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Seniors prepare to enter adult world ‘Pop Goes the Devil senior pictures, SAT revive grad’s memories Struggling through crowded halls, playing on a varsity team and getting a class ring flooded the minds of 234 graduating seniors. Memories of a first place jack-in-the-box float along with a Spring Carousel Prom collided with thoughts and plans for the future. Personal touches of humor enlivened the spirits of graduating seniors throughout Baccalaureate but did not lessen the solemnity of the occasion. Large families, finding themselves short of exercise tickets, perched on aisle steps straining proudly to catch a brief glimpse of a son, daughter or niece. Scarcity of tickets for the ceremony stemmed from the size of the class and the auditorium capacity. Speeches by local ministers, school officials and members of the Class of 1971 centered on what life is and what could be made of it. 10
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NAME GAME Graduates question social stigma of working man “Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.” Even as toddlers lisping nursery rhymes, people begin to think about their future occupations. Striving for success and wealth, they decide the methods by which they ' ll attain these goals. One popular route to success is college. But is this way always the best? “Yes,” some people declare. “If you want a well-paying job, college is a must.” Is it? Last year, two teachers together received less money for sponsoring the Junior Class than janitors earned preparing and cleaning up the gym for Prom. “If you don’t go to college, you’ll never get ahead.” Does this statement always hold true? Many college graduates can ' t .even join the race, let alone get ahead. Consider the teaching profession. Recently, college graduates with degrees in education acquired jobs only with great difficulty. Even Griffith felt the effect. Although the system had only 35 openings last year. 600 candidates applied. Another overcrowded field is science, particularly now that the government has cut back on space programs. Last June, Princeton graduated 32 from the aerospace and mechanical science department. After five months of job hunting, none had managed to fine employ- ment. Today 819 men with Ph.d.’s competed eagerly for every 23 job vacancies in chemistry. Job difficulties aren ' t peculiar to only these fields. Medical schools across the country reported that 26,000 college graduates applied for 11,800 openings last year. Of the 14,200 rejected, half were qualified to enter; there simply wasn’t room. Law schools had a similar problem; almost three times as many people applied for admission as were needed to fill 35,000 vacancies. Between March 1970 and March 1971, accord- ing to Time, job bids for male B.A. ' s fell 61 per cent. Obviously, college is not the solution for the average student who simply wants a good job and a chance to get ahead. What is? With the rise in service industries, skilled workmen command large salaries. In June 1970, according to World Almanac 1971, painters were averaging $4.05 an hour, electricians $4.37 and construction men $5.93. Yet few people seem to be aware that well-paying, challenging work not requiring a college diploma exists. Why is this? Could school guidance be partly to blame? Perhaps there’s too much emphasis on college prep and not enough on vocational and business. Are alternatives to college overlooked? More than 1,500 vocational schools across the country prepare high school graduates for skilled trades. Apprenticeship programs, which last from two to four years, enrolled 300,000 in 1970. Another choice might be two-year junior colleges. Offering training in areas such as auto mechanics, chefs and dental assistants. Such information should force many to re-evaluate their purposes in going to college. The reason “Because Mom and Dad want me to” can be a powerful influence on some students. But consider Mom and Dad’s motive for stressing college. Could it be they are more concerned with boast- ing of their well-educated children? Are they going because “everyone else is”? Look around. Not everyone is. Only 17 per cent of this year ' s senior class indicated on North Central Evaluation questionaires they planned to attend four-year schools. Do students continue their educa- tion to postpone that inevitable choice of occupation? Then they risk wasting $8,000 or more on an education that may never be used. What is your answer? Park Avenue Blue robes, white roses and motto “We finish only to begin” symbolized final class ties. Like a modern Ichabod Crane, Jim Caron escapes the confines of the auditorium as his billowing figure sets out for the open road. Spring fever, that perennial bug, fills the air infecting seniors as a few of them break from graduation practice and the hesitation step.” 11
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