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COUNCIL
Editor's note: Th Family Coun-
cti consists or a mare, a psychu
trlst, Uirea clerKymcn. three edltoi
and a women's editor, Each article
Is a lummiry or a family dUaEree-
mens nreteniea to tne council. J I
Council dealt with problems, ma)-
and minor, encountered by ruld
anre counselors and sorlal workers
Edited by Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copy-
right by General Features corp.)
Mr. T.V. - Every kid docs
not have to go to college.
Mrs. T.Y. - I'll be heart
broken if he backs down now.
Md. T.Y. - Our son Fran
should have a better reason
for going to college than tin
fact that his mother has her
heart set on It. If college
means so much to her, let
her register there herself, now
that she's saved up the money
lor his first year.
Just because the boy loves
to use my telescope and study
the stars, my wife insists that
he s on the way to become
great scientist. But his rea
interest is in building. He
looked at the stars and then
made himself a model plane
tarium. To be a scientist he
have to get decent marks i
math and other subjects, and
Frank has just about squeak
ed through.
We're all headed for trou
ble unless his mother
cepts the fact that Frank jus!
isn t the Joe College type,
Mrs. T.Y. - My husband
and I never went to college,
Naturally we dreamed of our
son s going further than we.
I ve kept a special savings ac
count going for Frank's col
lege education, ever since he
was in kindergarten. Now
tliBt he's 16 and the time to
apply draws near, my hus
band is encouraging him to
back down.
He's a bright boy. He may
not show his real ability on
tests, but the toy planetarium
he made shows that he knows
math and science, even if
he had to teach himself in
stead of getting it from books.
With a little tutoring this
year, I'm sure he'll do well
enough on the college en
trance tests to get into
good university and study for
a degree. He'll be sorry if
he passes up his chance, and
I'll be so disappointed.
The Council - Socrates
said, "Know thyself." H the
hemlock hadn't done him in
so fast he'd have probably
added, "And know thy son."
For obviously, one of these
parents doesn't really know
Frank. The Council suggests
that Mrs. Y. respect tiie re
sults of tests, plus the opin
ions of Frank a teachers and
school guidance counselors. If
these objective indicators,
added to Frank's and Mr. Y.'s
preferences, all add up to No
College, Mrs. Y. should ac
cept the verdict.
To soften the blow for her
we offer the view of a lead
ing American educator who
feels that 50 per cent of the
kids who go to college should
not, for their own and the
nation's good. Seven out of
ten high school students, he
aays, have parents who want
them to go. Two out of those
seven will do well and grad
uate. That means the other
five will fall and drop out,
with nothing added but frus
tration. And even those two
graduates may have been
taking the wrong courses, for
out In jobs 40 per cent of
college graduates feci them
selves misfits, doing work
they're miserable at. So, heed
Frank's aptitudes and capaci
ty now. Don't force him to
struggle through uncongenial
years, a square peg in a round
hole, wasting lime.
Other educators echo the
view that college has been
oversold. What's the use, they
asK, ot having so many stu
dents who understand the de
sign of a space rocket.
there arcn t trained techni
cians who can build it?
There are more than 2:1.000
kinds of jobs to choose from,
and only a few require a col
lege education. Yet, all
essential to our economy. It';
Doner tnai rrann pick an
opening in a field he feel:
at home in, after high school
graduation, than sweat on
four years of college (or more
if he flunks) merely to sat
isfy his mother's vanity. Her
vanity will be soothed by his
smooth progress and success,
Of course, college offers
more than viH-ation:il prepara
lion. Both Mr. and Mrs. Y
can encourage Frank to pur
sue ine "enrichment subjects
on his own Biid all through
nis inc. tall Ins degree
rh.C. for Productive Happy
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