The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-29
FBIG FIELDS OFFERED
Ambitious and Alert Will
Have Opportunity for
Advancement
LEARNING IS JUST BEGUN
Young People Must BE Will
ing TO Start at Bottom
and Work Up

Tonight will inauEuratc the weeks
ceremonies that viii leave. a. It's
c.muN approximately $50 ,uung
u.n and women, representing tho
finest and hest Of Tulsa, standing at
the door ~ a new world that tn
ru. Giving of their high school di-
I'ou1s have opened up to them. To
som, ut them this means, after "A
frN hIet months of rest. entrance
into the college lifc OF the country
20 others 1t means the taking of the
first step towards establishment in
some business and to still third
class. it means, as "A welcome change
OF occupation, "A curious venture into
that different phase ~ existence
opened up by the possession uf a
'.uN. To the members OF the last
two classes, the field Is Tulsa. th,
FIRST class, Tor all intent OF this dis
,lssl1u. is eliminated.
Standing at the threshold OF the
business world, uncertain az to tho
reception they are going TO receive
a. tho hands of new Tulsa of
WlI.h most Of them have thought lit.
tie. as yet, save in a dreaming way,
the nigh school graduates at Cen
iUt form "a part OF that great army
whose members all over the country
an" wondering whether or not tho
business world wants them -
whether or not there is 10 he place
for thcm. Some Of these aspirHn:,
f0r employment are finding ii Inn.
possible, perhaps, because OF fiuan-
D.ai drlwba ks, to go ON to college
as they would like, others are needed
80 home, and the money that they
can earn IS needed, sti.l othera ~ e.
tired OF books, mayls, and school
ltr. and want business as a change.
Members of the first group, natur-
a'.y ambitious, VIII make of their
positions means of acquiring knuwl-
edge. and broadening their mental
horizon, even though college is de-
I"l them, and Will hc quick 90
Straps and mako use Of their oppor-
iuuIt.Cs This Is tn" class Of Young
folk for whom employers everywhere
az" looking. Fired with enthusiasm,
i..Dd with the caccrHcss ana optim-
ism ot youth forward looking, the
tact that the business world Is fllol
with people who are, after years
oi service, working for a cumpara-
lively small wage, Is not SO patent
o. them as their determination tu
make good in the new venture
a- they have made good in the aca-
dewlr world that they are leaving
behind them.
Does business Want Them?
Their interest then, when the cN-
element Of graduation has died
down, and they are ready to begin
looking about them in earnest for
the kind OF work they want to do
and for which they are best fitted
IL. where am ] wanted? What Is
the attitude OF Tulsa business men
toward high school graduates who
want 70 be given n chance with
ihcm p These young people, then
may be Interested to know what
some Of the men downtown, mon
with whose business perhaps. they
would like to identify themselves
arc thinking about the services OF
prospective workers from the ranks
or the high school graduating class,
Young blood is wanted and need
90 IN business. Tulsa is the young
mans town.
In tho first place, with no cx.
copuou, business men agree that
the high school graduate who is viii
ing To start in at the beginning in
am humble position, at compare
lively small wage, and 10 adapt him.
SELF 20 conditions as he finds them
using his mental equipment AS a
means TO an end solely i'm coping
WIN business problems. and not con-
tent with what he already knows
VIII get ahead. There is always. un-
ger, normal conditions, a place foi
s-.ha boy or girl. The high schoo,
eraduate, fresh from school, uu-
spoiled by YoXations and the disap,
po1ntments of business life, outhN8.
"slln, quick to learn, adaptable
yN'S is the type for which employers
are seeking. Such a one would bC
no cIockwurker; would he so gen,
"'hoiy interested in making a sue.
cess Of his work that he or she; nc
examinations are made in favor OF
s,' lost no opportunity to learr
40 much as possible about It.
tle professional and business mer
.l IAisa find it difficult to get away
rom tho idea OF college oppurtuni,
YES Tor the girl and boy, some OF
I,m believe that, granted tho am,
..u'h 10 get ahead and the willing
nN,a 20 work, the high school grad.
-''' stands an equal chance with q
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