Word: apprenticeships
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dwindling Market. "A common mistake many young writers make," says Emily Jacobson, a Manhattan-based writers' agent, "is to leave their institutional connections, flushed with success. But with the arduous apprenticeship and the pressure riding on every word, it's often a total disaster...
...took over as manager when Sam Mele was fired on June 9. Ermer's total previous big-league experience consisted of one day in the uniform of the Washington Senators, during which he went 0 for 3 at the plate. But he had served a 20-year managerial apprenticeship in the minors. The first thing he did was break up the locker-room poker game. Each night on the road, to make sure his Twins got their beauty sleep, he personally tucked them in. When eight players missed his 1:30 a.m. bed check after a night game...
...Forefront. The son of a Quaker minister and holder of a degree in composition from Boston University, Ellis served his apprenticeship by playing and writing for groups of every musical stripe from Charlie Mingus and Woody Herman to the New York Philharmonic, with interludes of teaching and organizing jazz happenings. His band currently works only once a week regularly, at a Hollywood spot called Bonesville; between dates, he supports himself by playing studio orchestras and scoring TV sound tracks. Now he has a long string of offers from festivals in Europe and the U.S. He sees himself in the forefront...
...interview Wednesday, Elder contended that there could be no parallel between the teaching fellows' status and a labor-management situation. He pointed cut that Harvard is a non-profit organization with no pool of profits to distribute, and that teaching fellows are serving a kind of apprenticeship before they move on to higher-paying jobs...
Both Welz and Peters consider the end of sophomore year a perfect time to sign, and it is hard to gainsay their decisions. With most pro prospects starting their apprenticeship in the minors around age 18, the Harvard hopefuls would be way behind the game if they waited until their graduation at 22. By playing only in the summers, their progress toward a degree will not be interrupted, and they will get a good idea of their chances of making the majors Both Peters and Welz are interested in graduate work, and if they don't progress in two summers...