CROWDED PROFESSIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1932, Page 8

CROWDED PROFESSIONS

‘pSOBUBM' JS TIC*i>()WA. ' . ' VMI^DOPRSE,. October 13.. Tlie *cfo\ydiujs of if&e professions . .an Yctoefc is r«|fdiy becoming a! eeriout problemlgt ; who hope to earn a reasonable income after .having deviated ' sWeral years to ; specialiiSeo study. The number of young men following almost ‘ every girofv' sibn is increasing gut, of. proportion to %. f I h*, crease and . the.' Economic jpake -hard thp; way ;ef:«ll&5> young , the young ~.-itk*Y{S M R.r* Many q|filjjßed '•men have-.. been forced,, for ’tbfliillipjej.’bemg, to abandon th«ir professiiS.i Kribineera who cannot fin-, professitihdl work have- applied then knowledge of machinery to ship,.. "and many young solicitors have been glad to find any sort of work to tide them over the long and trying period of waiting. . Victoria's population qf ,1,800,000. * served by about practising doctors, land] degrees are conferred .upon Y' 3 "’-, comera to % profession at the rate of] ' ajiouifc 60 a year. Each year about 1 , first-class (students ..begin..thefe'.we<ji«a*, studies at the Melbourne ..piyersity,] .and . .the figures are ..showing ap. • upward tendency. Ten years ago there were only 11C0 doctors in. Victoria. The cry that the medical profession is overcrowded is echoed in its turn by t the. lags! profession.... The prospects for , the young solicitor are far from b£jjs*k Mone than 1000 are practising or are ' engaged in offices Jn Yiptoria., Sixty - "** more ■yere admitted last year, u-nfi this year’s, .quota up to Augnij, wer. 48 ’aind tb?re are sfilleUven more sit--tings of the Court at which sblidtors ,bp These additrons are much greater than .-the-requirement!* of -the profcspion warrant'. The Law la*; stitpte pf . -iylctofia is co»-t*vntly laeirig asked to find positions for young men,. ■ tfeaiiy 'of them have to; be turned bSvay. Unless he has financial resources, or parents who can support, hini, the young solicitor; .nowadays .finds it .d'ffictyb'fo kesj? huiiself. Th e Bar is equally, overcrowded. • ’ w ;. ; ;

Engineers ar«..als«) experiencing., lean times. . Th|», fis- > profession affected by seasonal fluctuations. ..Work lias- to he found tor more than 1000 qualified engineers in Victoria, and their ranks .axe increasing by from 2 to 3 >per cent, each year. The, architects appear to ‘he more happily placed, -In. the, last, seven yeaTS the number of registered, architects in Victoria has - declined ffom: .490 to 430.; The 'Royal Victorian J®* . of Architects i« . trying, ; to V tact the pjpbfewiou from overcrowding by rawing tbe 6twidard of There is not one profession, however, which is free from the nreuaee of, e\et•'cvdwdlng, .'•nd 'ip som* it -has reached; serious proportioga.-

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