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Careers Room
from May 1955
by StPetersYork
The holding of the Science Exhibition has prompted an interesting idea. Is it beyond the Society's capacity to produce a film—perhaps no more than a glorified newsreel—showing the highlights of the School year? Such a film might receive a continuous showing in the lecture theatre during the hours that the Exhibition was open. Will younger members please bear the possibility in mind for three years hence? F.J.W.
The Careers Room has been well used again this term by boys of all ages. Boys are reminded that they can help to improve the facilities offered by making enquiries about careers which are not covered by pamphlets in the Careers File. Much additional informa- tion has been received from business and industrial companies this term as the following list illustrates :-
Short Brothers & Harland, Ltd. (Belfast)—Aero Engineering. English Electric Co., Ltd. D. Napier & Sons, Ltd.—Aircraft & Marine Engines. Shell Tankers, Ltd. General Electric Co., Ltd. Dowty Group, Ltd. (Cheltenham)—Engineering. Nuffield Organisation. Thomas Hedley & Son, Ltd.—Soaps & Detergents. Cable & Wireless, Ltd. National Poultry Diploma Board. Courtaulds, Ltd.—Textiles. Combined English Mills, Ltd. (Spinners)—Cotton. Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd. Electra-Hydraulics, Ltd. (Warrington) Textile Machinery Makers, Ltd. Tube Investments, Ltd. Gunmakers' Association. Rover Co., Ltd.—Auto Engineering. Distillers Co., Ltd. Ferranti, Ltd.—Electrical Engineering. De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Co., Ltd. Various member firms of the British Iron & Steel Federation.
During the Easter holidays three boys are attending Short Works Courses arranged by the Public Schools Appointments Bureau in conjunction with business and industrial companies. Details of the courses arranged for the Summer holidays are posted in the Careers Room. Over 500 places are offered on these courses which cover banking, brewing, engineering (aeronautical, automobile, civil, electrical, foundry, hydraulic, mechanical, mining and production), general manufacture, insurance, iron and steel manufacture, quarrying, railways, research, retail trade and textiles. Once again it is emphasised that the courses offer a unique opportunity to discover what careers in these fields have to offer, without committing either the boy or the company to any arrangement for the future.
