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Page 5 I I STUDENTS LOOK TOWARD JOB MARKET According to a recent Carnegie Com- mittee on Higher Education study Amer- ican college and university students are gearing their studies to vocational goals. Undergraduate enrollment in such fie- lds as pre-medicine, pre-law, psychology, journalism, social work, and nursing have risen notably this fall. Generally, the current economic con- dition is reflected additionally in the shift away from enrollment in such areas as en- gineering, education, and physics. There recently has been a sharp drop in em- ployment opportunities in these fields. The Carnegie study show that the number of new students entering biology this fall was up by 16 percent over last year's number in a survey of 357 insti- THE POLEMIC Bored with weekend life in the dorm, decided a change was in order. But What? And then I saw it. The new natural resources building. It looked im- pressive as I approached it. That is if you disregard all the junk laying around it. If the exterior was impressive the interior was much more so. Walking up to the fourth floor I received the biggest shock of my life. Well maybe not the biggest, but a shock never the less. Looking out the window overlooking the balcony was the biggest, brownest, most voluptuous mass of smoke and smoke stacks I ever saw. After this temporary shock I looked out over the land, not really a bad view even though the thought that building might not yet be safe for habitation !did kind of bother me. All in all it was nice, very nice. Student Sovernment m uclion DARTMOUTH, Mass. (CPS) -- "Hey, George, what's that out on the front lawn?" "I don't know, Ernie, but if I didn't know better, I'd say it was a helicopter." "George, I think it is al helicopter." "Well, anyway, it's improperly parked. You better go give it a ticket, Ernie." "No, you go give it, George." "Somebody better go, because Rober- ts· and Dean Fontera are out there look- ing at it." On Wednesday, January 19, 1972, Southeastern Massachusetts University Campus Patrolman George Souza issued a parking ticket to a helicopter. The 'chop- per landed on the front lawn and before any questions could be asked, its three occupants disappeared into a nearby buil- ding. tutions. A crowd quickly formed around thE There is still a shortage of trained med- 'copter and included administrators Dean ical personnel and medical schools report · Fontera and a Mr. Roberts. When a- a dramatic rise in applications. ttempts to locate the occupants failed, At Harvard, the number of biology Mr. Roberts ordered Souza to ticket the iiE-;;a;;.....,.maj0rs- rose=0VeF BO -J:)er-esm-- e-11-&f----L-c1<~~""+,...., .. s-----ti- '-'----~'-"""'-~~--~-=='--"'--="'------'==c.........--=--"-~--=----=...._---11--____,'r e,Optei i 11 01 der--that he m i§h4-EJ.e.ter-flm-1-1ittA~e- - -~ year. And enrollment in organic chem- the identity of the occupants. It was istry, a prerequisite for medical school, noted that the machine bore a Mass. has doubled in two years. seal and had a designation of some sort of On the other hand, enrollment in sub- Aeronautical office emblazoned on the jects severely affected by the economic tail. Souza muttered something about slowdown has dropped drastically. ticketing the Governor but set to work. For example, enrollment in aeronaut- It was later found that the culprits ical engineering at the Massachusetts In- were Highway Department officials out stitute of Technology has dipped from photographing the area and that they had 687 students in 1969 to 385 this year. just "dropped in" for lunch. When last At the same time there has been an seen they were roughly headed nor'-nor'- increase in enrollment in oriental lang- east at approximately eight hundred feet · uages courses despite the overall shift and climbing. away from foreign languages studies. Stan- ford University reports over the past two years the number of students enrolled in Chinese and Japanese language courses has increased by 25 percent. D An education planned by students as well as faculty D Small classes D Individualized instruction c 0 D Programs built around student's -~ interests § D Independent studies and field .2 projects C ~ D Written evaluations instead of letter Q) Q) :§ grades Q) Cl Cl Q) -2 D Interdisciplinary approaches Q) = = 0 80 Q) D State-supported college Q) C E D Rural setting C - <1l ""Cl 0 !'! -~ C D Alternative educational method ~ Cl) -5 Q) (field study, special studies, etc.) Q) >- ·- U) ~ Q) ~ Q) Less emphasis on grades Q) = D ,roaio U) <1l "'>ro, Q) <1l ""Cl ""Cl I- a: E C C ~ 0 <1l Q) <1l .c~=Q) I- CJ <{ 0 IT'S HAPPENING NOW AT Q. N Q) cii U) ci5 • (J) Q) ~ E ""Cl ~ <1l ""Cl z <{ 0 ~~~~ If you've ever floated on a waterbed and enjoyed it, you'I I soon have the chance to ooze around on a mud bed. The developer calls it "incredibly com- fortable. It's softer that a feather bed. It's like floating. You can relax com- pletely." The bed is made of a square wooden frame with a sealed bottom filled with "special mud" and covered by a vinyl sheet sealed to the frame. The mud is electrically heated to 85 degrees. ~,--:) POOR CHARLIE TUNA, UNION CHEMICAL HAS BAD TASTE (CPS)--The Union Chemical Company recently announced that a shipment of 5,000 gallons of ultra pure mercury, destined for its giant petro-chemical facility in Stumfton, Ind. was spoiled when a worker, during a routine in- spection, inadvertently dropped a tuna fish sandwich into the tank care in which it was being transported. Com- . pany spokesmen reported that the mercury was found to contain .5 parts per million of tuna and is considered totally unfit for industrial use. Student Center COLLEGE BOOKSTORE