The Choice
of a
Profession
if you are headed
toward a professional
career, you must be
sure your choice is
right.  The profes-
sions are over-
crowded. Years of
training, at heavy ex-
pense, are required.
Sometimes earning
power does not begin for several yearn
after college. It grows slowly, and i- not
reached in full until middle life.
But if you succeed in your profession
you will live a full life, rich in human
values. You will be a recognized servant
of the community.
Books can start you along the right
road. Vocational Guidance for the
Professions, by Brewster, is a straight
talk on how to judge yourself and your
ability, and how to make your choice.
Engineering as a Career, consisting
of papers on the subject by prominent
engineers, enables the reader to see that
profession through the eyes of some of
its biggest men.
The opportunities and perils awaiting
the minister in his chosen profession, and
the relation of his work to church, home,
and the world of affairs, are set forth by
Jowett in The Preacher, His Life and
Work.

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Medicine as a Profession, by
Weaver, answers every question about
the profession which might occur to the
man who wishes to enter it.
Allen's The Law as a Vocation takes
up the various branches of the profession,
its opportunities, the necessary prepara-
tion, and the period of entering into
practice.
The Field of Social Service, by
Davis, presents the appeal of various
lines of social service. Professions of
public service, helping to fight disease,
crime and poverty, are presented in The
Youth and the Nation. by Moore.
The Profession of Teaching, by
Woodley, discusses the demands made
upon a teacher, his opportunity for use-
ful service, and some of his methods.
Ask for these books and for others
on any line of work that interests you
at YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY. Li-
brary service is free everywhere.

American Library Association
Library War Service
Vocation List No. 24-L