current Spartan the computer center...of all romantic Engineer. Being basically curious As any self-respecting man knows, places! He is also in Computer Science (nosey), I sifted through the pile of having a girl's phone number and and a term ahead of Sarah, which was magazines and came up with one which actually talking to her are two entirely typical of most of the girls who had boy had a woman's name on the mailing different t h i n g s . After m a n y friends in the same field. label. not-so-valiant attempts, I located and The talk turned to classes. I was After a shallow investigation, it was talked with many of these girls. The rest curious as to how Sarah felt in an found that there were indeed women of this article is devoted to defining the E n g i n e e r i n g class amid America's receiving the Spartan Engineer - all of 'Woman Engineer.' handsome intelligent young engineers, about ten. We concluded that these As in any other group of people, the their sliderules, advanced calculus and women must be engineers. This small girls represented a cross-section. They crude language. Sarah, in turn, replied scale investigation brought upon my were rich and poor, smart and not so that she didn't know what I meant. She head the task of seeking out these smart, tall and short, good looking and was a junior and had taken only two or women who had chosen the challenging not so good looking, self-assured and three engineering courses, and before career of Engineering. A trip to the nervous. that, she was in classes with all types of pleasant women in the Engineering Let's listen in on. a typical interview. m a t h majors, physics majors, and office rewarded me with a list of The first step is to call the prospect and education majors. Women Engineers compiled for the m a k e an a p p o i n t m e n t . At the "Well, how about the two or three Society of Women Engineers at the pre-arranged time, I end up at her dorm. you have taken?" beginning of the term. So . . . with confidence 1 proceeded to call the "Hello, is Sarah Peabody there?" "Oh, those ... I don't know...I guess 1 information operator to find out if After the usual five minutes wait feel just like a girl taking any other these women actually exist, and if so, which was brightened by the girl at the course. There are several other girls in where they might be found on campus. desk, Sarah walked up and said, my computer science classes, you Any student at M.S.U. knows that the "Are you Mike?" know." . phone book is as changing as Romney's My heart can't decide what to do I didn't know because I had barely opinion on a given subject, but after a with all those butterflies and moths made it through Engineering 100, which while I managed to get the numbers I interfering with its function, but the was Introduction to Fortran when I was needed. interview proceeds. a freshman, and I had since elected to I guess I half expected a sloppy, fat A word might be said here in the way stay away from programming. girl wearing a slide rule on her girdle, of clarification of the term 'engineer'. Sarah thinks of herself primarily as a bermudas and knee socks, an M.S.U. Unknown to me was the fact that the girl, secondly as engineer, and talks and sweatshirt, tightly curled hair and no majors of Computer Science and a c t s a c c o r d i n g l y . She feels that make-up. I was pleasantly surprised. Engineering Science are included in The engineering was a man's field back when Standing before me was a pleasant College, as well as the normal major engineers wore metal helmets and made young lady wearing a skirt and sweater, fields of s t u d y . In the bridges, but now there's no reason why hose and an inviting smile. for-what-it's-worth department, here are girls shouldn't be engineers. This; did not the statistics, just to get them out of the We proceeded to the lounge and strike me too funny. I asked her how way: There were, as of Winter '68, found a couch among the necking she would feel coming home and having twenty-four girls enrolled in the College couples. I inquired as to the lack of her husband ask her how it wentatthe at the Undergraduate level, of which shadows and rings underneath her eyes office, as he served her dinner. After a seventeen are freshmen, one sophomore, (a mark of the College), and discovered few giggles and several "I don't and six juniors. The majors of these girls that her average study time nightly is in know's", she concluded that she'd like run as follows: nine Engineering the neighborhood of two hours. I asked to marry a more intelligent man...would Science, seven Computer Science, three Sarah what it was she liked to do in her quit working except of courseona no major, one Metallurgy, two Electrical spare time. Her first preference was consultation basis when they had attending movies, but small parties - children. CONTINUED ON PAGE 43 In the last issue of SPARTAN ENGINEER there appeared a contest which was to test whether or not the average engineering student knew "Where it's at" or, more specifically, whether this student knew his way around the Engineering Building. The results indicate that not only does the average engineer not know where he is but that he doesn't care. Succinctly put, there were only three entries. Thank you, readers. 17th-century Space Flight. Cyrano de Bergerac's science fiction fantasy about a box propelled into space by rockets came close to fact. Before the end of this decade, Apollo and LM will indeed be thrust to the moon by rockets, | guided by AC Electronics guidance and £ navigation systems. Navigation, Second-Century B.C. Hipparchus's second-century astrolabe was used for celestial navigation until the mid-18th century. Today, ships still depend Turtle vs. Eagle. 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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. are certain draft exempt professions The work of the engineer is funda- which are critical to the national well- mental to the existence of other pro- -being. Among these are math and fessions. Among these are the deferred science teachers, doctors and dentists, doctor and dentist. The engineer is and some highly trained engineers and responsible for the manufacture and scientists working on government de- development of medical necessities such fense projects. Graduate school defer- as antibiotics, artificial kidney ments are given only to those students machines, dentist's high speed drills, sur- The male college senior faces many pursuing a course of study in medicine, gical instruments, and even ambulances. problems concerning his future. He dentistry, veterinary medicine, and op- Without these things, the doctor would must choose between getting a job tometry. What happens to the young not be able to work as efficiently and immediately after graduation or con- engineer who can not obtain a defense effectively as he does now. The im- tinuing his education and job prepara- job or one who wishes to continue his portance of the doctor is obvious, but tion through graduate studies. Today, education by going to graduate school? the role of the engineer can not be however, his decision is being com- Unfortunately, he is drafted. overlooked. plicated by the ominous shadow of the Is not the work of the engineer as In order for this country to grow great American Eagle. The United States vital to society as the work of the economically, socially, and technically, is engaged in a controversial war in doctor and dentist? Look around you! we need more engineers of the under- Southeast Asia and is availing itself of Nearly everything you see is the work of graduate and graduate level. They the conscription laws. As an an engineer. He is responsible for the should be considered just as essential to undergraduate, the student has pushed development of new types of synthetic the nation as other professions, if not the fear of the draft into a corner of his materials used in clothing, of modern more so. The Selective Service and the mind for he is 2-S and draft exempt for farming and food processing techniques, President should be made aware of this the present. It is only as he approaches and of conveniences for the home. He and consideration should be given to the dreaded day of graduation that he plans new cities, designs and supervises changing the draft law to make pro- becomes harried by the thoughts of the construction of buildings and de- visions for granting deferments to prac- being whisked away from his career to velops new transportation and com- ticing engineers and graduate student . the rice paddies of Southeast Asia. munication systems. He basically adapts If something is not done soon, Ameri- nature's forces and resources of material ca's future corps of engineers will be Washington has declared that there and power for the benefit of man. depleted and America will suffer. The day you come to work for us, you are given a job you It's a tough assignment, but you'll find out where you might think your boss should do. And we'll give you a year stand within a year. to prove, in action, that you're management material. Like to be one of the college graduates we challenge As an engineer you'll have a chance to solve difficult this year? technical problems and show how the results could affect Be sure to make an appointment with your Bell System the entire company. Or as a manager you'll take charge recruiting representative when he visits your campus. of a group of experienced telephone people, Or write: Your boss will be there. To counsel you when you ask. Personnel Manager, College Employment But even more importantly, to gear your assignments to American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 195 Broadway your talents. So you can advance as quickly as possible Room 2116A, New York, N.Y. 10007. into Projects that further stretch your ability . . . and your Positions are available throughout the U.S. Please include your geographic preference, imagination. A couple of issues back, the "Spartan Engineer" published an article entitled "What is an Honorary?" This was not the first time I had read the essay, because I was responsible for granting the magazine permission to print it. The article in question was written, strangely enough, as part of the membership requirements of Tau Beta Pi - that of writing an essay. It may sound para- doxical that the president of an honor society would let such an attack be printed, but the fact of the matter is that since its author was merely misin- formed and since it afforded me the opportunity to write this article in rebuttal, 1 was happy to give the O.K. Perhaps I should begin by quoting the gist of our "high-minded ideals," in order to put the various criticisms voiced, and my answers to them, into a better perspective. Tau Beta Pi's pur- activities with vindictive sneers, re- ing a "Books for Asian Students" drive pose is to "mark in a fitting manner" membering the tortures of their own this spring. There is always the chance those who have conferred honor on pledge week. I think perhaps now it is to have lectures from distinguished themselves and their alma mater obvious that any smiles directed toward scholars sponsored by the local chapter through distinguished scholarship and pledges are indicative of pleasure that -- bene fitting members and non- exemplary character, and to "foster a the high ideals of our society may members alike. And then there's the spirit of liberal culture" in the engineer- actually be realized in their prospective "meeting or two a month". How many ing colleges. But just what does all this predecessors. It may sound corny, but of you E.E.'s know what a C.E., or an mean to Joe Engineer, when it comes to a real Tau Bate, it's true. M.E., or an Ag. E. studies? A meeting is right down to the nitty-gritty? I won't bother answering the com- a pretty good chance to find out. Unfortunately it seems that Mr. Ring's ments likening initiation ceremonies to article pretty well sums up the average Auschivicz and pagan Stonehenge, since Finally, the active chapter holds a ban- conception of Tau Beta Pi at M.S.U. So obviously when the article was written, quet - with all the trimmings - once each let's take a closer look. the author had no conception of their year. Here's a chance for a guy to show true nature. Suffice it to say his com- off for his girl, get a meal he'd never see Mr. Ring's main objection seems to in the dorms, hear an interesting talk parison sounds more like the stereotype lie with the "pledging" activities. He from the featured speaker, all in the of a fraternity Hell-Week of about ten finds that they are generally senseless, amiable surroundings of friends - fellow years ago than the formal ceremony of non-mind improving, and even perhaps Tau Bates. These banquets are attended an Honor Society Initiation. vindictively applied. However, with a by the Dean of Engineering, professors, little serious thought, one can see past That leaves us with the subject of local distinguished engineers, and their the seeming fruitless inanity to the true "What now, now that I'm an active?" guests. One of our new initiates last purposes, which we believe necessary if Intuitively, one major role of any February enjoyed dinner with Biggie we are to ensure the fulfillment of our society is that of self-preservation. Munn, a guest at that particular ban- "flowery" ideals. A certain amount of Therefore, quite naturally much time quet. pride in achievement and evidence of a an effort is put into the recruiting of In reading over this paper, I've man's true character are shown in the new members. But what of fulfilling our noticed the appearance of the word end result of filing that hunk of brass. stated goals? Our key fulfills our first "chance" quite frequently. I guess And it takes some small measure of purpose to a great extent by visibly dedication to stick around Engineering marking our members. Thus if one is so really, Mr. Ring, that's what an Honor Building acquiring the signatures of fac- inclined, he can go around and show it Society is really all about. We can screen ulty members, graduates, and actives, off - that's what it's there for. Perhaps members as to ability and somewhat as (not to mention getting a chance to its beholders don't always know what it to character, but no Honor Society meet the faculty on an informal non- stands for, but there are two good should be a "be all and end all". It's classroom basis). I don't think it's answers to that: 1)Verbal communi- really only a milestone, a beginning, asking a lot to have a prospective cation (tell him.) 2) Does it really make even. It affords its members many member try to meet the present mem- a difference? I know what it means, and chances toward a multitude of diverse bers, either. But if it's mind-improve- so does every other of the 135,000 activities and situations. But it's only ment the pledge is looking for, what members of our association. the opportunity. The rest is up to its better opportunity than the writing of As for fostering a liberal culture in members. And that, Mr. Ring, is what s an essay? Tau Beta Pi places no re- engineering schools, this is up to the behind that smile when we walk up to strictions as to subjects through the local chapter. Here at State, besides you and say, "Congratulations, Wel- offering of special prizes for outstanding doing our darnedest to get pledges to do come to Tau Beta Pi!" papers in this field. Mr. Ring may original writing and to meet the faculty, Nick Esser, observe that the actives watch all these we offer a slide-rule to the top engineer- President, Michigan Alpha ing freshmen each year. 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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 carry a 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. 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They were alarmed by Happiness is measured by the incipient materialism and the quantities of luxury, leisure-aiding items concomitant departure from Nature. one owns. "They measure their esteem This, they felt, possessed all which man of each other by what each has, and not required for his happiness; one should by what each is," lamented Emerson. A employ leisure time in contemplation socially oriented self-consciousness has and study of the natural environment. arisen around chattels, and the There is beauty and understanding to brouhaha of attaining a "success image" enjoy in the stars, the forests, the has banished forever simplicity and con- waters. There is pleasure in leisure so tentment. "The higher type of man is spent. Thoreau retured to Walden and calm and serene; the inferior type of worked but six weeks in the year to man is constantly agitated and wor- provide for the other forty-six. He lived ried." The Delphic oracle precipitated at subsistence, delighting in his nearness the Greek renaissance with two simple to the trees and animals about him, and maxims: "Know thyself; and "Never boasting of his rejection of society. "I to excess." This latter is the sage's had three chairs in my room; one for sufficiency, Emerson's functionalism, solitude, two for company, and three and Thoreau's economy. The ancient for society." That two visitors might Greeks proved the profound importance adequately represent society affirms of moderation; Thoreau hoped his ex- that the self-reliant transcendentalist's ample might reawaken an appreciation best room is his with-drawing room. for simplicity. He observed that "a man The common interest of men has is rich in proportion to the number of changed from their surroundings to things he can afford to leave alone." their persons, but not philosophically, Food is purposed solely for susten- rather materially. As ance; one can quite well survive on a specialization increases, so also minimal diet of flour, vegetables, water, i n t e r d e p e n d e n c e . The cheerful and occasionally fish. It is mere waste self-reliance revered by Emerson has and folly for people to require an yielded to the machine of Vance extensive cuisine. Sturgeon eggs Packard's pyramid. Confucius said, imported from Russia, octopi imported "The higher type of man seeks all that from Japan, and filleted piranha from he wants in himself; the inferior type of the remote Amazon consumed for man seeks all that he wants from exotic prestige are manifestations of the others." Nature has lost its impact. Men new system of values. Recognition for a have too little leisure, and this little is virtuous manner has been supplanted by spent on excitement, variety from recognition for an excessive manner. workday drudgery. A new concept of The fashionably ostentatious are aped CONTINUED ON PAGE 43 with the help of Foxboro instrumentation Film and steel are but two of the products Foxboro — a fast growing company in a Foxboro instruments help make better. We a nondefense industry. could name lots of others — clothing, paper, chemicals — all fundamental to high Talk to your Placement Officer. Look living standards. through the Foxboro Capabilities Brochure in his office . . . then let us tell our story Our people find the world of process con- in person. Write: trol a rewarding place to live and work, a place where individual talent and initiative are recognized. Professionals like you are finding just the opportunities they've been looking for with want technological growing room? HOW about 109 depths of up to 2,000 feet. 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Anu that we've been as- also available for graduate students in And it's not just the technology, though signed to develop the submarine design math, physics, psychology and applied of course you'll be involved in state-of- that all other yards will be following when mechanics. the-art developments in electronics, nu- converting Polaris submarines for Posei- clear propulsion, structural dynamics, If you missed our on-campus interviews don operation. metallurgy, to name a few. Equally im- but would like to contribute to the new portant is the systems approach we're Speaking of development, we have a aqua-space technologies we're develop- applying to all phases of submarine con- "people development" program designed ing, write to Mr. Donald K. Whynott. 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Boeing has won range attack missile, now being designed Boeing, the Lunar Orbiter was the first U.S. the design competition for America's super- and developed by Boeing, is a supersonic spacecraft to orbit the moon, to photograph air-to-ground missile with nuclear capabil- sonic transport. The Boeing design features earth from the moon and to photograph the a variable-sweep wing, titanium structure ity. Boeing also will serve as system inte- far side of the moon. All five Orbiter launches gration and test contractor. and other new concepts and innovations. resulted in successful missions. CH-47C Chinook Helicopter. Boeing's new- NASA Apollo/Saturn V. America's moon Boeing 737. Newest and smallest Boeing rocket will carry three astronauts to the moon est U.S. Army helicopter is in flight test at jetliner, the 737 is the world's most advanced Vertol Division near Philadelphia. Other and return them to earth. Boeing builds 7.5 short-range jet. 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IMPURE MATHEMATICS Once upon a time (1 /T) pretty little Polly Nomial was strolling across a field of vectors when she came to the edge of a singularly large matrix. Now Polly was convergent and her mother had made it an absolute condition that she must never enter such an array without her brackets on. Polly, however, who had changed her variables that morning and was feeling particularly badly behaved, ignored this condition on the grounds that it was insufficient and made her way in amongst the complex elements. Rows and columns enveloped her on all sides. Tangents approached her surface. She became tensor and tensor. Quite suddenly, three branches of a hyperbola touched her at a single point. She oscillated violently, lost all sense of directrix and went completely divergent. As she reached a turning point she tripped over a square root which was protruding from the erf and plunged headlong down a steep gradient. When she was differentiated once more she found herself, apparently alone, in a non-euclidean space. She was being watched however. That smooth operator, Curly Pi, was lurking inner product. As his eyes devoured her curvilinear coordinates, a singular expression crossed his face. Was she still convergent, he wondered. He decided to integrate improperly at once. Hearing a vulgar fraction behind her, Polly turned round and saw Curly Pi approaching with his power series extrapolated. She could see at once,by his degenerate conic and his dessipative terms that he was bent on no good. 'Eureka', she gasped. 'Ho, ho', he said. 'What a symmetric little Polynomial you are. I can see you're bubbling over with sees.' 0 Sir,' she protested, 'Keep away from me. I haven't got my brackets on.' Calm yourself, my dear,' said our suave operator, 'Your fears are purely imaginary.' I,I she thought, 'perhaps he's homogeneous then.' 'What order are you,' the brute demanded. 'Seventeen', replied Polly. Ourlyleered. T suppose you've never been operated on yet,' he asked. 'Of course not', Polly cried indignantly. 'I'm absolutely convergent.' Come, come', said Curly. 'Let's off to a decimal place I know and I'll take you to the limit.' Never', gasped Polly. Exchlf, he swore, using the vilest oath he knew. His patience was gone. Coshing her over the coefficient with a log until she was powerless, Curly removed her discontinuities. He stared at her significant places and began toothing her points of inflexion. Poor Polly. All was up. She felt his hand tending to her asymptotic limit. Her convergence would soon be gone for ever. There was no mercy, for Curly was a heavyside operator. He integrated by parts. He intergrated by partial fractions. The complex beast even went all the way around and did a contour integration. What an indignity. To be multiply connected on her first integration. Curly went on operating until he was absolutely and completely orthogonal. w hen Polly g o t home that evening, her mother noticed that she had been truncated in several places. But it was too late to differentiate now. As the months went by, Polly increased monotonically. Finally she generated a small but pathological function which left surds all over the place until she was driven to distraction. The moral of our sad story is this If you want to keep your expressions convergent, never allow them a single degree of freedom. And you, too, ought to be thinking career. Read our booklet, "Careers with Bethlehem Steel and the Loop Course." It's one of the few books on your required reading list that you won't have to pay for. You can pick up a copy at your placement office, or get one by writing to Manager of Personnel, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, Pa. 18016. An equal opportunity employer in the Plans for Progress Program As an internationally known, highly diversified company involved in petroleum, chemicals, coal, fertilizer and plastics, we operate in small, personal groups where you can function independently and retain your individuality. If you are ready to step into new, stim- ulating challenges. . . if you like solving problems . . . if you trans- late accomplishment in terms of tangible recognition, CONOCO can offer you advancement opportunities in many areas through- out the United States. See your Placement Office now and arrange an interview with us. If you're unable to see our recruiter and want some additional in- formation let us know. Send your resume and a brief note detailing the kind of work you find particularly appealing along with your geographical preference to: Recruiting Administrator, Dept. CEM. "One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems dis- tasteful to me for an entire year. . It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeking and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe that it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry-especially if the food, handed out under such coercion, were to be selected accordingly." INDUS-TREE • • • appears to capture the flavor of the moment. What are the characteristics of this "era of uncertainty?" by monkeys desiring similar attention 1. There are those of you who question whether and status. it is wise to continue plans for graduate The head monkeys in Paris have study; fomented a tradition far beyond prac- There are those of you who question tical economy. It is de rigeuer to employers who have indicated they see no possess an original creation, no matter how outlandish. This new garment must change in the prospects for obtaining be worn with care, only a few times at technical deferments. most. "They...must have new coats, I have no magical answers, wordly insight, or coats to change as often as the man changes in them." Many persons, for inside information to assist you with the dilemma want of self-reliance, have adopted this many of you presently face. It is my judgment warped importance of self, though a however, that many of you are making decisions notable minority does more nearly fol- based on the strict interpretation of the policy as it low the Thoreauvian economy of a relatively few garments worn constantly has been printed. As a result your decisions have and simply reeking of assimilated char- been made without the benefit of the complete acter. To food and fashion may be picture. The criteria quoted above have been added autos, homes, furniture, Christmas accessories, and toys, each established by the Military Selective Service Act of with its own inherently unwonted ele- 1967 and designed to help local boards determine gance. The Germans say, "Besitzen appropriate classifications. Your local board has heisst besetz sein." These things do not the final authority and the criteria for deferments guarantee happiness, they dispose of it. are advisory rather than mandatory. You are strongly urged to contact your local board for an The enjoyment of leisure has been assessment of their position relative to graduate made difficult and expensive. Man bar- gains for more free time and promptly and occupational deferments. flounders in the myriad ways to spend it-none of them after the trans- cendentalist. The nearest are the campers, fishermen and hunters who live in the "wilderness" during vacations or weekends. But our contemporary demands comfort for his sojourn; he had the best climate-proofed tent, canned, like-fresh rations to warm up on his Coleman stove, folding chairs (as though his own seat mightn't serve for a while), and transistor radios and tele- visions with which to keep up on the latest news and be entertained. In many of our more rugged areas, this belated Boone may join excursion groups and carry maps to avoid a confrontation with Nature. Contentment and transcendentalist leisure are incompatible with today's industrialism. Relaxation is often con- founded by a necessity to conclude those last few dutiful details. Leisure time has acquired such ponderous com- plexity that pressure is never allevi- ated-pressure Thoreau never felt. He demonstrated that one can exist most happily on a very real minimum, but he was disappointed that "shams and de- lusions are esteemed for soundest truth while reality is fabulous." Mondays never look the same to Bob Byse When you're breaking ground on a new idea at Delco, you don't see a lot of your own desk. For Bob Byse, design engineering means work with two dozen solid professionals . . . people whose specialties range from microelectronics to model making to production. Wherever the project leads, Bob Byse is on his way. And every skill is at his disposal. Right through full production. And beyond. If there's trouble shooting under dealer warranty three years from now, Bob Byse is still the man we'll call for. 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In ad- t other groups can obtain our sound film "En- gineering Flexibility." Write Steel Founders' Society of America, Westview Towers, 21010 dition to offering an unlimited range of Center Ridge Rd., Rocky River, Ohio 44116. Three degrees you can get in college: Overheard on campus, one coed to He drove quite a distance into the B.S., and everybody knows what that another, describing her date: "He was country, stopped the car and asked the means; M.S., which, naturally, means more of the same; and Ph.D., which like a big neutron-all mass and no girl, "Are you a Chesterfield or a Camel girl?" means 'piled higher and deeper.' charge!" Somewhat confused she asked, e "What do you mean?" Se SIGN ON DOOR OF DOCTORS walk a mile?" OFFICES: He said, "Would you rather satisfy or "That man made love to me, Judge," said the plaintiff in the breach- DR TOM SMITH, PSYCHIATRIST of-promise suit. "He promised to marry DR. TIM JONES, PROCTOLOGIST be me, and then he married another wo- SPECIALIZING IN ODDS AND ENDS Sorority Girl: "What makes me so man. He broke my heart and I want popular with the boys? Is it my looks? $10,000." She got it. 5B EE: "No." Girl: "Is it my personality?" The next case was a damage suit EE: "Nope." An EE was trying to explain the brought by a woman who had been run Girl: "I give up." EE: "That's it." meaning of static and dynamic energy over by an automobile and had three to his girl friend while they were in a broken ribs. She was awarded $300. parked car. Moral: Don't break their hearts, kick 'em in the ribs. EE: "Dynamic energy is con- tinuously changing or moving and static A girl doesn't mind losing her heart energy is still or at rest. Do you think to a man, but she hates to have him SE you understand the meaning now?" start searching for it. A sign displayed near a Miami Beach (getting closer to the girl) real estate development: Girl: "Yes, if you get too dynamic GET LOTS WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG with me you'll be placed in a permanent static state." Se 5e When the Creator was making the world, he called Man aside and be- E.E.: My wife worships me. Chem. E.: Is that so? Si stowed on him 20 years of normal sex A little old lady was coming through life. Man was horrified. "Only 20 E.E.: Yeah, she places burnt offer- customs at San Francisco. An inspector years?" But the Creator wouldn't ings before me every evening. asked her what she had inside a bottle in budge. Si The sweet young thing got herself her valise. "Holy water," she replied in a thick Irish brogue. He called Monkey and gave him 20 years, "But I don't need 20 years," the Monkey protested. "Ten is plenty." involved in a divorce case and was being The inspector uncorked the bottle Man spoke up, "Can I have the other questioned in court. "So, Miss Jones, and took a swig. "For Pete's sake," he 10 years?" The Monkey graciously you admit that you went to the hotel exclaimed. "This is Irish whiskey." agreed to this. with this man?" "Saints be praised!" exclaimed the Then the Creator gave the Lion 20 Yes, I do, but I couldn't help my- old lady. "It's a miracle!" years. The Lion, too, only needed 10 self-he deceived me." "And how did he do that?" "Well, he told the clerk that I was his s! years. Again Man asked. "Can I have the other 10 years?" The Lion agreed. Then came the Donkey. He was given Salesman: "See, I have here some- 20 years, but 10 years was enough for Wif6 -" -#> thing that's guaranteed to make you the him, too. Man again asked for the spare life of the party, allow you to win 10 and got them. be friends and influence people, help you This explains why Man has 20 years Did you hear about the millionaire forge ahead in the business world, and who had his swimming pool filled with of normal sex life, 10 years of mon- in general make life a more pleasant and scotch? It was impossible to drown-the keying around, 10 years of lion about it, invigorating experience." deeper you sank, the higher you got. and 10 years of making an ass out ot Engineer: "Okay, I'll take a fifth." himself. CONTINUED ON PAGE 50 THE ADVERTISER'S INDEX AC Electronics 20 Allis-Chalmers g American Oil 21 AT&T .'.29 Anaconda 13 Asphalt Institute 51 Babcock & Wilcox 52 Bethlehem Steel 40 Boeing 38 Celanese 31 Continental Oil 41 Delco 44 DuPont 25 Eastman-Kodak Inside Back Cover Ford 33 Foxboro 36 General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division 37 General Electric Back Cover IBM 2 International Harvester 16 Lockheed 32 Magnavox 34 Malleable Founders 50 Monsanto 6 Naval Ship Missile Systems 24 NCR 4 Pan American-Aerospace 17 Pratt & Whitney 26&27 RCA 15 47 Steel Founders Society Teletype 12 Timken 1° 45 USAF 8 USAF Systems 1 Western Electric lnside F r o n t Cover Westinghouse 46 Whirlpool Three tourists were standing on This city slicker bought a farm with jokes . . . a street corner in North Africa. They the intention of raising pigs. His farm were an Englishman, an Arabian, and an was five miles from the farm with the "The more I think about going out American. Just then a beautiful woman county champion pigs, ten miles from and getting a job the more I think about walked by. The Englishman said, "By the farm with the state champion pigs, staying on for a Master's." Jove!" The Arabian, "By the Prophet!" and twenty-five miles from the farm The American just shifted his chewing with the national champion pigs. After r%-M • gum and said, "By midnight!" settling down, he put his only sow in a wheelbarrow, walked her five miles to the be county champion pigs, had her bred, A whale and a sardine frequented a 5e and walked back. The next morning he certain bar together, once nightly for Remember, you hold the future of awoke, but much to his disappointment over three years. One night the sardine the world in your hands-sometimes. he found no little piglets. So he put the came in alone. Now, the bartender was sow back in the wheelbarrow, took her an understanding man, so, after a re- ten miles to the state champion pigs, spectable pause, he ventured to ask the fish, "Where's the whale?", thinking of 5^ had her bred, and walked back. The next morning he awoke, but again course, that they were close friends after found no piglets. He put the sow back three years of drinking together. But, to In a water safety class the instructor in the wheelbarrow and walked twenty- his surprise, the sardine indignantly re- was quizzing her students on common five miles to the national champion pigs, plied, "What am I, my blubber's sense in lifesaving techniques. had her bred, and walked back. The kipper?" "What article of clothing," inquired next morning he awoke and asked his the teacher, would you remove last if wife, "Honey, do you see any little pig- you fell in the water with all your lets out there?" clothes on?" At roll call in a Russian regiment, it One little freshman raised her hand. "No," she replied looking out the is reported that an officer sneezed and "The blouse", she said. "Air gets window, "but that old sow is back in four men promptly answered, "Here." under it and acts like a buoy." the wheelbarrow again." 1. Lower stress on subgrade. 2. Reduce total pavement structure thickness. 3. Make many lower quality aggregates usable. 4 . Are frost resistant and do not lose strength during the critical spring-thaw period. 5. Protect subgrade from rain during construction, reduce construction delays due to bad weather. 6. Permit haul traffic on base without damage. 7. Prevent water accumulation in pavement courses, mini- mize need for costly subsurface drainage. 8. Permit large reduction of granular material customarily used in shoulder and base construction. 9. Improve surface riding qualities. 10. Provide for stage construction. 11. Aid uniformity of compaction. 12. Can be built faster and easier than any other pavement type. 13. Are more economical to build and to maintain. 14. Provide a safer driving surface. FULL-DEPTH Asphalt pavement is an asphalt pavement in which asphalt mixtures are employed for all courses above the subgrade or improved subgrade. FULL-DEPTH Asphalt pavement is laid directly on the prepared subgrade. TA—a mathematical symbol used in The Asphalt Institute struc- tural design formula to denote FULL-DEPTH. "I never feel like a rookie" "Sure it's my first year with B&W, but I've been too out making steam generation equipment. That led to busy to think about that. I've been working in my field atomic power stations, nuclear marine propulsion all along, and the training sort of blends right in." equipment, refractories, specialty steel, machine tools, If Randy Trost sounds like a B&W booster, you computers, and closed-circuit TV. (And we still make should hear what his supervisor says about him. the best boiler in America.) We're looking for aggressive, talented young engi- If you'd like to talk with Randy Trost about B&W, neers like Randy. We want you if you want significant call him collect at our facility in Lynchburg, Virginia, responsibility from the start. In fact, we need more AC 703 846-7371. engineers than ever before. That's because we're grow- In the meantime, be on the lookout for the B&W ing faster. Sales were $560 million last year. Up 17 recruiter when he visits your campus. per cent. The Babcock & Wilcox Company, 161 East 42nd That's how it's been from the beginning. We started Street, New York, New York 10017. A Class of 1968 than for the boys of '38. Not all '68's finest ND HE HAD BETTER BE READY FOR YOU. Bosses wh engineering minds disclaim knowledge of how to handle a ° think like caricatures lack the capacity to run important screwdriver nor shun empiricism. We offer excellent carrots, derations that call for the brightest operating talent that a ste along with money, to engineers with a knack for making Pped-up educational system Turns out. The new talent that things work even when they can't explain why. may or may not choose to make itself available takes a care- ful look at the carrots being offered. Once we decide we like that bright new talent-and we decided that quite a while ago-it becomes necessary to put up with their demands. Aside from the expected attrac- tive Package of salary, benefits, and advancement plan, the ones we have chosen to chase often demand in addition an opportunity to try their newer and subtler ways of thought against old problems. As it happens, we need this type badly, because we have plenty of stubborn old problems, plenty of financial incentive to crack them, and a very stable platform for launching new ventures that take a little while to pay off. (the latter must not be underrated as an attraction.) Sweeping generalizations are no more reliable for the Dan Johnson has a flair for making things. Just ask a certain family in Marrakeck, Morocco. At GE, Dan is working on the design for a remote A solar cooker he helped develop is now making life control system for gas turbine powerplants. Some day a little easier for them—in an area where electricity is it may enable his Moroccan friends to scrap their solar practically unheard of. cooker. The project was part of Dan's work with VITA Like Dan Johnson, you'll find opportunities at Gen- (Volunteers for International Technical Assistance) eral Electric in R&D, design, production and technical which he helped found. marketing that match your qualifications and interests. Dan's ideas have not always been so practical. Like Talk to our man when he visits your campus. Or write the candlepowered boat he built at age 10. for career information to: General Electric Company, But when Dan graduated as an electrical engineer Room 801Z, 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. from Cornell in 1955, it wasn't the future of candle- 10022 powered boats that brought him to General Electric. It was the variety of opportunity. He saw opportunities in more than 130 "small businesses" that make up Gen- eral Electric. Together they make more than 200,000 different products.