Sliderule aside
Media
Part of The Carolinian
- Title
- Sliderule aside
- Creator
- Amores, Alfredo
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1959
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- I 4 CREATION.......... joey returns back again jerry......... i had no other alternative but to come back, there was no other place to go. the air got so hot in bohol. they threw me out even before my feet got a good feel of bohol soil. now, don't get excited, the story goes this way: right after graduation last march, i started for the land of dagohoy. wait a minute! there was a hitch here, when i arrived at the pier, the boat had already pulled away, so, i did the best to meet the situation — i swam all the way across, esther williams couldn't have done it, you bet. but i did it! oh, boy, was i smart! well, when i got there, all wet of course as i am not waterproof, i immediately proceeded to carry out what i want there for. i had decided to engage in the mining business, an ubi boom, like the California gold boom way back in 1849, i was set to create! but alas! when i tried to obtain a mining concession, i was flatly refused by the director of the bureau of mines, reason: i was an alien! something in their constitution provides that the exploitation, development and utilization of their natural resources shall be limited to citizens of bohol, or to associations or corporations at least sixty per centum of the capital of which is owned by such citizens, there is no parity rights amendment, jerry, no matter how i tried to insert one. we, filipinos, are not given the privileges that americans enjoy under our constitution, too bad. the fees too, jerry, are very much higher than what we charge here in the Philippines, there is a discrepancy of 50 %. this stands for 40 % marginal tax on dollars, and 10% commission for the bureau director for granting you what you ask. just imagine what that amounts to! and all i had at that particular moment was ten bucks representing everything i possessed in this whole danged world. i hated the whole set-up. so, i tried to raise cain. i delivered speeches left and right, wrote articles here and there, filed petitions in court, all assailing the constitutionality of their constitution and the legality of their laws, i became a national figure overnight, congress began to buzz with activity like a disturbed beehive, investigations followed, they found out that i had entered the republic illegally, i had no visa, no passport, no nothing, the immigration commissioner kicked me out that ended my mining venture. and now, here i am, jerry, more joey than ever, somebody took pity on me and designated me assistant to the assistant to the assistant of the assistant to the assistant moderator of this mag, whatever that is. at any rate the editor treats me more than just fairly well, he's taken me a lot of times already to jenny's, you know, there's a standing policy of his which in effect amounts to this: whenever he eats, everybody eats; when he pays, well, you know what — he's a very generous guy — everybody pays! he's such a nice fellow to associate with. really, jerry, times have become a bit harder now. there's an economic crisis, although there's a lot of money, the poor who constitute the majority of our country's populace, have practically nothing, while a few rich people have more than plenty, in fact they are wallowing in wealth like pigs, prices are going up. there's political crisis too. talks of war over berlin and war in the Philippines, it is rumored that the boholanos are planning an invasion of cebu. the worst thing is they've got lapu-lapu on their side! verily, the future of the Philippines is as dark as. . well, midnight, it can surely use a lot of whitewashing. you can do that jerry, can't you? i may also lend a hand, your pal, joey ■ -ASIDE by ALFREDO AMORES • This column, as the title suggests, will deal with persons, events and other things of interest pertaining to the College of Engineering. To start with, we have here a brief dossier on the college. • The college, with an enrolment of about 950, is offering chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering, architecture and a two-year surveying course. • A familiar scene of the Engineering building is the group of Engineering boys that gathers every afternoon from 5:00 to 5:30 in front of the main entrance to the building. Actually, they're just there to get a breath of fresh air and "to watch the world roll by". • The college is known (aside from its scholastic achievements) for the close and informal relationship between the students and the faculty. This closeness and informality should not, however, be equated with laxity. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The college is now adopting a rigorous policy designed to weed out the unfit. * * * • The teaching staff has been re-enforced with ten new instructors. Prominent among them are Mrs. Guadalupe Mansueto, Mr. Calixto Castro and Mr. Rudolfo Ferrer. Mrs. Mansueto is an experienced mathematics teacher. She is a registered civil and sanitary engineer and a holder of the education degree, with a major in mathematics. Mr. Castro holds degrees in chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering. Last year, he took up graduate studies on plastics in West Germany. This year, he hopes to add a bachelor's degree in chemistry to his name. Mr. Rudolfo Ferrer, a licensed electrical engineer, finished his course magna cum laude in the University of the Philippines. Until last year, he was teaching electronics and electrical transients in UP. At present, he is teaching electronics and doing research work on television here. The other new instructors are Miss Louella Lacson and Messrs. Anacleto Caballero, Camilo Comiling, Victor Le(Continnetl on page 35) JULY-AUGUST, 1959 Pa g e 25 Science I’M TAKING IT . . . (Continued from page 28) their separate ways will indeed be hard to fill. Sure there are replacements, eager ones trying to fill up the void. But determination or eagerness is not enough. There is something indefinable needed on a fighting team to carry on a tradition of boldness, "go-get" and power. How the USC team will fare on the regular tourney is still an open question. For sure, it has its weak points but there are its strong points too. Its real production has only been seen by few of hoophet's socalled intellectuals and few could judge them as of now. But one thing I know; Wherever they go, where USC's banner is flying, there always will be excitement together with the boys. Queried on his drive of bagging the National Inter-Collegiate crown, Dodong 'Cardinal' Aquino said: "I'm taking it step by step. I finished fourth in 1956, third in 1957, and runner-up in 1958. I aim to top them in 1959". If I know Dodong Aquino, I have to say this, his job of making a cohesive force out of the team will be a monumental one. And although time is his greatest ally it also is working fcr the other teams. He has the men, true. His coaching talent is tops. But how his chargers will receive and take them into their heart is a big question. I know the boys are loyal and are willing to give all they have. So it's an open question. Boys receiving instructions, ’Cardinal' Aquino giving them. Somewhere along the way, problems are bound to crop up with no immediate solution. This precisely is what the coach will have to watch for. So until the day, I am not saying anything. But it would be nice indeed if again within our halls will rest another National Inter-Collegiate crown. — gpb. J Sliderules Aside • • • (Continued from page 25) yes Jr., Hilarion Lim Jr., Gerardo Lipardo. Jr., and Arturo Russiana. Comiling was the Most Exalted Brother of the Builders' Fraternity of the CE and ARCH departments last year. Lipardo of the ME department graduated magna cum lauae last March. From the upper echelon we have news of the recent appointment of Mr. Santos Alfon as head of the Architecture department and of Mr. Benito Bunagan as head of the Surveying department. $ The Science Library Two years ago, the various libraries in the science department were not coalesced. Although most books and periodicals were kept in the main library, still there were many essential ones which were found in the respective bookrooms of the different branches of the science department. One had to shuttle back and forth from one room or floor to another, if he was in search of some important scientific items. Research work, always a tough job, was made more difficult through the existing dispersion of the materials. But only a year ago, there has been a marked progress in the USC library. According to plans worked out by Fr. J. Baumgartner, SVD, Fr. John Vogelgesang, SVD, then Acting Librarian, had the science library installed. It was Fr. John who made a round-up of the different libraries in the science department, and put up what is now the favorite haunt of men and women with common scientific interest. Today, research work is no longer as arduous as it used to be. ITS CONTENTS The science library has been provided with its own card catalog, stacks, tables, chairs, bookstands and everything needed in a library. Furthermore, it boasts of extensive collections of such well-known periodicals as the Chemical Abstracts, Journal of the American Chemical Society of America, and numerous other scientific publications of world renown. Latest issues of the periodicals are found on the magazine stand, while books, handbooks, encyclopedias, manuals, bound journals and other printed matter indispensable to science students and instructors are neatly arranged on the shelves in the reading room. Whatever cannot be accommodated in the reading room, finds its place in the two-story stackroom. HOW IT OPERATES Like the main library, the science library also employs the Dewey Decimal System in the classification of its books. Most books with numbers ranging from 500-700, inclusive, have their place in this segment of "the library with the biggest collection outside Manila." IMPROVEMENTS FORESEEN One complaint, however, that most students have as regards the science library, is its poor ventilation. Perhaps one can stand the traffic noise, at times the jukebox, and oftentimes the people outside, but the heat one will find unbearable. From Mrs. Victor Asubar, Librarianin-Charge of this library, this writer learned that plans are now being undertaken to improve the ventilation of the place. Fresh air is a stimulating factor to a library user, and most likely, Fr. Joseph Baumgartner, SVD, the University Librarian, must have contemplated on this matter. Perhaps, sooner or later, there will be some additions to the science library. What they are, however, this writer is not in a position to disclose. But the truth is that improvements are in the offing. A GREAT HELP If there is anything that Carolinian science students and instructors of today should thank the Administration for, it is this one-yearold special concession that they have just acquired — the science library service. Today, if one wishes to refer to certain scientific books and periodicals, he only goes to the science library, consults the card catalog if necessary, and gets the reference he needs. The science library offers him the service and privacy that is his to enjoy. J JULY-AUGUST, 1959 Pa g e 35