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Student Enthusiam

If the students generate
enough enthusiasm, they will
then arrange meetings between
interested people and
Engineering School
Representatives who will travel
to the schools and present an
over-view of the Engineering
field and its potential.

Mr. Stobbart, third-year
student and ex-officio member
of the Virginia Engineering
foundation, which researched
the feasibility of using student
recruiters, emphasized the need
for a "more realistic approach
to what an engineering
education can do for you."

"Personal contact with
candidates should provide an
opportunity to present a fair
account of the Engineering
program," he said.

Problems stemming from
lack of recruitment
organization in the high
schools caused a break-down in
the over-all effectiveness in
the secondary school program,
Mr. Stobbart indicated.

"In the past, representatives
from the Engineering school
could only gain access to
various secondary schools
through formal invitation," Mr.
Stobbart explained. "This
invitation usually permitted
representatives to visit only on
specific 'Career Days' when
other organizations were also
contacting students."