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PAGE 4—THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Thursday, April 3,1980
Career outlooks improve
May graduates to find job opportunities
College graduates this May will find
more job opportunities available than
the class of '79, according to the Coor-
dinating Board, Texas College and
University system
Vocational-technical graduates have
an even better outlook, with demand ex-
ceeding supply of graduates by as much
as 40 percent in some occupations,
board reports stated.
Dr. Ray Lewis of Career Planning and
Placement said the outlook for job op-
portunities in the '80s is good if can-
didates are willing to go where the jobs
are. In the field of education, Dr. Lewis
said, teachers in areas such as earth
science, math and physical science are in
great demand.
Overall, 1980 college graduates will
find the outlook favorable, the board
reported in its latest employment oppor-
tunities survey, with an estimated 36,480
to 44,050 jobs available for the 40,300
graduates with bachelor's degrees.
The 48,520 vocational-technical
graduates, such as those trained by
junior colleges and Texas State
Technical Institute, will have a chance
for between 57,940-69,360 jobs.
Dr. Lewis said the vocational oppor-
tunities in the education field rank 14th
on a list of 54.
John Cobb, director of the board's of-
fice of post-secondary educational plan-
ning, said several factors contributed to
the upturn in the market for college
graduates. "The level of educational at-
tainment during the past 10 years has
continued to rise in the state's labor
force," he said. "There are more jobs
open now which demand a college
education, largely because of the in-
creasing growth of technology."
Dr. Lewis said the need for teachers is
great. "There has always been a need for
teachers."
Board reports state both elementary
and high school teachers will find more
job openings this year than in 1978, with
supply roughly equaling demand. Dr.
Lewis said demand for teachers in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area is extreme.
"There is an excellent chance for getting
a job if people get out and work for
them."
There are two problems Dr. Lewis
said he can see for students trying to get
jobs: They do not know where the jobs
are—and they do not know what to do
about getting the job.
The reports stated there has been a
continued rise in the demand for
engineering, science and business
graduates, largely because growth in the
industries that employ them has ex-
ceeded the number of students majoring
in the fields.
The board said the job market is ex-
pected to remain stable through 1983,
with opportunities in certain fields, in-
cluding computer science and health-
related professions, likely to improve.
The reports state some strong job
categories in 1978 remain strong today,
including accounting, auto mechanics,
construction work, nursing, medical
technology, occupational and physical
therapy, printing and secretarial work.
Competition, according to the
reports, is high for jobs sought by
graduates with degrees in commercial
art, music, anthropology, guidance and
counseling, law, government and
history.
Photo By PAM LOVE
THE HEART OF THE MATTER—Joanie Whalen, left,
and Jana Johnson, both Houston freshmen, dissect a
frog in zoology lab. The purpose of the lab was to find
and identify muscles, organs and systems in the frog.
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Inflation prompts modern prospectors to go 'canning'
Consumers cash in on collecting
By JERRY PRIC KETT
Daily Reporter
Since the price per ounce of precious metals has grown considerably
heavier than most peoples' bank accounts, more of the public has begun
"investing" in lighter weight metals.
Because of inflation, selling aluminum cans has become a more popular
way to make spare cash than in the past, Mike Gleason, steel manager of
Fulton Supply and Recycling Company, said.
The major reason for this is the higher prices. Prices in Denton are 30
cents a pound or more at most places, rising considerably from last year.
At this time last year, Fulton was paying about 17 cents per pound,
Gleason said. About 40 customers a day came in then, compared to 100 per
day now, he said.
THE RISE in price is because of rising energy costs. The cost of refining
bauxite ore into aluminum has risen, but so has demand, because bauxite
may be used as a substitute for steel to save energy.
With car manufacturers having a greater interest in gas mileage, cars are
being made with aluminum hoods, engine blocks and with trim from other
metals, Gleason said. The demand from Detroit for lighter cars helped raise
the price of aluminum, he said.
The higher price has brought people to the Coors Recyling Center, Den-
nis Wilkinson, a Coors employee, said.
"We have some people come in Cadillacs. They usually bring cans that
they save around the house," Wilkinson said.
THE MOST numerous visitors are older, semiretired people and
Humidity causes
sculpture cracks
children, he said. The money gained is used for a variety of purposes.
"One older gentleman said the money was to help pay for his grandson's
education," Wilkinson said.
Another man came in with a load and claimed he needed the money to af-
ford a ticket to see Rusty Weir of "Long live the long-neck" fame,
Wilkinson said.
Fred Stubblefield, of Stubb's Iron & Metal, said, "Maybe more people
are trying to make ends meet. Most people do it for the money."
Gathering places include trash bins and roadsides. Most older people pick
up cans while they walk for exercise, Stubblefield said.
Some prominent people and organizations collect cans, Gleason said.
"We have doctors, lawyers and church organizations."
Stubb's and Fulton recycle other metals, but Coors recycles only
aluminum cans.
ALUMINUM, especially that used in cans, is relatively easy to recycle.
Gleason said. Cans must be checked by a magnet to sort those made of steel,
then are crushed, melted and reformed, he said.
In the past, most steel cans had seams because steel has a higher melting
point than aluminum and could not be rolled into a complete circle,
Gleason said. Now, steel cans often have no seams and can be distinguished
most easily by an experienced eye or a magnet, he said.
Wilkinson said he saves cans because it does not make sense to throw-
money away. With about 24 to 28 cans making a pound, throwing away
cans is like throwing a penny away every time you have a canned drink, he
said.
Wilkinson said the biggest single load for an individual he has done was
601 pounds.
The large sculpture hanging from the
second floor ceiling in the Willis Library
is cracking.
The urethane structure is splitting on
one side and cracking around one of its
supports, probably because of the
humidity and changes in the library
temperature, Special Collections
librarian John Brewster said.
However, Brewster and Michael Cun-
ningham, the artist who created the
sculpture, said the sculpture is complete-
ly safe.
The sculpture, which weighs 1,500
pounds and is 13 feet high and 10 feet
wide, will not fall because the support
system was designed to hold many times
its weight, Brewster said.
"It was designed so the stress was
spread out on four columns," he said.
"That was taken into careful considera-
tion when it was installed."
The untitled sculpture is constructed
of an aluminum frame welded together
like a bridge (a criss-cross pattern). A
cardboard mold was constructed around
the frame and filled with urethane.
The mold was later removed and the
sculpture was covered with epoxy resin
to make it hard. Then it was sanded and
painted.
The sculpture was to revolve once
every hour, but the motors kept burning
out because of the weight of the sculp-
ture and the slow speed at which it
revolved, Brewster said. It has not
revolved for several years.
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Whitehead, Mike. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1980, newspaper, April 3, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth332476/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.