Evening star., 1937-08-22
From
Letters on
My Future
Readers Give Plans
for Careers and
Some Reasons.

in any future profession or oc-
cupation is to begin thinking about
a possible career when you are still
young.
Many readers of this page are giving
serious consideration to their future,
as the following excerpts from letters
entered in the August letter writing
contest show. Since these entries
failed to win the three cash awards,
it is impossible to print their con-
tents in full Paragraphs taken here
and there, however, may be Of IN
terest to you.
Ira Brown, IA, Of Second street and
North Glebe road, Arlington. Va, has
decided that he wants career IN
journalism. He has set as his am
bition the position of an editorial
writer for a metropolitan paper.
1T is necessary for one with Jour-
nalistic ambitions to steadily improve
his writing ability in every possible
way" he wrote. This I am doing
through trying to discover the tecn-
nique of smooth writing through ex-
amining my work with an eye for
improvement OF style, through appro-
priately using the dictionary at any
and all times to build up my vo-
cabulary, and through making Use
Of every chance to practice writing
Never overlooking the editorials and
srArja1 artir1Ae hoVa DO.
voted and critical newspaper reader"
Marjorie Bumgarner, IA, of 6l36
Thirtieth street wants to oe Latin
teacher, and for one very practical
reason. Her mother is surprised that
she doesn't want to take up secre-
tarial work, she said, but explained:
Latin appeals to me very much fnd
l think Washington has more than
Its share of secretaries now"
Larry O'Rourke, g. Of l20 Fifth
street southeast wants to be a lawyer
and he knows he'll have to be good
speaker if he's successful. so I an
careful not to use the words amt
and gimme, he wrote. And some
times l 60 TO the Congressional Ii
brary to look up words in the die
tionary."
Edmund Duchesne, 9, of 6523 Sixth
street. wants to be lifeeuard. Il
90 in swimming as often as l can" he
wrote. and I have taken swimming
lessons. Also I am going to take life
saving lessons SOON"
Amy Lewis. IA, of Alexand Va,
R. F. D. 3. wants to be a writer AT
present" she said in her letter Il am
trying to improve my style Of writing
and clearness Of thought by: %
Keeping a journal in which I write
stories, essays, descriptions and poems;
~ asking teachers to criticize and
comment upon my material; (3) writ
ing descriptions Of objects, expressions,
both good and poor pieces OF litera-
ture and writing opinions of them. t5J
taking part in publishing of the school
paper; C6) hard thinking-and last,
but most important, observing life
and refusing to be discouraged"
| Mary Virginia Miller, is. of Vienna
Va, wants to be a school teacher and
she's already doing something about it,
ITO prepare myself" she wrote, l
/ have gained much experience by
Goa ching younger pupils in my COM
/ munity who are behind in their classes
at school, and also in helping prepare
| those OF pre-school age for their fu-
! ture schoc work. This Summer l
I taught in daily vacation Bible
school,"
| Nancy Wilson. IS, of 1901 Fourteenth
| street north, Arlington, Va. wrote that
she hopes to run q school for little
boys and girls She also would like
! to correspond with others about future
ambitions. Please write to me about
your ambitions and also your hobbies, ~
she said. (Her address is given above }
Editors Note Publica ton OF Let
ters on Hobbies which were placed
on a contest honor roll, will be con-
tinued next week.