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Show Personal Success Leads to Success In Ag. Career The Saddle and Sirloin Club of t'ollege of Southern Utah Tuesday Tues-day evening heard Dr. Gordon Beckstrand, district director of the Extension Service of Southern South-ern Utah, discuss "Choosing Your Career in Agriculture." Introduced to the group by D. C. Schmutz, chairman of the CSU division of agriculture, Dr. Beck-strand Beck-strand stated that "In preparing for the future, if we are to succeed suc-ceed in our own personal lives ana to neip make our country I and the world a better place in which to live and work, we must be fully prepared to meet thei requirements of the complex and, uncertain age." He further cm-! phasized the importance of the ability to write and speak clear-1 ly, and logically, knowledge of fields other than those i choose j to work in, learning to make a, living and learning to live. He asked students for their dedica-l I tion to the proposition that nothing noth-ing can replace work. "The percentage of workers in U. S. agriculture, directly or indirectly, in-directly, includes approximately Hi', f the total we kin- force of the United States. Those engaged in agri-business are employed in more than 5K) different district occupations. In the eight fields of agriculture, there are research, industry, business, education, communication, conservation, services, ser-vices, farming, and ranching," according to Dr. Beckstrand. "Re-icent "Re-icent surveys indicated that these jeight field i. each year could jemploy 15,000 new college graduates grad-uates if available. I Dr. Beckstrand concluded with. I "It is necessary for man to develop de-velop himself to the utmost if , he is to be looked upon as a leader lead-er and to gain status in the world of tomorrow." |