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Show The ultimate decision IHTelTO must he his, but here's how you can aid him C .yo.oose.ai! o ti in making the wisest n possible choice. Don miller's young shoulders sagged as he faced his vocational counselor for the first time. Spread on the desk were the baffling results of his freshman aptitude tests. "My father wants mejb be a doctor," the boy said, "but I don't know for sure what I want to be." The plight of the Miller boy is a familiar one to guidance experts across the nation. Starting this month, they ol will help more than a million enrollees face bewildering new decisions in an adult world. When should a young person decide on his future career? "There is no specific age at which a youth should know definitely what vocation he wants to follow," says Dr. high-scho- ol high-scho- I've! lmj uflTSJ &V if Jlr L IV- mi Suari j! LJl A n Donald E. Super, guidance supervisor at Teachers' College, Columbia University. "Some know at age 10 and never change. Others can't make their choice until they are well into their 30s. Yet both groups can be successful." ol The boy who knows what he wants because he has a special talent or interest has no trouble making a decision. It may lead him to a college education, and if it does, he can direct his studies wholeheartedly toward that goal. If not, he may seek vocational training, then start reaping the benefits and security that usually come with service and experience on the job. Either way, he is likely to pick a lifelong vocation and get ahead faster than if he tried one job after another without purpose or inner satisfaction. "The people who facer real danger and unhappiness," warns Dr. Super, "are those who possess conflicting talents or aptitudes and who are pressured into making too early a decision by parents or friends. "As early as the freshman year, young people should be advised to 'keep all possible doors open.' Thy should investigate thoroughly college entrance requirements and map their courses in such a way that they will not find pathways closed to them on graduation day." high-scho- J " a7 ) t ' fy Will V 4t Ht?iTl? & ft well-meani- j ' , Kir'".- . . , . i VK? . ... ' ...?&4 ng can parents do to help beginning plan intelligently for their careers? Dr. Peter Sammar-tin- o, president of Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, where more than 30 career-go- al specializations at- VX7HAT high-schoole- A growing number of communities now set aside specific each year for career conferences. Family Weefcly, September 8, 1957 Representatives of business, industry, and the various professions outline op-daportunities in their fields, take students on guided tours. ys f rs |