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What Comes To Mind w/ Lansing V. Ten Eyck, III(Continued from page 44)When they reach “Journeyman” status, they would be working full time in the field they wish to enterand getting a salary. They would then pay the “Master” for their room and board plus a bit to be putaside for savings.I’d say, you’re probably saying, “that sort of program sounds very familiar and you’d be right.However, I feel deeply that we’d have much stronger group of young people accumulatingmore on the job knowledge in a field of their choice then reading books and writing papers.It’s far to expensive in this day and age to send a child to college for four or moreyears and in the end find they don’t wish to do what they’d been studying for two or fouryear programs. Lots of money wasted and having to pay it back at high interest rates foryears to come.They want to be a plumber, become an apprentice plumber. Want to be a banker, become a banking apprentice. Youname it and find a “Master” of that life’s work experience and go for it.However, if there is no program for a particular field you wished to enter, what would you do to reach your goal?I’m kind of a well known pain, in a well known place, when I set my mind on something, when people tell me somethingcan’t be done by their standards. Then I ask why not and then go about gathering information and talking to people inthat field. So, I pass that bit of information on to you regarding where you start, the idea and how bad you want it.Our fore-Brothers in Freemasonry, who established our fraternity, deserve all the credit, in myview, for establishing the “Apprentice” system of career advancement. This form of careerbuilding lasted for centuries until approximately the late forties, being phased out until the onlyones left to offer such programs are the various labor unions, as a proven course of learning andgrowing into the chosen fields.I really believe that if we went back to that style of education people would be a lot happier andlives would be more fulfilling.Even as a Master Mason, I find myself learning from my many Brothers and from the many things Freemasonry teachesme on a daily basis. This leads me to feel better about things in general and appreciate those around me. The steps Istarted taking as a Freemason, in the fraternity of Brothers is a true Apprentice, Journeyman and Master of life’s journeyof fulfillment we all have a right to.45 ON THE WEB AT WWW.TWTMAG.COM 45