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Education Digest warns of engineer shortage by 1975
The piece cites M H Trytten of the National Research Council noting Soviet engineering graduates rose from 29 000 in 1948 to over 50 000 in 1954 while the United States produced 19 000 that year He argues Soviet schooling emphasizes science and math with no electives Only 20 percent of U S high school students take general science and 6 8 percent take physics and chemistry Alpine High shows 195 students in science related subjects 24 36 percent on honor roll with breakdown by class and named students It mentions a 1959 opening of Burgess High in El Paso and Camp Sweeney for diabetic children with low cost and medical supervision
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