Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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18 ..THECRAFTSMAN O 655 fm of YQ 6 .... You have now arrived at a milestone in life's journey. Most of you are leaving school to enter upon your chosen vocations. Some expect to continue at college. You are all to be congratulated upon the successful completion of your high school course. But, more especially are you to be congratulated upon the fact that you have been giving serious thought and attention to the big questions: What am l to be? For what am I best fitted? ln which line of work will l be most successful? These are some of the great eternal questions which many a young man does not try to answer and therefore fails to find himself. He goes through school with little or no plan for the future. His graduation day arrives and his choice of a career is often flippantly and carelessly made. Some chance information, some superficial advice, the accident of a vacant place which requires filling, the convenient or handy location of the business offering the job-these things frequently decide the question: What shall be my choice of a vocation? The trouble with most men, said the head of a great industry, is that they have no needle pointing north. The slightest circumstance affects such compass as they have and the needle points to a new path or drifts every time a new idea hits them, and off they go to a new job. But every one of you graduates of '36 has a compass that points north. You have made up your mind. You know what you are about. You have had adequate prepara- tion. Now, go out and make the best use of your talents. Luckily for you, there is an up-trend in business. The depression is almost at an end. There are going to be oppor- tunities for worthy young men. Don't give up if you have to start at the bottom. A right start is a fortune in itself. Begin by thinking and talking, Get the experience and gain the responsibilities. You may develop interests and acquire abilities that will fit you for many promotions in your chosen field as well as in occupations allied to the vocation in which you majored. Changing conditions in this scientific and mechanical age will open up new opportuni- ties. Chances for higher positions will present themselves, and cause you to make changes. Do so after most careful deliberation and not for reasons that are trivial or superficial. I have confidence in every one of you and I know you will make good. May your pathway through life be bright and cheery, and may success attend you at every turn of the road. 1 This is the wish of your friend, W M- W