Junior Achievement was started in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1919 by Horace A. Moses. Mr. Moses, who had been a poor farm boy, had worked his way up to become one of the __31__ industrialists in the United States. He was concerned that so many of the young people __32__ for positions with his firm knew absolutely nothing about the way a corporation is run. As a solution to this problem, he __33__ Junior Achievement, Inc.
In essence, Junior Achievement is an organization that gives high-school boys and girls a chance to become part of the operation of a __34__ corporation while still in school. Every September, students are __35__ the opportunity to join Junior Achievement through the co-operation of local school systems. Some students make products that range in size from earrings to quite __36__ furniture for the home. Others produce weekly radio and television shows or operate banks, accounting __37__, and advertising agencies.
Junior Achievement __38__ range in size from those in the big cities, like New York and Los Angeles, to those in small towns with a __39__ of a few thousand. Each program __40__ with the size of the area and the amount of industrial and business activity in the city.
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