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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1949
Business Placement Bureau Matches Job And Student
Business men are progressively realizing that one of the best places to recruit good personnel is the nearest college or university, says Frank Pinet, instructor in economics and director of the Business Placement Bureau.
The Business Placement Bureau was a direct result of the huge post-war influx of students. Mr. Pinet said the School of Business realized the increasing need for the service to students and to industry.
Assisting Mr. Pinet is Keith Weltmer, assistant professor of economics who specializes in placing accounting students.
Graduating seniors are requested to fill out forms that better enable the bureau to place the individual. In this way the school improves its relations with business organizations and the public.
When the forms are filled out, the student has an interview with one of the members of the bureau. The bureau then tries to determine the best course for the student to pursue and also advises him. There is no cost in position to hire him. There is no cost to the student for the service.
Mr. Pinet and his assistant also make appointments for students with representatives of various companies.
Throughout the semester inquiries are received from the largest corporations on down to one-man businesses. Today there are many openings in the fields of merchandising and sales. Public and industrial accounting are also used with this year. Banking and investment, industrial management and production, follow in that order.
Mr. Pinet said that before the war, most K.U. graduates went to the east coast for employment. Today the graduates are trying to stay in the midwest because salary scales are more equal now than before the war and because many of the graduating seniors are married and the housing situation here is better.
About 25 per cent of the graduates in 1950 will stay in Kansas. Another 25 per cent are expected to go to the east and west coasts while the remaining 50 per cent will settle somewhere in the midwest.
The average graduate will probably start at $200 a month.
Nancy King Recital Shows Rich Quality
By Fave Wilkinson
A sparkling performance by Nancy Messenger King, soprano marked her senior recital Wednesday.
Mrs. King's voice has a rich quality, especially in the middle register. Her tones for the most part are open and well-supported. After the first few notes she relaxed and seemed to enjoy singing her program of classical, German, French, and English compositions.
The drama in the German group by Schubert, Brahns, and Richard Strauss was forcefully depicted by the soloist. Particularly appealing numbers in the other groups were the aria, "Tacea La Note Tortoise" (Dorothy Mozait), "Cleuxum de Bois" (Debusy), and "Segudilell" (DeFalla). Clearer enunciation would have made the English songs more effective.
The accompaniments of Robert Wynne, fine arts junior, contributed much to the success of the program
Civil Engineer Society Will Meet Today In Snow
The American Society of Civil Engineers will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in 101 Snow instead of Friday as announced in the University Daily Kansan.
A three-dimensional movie will be shown at that time and the public is invited. Nomination of officers and a business meeting will follow.
Publicity Tips Given At Clinic
How to write and how to get good news publicity for campus and civic organizations was the theme of the first two meetings of the Theta Sigma Phi publicity clinic Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Theta Sigma Phi, an honorary, professional fraternity for women in journalism, is sponsoring this clinic for publicity chairmen from Tuesday through Thursday. Tuesday speakers were Marvin Rowlands, former managing editor of the Daily Kansan; Carol Buhler, journalism senior; and Emil L. Telfel, assistant professor of journalism. Wednesday speakers were Ernest Pontius, advertising manager, Lawrence Daily Journal-World; Mrs. Kathryn Stevens, society editor, Journal-World; and Frankie Waits, society editor, Daily Kansan.
The final session of the clinic will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in 106 Green hall. Speakers for this "round-up" meeting will be Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, and Paul Husted, city editor of the Journal-World.
At the first session Rowlands told representatives of campus organizations the steps a news story goes through in being printed. He explained the basis for judging publicity items.
Miss Buhler discussed advertising methods used in obtaining publicity. She told the steps in planning an advertising campaign and discussed the distribution of an advert-ing distribution of circula-tors, gift novels and posters.
Mr. Telfel illustrated the techniques of writing a brief, to-the-point news "lead." He said that a celebration, party, or dance should be written up simply, with the most interesting points used first.
Mr. Pontius said that the single-line advertisement at the bottom of the front page is the best kind, but it is more expensive and must be packed with meaning. He recom- mented a list of websites for small advertisements, and the classified section of a newspaper for advertising bargains.
Mrs. Stevens listed "do's" and "don'ts" for publicity chairmen, which included checking of spelling and initials, using the wife's married name in society articles, emphasizing anything out of the ordinance in the lead, using the third person, and keeping sentences bort.
She said that all articles for the Daily Kansan should be typed, if possible, and that nicknames should not be used. She said that the deadline for society items is 2 p.m. the day before publication. There is no charge for printing pictures of pinnings and engagements. Pictures and information must be turned in within two weeks of the event.
Miss Waits explained that the "Up and Coming" column on the society page of the Daily Kansan lists future events and that the "Socially Speaking" column tells about past events.
Boston—(U.P.)—A new candy bar has made its appearance in a shop on famed Newspaper Row. It's apt name—Scoop.
New Candy Bar Aptly Named
1949 Air Deaths May Be Lowest Ever Recorded
Washington. —(U.P.) This year already has gone down in the records as the second worst in history for scheduled airlines in numbers of fatalities. But when the big increase in passenger volume is considered, the 1949 fatality rate may be among the lowest ever.
The Monday night crash of a Capital DC-3 airliner in the Poortomac river was the fourth on scheduled airlines this year. Its four fatalities—two passengers and two crewmen—raised the 1949 death toll to 91 passengers and 11 crewmen. This was exceeded only in 1947, when 199 passengers and 17 crew members perished in five crashes.
Barring further accidents before Sunday, Jan. 1, Civil Aeronautics board officials estimate that the 1949 fatality rate may average about 1.2 or 1.3 passengers for every 100 million passenger-miles flown. This would be among the lowest rates in civil aviation history.
Government investigators are still trying to determine the cause of Monday's crash, in which 18 passengers and one crewman escaped death. The tragedy demanded for establishment of the old air safety board that was wiped out by a presidential directive in 1940.
He said the plane was flying a level course at about 300 or 400 feet as it came in for an instrument landing. The pilot, he said, apparently was dissatisfied with the approach and decided to gain altitude—possibly to circle the field again. But just as the plane began to climb, he said the right engine sputtered and gave out.
Joseph W. Buell, 26-year-old flight attendant who was the lone survivor among the crew, told newsmen that one engine failed at a crucial moment in the approach to the airport.
July 30. Eastern Airlines DC-3 in an aerial collision with a navy fighter plane near Chesterfield, N. J. Twelve passengers, three crew members, and the navy pilot died.
The crash had the lowest fatality total of any major scheduled airline accident this year. The other three and their death total were as follows:
Nov. 1. Eastern DC-4 in a collision with a F-38 fighter plane at Washington National airport. Fifty-one passengers and four crewmen perished in the worst disaster in the history of civil aviation.
An estimated big expansion in air travel this year helped to account for 1949's low fatality rate.
Nov. 29, American Airlines DC-6 in a crash at Dallas Texas. Twenty-six passengers and two crewmen were killed.
Board Of Regents To Meet Here Friday
The December meeting of board of regents will be held in the Eldridge hotel beginning at 10 am Friday.
Board of regents members who will attend the meeting are: F. M. Harris, chairman, Ottawa; Willis N. Kelly, Hutchinson; Mrs. Lee Haughey, Concordia; Dr. L. B. Spake, Kansas City; Grover Poole, Manhattan; J. E. Driscoll, Russell; Drew McLaughlin, Paola; Lester McCoy, Garden City; Oscar Stauffer, Topeka; and Hubert Brighton, secretary, Topeka.
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Union To Hold Open House
Recent developments in sub-sea oil prospecting in the Gulf of Mexico were discussed by Dean A. McGee Tuesday before University students and faculty members in Lindley hall.
The oil man spike of the large extents of underwater petroleum fields. He said that wells are being drilled in some cases as far as 30 miles out from the coast of Louisiana and that most owners have unwarranted ownership of offshore drilling is now being contested in the U.S. Supreme court.
CASH AND CARRY ONLY
The Union will hold open house Sunday through Tuesday, Dec. 20.
The wassail, a hot spice drink,
will be served from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
sunday in the Union lobby
after the Christmas vespers. It will
be served again from 2 to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, December 19, and
from 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec.
20. Members of Delta Delta Delta
social sorority will sing in the
lobby from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 19.
The open house will be sponsored by the Union and the secretarial and public liaison committees of Student Union Activities.
Geologist Talks On Sub-Sea Oil
Mr. McGee is the executive vice-president of the Kerr-McGee Oil company, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mr. McGee told of a method of prospecting for oil by means of sound waves which are artificially set up in the ocean bed. He recounted some of the problems involved in protecting drilling operations, and described a drilling platform that is used in the Gulf projects.
The average sub-sea well, Mr. McGee said, costs between one and two million dollars.
Mr. McGee, a native of Humboldt, was graduated from the University in 1926 as a geology major. He served as a geologist with the Phillips Petroleum corporation for several years, holding the position of chief geologist from 1935 through 1937.
In 1837, Mr. McGee joined Robert S. Kerr, now U.S. senator from Oklahoma and former governor of that state, to form the present oil company. Senator Kerr is president of the company.
Crash Victim Tells Own Story Of Snowy Wait
Glendale, Calif.—(U.P.)R a d a r technician. Robert Bryant mumbled through chapped lips a story of how he survived six days on a s n o w-blanketed mountainside where his light plane crashed.
Bryant, still on his feet when he was rescued Tuesday, gave bare details of his ordeal in the rugged mountains 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Doctors at the sanitarium where the 26-year-old navy veteran was brought to recuperate had to restrain him from wast ing his strength in talking. They were amazed at his ability to withstand subfreezing temperatures at a 7,000-foot elevation.
He said his only food was acorns, washed down with melted snow. The nuts and his own courage sustained him, and he was still staggering down a narrow canyon that leads into desolate Devil's Heart peak when found.
Bryant walked a mile with the 13-man rescue party from Fillmore, Calif., but he had to give up and be carried the remaining five miles to an ambulance.
He suffered most from frost-bitten feet, although his leg, hip and ribs were battered in the crash Wednesday afternoon.
"Other than that," Dr. L. J. Klingbell said, "he seems to be in remarkably good condition."
Doctors limited him today to liquids and soft foods because of his weakened condition, and a final diagnosis of his injuries awaited
"But I feel good—now that it's over," he said.
he spent the night after the crash in his plane, a Culver Cadet, and wandered around the peak on following days, he said. In hopes that the wreckage would be sighted from the air, Bryant always returned there for the night.
"After I took off from Glendale," he said, "the plane iced up, and I couldn't get enough altitude. Visibility was poor, and then I crashed." He said he passed out for about a half hour but felt fairly well after recovering.
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