Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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Q00 Sp SCHOOL OFFICERS Faculty Rupert G. Johnson, Principal Constance C. Murray Frances M. Kilby E. Eugene Weeks, Jr. Supervisor of Music Abbie Harvey School Com ittee Zela B. Dolloff Ervin A. Center Rachel S. Moulton Superintendent George E. Jack Student Council President Marion Blake Secretary and Trewurer Patricia Dole Senior Class Members Leith Paine Raymond Wood Marion Blake Patricia Dole Junior Class Members Miriam Dolloff Laura Sanborn Marion Gould Sophomore Class Members Sylvia Whitney Frances Beane Freshmen Class Member Robert Logan Use 415,

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-X - Y f l ' lr ,L I 'nur' , , ,- Q as 3,9 t j-4 -ef .5 : if , ,Vg 5 S , .i ,Le ' f f' F Q if K5 ff M 'I .Q P 6?j,g QQQQ ' fi VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE The youth of today in choosing an occupation faces a far more difficult task than the youth of yesterday. Formerly, it was possible to obtain a so-called general education and to thereafter find a use for it in whatever occupation one pursued. But since the turn of the century, life has become increasingly complicated. Specialization is essential and competition is keen. It is no longer feasible to first wget an education' and thereafter choose an occupation by the trail and error method. Therefore, it becomes necessary for the student to make one of the most important decisions of his life during his high school days while he is Cwhether he thinks so or not! immature and inexperienced. We have often heard it said that in choosing a life work one should be guided by his desires, that one can do best what he likes best to do. It is not as simple as that. Unfortunately, a person is 'seldom endowed with a temperament, ability, and personality to succeed at the occupation which he admired in his youth. Perhaps the field in that particular occupation is seriously overcrowded, perhaps it is an occupation requiring a large investment of capital which is not avail- able, or it may be an occupation at which only the proverbial none man in a thousandu can succeed. Most boys like to play baseball, yet only a few who are truly outstanding can be successful as professional ball players. It may be that an interest in baseball coupled with an ability to write vigorously and clearly may point to the possible occupation of a sports reporter. It is not enough to find something that the student likes and can do well. There must be a demand for the service which he is to render to society, to wit: a market for what he has to sell. The complicated and vital problem of choosing a vocation has not received the attention it deserves. The course in Occupations given at Standish High School is a step in the right direction but much more is needed. This problem demands the serious study andeooperation of the student, parents, school, and prospective employers. It is per- haps the point at which the next important advance in our education system should be made. W SIMON W. MOULTON