I • ‘ • 1\ 'l k. )11„ •, ';'" - .. 4 1 1 1," il i i - K.;‘• ''• 4 ~ , , ; ~ !.. 1 '., 1 . 't i ;• ~„. :, I; Jobs for physicists, engineers up Energy crisis helps some NEW YORK (AM Shortages of energy and other basic products mean good news for some physicists and engineers who found their talents in decreasing demand during the past few ears A personnel search firm reports a big increase since last spring in demand for %%orkers with talents in the nuclear area. ,ind more recently for those capable of dealing with the use of coal :in power general ion. Bill Breitmayer, president of Executive Register. v hich charges industry S3O for a computerized search at its 13.0(H) up-to-date resumes of oXeClit Ice and professional workers, claims salaries also are soaring. A nuclear engineer or physicist with capabilities in basic design and applications now is commanding a salary of above $30.000. Breitmayer said. compared with $22.000 to $25.000 at the beginning of last year. For highly talented and accomplished individuals with doctorates and - the ability to manage industrial physics or engineering departments the salaries Only authorized BOSE dealers are equipped with facilities 4 personnel to properly demonstrate BOSE Speakers for your approval. Only BOSE Hi-Fi Stereo speakers & Electronic Products sold by authorized BOSE dealers qualify might be as high as $BO.OOO, records shoo•. For some physicists and engineers the renewed demand for their services is in sharp contrast to the gloom that pervaded their fields three years ago, when many of them were forced to seek employment outside their specialities. As a result, the search for qualified personnel today is somewhat more difficult than in previous years. when search firms and talent-hungry companies knew where to look., Some talent-rich companies became known in the 1961)'s as universities, for example, because they trained and ••graduated'• so mans specialists. Search firms regularly raided such staffs. Breitmaver now finds searchers must be more creative. In some instances they have to induce specialists to return to industrial jobs from teaching or other pursuits. Among job titles now in demand. Breitmayer said. are project managers. Contract' administrators. design engineers. safety specialists, pressure NOTICE! for the BOSE warranty & factory service. Local Opera Society: fun for everyone By Candy Moskal Collegian Staff Writer Opera, commonly considered an exclusive affair to many people. has gained a foothold in State College, according to Ruth Yeaton. Yeaton, is Stage Director for the Opera Society of Central Pennsylvania, a local group that provides the State College area with this unique. metropolitan-aiated art form. The Society began three years ago when a group of local residents decided to produce a large-scale opera in their spare time. Since then the Society has managed to present one performance each year, usually in November. The Society has been successful and seems to be an adaptable cultural and artistic event for a university area such as State College. Yeaton said. Although there always has been a certain mystique surrounding opera. it should not be an exclusive art form, she added. "There is too much snob appeal attached to opera," Yeaton said. "People don't go to opera and expect to love it. but we want them to. "Most people of our generation are used to movies and films that have a realistic setting and they are not used to the abstract nature of theatrical productions," she explained. "I think it's the unrealistic, very dramatic nature of,opera that discourages people from attending. if ut opera extends the art form beyond a natural scene; it creates its own scene through the sung word. It is the enhancement of the spoken word." The Society's first production, entitled "Broadway to Bizet," was a medley of different scenes from a variety of popular operas. Supported by the State College Music Academy, the production was an artistic and financial success. Yeaton said. After this initial performance, the Society gained a foothold in Central Pennsylvania and in 1971 performed Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." It was followed by Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" in 1972, which marked the first time the group used ballet in its performance. Another area of demand. resulting from the vast number of product shortages. is for purchasing agents with international experience in buying loodstuffs, basic metals, cotton and other raw materials of manufacture. "The cost , tlf a good purchasing man is going up and up and up." Breitmayer said-. adding that knowledge of currencies, rates of exchange and dealings with foreign experts is prized. Pulp and paper companies in particular have a great need for production engineers, he added. especially for those who can handle waste, temperature and other ecological matters. But Breitmayer added a word of caution. "The total market for executives is still high, but there's no telling right now what it will be around the first of the year.- ealers in STATE COLLEGE, Pa. are .45ZOLS N 'AE - ' Mountain, Framingham, Mass. 01701 vessel designers and computer systems analysts. "Anyone who has design or project experience in power generation is valuable." he said. "whether it's for nuclear. fossil fuel or electrical." Hi FIDELITY HOUSE 101 Hiester Street State College, Pa. SOUND ASSOCIATES 321 East Beaver Menue State College, Pa. According to Smith Toulson, the Society's musical director and associate professor of music here, the Society, although not officially associated with Penn State, uses many of its resources and people for musical and artistic talent. William Miller, assistant of broadcasting for WPSX-TV on campus, produces most of the Society's performances. The Society's orchestra is a mixed group consisting of local and professional musicians. Last summer the Society was invited to contribute a program to the Central Pennsylvania Festival of-the. Arts. for which it performed six scenes from past opera productions. The first step toward the Society's annual production is the workshop h from January to June. which is open to anyone in the community interested in the opera productions. Being in the workshop is helpful in auditioning for the production. Miller said, but it does not guarantee a part in the production The Casting Committee, including the music director and the stage director, hold auditions open to the public in the summer. Most of the Society's productions hati•e been musical comedies which generate more audience appeal. Yeaton said "Although singing is the preference in opera as opposed to drama, we are trying to stage visually what is happening in the sung words:' she said. Court upholds desegration PHILADELPHIA—The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has turned down appeals by three western Pennsylvania school districts ordered by the state Human Relations Commission to desegregate their schools. In doing so. the court upheld the definition of a racially imbalanced school as used by the commission. The three districts, Uniontown.. New Castle and New Kensington. were ordered to desegregate because at least one school in each district was more than 50 per cent black. although overall black enrollment in the districts ranged between eight and n per cent. • In the past. the commission has ordered desegregation in districts which have a racial imbathnce of more-than 30 per - cent of the students. The court, in an opinion handed down Tuesday by Justice Thomas Pomeroy Jr., did not specifically approve of tht definition of imbalance used by the commission. But it said the commis-,on had reasonably used authority granted by the state ler, stature and added "the wisdom of the commission's definition is no business of ours " Now Open for Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. Luncheon Specials - Mon. - Fri. ARTISTS SERIE FILM FESTIVA for 1973-74 Entire Festival subscriptions on sale now at the HUB Booth from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Also available at Kern Graduate Center from 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Subscription for 15 films in 3 festivals PSU Students $3.00 Non-Students $5.00 A film subscription offers a 66% reduction in ticket prices plus the added convenience of a!single ticket for all films. \~--~J the 113 Heister Street 237-5718 Individual Films: PSU Students: $.50 Non-Students: $l.OO The Daily Collegian Thursday. December s. 1973--- alldw•s the audience to enjoy the rama of the opera, she added. A good example is "Elixir of Love." a nineteenth-cent Italian opera by Donizetti. which the S— - presented last night Although this opera originally was set in an Italian scene. the Society this year adapted it to an .nerican setting Kansas in the late 11300's. Italian melodies were performed in the setting of the classic American "horse opera." Included in this adaptation were a traveling medicine • salesman carrying - elixir of lin a cheap whiskey I. and the usual love triangle, this time involving a wealthy heiress, a ea% alry sergeant and a ranch hand. • • A All of-the Society's productions have been held in the State College High School auditorium discouraging mans University students from attending. Miller said. In the future. the Society %%mild like to use University facilities for its productions. he said Miller added the Opera Society N%ould like to do more productions and hopefully in 1975 present Bizet's "Carmen" exactly too years after its first production Senate okays year-round DST WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Tuesday toted to put the nation on year round Daylight Sating Time for the next 22 months. The measure. offered as part of the federal energy conservation program. will allow a state to exempt itself from daylight time during the winter months A state ‘‘ith two or more time zones could exempt any zone The %me 68 10 10 The !louse has passed a similar el. bill, and a conterence committee IA ill come up tth a compromise of the te.o ersions Under the Senate bill. la. light t ‘c ouid become &license on the fourth otter the measure is signed Prescient 7si \on The House c ersion %Nook! become eitecti‘e da~sol coati:nem Thu. it seems almost i.ert,iin that moll of the nat11)11 cciti return to d.nlight tone he Dee .to oh clocks being set tor.% ard one unit Film Series Subscriptions "The Swashbuckler" Douglas Fairbanks. Sr 'hu , Sday December 6 79'3 The Mark of Zorrc Fhdiy DeCe , hbe , " 1 9'3 The Thief o , ElagCNI Satuiday December 8 19 T 3 The Black P.ra•e Schwab Atitto ,, can 8 30 p , n Doors open a oc pro The Films of Luis Bunuel Weelnesclay Janua•, 3 1974 Un Drne , Andalot. 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