Trine University - Modulus Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Opportunity Awaits Those Qualified It is important that the individual should have some conception of the size of the country in which he lives as well as a knowledge of its resources and the activity of those people who populate the country. The continental area of our country is 3,026,789 square miles. The last census re¬ port gives the population as 130,08 5,000. We are usually presumed to be wealthier in natural resources than any other nation in the world. However, it is possible that we may be exceeded by both the British Em¬ pire and the Russian Soviet Union. We should never forget that we do lack several important metals and minerals among which are tin, platinum, chromite, anti¬ mony, and that we have a meager supply only of manganese, quicksilver, tungsten and nickel. Included in our population are 32,000,- 000 farmers, which represents only two per cent of the world’s farm population, yet we are the world’s greatest agricultural producer. Our industrial workers exceed 31,000,000, which represents about forty- one percent of our adult population. Dur¬ ing 193 8 this group earned $40,000,000,- 000 in wages and salaries, making their av¬ erage annual income about $12 50. Among those in control of this group are over 30,000 managers who earn between $15,000 and $200,000. There were in 1937 reported to be 477,83 8 corporations of which only 5,650 had assets in excess of $5,000,000. Politically we have a strong central gov- enment yet there are 175,000 local govern¬ ing units which are the guarantors of our democracy. As long as these local units continue to flourish, there will be little op¬ portunity for a dictatorship to become es¬ tablished. Among our most valuable resources is the ability for a capable person to acquire a position and to gain prosperity. With this great storehouse of resources, Napoleon would have conquered the world. Gradu¬ ates of 1940, what are you going to do? RAYMON T. ROUSH, Secretary-Treasurer Eighteen

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Department of Aeronautical Engineering Lawrence D. Ely, B.S., Head of Department Edward Rose, B.S. in A.E. Donald Miller, B.S. in A Nineteen hundred and forty. The beginning of a new decade; the fourth for American aviation. The first three decades marked the period during which the airplane progressed from a curiosity to an important position in transportation, national defense and pri¬ vate flying. As an industry, it is still small but this decade will mark the period dur¬ ing which it grew out of its infancy. Given impetus by the European war and the Civilian Flying program, it is growing by leaps and bounds. This condition offers many opportunities to the newly graduated aeronautical engineer for exercising his talent and ingenuity. Let everyone open the door while opportunity is knocking hard. T wcnty