The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-05-20
Vocational Advisory

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while you were earning, that the
newcomer to the profession does not
possess. Life seems to have some
compensations, you know. Nothing
can take the place of hard work
and ambition.
II you are planning to enter col
lege this fall - choose your school
with your career in mind. Choose
a school that offers the subjects
that will help you most in that ca
reer. IT, again, you don't exactly
know what you want to do, but
do want to go to college, 60 to the
college of your choice with the
idea in mind of acquiring all you
possibly can, both culturally and
ACCIDENTALLY speaking, working to-
ward liberal arts degree.
BY the time you are ready to re-
ceive your degree from college, it
is highly probable that you will
have decided what specific work
you would like to enter upon in
your life; if not, and you do not
plan to continue your education,
you have very good background
on which to start out in any posi-
ton you might choose to try.
Can Get Places Faster
A college education cannot be
over-stressed. The college graduate
may expect better breaks to begin
with, and advancements are more
assured and possibly faster, as usual
ly person must have acquired
knowledges and skills from four
years study that make it possible
for him to give more to the job
than his job requires of him.
If, from your childhood, you have
had your mind and heart set on
going into one of the high profess
sions and still plan to follow through
- the next few years will be filled
with work and study for you, but
will bring in the long run personal
satisfaction commensurate with all
the time, talents and money spent
in acquiring that goal.
Let's consider some of your likes
when trying to choose vocation:
Do you like to work with people?
Well, there are number of jobs
that require just such like along
with other things. There's teaching
music, language, physical education,
art or literature; the blind, orphans,
nursery-aged children; or, if you
like crusading work, teaching and
working with people of the slum
districts as well as children in the
remote rural areas. One of the first
requirements in training for this
type of work is a college degree
with major in sociology, and/or psy-
chology and education.
Port-Time Work MuY Advance
Do you like to meet people, and
have knack for convincing people
of your product or self? Then
chances are you would make good
in sales work. Selling offers many
opportunities from your very
first job as soda clerk or newspaper
selling to the higher positions
where the product sells you or you
sell the product. There are college
courses that will help you toward
this career, whether it be advertis-
ing sales, sales promotion, public
relations, or just plain selling You
might pick up some additional ex-
perience in this line while you're
in college by working part-time.
If public life appeals to you -
whether as teacher, preacher, or
politician, you will need to be able
to speak before the public. All the
experience you can get in public
speaking will be of use to you. If
you prefer reaching the public
you prefer reaching the public
through writing, or just like to ex-
press yourself by words - yes. you
think you would like to become a
writer it's not impossible: just
prepare yourself for it by studying
English, foreign language, and jour-
nalism. Later on you may decide
upon what phase of writing you like
best.
Nc End Of Opportunity
There is scientific writing for the
government, editing trade maya
zine, a church periodical, a Red
Cross Journal, or even a farm paper.
Numerous things are to be done,
all waiting for someone who can
and will write - history to be writ
ten, news to be put before the public,
and plans to be written for the flu
,ture.