Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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lr ' WINDOW DRESSER MY UNCLE IS A FREE LANCE w1NDow-DRESSER AND LIKES H15 Jos kkkkkkk He started his career as an apprentice to a window decorator, working after school. Now he owns his own business. As a freelance window decora- tor, he takes full responsibility for the window displays and the ordering or designing of the props. He works in several stores. He changes the window displays once a month in each individual store, and,if one store has ten windows, he will work on two each day. Unlike the department store window decorator who earns about one hundred dollars per week, a freelance window decorator sets his own price and gets paid by the day. There is a constant demand for freelance window decorators. A formal education is helpful, but a person who may start as an apprentice must have talent and determination. A diploma from an art school is a big help. Agnes Priedmann 10 STORE OWNER wwwwwww The advantages of owning one's own business far outweigh the dis- advantages. That is why my father enjoys being his own boss. The hours in his two apparel stores are long and irregular and the responsibility of bills and W Hlabor are many. if The working day commences at nine A.M. five days a week at which time these stores are open- ed for business. The day is di- vided between seeing salesmen and ordering merchandise, opening shipments, supervising personnel, checking inventory and processing re-orders of popular items, ob- serving the selling floor to see that all customers are helped, doing the essential bookkeeping, and planning future advertising and sales to stimulate business during the slow seasons. Keith Sherwood MINK CLASSIFIER BE A JACK-OF-ALL-JOBS IN THE FUR INDUSTRY AND HOPE FOR AN OPENING kkkkkkk My father is a mink classifier in the mutation mink department of the Hudson Bay Company. He be gan his career in the fur industry with I.J. Fox, Fifth Avenue, when he was twenty years old. In his work he determines the type of mink sent in by the mink ranchers in order to group them for grading purposes. He separates the hides into sapphires, pastels, silver- blues, and Aleutians. Steven Jacobs

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EROM SALESMAN TO PART OWNER OF A COMPANY MY FATHER EXPLAINS HIS CAREER kkkkkkk HI started as a salesman for Concord Mills, a textile company, and today I am the manager and part owner of the company. My responsibility is to take care of customers and buyers from depart- ment stores all over the country and from foreign countries. The working hours are from Q A.M. to 6 P.M. The salary is without li- mit, the higher the position the higher the salary. There are plenty of jobs open for young men and a good chance for advancement The educational background must be good, and the person must be cordial and pleasant.H Jamie Savedoff LAWYER A LAWYER'S WORKING DAY IS DIVIDED BETWEEN RESEARCH AND ARGUING CASES IN COURT kkkkkkk A lawyer's responsibility is to serve his clients to the best of his abilityg to try not to cheat or obstruct the law. A lawyer's first salary may be smal1,but,as his popularity increases,so will his income. Political interests are also helpful in a lawyer's career. Advice to an undecided career- ist is to enter law, a career of self gratification and many op- portunities. Requirements for law are four years of college and two years of law school. Janet Dembitzer ,l-': :T- TECT MY FATHER IS AN ARCHITECT kkkkkkk His career started when he became interested in mathematics and drawing. He went to Col- umbia University and took archi- tecture. He then transferred to New York University where he received a professional degree. After receiving a degree, he passed a state examination. My father's responsibility is to coordinate activities of the designers, construction workers, and engineering staff, to make sure that a building upon completion is a finished product. The salary range for archi- tests is roughly S100 to S200 a week or 55,000 to 511,000 a year. The demands for draftsmen are very high and drafting is a good field for advancement into other fields. Richard Schwarz

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BE.AU'Qc1AN kkkkkkkk BEAUTY CULTURE AFFORDS A COMFORTABLE LIVING kkkkkkki Although no formal education is required, thousands of people with college diplomas are making ver comfortable livin s in beau- Y g ty culture and all its depart- ments. To be successful, one must have intelligence, love for peo- ple, and a desire to serve. While beauty culture is not drud- gery, one must like this articu- P lar kind of work to enjoy it. Janice Moffitt OFFICE SECRETARY OFFICE SECRETARIES HAVE JOBS OF RESPONSIBILITY wkfwkkw My aunt does secretarial work. She started her career after grad- uating from a commercial high school. After graduation, she worked for private industry as a stenographer. Later, she took a civil service examination and started working for the city. She now works for a director of an engineering office where she takes technical dictation and types statistical reports. She does clerical work consist- ing of filing, keeping records of incoming mail, and typing letters for other executives in the office Michael Rose 'x FASHION AND MAGAZINE MODEL kkkkkkk I interviewed a magazine model who works for Vogue, Seventeen, Madamoiselle, Glamour, and other popular publications. One must have outstanding qualifications to be successful as a model: dra matic ability, poise, and person- ality. But the most attractive part of modeling is the salary, Diane, the girl I interviewed, earns S40 an hour and usually works a few hours a day for about six days a week. Of course, all models are not this well paid. The average pay is 325, but top models earn as much as S100 an hour. Lois Axelrad PRQFESSIQNAB-SINGER MY MOTHER SINGS PROFESSIONALLY FOR SOCIAL AND CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS kkkkkkk After studying for several years with private teachers, my mother won a scholarship for study at the Chatham Square Music School for Professional Studies. There she studied opera and clas- sics in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. She now sings pro- fessionally for social and char- itable organizations. Steven Flexser ll