New Britain herald., 1928-05-26
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ano Its People

to be spent on the repair and re- construction of streets. The owner of property bought for investment would likewise welcome relief. Rentals arc going down and in- comes from tenement and apart ment properties are correspondingly declining.
 It is doubtful whether Mir. Linder has in mind business properties in the center of the city. Only a few days ago the sole undeveloped cor her in the center was said to be valued at $625,0oo which is good many thousand dollars more than the valuation placed on it less than two years ago.
 One effect of Nr. Linder's letter will probably be seen in a slowing up of the real estate market. His cryptic communication to the mayor leaves the public mind in fog. It is not likely that a man who has intended to buy home or invest in business property will make a move until he learns more definitely luSt W lldl MI. lIiiutI Hiodhl bS certain classes of property"
 About this time each year all 1 seniors, be they high school or col lege-are being groomed and pre- | pared for that hard task of receiv- ing diplomas, or certificates of cf- | ficiency sort of passport into the world. Then again they become | eshnen-freshmen in the prac- tical life that surrounds them and in which they have to use their knowledge gained through study to ] the best of their advantages and those of the human race. The piece of paper or parchment on which is inscribed the fact that "teils the world" that so-and-so has finished
 in good fashion the studies prescrib-
 ed in the program of the school att
 tended. and which is commonly known as the diploma. is ofttimes
 mistaken by the graduate for a
 passcard through life.
 In many cases some graduates re- ctive their diplomas with an added inscription which reads either cum laude, magma cum laude or summa magma cum laudc. which means
 that that particular student finished
 his course with exceptional honors. These are beautiful prefixes-some- thing to be proud of, because not
 so many are capable of going
 through three or four years of
 strenuous study and emerge with a percentage necessary for such hon.
 ors. A diploma framed evpensively
 looks beautiful, but a diploma with
 an added prefix is something to be
 proud Of. Now the question arises
 how many Of those with these Gothic lettered or Old English let
 tered diplomas go through the ap- prcnticeship in practical life and
 emerge victorious Many never get
 anywhere for the simple reason
 that they won't or cant apply the
 theories they have learned to prac-
 tical life. To many the fact of pos
 scssing d certificate of efficiency is sufficient cause to demand a place
 of importance in the different fields
 of endeavor in this world. Apropos
 heres an example:
 X young man of about eS re-
 ccived his diploma together with 1 about l.1oh other graduates from
 from an institution of higher learn
 ing, well known in New England
 with cum laude prefix and inn
 mediatcly set out to conquer the
 world. The university conducted ar
 employment bureau and helped te
 place its graduates in different or
 ganizations and business places SC
 the young man lost no time and ths
 day after graduation came in to set the director. He did not ask Wheth CT there was a possibility of placins
 him anywhere but frankly de manded that the bureau find him :
 position. The director explained
 that it would be rather hard to fint
 something that would give him am pie remuneration, but if he cared tt investigate certain place wher' there was possibility Of placing : man. he would gladly reccommen'
 him. He agreed and wept to the in dicated place Of business An hou . later he returned with disgust writ
 ten all over his face. threw doWI the card of introduction, and mad some incoherent remarks concern '. ing the prospective employer. I'm agine, the concern was willing t give him q position and place hin on the payroll at only $25 q weel to start. The nerve of them. Didn' they know he had just received ] diploma and that he was worth q ! least $50 q week to start? He Wa D indignant. How dare they mak l such an offer-it was preposterous according to him. He left statin . that he would show them that h S was woNh S75 week and som e company would be only too glad t n get him. The director wished hir D good luck. and then called up tn
 place where the young man wa
 sent to. The personnel manager tol s him that the position offered tn = young man Was paying only $c' L. | WHICH Ht d ldlI :. for new man, but that withi if three or four months he would b h worth more and within yea q would be made assistant manager ( # some department, all of which r. explained to the young man. but h C would not listen to this and lei ?. feeling quite hurt, the manager eA IS plaincd.
 " Some few months later. this sam e young man came into the emplo, r. ment bureau again, quiet all f. meek man and asked if tht positio 'c was still open. No. The position W. m filled and the young man who toe pc it was well on the way to an in s. portant post in the establishment le The director asked him whether l d. got what he wanted and the your 7" man replied that since his gradl Is ,tion ha yyas ma hla o find an,