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may reach $4,000 a year. Exam
nations for positions are both writ
ten and oral.
The greatest trouble with the
law business. according to DR..
Sibley is not that II is oyercrowd.
ed but rather that it faces a prog
lem OF maldistribution.
Dentistry was cited as being an
excellent profession to enter be-
cause it has barely enough mem
bers at present. Opportunities for
women in dentistry are also great,
the speaker stated.
The speaker said that aviation
has suffered from too much publici.
ty, in an attempt to place it in an
aura OF glamour. Because II is so
highly publiciEed the demand for
ayiators has greatly decreased.
Describing newspaper work. DR.
Sibley said that the metropolitan
dailies are not in need of new tai
ent. He advised that the beginner
work first on newspaper in
small community, even though II Is
only weekly. You can learn
more about journalism and people
when working on a small paper
than you can on a large" he said.
Salaries are small in this occupa-
ton. The advertising branch OF
newspaper work pays more than
editorial work, but the latter holds
a certain fascination. The speaker
said that on a small publication the
writer may develop a column OF
his own, which might later be syn
dicated.
Dr.. Sibley believes that there is
not a promising future in the field
Of banking.
DR.. Sibley, who lives only a few
miles from some Of the largest mo-
ton picture studios, described Hol-
lywood as the motion picture indus
try. Hollywood is not a munich
pality, it is a state of mind. 1t is
an industry that defies all the rules
required for other jobs. College
graduates go to the studios in
droves each year" he said. DR..
Sibley then said that the college
graduates usually end by working
for men who had only high school
education, the high school gradu.
ates working for men with a gram.
mar school education, and the gram.
mar school graduates ycrking for
those who never went to school.
The writing profession was Les.
cribed as being OF two kinds, the
writing for posterity and writing
for money. The latter, commercial
writing, attracts hundreds of thou.
sands, who, each year, send their
writings to popular magazines. It
is easier TO get a book published
than it is a short story, the speak.
er stated.
Stenography, Diesel engineering,
and air CONDITIONING are all over.
crowded, the speaker declared.
AS further examples OF occupa.
tions holding promise for the
young job seeker Dr.. Sibley listed
the fields of rayon, nylon. synthe.
tic plastics, canneries, beverages,
asbestos products, truck driving,
statistics, and the operating Of
business machines.
DR.. Sibley advised the students
not to eyaluate the job they hold
by the amount OF money they re-.
ceive.
Opportunities are just as great
today, or greater, than in the past.
Many people have found the key,
but can't find the keyhole," he
said.
He granted, however, that IN
order to achieve the greatest sue.
cess one must be lucky as well
as skilled.
DR.. Sibley defined genius IN
America as being the ability u
convert >one's stumbling blocks 10
stepping stones. He concluded by
stating that youth should look upon
their vocational undertakings COZ
structively. He said that educa.
ton constitutes the basis for all
enterprise, and that II is the most
important single institution in
America.
President John NJ. Munson intro.
duced the speaker.