Word: backgrounding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...work in the Engineering Department's Testing or Development Labor atories. The neophyte engineer's first assignment is usually as assistant to a test engineer in one of the experimental laboratories. At the close of the training period, a definite assignment will be given suited to the individual's background, experience, and capabilities. Whenever possible, assignment is made to a field of the individual's selection...
...other field. Lowest pay for a Bachelor of Science operating tenting devices is $305 a month to start, with advancement and raises according to labor contract. Wages range from the low through the middle range, $425-650 for B.S. or M.S. men with general electronics or mathematical background, to the upper brackets, $800 and up, for organizational or administrative positions. In addition, all major companies in the aviation industry offer fringe benefits equal to or higher than other industries, paid vacations, employee's group life and accident insurance, aid in finding living quarters, and in some companies, free baby sitting...
...pessimists want an aristocracy of intelligence. They want everyone to fit into the pattern. Today, with a broader background, that is no longer possible...
...been little incentive for spending study time on tutorial work when the hours might mean a better grade in a credit course. Since thoughts for improving this situation have ranged from a distasteful compulsory tutorial to a plea for better tutors, no action had been taken. With this background, the decision of the Economics Department to institute oral examinations for all juniors is especially worthy of consideration by the five other major departments. With the exception of History and History and Literature, which already have junior general examinations, these other three fields could benefit from a similar plan...
...order to learn the considered views of seasoned observers, this reporter interviewed a half dozen politically-minded professors in the College and Law School. But before presenting their opinions some background highlights are necessary...