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

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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

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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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' R, swf PURCHASING AGENT FOR THIS JOB, ONE MUST STUDY INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT kkkkkkk My father is a purchasing agent for Castro Convertibles. He pre- pared for his job by studying in- dustrial management at New York University. During an average day,he places purchasing orders, interviews salesmen, and keeps production under control. Fred Sharpe 12 PRoDUg'r1oN-MANAGER or 5 -135 NUFA CTURI NG PLA NT AN ALL-AROUND GENERAL EDUCATION IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IS NECESSARY IN THE PRODUCTION FIELD kkkkkkk My father is a production mana- ger for a firm that manufactures fruits, flavors, concentrates, and toppings for the ice cream trade. His responsibility is to pur- chase raw materials and convert them into finished products. He is also responsible for the clean- liness of the factory as well as progressive methods of manufacture The salary is in excess of Q 312,000 per year with a bonus ot l2Z of total business per year. Gerald Septoff GROCERY STORE MANAGER A SUCCESSFUL CAREER DEPENDS UPON PERSEVERANCE AND HARD WORK kkkkkkk My father is the manager of Waldbaum's on Church Avenue. When he was a young boy going to school, he worked part-time in his father's grocery store. When he finished school, he worked full time. When he came out of the army, he acquired a job as a checker for Waldbaum's. A few years 13- ter, he was made an assistant manager, and finally a manager. My father works a five and a half day week and has many re- sponsibilities. One of the most important duties is to take care of records. He also makes sure that the displays are always full. Ronnie Getsky