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^ Page 6B/The Battalion/Thursday, April 28, 1983 graduating? Graduation gifts go traditional watches, pens but no lighters before picking up your diploma, don’t forget... pick: up your AGGIELAND! Room #216 Reed McDonald 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. United Press International Jewelry, watches, pens and leather goods are “in” gradua tion gifts. Lighters are “out.” Jeweler Irving Getz, of Coral Gables, Fla., says lighters are no longer popular because givers are trying not to encourage peo ple to smoke. Graduation is a time for tra ditional gifts, retailers say. “We’re going right back to what was popular 30 to 40 years ago,” said Jean Glendon, gift re gistry director for the Boston- based Jordan-Marsh depart ment store chain. That means pearl necklaces and earrings and gold charms for women, gold studs, cuff links and tie tacks for men, and monogrammed silverplated items for both. Mrs. Glendon said popular silverplated articles include key rings, letter openers, pillboxes, picture frames and card cases — the latter for graduates who will be getting their first career jobs. “Young people love real leather attache cases, wallets and key rings,” she said in a tele phone interview. Perfume is also popular for women, Mrs. Glendon said. “Traditional gifts can lx* very sentimental,” said Getz, presi dent of the 12-store Mayor’s Jewelers chain in Florida. “They are kept over a lifetime, especial ly if they are from parents.” At higher price levels, he said, jx*ople may buy $125 fountain pens or family crest rings or sig net rings. Getz sees a strongtrc to traditional watcheson al designs, “a reflectioi trend to dressing upa$ He said it also shows tie tacks and cufflinks indicate (the wearing« ties and convenlionisli Both Getz and Dallas Leo Fields said neckc' bracelets for men are Recession or not, he dnation is “probablyjusi| Christmas in unit and I sales for the jewelry indiiA 76 Nc Graduate surplus predicted to continue through 1980s ■ance (continued from page IB) — Architects, up 33-4 1 per cent. — Assemblers, up 19-31 per cent. — Auto mechanics, up 24-33 percent. — Computer service techni cians, up 9o-l 13 percent. — College and university fa culty, down 9 percent but good prospects for engineering and computer faculty. — Computer operators, up 22-30 percent. — Correction officers, up 4 1 - 49 percent. — Dental assistants, up 38-42 percent. — Dental hygienists, up t>7 percent. — Electricians, up 20-28 per cent. — Electical engineering, up 35-47 percent. — Engineering and science technicians, up 24-33 percent. — Fo<xl counter workers, up 42 percent. — Health service administra tors, up 43-53 jx^rcent. — Kindergarten and elemen tary school teachers, up 18-19 percent. — Lawyers, up 25-34 per cent; Ixfst prospects for new practices in small towns and ex panding suburbs. — Librarians, up 3-5 percent; best outlook for those with scien tific or technical qualifications. — Physicians, osteopathic physicians, up 32 percent. — Computer programers, up 49-60 jx*rcent; best prospects for those with college degree in computer science. — Psychologists, up 22-27 percent; best prospects for doc toral degree holders n such as clinical, com health and hi psychology. — Radio and TVai cers, newscasters, up28- cent. — Registered nurses 47 percent; best prospers ral and big city hospitals — Retail trades ad workers, up 19-27 perJLfn'v — Secondary schoohL'i B’ con down 14 percent exce|™ | ()1 math, science and , <l subjects. l or , , — Secretaries, up's®' il1 '" cent. — Systems analysts,! percent. — Veterinarians, iij percent. Join us for half price on mixed drinks* and oysters on the half shell. Only at Pelican's Wharf every Monday through Friday 5-7 pm. »f loy as. Since tl tar. has GOPse in 198* §y > n ’ nt il | tern /er, a ind c Art; :n a ■lease sta] Tanglcwood Apt*, are now being leased lbrjw er Summer and Fall semesters! You get an e.\e|| room, a pool, a party room... we get utilitybilir*^ 1 NEVER IN THE DAM WE PAY UTILITIES eftr 1 2500 Texas Ave., 693-5113. "half price does not include beer, wine, cognac or ice cream drinks TANGLEWOOi/l APTS. I by "A Tradition inLivinjI Tegas AScM." ne ' ,,-iv c Iaijg|£WcKxl II begin 41/ Ifarver ifd. •Uiicil d 693-llllfee a; l °w it nc »uHe Da Senate hy of i referred h Sena lut it’s jpavis sr areas t< ietine. ] J a pa c and si otfftary t je littli Bp whe Ffeside ll 22 bcil, i rtme admi; ;be fa ite coi Ithoi d thii |cil, tl %ged o ■he Se