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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1980
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ow to succeed in business by really
ing.
Two national organizations, Fu-
ure Business Leaders of America,
or high school students, and Phi
eta Lambda, its collegiate counter-
, are giving young people a taste
f the business world.
“As a high school student you’re
ignorant of what goes on in the busi-
ess community,” said Donna Bris
tow, 19, a University of Kentucky
phomore. “FBLA and PBL give
ou a reason to go out into the busi
ness community and ask questions.”
The objective of the two groups is
o stir interest in business and ease
e transition from school to work.
They bring business people into
the classroom to talk about free en
terprise and business careers and
take students into factories and
ffices.
Among the many firms that pitch
in with financial support, speakers
and judges for FBLA events are
oca-Cola, IBM, McDonald’s and
Mobil Oil.
In one recent program, 30
Washington-area students took on
the planning and building of an ijn-
paginary 400-room luxury hotel.
“They consulted with architects,
lending institutions and did a feasi-
Olympics pc bility study,” said Edward Miller,
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Eric Hilton, vice president of the
Hilton Hotels Corp., presented the
students with certificates for their
participation in this project.
In Little Rock, Ark., FBLA mem
bers “worked with the local bank’s
credit card department and learned
how to establish credit,” Miller said.
Using what they learned in the bank,
they formed their own credit card
system that allowed them to charge
purchases at local businesses.
In Greensboro, S.C., Miller said,
Burlington Industries funds' area
FBLA programs. “There are many
other companies supporting us on
the local level.”
“We’ve had a lot of support in
smaller communities,” Miller said.
“The members, of the National
Federation of Independent Busi
nessmen and independent insurance
agents in towns everywhere have
helped out.”
Every year, members from across
the country vie for national awards.
Competitors give speeches^ take
written tests and are interviewed by
judges from the business com
munity.
“Quite often,” said Miller, judges
are so impressed they say, “T would
really like to have this person on my
staff.’”
“FBLA gives you a chance to get
involved and get active,” said nation
al president, Stuart Fulton, 18, of Ft.
Collins, Colo.
“I knew I wanted a career in busi
ness,” said Fulton. FBLA has helped
him learn “what’s expected from a
businessman. ”
Both students agree that participa
tion builds confidence. “I’ve seen
students who were frightened to
death to get up before an English
class and give a book report,” Bris
tow said.
Because of experience in the prog
ram they have become competent
public speakers, she said.
“There is an absolute need for stu
dents to understand business,” Mil
ler said.
Bristow agreed saying “So many
schools don’t require any economics,
and it’s so important to know how
free enterprise works.”
Miller said support from the busi
ness community has been “excep
tional” and the groups hope con
tinued support will enable them to
plan more projects. “We want to let
business know,” Miller said, “that
there are a quarter of a million stu
dents out there with a positive atti
tude about business and a need to
work with business.”
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 1980 with 314 to follow.
The moon is moving toward its first quarter.
The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercury and Venus.
Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces.
On this date in history:
In 1878, the New Haven, Conn., Telephone Company published
the first phone book. It listed 50 subscribers.
In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated, 37 years after
the start of construction.
In 1965, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was fatally shot at a rally in
New York City.
In 1975, Judge John Sirica sentenced former Nixon administration
officials John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman to prison
for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.
A thought for the day: American patriot Thomas Paine said, “Those
who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue
of supporting it.”
Teacher says Russian students
not hostile to U.S. counterparts
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. —
Soviet students are generally fond of
their American counterparts and re
serve their hostilities for the
Chinese, says a teacher who recently
spent two months in Russia.
Ruth Warner, 29, of Grand Junc
tion, and five other American
teachers worked with Russian stu
dents under a program sponsored by
the American Field Service and
Soviet Ministry of Education.
Warner, who teaches German and
Russian at Grand Junction High
School, said Russian students re
ceived a better education than their
American counterparts.
She said while students in the
Soviet Union are required to attend
school for only 10 years, they gener
ally receive a better education than
American students who attend clas
ses for 12 years.
She noted that brighter studen
in the Soviet Union are provide
with intensive, specialized studii
starting with the second grade. Alsc
students attend school six days
week and by the fifth grade are r<
quired to have studied a foreign lai
guage.
She said she had found many sim
larities between students in Russi
and those in America. She said Ru:
sian youths enjoy rock music and di:
co dancing.
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