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Write for the full particulars of plan whereby you can assist yourself through college, and at the same time, prepare for a pro fitable and satisfactory business career. Pilot Life insurance Company H. B. Gunter, Vlce-Pres., & Agency Manager. THE UNITED STATES PATENT OF FICE AS A FIELD FOE LIFE WORK O- Something New in a Men’s Fabric LONDON LAVENDER The Very Latest r. N. BOONE The Tailor Burlington, N. C. K. Keeter Says: Women are like automobiles. It takes a lot of money to run one. The faster they are the more money it takes and they go faster when warmed up. A little paint does a lot for both. The heavy, slow ones are used for work, not speed. If run too fast they are likely to burn up. Tliey need a guiding hand. Each year the new models are faster and snapj)ier. If too many ornaments are put on they look cheap. W'^omen are much like automobiles. A widow and her money are soon married. By Karl Penning, Asst. Com. of Patents The Constitution of the United States provides for granting patents and as early as 1790 Congress enacted legisla tion for the grant of patents for inven tions. The United States Patent Office as such wns established in 1836 and was included in the Department of the Interior when that Department was established in 1849. A patent is granted an inventor to give him exclusive rights in the inven tion he discloses in his aj^plpication. It is essential, therefore, that the dis closure be sufficient to instruct fully in the performance of the iuvention. For a great many years college grad uates have gone into the Patent Ofllce as examiners. Tlieir function is to ex amine applications for patent to see what the alleged inventor thinks he has produced that is new and to see Viat the disclosure is complete. They then investigate the prior art as repre sented in patents already granted by the United States and Various foreign countries and by the descriptions in technical literature. The invention claimed by tlie applicant to be new is compared with wliat is found to be old and a patent is finally allowed by the examiner if tlie application in fjict claims a new invention. A good examiner sliould have enough curiosity to make him want to know the patents and prior publications re lating to tlie particular devices he ex amines and also those in related sub jects in other divisions of the Patent Office. He should have a good enough memory to be able to remember where to find a description he has seen and enough interest in procedure to enable him to acquire a knowledge of princi ples anil decisions in patent law and a ready wit in applying them to the case in hand. It will be readily seen that the work is extremely interesting. All sorts of things come to the United States Patent Office from the simple darning needle to the complicated steam engine or priiiting press; from the simple elec tric magnet to the most complicated system of automatic telephone or wire less transmission of intelligence; from electro-c-hemical or metallurgical pro cesses to the refining of petroleum or the production of dyes or other chemi cals from coal tar. The examiner gets a view and a knowledge of what is new frequently before it is introduced to the general public or even described to technical scientific societies. By protecting the interests of the public and seeing that improper patents are not granted, lie performs a service to the public of the highest order, just as his service to the inventor consists in allowing to the inventor a patent suf ficiently broad to give him tlie exclusive right to his invention. Most of our modern civilization rests on inventions and their development and there is a real joy in being one instrument of their promotion. The positions in the examining corps of the I’atent Office are filled initially from a list made up of those wlio }>ass a technical civil service examination, and promotions within the office ate made on a strictly merit system. The entrance salary has been fixed by Con gress at $1860, beginning with the 1st of July, 1924, and increases of salary are provided for by promotions from time to time up to $5000 a year. The positions are under the civil service and are not political. An employee can not be dismissed except for cause after hearing, and provisioii is made for re tirement with pension in old age. There are over five hundred members of the examining corps and the appro priation bill for next year makes avail able sufficient funds to jmt in the corps about one hundred additional examiners. While the additional examiners are, in, terms, temporary employees for about two years, everyone wlio passes the civil service entrance examination in 3924 is practically assured of transfer to the permanent corps before the two ■ years are uj>. The civil service entrance examina tions includes such subjects as are pur sued by the scientifically inclined grad uate of a college or a technical school. In addition to physics, mathematics, and a reading knowledge of scientific French or German, an exainination in the reading of niochanica] drawings is required as well as a familiarity witli the applied sciences in the field of me- •lianics, mechanical arts, industrial arts and processes and applied chemistry. Optional engineering examinations may be taken. Examinations are held at many places throughout the United States at short intervals. Complete de tails of the examinations, as well as the time and place, may be obtained from the T^'nited States Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C. Many new graduates and younger alumni enter the office with the specific idea of training themselves to become patent lawyers. To such persons the universities in Washington offer excep tional 0])p0rtunities for graduate work in the arts and sciences. Many of the examiners take courses in the law schools connected with the universities in Wasliington and prepare tliemselves for the bar. Classes are held in the late afternoon and evening so that it is possible to devote an entire day to the government work before going to clas ses. 7t is thus possible for an examiner to be entirely self-supporting during the period devoted to work in the grad uate school or in the law school. There is a considerable esprit de corps among the examiners in the Pat ent Office wliich is fostered by the technical Patent Office Society, made up of employees. The fact that the en tire examining corps is of necessity made up of those who have had higher educational advantages lends dignity to the position and assures congenial working associates. The work is largely individual and after a few months much personal re sponsibility rests with the examiner who gains additional experience through frequent conversations with inventors and their attorneys. It is hardly necessary to suggest that Washijigton comes up to the tradition tliat It is an ideal place in which to live. There are no factories and few slums. There are many parks well eared for and available for picnics and the usual athletic diversions. The Potomac River affords ample opportunity for those i)iterested in recreation or sports on or in the water. The technical, sci entific, and literary institutions of the lovernment draw so many conventions and general meetings open to the pub lic that it is commonly said that it is a liberal education to live in W’^ashington. The many fraternity houses connect ed with the universities provide sur roundings tending to prolong the joys of undergraduate life. For an educated person interested in mechanics or industry there is prob ably no more satisfactory branch of the civil service for a life M’ork than the examiTiing corps of the United States Patent Office. For one desiring to pre pare for and enter a useful, interesting lucrative profession, there is probably no better preparation than service on the examining corps of the United States Patent Office prej>aratory to be coming a patent lawver. There are about a dozen women now in the ex^amining corps and there is no reason why ittore college women should not successfully enter the Patent Office as their contribution to public service. AiVlERICAN CARB While in Greensboro eat at the American Cafe. 317 S. Elm St. GREENSBORO, N. C. Phone 1032 Props.—F. B. STOUT, O. B. TEAGUE MILLINERY We make a specialty in serving college girls Let us serve you. I MISS EVIE GROSS Burlington, N. C. AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD By Mary Sinton Leitch A cry is in the marsh wind. And sadness in the shade Of brooding pine, and loneliness within the darkling glade; A sob is in the washing waves And tears are in the dew; The mystery of the moonlight fills all the soul with rue. A moan is in the sea-shell. And leaf to falleii leaf Is whispering that loveliness is brief as life is brief: There’s yearning in the creeping mist; In clouds lost hopes take shape: If earth can sorrow so, then how should human hearts escape? Headquarters for SPALDING SPORTING GOODS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, BOOKS AND STATIONERY WILLS BOOK AND STATIONERY CO. Greensboro, N. C. W. V. HUPPIINES WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO SERVE STUDENTS See Our New Line of College Seal Stationery Phone 5702 Two Trouser Eng^lish Cut Suits at $25 A university swagger to the trim of these wide bot tom trousers, and an ex tra pair of trousers with each suit. Fine quality, ll finely finished, you can not find better value any where, than at the College Corner in the new Van- story store at $25 For your|;next date in Greensboro, say, “Meet IWe At Vanstory’s” ' C. H. Me Kim I gut. Pres. & Mgr. Greensboro's Busy Corner Jefferson Standard Building Acme Drug Company Just across the street from the Post Office. Burlington’s leading Drug Store. “G«t it at Acme” WMtmans Candy Eastman Kodaks Full stock of English broad cloth shirts for men—College Store. ELON ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP Up-to-Date Work Guaranteed Near Dr. Amlck H. H. HUFFINES A full line of confectioneries at ‘he College Store.
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