Eugene Cattie:  

Family and Education BY GENE CATTIE When I began my first full time job as a cashier in the Bursars Office of then La Salle College in Philadelphia, a freshly discharged U.S. Marine saw lots of disorganization in his new surroundings. Little was I to realize that this would become my job for the next 37 years. My College experience was through the eyes of a night school student and I realized that there were two Colleges under the same roof. During the day you had the young gang who wanted to experience College in between the parties and at night you had parents or older students who wanted an education ASAP. Strange as it may seem, being young and going to night school gave me a perspective I would not have recognized without being there. Looking early on in my education as an adult, although not numerically, I found that it made you realize how important you should take your education. Most of my classmates were late twenties or early thirties trying to make something of their life. Many either ignored college as a choice after high school or partied there way out of it. What impressed me however is how serious they took their efforts now. Why? Because now it was usually their money and they wanted it to be well spent. So why all the preliminary comments¿.because value is important and today most kids lack a sense of value in just about everything. I have four boys all who are adults today and they took much for granted growing up. I have been blessed with having great opportunities come my way in business so the kids did not experience tough times. While I grew up as a kid among 7 other siblings...Expand for more