NEWS-TIMES OFFICES Beaufort 1X0 Crttu St. ? Pbon. 4481 Morehead .City 104 Ar?nd?ll St Phone 861 1 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES A Merger of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) GRADUATION EDITION 88th YEAR, No. 39 EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 194S SECOND SECTION PUBLISHED. TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 177 Carteret County Seniors Complete High School Careers Job Clinic Outlook for Graduates In the World of Work (First of 14 Articles on Job Opportunities for June Graduates, Written Exclusively for AP Ncwsfeatures by Authorities in Busi ness and Industry.) By WILLIAM J. CRONIN Managing Director, Automobile Manufacturer* Association The automotive industry and its related fields offer more job and business opportunities today for trained and enterprising young men than perhaps any other business field in the world. This spring's college and high school graduates will find employ ment prospects encouraging in the automotive field in many parts of the country. More tha>. 41 million cars, trucks and buses are In use to day on the nation's highways and It takes many different types of businesses and Jobs to meet the needs of the vehicles and the |*ople who operate them. About 600,000 automotive en terprises have been established to serve motorists in cities, towns hamlets and along rural highways. They include gasoline stations, re pair garages, trucking concerns and automobile dealerships. Specially-trained individuals are in greatest demand throughout the automotive industry. Vocationally trained high school graduates, for example, are particularly needed today in automobile repair work. From the earliest days of the in WILLIAM J. CRONIN dustry, a good mechanic has always found a ready market for his ser vices. The high school graduate usually enters the automotive field as an apprentice, but he is entering a field that offers unlimited opportunities for ad See JOBS Page Six Graduates Conduct Commencement Programs Readers will note ip stories on commencement exercises that the majority of the schools in the county have departed this year from the practice of hav ing a speaker. The seniors themselves, main ly the honor students, are mak ing the speeches. This is an attainment which H. L. Joslyn, superintendent of county schools, has hoped for ever since he became head of the county school system. Featuring the seniors in their commencement' program had been his practice at rdorchead City school where he was prin cipal for 25 years. Mr. Joslyn has always believe ed that commencement is the day for the seniors and they themselves should be the princi pals in graduation exercises. St/CCeSS " ?> GMDVAT?S?'/<?M - ? * > It has been a long, hard fight, boys and girls ? and we congratulate you^on your achievement of this goal. We have stocked up with the gifts you'll appreciate. 1 For ihe Girl Graduate: Luggage ? Billfolds ? Pen & Pencil Sets ? Comb and Brush Sets ? Compacts ? Cameras ? Cosmetics by Tahn, Elizabeth Ardcn, Yardley Dorothy Gray and Lucien Lclong. For the Boy Gradaale: ? Luggage ? Billfolds ? Cameras ? Pen and Pencil Sets ? Electric Shavers ? Shaving Sets ? and many other items. MOREHEAD C1T.1J DRUQ "A GOOD DRUG STORE" % 815 ArenleU Street . . . Phone M-5M1 ? * ' USES Office Aids Seniors j In Selecting Occupations High school seniors in the coun ty may take advantages of testing facilities at the United States Em ployment Service office, Seventh and Evans street, in Morehead City that will aid them in deciding what vocation they wish to under take. The facilities are offered free of charge to all seniors and ethers uncertain what occupation they desire to enter. The office registers and receives applications from seniors who are entering the labor market for the first time. General aptitude bat tery tests to determine aptitude for 20 occupational patterns such as clerical, mechanical, and so forth are first given. The placement and counseling service of the office which is es pecially developed for high school graduates is then put at their dis posal to assist them. The office has attempted to give all of these tests before graduation and tries to develop job openings for the students. Representatives from the office appeared at different scho</ls in the county recently and showed a film, "Your Life's Work." This film illustrated various tests given and showed students some of the factors that could affect their choice. Congressional Committee Reports on Library Bill First educational measure of the 81st Congress to be reported out of committee is tfie public-library service demonstration bill, SIM. Hearings last year revealed that approximately 35 million persons in the United States were then without Iiblary service. In only 11 states and the District of Colum bia were there as many as 85 per cent of the people to whom public library service was available. Ru ral areas are particularly in need of public-library facilities. The bill calls for $40,000 a year grant for five years in each state with which to provide demonstra tions of good public-jibrary service to people now without it. If the state wishes to match funds for public-library services, the federal government would be authorized to grant up to $100,000 a year for each state for five years. Congratulations Graduates of '49 Your grealesl Success is our most sincere wish. MOBEHEAD CITY FLORAL CO. FlorlsU for 28 Ye?r? Phone M ? 5581 Schools Don't Neglect 3 Rs, Official Says WASHINGTON ? (AP) ? The three R's, instead of being neg lected, are getting more atten | tion than ever in the nation's i schools. | So reports Willard E. Givens, executive secretary of the National Education association. "The amount of time spent in | today's school in the three H's is more than four times as great as j it was a hundred years ago," ' Givens said in the associations j annual report. "The techniques of leaching the tool' subjects (reading, writing and arithmetic) are vastly im proved. Students who can advance rapidly are given the opportunity to do so. Special difficulties ham pering the advance of some stu dents are diagnosed and elimi nated through instruction adjusted to individual needs. The three | R's are still the foundation of our school studies. Schools are teach ing them better than they have I ever been taught. Children read more books, read more rapidly and read with great | or understanding, Givens says. In grandfather's time, one basic i reader was often the only read ing text. Not so now, says Givens, i adding that it's now not unusual ' for a pupil in the better schools I to read 25 or 30 books during his ; first year. Givens also reported progress j In the teaching of social studies, | | safety and conservation, interna j tional understanding, music and | ; the visual arts, health and related i subjects. Elaborating on his formal re I port, Givens told a news con | ference that the schools are "do ing a whale of a job," consider- j ing the shortage of space and j teachers. | "We are not doing nearly as well j I as we would like to do," he said, j j "But we arc sure we are doing a better job than we ever did be- 1 I fore." i The census bureau reports that the nation's school enrollment topped 28 million, highest in his tory, at the start of the present school year. Rnlgers University Adds Department oi Geography Rutgers university' will estab lish on July 1 a department of geography in its College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of the increasing importance of this sub ject to a well-rounded college education. It will be one of the new university departments in the northeast devoted to geography. In addition to providing elective courses for students majoring in liberal arts, business administra tion and engineering, the division will offer a full program of study for those who plan careers in geography. It is reported that col lege-trained geographers are "now in increasing demand as their ser vices are required in mounting degree by government and teach ing." la lb GRADUATES of '49 DOM'S SANDWICH SHOP ,rfhe Little Place with the Big Welcome" The graduation classes of Carteret county schools increase yeai by year . . . during the past three years the group of graduates has been larger by approximately 10. Seniors who will receive d^pfomas next month number 177, an in crease of 10 over last year's graduates. In 1947 they totaled 158. Forty-three and five-tenths per cent of those completing their high school careers in Carteret county intend to further their educa tion at business schools, colleges, and beauticians schools. According to present plans, seven of the 13 seniors at Atlantic expect to continue their studies, as do seven of the 24 at Smyrna, three of the 10 at Harkers Island. 25 of the 41 graduates at Beaufort high, 13 of the 19 at Queen Street school, 18 of the 49 at Morehead City high, and four of the 21 at Newport. Twelve girls intend to enter the nursing profession, five will go to beauticians' school, two boys in tend to become doctors, two plan to enter the ministry, four law, three engineering, seven intend to teach, two are going to enroll in business administration courses at college, and two expect to launch careers Ui science. One student is planning on enter ing the diplomatic service, one Christian education, another hotel management, another interior de corating, three plan to enter civil service, one journalism and an other expects to make music a pro fession. Five Newport graduates will work at Cherry Point Marine air base, if their present plans ma terialize. One of the graduates at Atlantic high school is planning on a ca reer in professional baseball. Fourteen of the girl graduates plan to marry within six months after they receive their diplomas, while only one boy is contempla ting matrimony that soon. Four of the girls who will re ceive their diplomas are already married. Patsy Parker at Newport became Mrs. Willard Thome on May 7, Anne Robinson at Atlantic married Milan Willis in December. Peggie Mason, of Atlantic, was married December a year ago and Joan McKnight of Morehead City became the wife of James Douglas Springle Thursday night, May 19. Eight boys intend to become farmers, 11 fishermen, and four are planning on entering the arm ed forces. Of the 177 students, only one is a veteran, lie is Richard Arlen Lewis at Harkers Island. At Beau fort school, Miss Lena Duncan, senior class advisor, says the ratio of boys to girls in the senior class is back to normal for the first time since the war. There are 21 boys in the class and 20 girls. Last year there were 20 girls and five boys, and the year before 20 boys and five girls. Beaufort's class of '49 has the distinction of being the only group with a set of twins, Billie and Bob bie Springle. Commencement and graduation ; activities arc late this year. Usually these events have been over by the first of June. The polio epi demic last summer has delayed commencement approximately -two weeks. Harvard to Conduct Special Six-Week Coarse Harvard university will conduct a special six-week program of courses, beginning July 5. for teachers who have limited summer vacations. The offerings will include courses in comparative, elemen tary, secondary, music, social science and science education; ad ministration, psychology, philos ophy of education, principles of teaching, measurement and ex perimentation, and guidance and student personnel work. - , Citizen Courses Offered The University of Wisconsin has introduced citizen seminars as part of an adult education pro gram to help groups in their study of public affairs. The seminars consist of discussion courses on current public problems and are supplemented by a study kit of selected reading materials and a discussion guide. Various topics are available, each packaged in a library kit. These can be borrowed or purchased from the university's extension division. Teaching Methods Change with Time Teaching methods in the early elementary school varies with the individual teachers, though some features were common to all schools. Much emphasis was placed upon memory work. Considerable attention was given to writing, one of the chief qualifications of a teacher being his ability to make and mend goose quills. The most important qualifica tion of a teacher, however, was his ability to preserve order in the schoolroom. To this end he main tained a firm and severe discip line. A bunch of well-seasoned hickory switches was always handy for administerihg such punish ment. though sometimes a ruler served the same purpose. For minor offenses the culprit was made to sit on a dunce block or to wear a fool's cap or a pair of leather spectacles, as the whim | of the teacher dictated. Not in frequently an irate teacher was known to twist a student's nose or box his ears, at the same time I calling him "dunce," "blockhead" ! or "boobic." Government Views Job Possibilities Many of the jobs which Interest young people will be rather dif ficult to find during the next several years. These include such jobs as airplane pilot, newspaper reporter, radio announcer and agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But the outlook for other oc-.' cupations ? such as physician, teacher, librarian, stenographer and automobile mechanic ? will be much brighter. These conclusions are contained in a 54 page Occupational Outlook Handbook recently released by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing office. The manual, which took four years to prepare, was compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Veterans Administration. The book is believed to be one of the most extensive studies of its kind. The handbook offers complete reports on 288 occupations, rang ing from the professions to farm ing. It describes the jobs, pros pects for employment, the train ing and qualifications required in various fields, earnings and work ing conditions. The personnel field is "over crowded at present," the report notes. The "long-run employment trend is slowly upward, but keen competition for entry jobs ia likely to continue for several years." The handbook points out, how ever, that good employment op portunities are available in the following fields: Physicians ? Opportunities arc excellent for those who can win admission to medical school. The need for doctors is greatest ir rural areas. Teachers ? The best opportuni ties are for kindergarten and elementary school teachers. The shortage of personnel at those levels is expected to continue for a longer period than the one pre vailing at higher fcrade levels. Librarians ? Immediate employ ment opportunities are good for See GOVERNMENT rage tlx Our Congratulations To Yon Graduates... ~ Your greatest success and happiness through life i our sincere wish. STROUD'S FOOD CENTER IM m

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