English High School - Blue and Blue / Record Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Career Quidame 1954 Choosing a career is, perhaps, the most difficult and most important task which confronts a high school senior. Since the choice of the prospective high school graduate will directly affect his future life, he should investigate as many careers as possible and he should weigh the advantages end disadvantages of each career. It is, therefore, important that the student receive information about a number of different careers. With this in mind our Headmaster organ- ized a Career Guidance Program for all seniors and juniors. This program, which began on March 1st, consisted of lectures by representatives of many colleges, industries, and professions. Among the twenty-four higher institutions of learning represented were Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts. Eacn representative began his lecture with an outline of the admission requirements, the courses, and the expenses of the college which he represented. After giving a general picture of his college, the lecturer usually proceeded to speak of the necessity of a college education and of the many interesting professions for whi ch one may be trained in college. Time was set aside at the end of each conference so that the representative could answer any of the students ' ques- tions. Catalogs of the colleges were issued to the students at the end of the conferences. The second and final week of the Career Guidance Program was Business Career Week. During this week lectures were given on various professions such as Engineering, Law, Accounting, Journalism, and Medicine. Conferences were also held on Social Work, Department Stores, Retail Stores, State Civil Service, Federal Civil Service, and Selective Service. These conferences were especially informative, since all of the lecturers spoke about the career in which they themselves were engaged. The majority of the speakers frankly discussed their careers, mentioning not only the advantages but the disadvant- ages of their particular career. At most of the conferences this point was stressed — that a person should not enter a career unless he is absolutely cer- tain that he will enjoy the type of work included in that career. The entire Career Guidance Program was a huge success and it was great- ly appreciated by the student body. The program helped to clear up many of the questions in the minds of the students, and it helped many students make up their minds about certain careers. The program was a step in the right direc- tion but a great deal more work of that type should be done in our public schools. In this respect our secondary schools are especially important, since it is while in high school that most boys begin to think seriously about a career. If we are to build a stronger and better America, we must begin by strengthen- ing and bettering the youth of to-day. The only way to do this is to devote more time, energy, and money to the schools of America.

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 1953 - 1954 1 Seated (left to right) ; George Vaine, Francis Wilhelm, Francis Curran, Henry Adleman, Anthony LoConte, Nicholas Ciccia. Standing (left to right): Anthony Modica, Gilbert Chin, Roger Dow, J. Richard Kennedy, lohn A. McElman, Kai Young, Gary Chin, John Paris Andrew Wong. CLASS OF 1954 Adleman, Henry Boroian, Jack Ciccia, Nicholas A. Curran, Francis J. Dow, Roger P. Eisenstadt, Thomas Kennedy, John R. LoConte, Anthony C. McElman, John A. Maloof, Daniel L. Vaine, George W. Wilhelm, Francis J. Wong, Andrew- Yung, Kai W. Chin, Gray Chin, Gilbert Y. Cleveland, Bruce T. CLASS OF 1955 Lanza, Robert D. Modica, Anthony P. Paris, John J. Pottle, Donald S.

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