Graduating Gridders is an illustration by Ray Tapajna which won a Scripps Howard Award in 1953. It is a symbol of better prosperous times. Ray worked in several factories while going to college full time. If these jobs were available today, thousands in America would be standing in line to get them including college graduates. Now the U.S. economy based on making money on money instead of making things, is burning out Browse Ray's blogs and sites at http://www.multiurl.com/la/ray-tapajna-tapsearcher and view another gallery site at http://arklineart.fotopages.com Pass on rss feed as http://arklineart.fotopages.com/index.rss