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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY .':, J963.

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Blasts Prejudice Against Women In Science Field

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SAN -FRANCISCO (UPI> —I " W muM !->ok at Ihis from Evelyn ftarrison, one of 2.000 rhe poim of ihe nalion's needs women who have earned cnui-\foc human )'P«OUIVPS as well as neering degrees in U. S. cnl-jfrom 1he right of Ihf individual. leges and universities, believes! "We don't suggest that ull ihere is prejudice against worn-j women work, hut if a worn:m en in scientific fields in this chooses 1o. she should have Uif country. i«nme rights and obligations on Miss Harrison, one of the nij'h-.'U™1 job as a man." est ranking women in Fedi i-al At *"» international conferCivil Service, is deputy diiyio' ent-c oi women, :-he found fli;> of the Civil Service Commi«i<.n "^V ~'.W American women h.„! programs and standards bur'-au. b , - i n yjicliiut.-fl as entmeevs. ,, , . .. , • "There are KPO.OiJO women tnThe blue-eved brunette, also. . . ' . T. . , it 4. v t J.U„ r„f,„. gmpcrs alternate „ i„ /-. ™-44.„ Inter- ?0,. .„„ in Ihe Soviei. T.mon and .. . J 4. member of the on lhp;_ ' 4. Committee „ 4.U-.'180,000 „ women scientists. , In departmental ., . „ . c-4 •,«. «* «7^»«„„ ~~IA n,„< Great Britain, a woman bPim« t m e 5 us°Te o n c o S l ' - - P - * - ^ ^ ™ - r » about the posture of women i n | ™ " } ' ^ H ™ ! L ™oWt' the scientific community.'' |^Wl^rific«li_an_pi^ect._ "It is not up to European standards. We must do some! thing in this country to change the idea that science careers aren't feminine." She deplores the situation pi a girl topping her high school class in mathematics and, after counselling, ends up majoring in home economics or liberal arts.

,?£ Illinois; Lockheed 4 aero. 3 7?7 /"' *f ' electrical, and 3 mechanical By Commencement Day only graduates; Norih_AmericaH_.\vseven of 278 June graduates . ,. H , , t . , .. . • •-. • •-.. . ? . . . . iat)on J aero 3 electrical, 1 mefrom University of xl1 Illinois Col- c h a n i l . a l i a n d -, mctaHurgjea! lege of Engineering remained engineering graduate. available for jobs, according to ""• ~" report by Mrs. Pauline V. Ciiapman, college placement officer. For 157 going directlv 1 o work, salaries average $!i7i!.t>0 a month, $27.47 more than a year ago. Seventy-four graduates will continue studies for advanced' degrees, 63 in engineering, eight: in business administration, and, three in law. Twenty-nine arei headed for the armed services, i Top average salaries are, $616.64 for 14 graduates in aer- ! onautical and astronautical engineering and $591.26 for HI in electrical engineering. Good grades were worth Soti, a month in starting pay. The' report shows six students in top i tenth of the class who took jobs will average $606.33 compared,: to $550.33 for 15 from the boitorn tenth. , Fifty-four students gave location as first reason for taking | a job, type of work second, opportunity third, and starting' pay as sixth consideration. \ Aircraft and missile industries j hired 41 graduates, electronic arid electrical equipment 4G, automobile and heavy equipment 20. Fifty-eight took jobs in I Hi-,

DEMAND FOR ENGINEERING GRADS HIGH,

;noi«. Of Ihesp, 3-1 will be in 1 IChicagn. California businesses I hired 10. OIIIPI-S went lo 20 olhjcr stales. Of thp 40 goins* lo California, Hirce aircrnlr tirms hired 32. Douglas employed 7 aeronautical, 2 pJorlrii-al, and 3 mechanlifal pngineering graduates from