Questioning the value of college amid draft and jobs rise
Editorial notes students tire of cram sessions yet confront rising job offers for graduates. A survey shows six bachelors per five workers hired, 16 percent more master’s hires, and 20 percent more women in 1969. Salaries rise, engineers top pay, while social concerns draw attention.
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Cecil Johnson
Monsanto Company
St. Louis
Associated Collegiate Press
U. S, News & World Report
Debate Team Dignam and Sanders Take Third in 20-Team Field
The Texas Junior College Speech and Theater Forensic Tournament at Waco on April 11-12 saw David Dignam and Curtis Sanders win third place for the college debate team. Teammates Brian Seeger Terry Sherman and Charlotte Baumbach also earned good remarks. Mr. Mendoza named tournament VP for next year and outlined summer planning to recruit broader participation and entries in debate impersonation and poetry interpretation.
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Dignam
Sanders
Diana Hickerson
David Dignam
Curtis Sanders
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Mendoza
Defense student loan program cut in proposed 1970 budget
The National Defense student loan program would see its first funding drop in 10 years under a proposed fiscal 1970 budget. About $31.5 million less would be available, with 44,000 fewer loans issued, and loan obligations sliding from $193.4 million to $161.9 million. Recipients would fall from roughly 442,000 to 398,000.
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National Defense
Congress
Professors reveal favorite foods in quirky study
An old Runic saying inspires a lighthearted feature listing ten professors and their preferred dishes. The choices include cottage cheese, lemon meringue pie, veal parmesan, lobster, Texas steak, fried chicken, and pepperoni pizza, with playful commentary throughout.
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Nixon
Thurman Rowlett
James Timmons
Ron Roberts
Emilio Gonzales
Milton Johnson
Phillip McClendon
David Corder
Mary Bloomfield
Merrill Brown
Embry Wilson
Lee College Students Seek Union Services
The piece argues for a new student union at Lee College to include check cashing, a snack bar, and a quiet study area. It emphasizes these services as essential student needs to avoid long trips to the library and to improve campus life.
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Rick Johnson
Lee College
Lee College Lyceum gains praise for improved program
A reader commends the Lyceum committee for transforming the Lyceum series at Lee College from poorly attended meetings to a vibrant program with an outstanding guest lineup and broad campus support. Donald Dial signs the letter.
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Lee College
Selec
Lee
Lyceum Committee
Donald Dial
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