Mary id, 395% ”lifts John Scapin, (311.48. “I definitely think that seniors are better informed on placement procedures than they were in the past. Mr. Minkler did a bang~up job of presenting the necessary in- formation on placement procedure. The senior class placement com- mittee deserves a vote.of thanks from the student body for the ex- cellent job they did in arranging placement lectures. I think that the follow-ups of the lectures in Tech- nology News helped to get impo1- taut points across One minor fault * that one might find with the placement office is the fact that they were a little slow in getting job notices up on the . bulletin b o a r d. i This was bad for ,7 people, like me, who checked the board at regular intervals and not everyday since deadlines for some of these jobs were past by the time I got to see them and the notices went un- answered. Despite this minor flaw, I think that the placement office co-operated to the fullest extent in helping to get jobs." Frank Svclnis, 1E8: “I’d say that seniors are better informed and more interested in placement procedures than they were in the past. The reasons for this lies in the fact that the labor market has dropped. There are many thousands more engineers graduating- this June than there are jobs available. The newspapers By Paul Mandelstein Qflm'fi'lfll‘d: Are seniors now better iniurmed on placement than they were hetero? have made seniors awale of the need to be well informed on place- interview gradu- ates for jobs, sulting in the hir~' ing of many se— niors. The place» ment office also has done a magnifi~ cent job of interesting other compa- nies in technically trained person- nel, The speeches, lectures and skits that were arranged by the senior class placement committee were very helpful. I also think that the young ladies in the placement of— fice deserve the thanks of all seniors Pi for the good job that they are, doing.” Paul Larson, TEES: “Seniors are much better in- formed about placement procedures than they were in the past. The Technology Newis placement series was a great boost in , informing seniors on vital points. The place- ment office dida fine job this semes— g tor for the gradu- ates though they ' were less effec- tive last semester. ,. Last semester's many aes 1n mid-year. The placement teams brought about an increase in job opportunities by bringing more interviewers to this campus. I have heard only complimentary state- ments with regard to llT's place- ment methods. The SAM Place— ment Brochure was a great help to those who were able to take advantage of it. Also Hal Bergen did a wonderful job for Technology News as the writer of the place» ment stories. Along with this, Technology News did a good job of keeping everyone informed.” Roland Evans, EEB: “Seniors are better informed of placement procedures than in the past. This is due to the excellent placement meetings and lectures that were presented; these were not available to stu- dents in the past. The placement of_ fice did a terrific job of keeping seniors well in« formed. Everyonezi could take as? many interviewsl as he wanted. This was facilitated largely by the place- ment teams who were very efl‘ecw tivc in their work. This practice should be maintainer]. Technology News was instrumental in keeping seniors well informed, also. I hope ”that all of these ideas that are be- ing used in placement, will continue to be used in the future for this was one of the best semesters for placement as far as the placement office’s work was concerned, all things consideredéthe size of. thd graduating class, limited jobs, etc. The placement progress of HT is commendable." counts (Continued from page 2) On the other hand, at IIT, where such organizations are not found, the objectives I mention are also not being attained. I believe that the purposes extra-curricular po- litical activities should serve are not to be achieved simply by the creation of organizations with oil'— campus affiliations. Such organiza- tions may very well detract from these ends. Successful political activity, however, just as industrial, com- mercial, educational, military, or any other activity dependent upon many individuals, cannot be re- alized without effective organiza- tion. The ends I mention can be pursued at IIT only through stu- dent organizations. ,These organ- izations may be independent or frankly partisan; local or affiliates. I’d like to mention some of the kinds of activities that these vari— ous types of student political or- ganization might pui sue to develop political interest, knowledge, and effectiveness on campus. Forums, speeches, field trips, and the like are extremely useful in creating political interest, knowledge, and effectiveness on campus. Interest- ing and informative as these ac- tivities may be, however, it is only when there is a path to effective action, to concrete influence, that the ends can be approached. We tend to be interested in and learn about only such things as we can do something about. Consequently, the suggestions I wish to offer em- phasize “practical politics." “Insuring ‘Clean’ Elections.” Judging from comments made in \my classes, many students believe the tendency is to overestimate the current prevalence of such prac- tices. I think it would be valuable for students to learn how such practices can be controled. A stu- dent political organization could train students as poll-watchers and staff polling places on Election day where it is suspected that such mal— practices exist. University of Chi— cago students worked as poll— watchers in hundreds of election precincts during the 1948 election. 2. “Qualifying Voters.” For either partisan or non~partisan ob- jectives, a student political organ- ization could work to curtail non- voting. 0n campus, it might keep a roster of student addresses and birth dates. Such a roster would be a means of insuring that all Tech students eligible to vote did vote. All students turning twenty-one during an election year, those changing their addresses, and out- of-town students from jurisdictions with absentee voting provisions could be canvassed by club mem- bers to make sure that they had complied with registration provi- sions. Such activities might pos— sibly be extended to include alumni. This would salvage hun— dreds of “lost votes ” A partisan student organization need add only one little gimmick to convert such activities to party purposes. A Republican club would concentrate its activities on seeing that Res publican-minded students eligible to vote were properly registered (or had applied for absentee ballots in the case of outoof—towners). But to do this, the Republican club would also have to do the job faced by bottom—level Republicans every- where~a canvass to find out who are the Republican-minded stu- dents. Such activities, besides hav- ing tangible results, would be ex— tremely practical training in one of the fundamental tasks of the political worker. 33. “Getting Out the Vote.” An— other major task of any political organization is “getting out the vote on election day”~all voters, if it’s a non—partisan organization, or “our voters” for the partisan or- ganization. Highly effective and rather complex techniques have been developed for direct contact of the apathetic voter and for the general drum-beating that provides the facilitating background excite- ment. 4. “Off Campus Activities.” Both non-partisan and partisan organi- zations can provide direction for students who wish to work actively off campus for the party of their choice—01' for nonvpartisan, “good government” candidates or issues. At the University of Washington a workshop on practical politics is in its second year of activity. It is sponsored by the campus YMCA and YWCA. Although conducted on a non—partisan basis, leaders of the program at the University work closely with both the local Young Democratic and Young Re- publican groups. I've emphasized in these sugges- tions some of the activities called “practical politics.” I don’t wish to detract from the importance of such activities as debates, speeches, letter—writing campaigns, mock~ conversations, visits to legislative bodies to observe or persuade, etc. I believe, however, that bottom-- level “practical politics" constitutes an area in which anyone and every one can learn to do something effective politically. The corrupt machines need not have a monopoly of this area in which all elections are won and lost. By learning the game at this level, students can not only get some understanding of the “grass roots” nature of the demo» cratic government, but can also learn how, through organization and action, visible effectiveness for one’s political beliefs can be achieved in a democracy. A de— mocracy cannot afford the “apoliti- cal” type. A. Biderman Department of Political and Social Science 0‘1. Mechanical engineering: students who have completed at least one year of college by June and who have maintained an average of 2.70 or better, will be eligible for in~ tel‘VleWS by Mr. A. V. Larson, di- rector of personnel for the Union Special Machine Company. The interviews, to be held at 1:10 p. m. on Wednesday, will be a dis- cussion of the company’s opportu— nities for cooperative students. The four openings represent a possibil— ity of placement three years prior to graduation, according to Harold Minkler, director of placement. Ad- ditional information may be ob- tained from Minkler in ZZSMC. NiFl. AND MRS. LIGHTNER pose with (from left to right) John,3 years old, Tommy, just born, Peggy Ann, 4 and Christine, 2. Peggy Ann, John, Christine, Tommy! That’s the line- up at the Lightner home. busy wife, are actually in a class by themselves. John Lightner, EE class of ’50, and Dolores, his The Lightners have had a baby each year while John has been at HT. 113% rotor a some toils iii undulations By Henry Holmes Advanced BE students he get- ting an opportunity to take a ring- side scat at the conference table during the crucial sessions of labor-management conferences through a “you are there" tech nique being pioneered by the de- partment. Students are “sitting in" without. even being: at the table in person. This has all been made possible by the addition of a portable tape recorder to the equipment of the department of business and eco— nomics at IIT. Since last summer, Bertram Gottlieb of the BE de- partment has been making record— ings of activities in the labor- management fields. Dr. Pearce Davis, chairman of the BE department, feels that this is one method by which students can gain an intimate knowledge of labor—management relations. Ac- cording to Dr. Davis, it is part of an overall plan to compile a record library that will include recordings of union meetings, collective bar- gaining sessions, speeches by lead— ers of labor and management, arbitration hearings and any other activity of educational value in classes studying “Collective Bar— gaining," “Human Relations in In- dustry” and “The Development of Union Organization and Policies.” Gottlieb claims the record for the first recordings of such a “top secret meeting” as the contract negotiation held between the Inter- national Chemical Workers Union, A. F. of L., Local No. 241, and the S. Buchsbaum company of Chicago. As an “outsider,” Mr. Gottlieb had the unusual privilege of recording the meeting complete and without censorship. Another “first” Wu as claimed when Gottlieb was invited to re- cord for academic use the full proceedings of the Midwest Confer- ence of the ICWU, held March 4 and 5 of this year in Chicago. Topics of pensions, worker educa- tion, labor history and future union plans were discussed freely and re— corded in their entirety. Remarks of Dr. Burleigh Gard— nor, executive director of Social Research, Inc., were recorded when he addressed members and guests of the Business and Economics club 1 “Unions in Industry" in April. “These recordings will be of in- valuable assistance to all students by helping them supplement their academic training with insights into the many personnel problems with which they will become con- fronted during‘ their industrial careers,” Gottlieb stated. As a matter of fact, though the Lightnei family turns out to be 'about as typical and average as an ad, except that the kids are just about ten times as boisterous and happy as typical kids are supposed to be. But there are no words of wisdom, no sage advice. The only baby books-around the house are all about rabbits and bears and such, but not about babies. Ac- cording to mom and pop Lightner, thing's couldn’t be betterwif only they had more space. (Anybody got an apartment?) How do they do it? If there are any patent answers to that ques- tion, the Lightners didn’t have any. The Lightner home is at 5000 north and 2000 west, so that Daddy Lightner (he’s all of 26) has about 21,40 minute drive enroute to his three 8 o’clock classes. Thursday and Friday mornings the first class is at 11 and this allows a little extra time for rec~ rcation like reading Brer Rabbit in the evening. Four evenings a week he teaches math and televi- sion at the American Television Laboratories school downtown. On these evenings he’s home at 8:30 and can put the older kids to bed. Studying begins at some uncertain time after all of this. How does a guy get this way? Well, John is from Maywood, and Dolores is a Chicagoan, so they certainly aren’t imported talent. He was in school at Notre Dame when the Enlisted Reserve Corps was recruiting men for pro-radar training in Chicago in 1942. After this electronics work, including a course at UT, be shipped off to Crowder, M0,, and then to New Guinea. He was wounded out there and shipped back just in time to meet Dolores at a Hallowe’en dance. They married in June, l944. After the war, John spent a year as a design engineer at the Majes- tic Radio Corporation. Since then he has been teaching and hopes to make it his career. I—Ie’s managed to be active in IRE and the News man club and is chairman of the field trip committee for the AIEE. rarity dresses to sponsor alloy The MT Faculty Women’s club will sponsor a play entitled “Jason," to be given at the Good- man theater June 3 at 8:30 p.111. All proceeds will go towards financing; the building campaign inaugurated by the Ada. S. McKim ley community house. All seats will go at $1.25, with none being re« served. The play was written by Samson Raphelson, a former student of Lewis Institute. it concerns 51 drama critic and his dramatic life. and had a run in New York last year.