Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
80 PER CENT OF 1895 GRADUATES
OF HIGH SCHOOLS TO STUDY MORE
972 Going Either to College or to Normal School.
One Out of Every Seven Has Job-One
Out of Three Not Yet Decided.

Eighty per cent of the ! 1895 girls and
boys who last week were graduated
from four-year courses at the seven
Washington high schools are going to
college or normal school: two out OF
every three of the graduates have
formed definite plans for their future,
while but one out of seven of them
has obtained work.
These interesting facts concerning
the distribution of one of the l@rgcst
group of graduates ever to receive di-
plomas in the local high schools have
been developed by a representative of
The Star following a personal canvas
of the graduates at each OF the
schools.
The actual statistics show that 972
of the 1895 graduates actually have
taken steps to enter either college or
the normal school. This Is approx
mately only 20 per cent. but high
school teachers declare that an add,
tional 10 per cent easily will be drawn
from group who are taking the
Summer to think it over and from
q small percentage who annually de-
eide to wait and enter college a year
or two after they have been grad
uated from the high school. Included
in the college group are those who
will take specialized courses better to
fit them for their life work.
Girls Going Into Teaching.
Teaching school, the statistics show
is the most popular vocation among
the girls. with one out of every three
Of the girls graduating electing to
enter normal school. The Wilson
Normal Sch )ol will receive 100 from
among the five white high schools,
while the Miner Normal School will
receive 13s girls from Dunbar and
81 from Armstrong. Central High
School. In sending as girls to the Viii
son Norma! School, supplied practi.
cally half Of the 100 entrants.
Despite the lure of going away to
school," the statistics show that a
high percentage of those going to col
lege are anxious to pursue their high
err education in local universities amid
unrivaled surroundings, which destine
the National Capital to be the coun-
try's educational center Out of Cen.
trail High Schools college group IS
will enter George Washington and 20
the University Of Maryland, while
Dunbar High School will send SO of
her 95 normal school and college
eligibleS to Howard University.
The second most popular vocation
among the graduates, according to the
official recording of their plans, is that
Of stenography and typewriting.
Twenty-six of the a. girls in the Bust
ness High School graduating class Of
"a intend to make their livelihood as
stenographers, while a dozen at East
ern High School boast the same anbi-
ton. But two Of the 80 boys at
Business intend to seek employment
as stenographers, the balance pre-
ferring to use this knowledge as a
stepping stone to success in some
other line Of work.
Have Other Ambitions.
Other ambitions which the canvas
proved to be entertained by graduates
at each Of the high schools included
the following: Lawyers, doctors. en-
gineers, army and naval officers and
the Consular Service.
One young girl at Central High
School is ambitious to become a mo-
ton picture star and she proudly re-
lated that she already had been en-
gagged by a prominent producer. A