New Britain herald., 1922-08-21
1922 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHAT ARE YOU GOING
 TO BE?

school education, you are, no doubt
 looking out into the future and won. dering what you had better do and where you can make your life coun, the most for yourself and for others The problem before every boy and
 girl is. What shall my carear be- This question must be answered promptly by the boy or girl, or the whole matter will be taken into the hands of Fate and desided accord.
 ing to the law of hit or miss--the odds being very grately in favor of miss.
 The future of the young man and the young woman depends upon what they do now-today. Successful careers are built upon a solid founda- tion-the foundation of preparation. To do great things you. must be pre- pared to undertake great things. To accomplish more than the ordinary man and woman accomplishes, you must be trained to do some few things in superior way. The Jack of all-trades" is no longer in demand. It would take you seven or eight wears to fit yourself for the leading professions. while a year hear would give you your start and in all prob abilities business will offer you a larger income than the professions.
 Professional men-even those who are successful-say that law and med icine are overcrouded. According to statistics, there Is one lawyer for every two hundred persons-men women, and children This is ap- proximately true of the medical pro- fession. Now if these two hundred men, women and children were con- stantly in trouble or were constantly ailing such a clienteel would be suf- 'fcient to net a handsome income.
 But according to statistics, they are not, so the income of the average professional man is small. Then, to, as prominant lawyer once said, Don't study law or medicine, unless you are willing to starve to death for about ten years. It will take that long to build a profitable practise.
 We believe you would make no
 mistake should you decide to follow a business career-the greatest game in the world-open to men and wom en'siike. This is the field where. there is no limit to your income or oppor- tunities. This is the field in which hundreds and thousands of men and women have risen from obscurity to positions of great wealth and power without any special training or prepa- ration other than a few months in some reputable business college. There was a time when the profes- sions opened up attractive feilds to young people, but the professions have largely been supplanted by busi- ness as the lodestone of youth The biz things of the world are being done by bLAsinss men and wimen. It is no longer the artist who builds the art gallery. the physician who builds the hospital, or the preacher who builds the church
 Don't worry, young man, young woman, because it does not seam to be your lot to be a physician or a lawyer or scientist-there are plenty of big things waiting for you in other directions. You can be president of and insurence company or owner of an automobile plant, cashier of bank, proprietor of department store. superintendent of a factory, credit man for a wholesale house, managing director for railroad, or something else that will give you a big place with big opportunities where you can not only make money, but your name known in the world around
 These big places are waiting for you to step into them-whenever you are big enough to i'll them. We can help you grow--at least we can give you