Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-01-08


prise, with its pervadihg spirit of
determination to succeed which may
well be termed the !. National Spirits
tame the demand on the part Of
the ambitious young man for oppor-.
tunity to better himself, to earn more
money. Employers, in their eager
desire to keep up with the process
ion, longed for some means by which
they could get hold of the young and
ambitious men of the country and
thus strengthen their business with
young blood.
And with this demand there fol.
lowed as a natural sequence, the
I. supply Ian exchange where yonng
men offered their brains and ambition
to the employer, a course where the
employer could select from many de-,
sirable applicants just the man he
had in mind.
1t is hard to beat America She is
always ready for emergencies. In fact
she hardly recognizes 'emegencies"
IN the usual accepted meaning of the
word. What would be an emergency
in another country is mere merely the
expected To see the need Of such a
medium for bringing employer and
employees together meant that such a
medium must be established at once,
and it was, year ago
A young man, by the name of Hap
good, seven years ago a student at
Dartmouth College,, whose business
caused him to travel throughout the
country and became acquainted with,
men Of various classes, saw the neces.s
sity Of such medium. It was SO
greatly needed, and its successahas
been so phenomenal, that already it
has become necessary to establish
branches IN the larger cities of the
country. So fast is the business of
the new 'brain exchange" growing
that it will be necessary to keep add
ing branches, until there is one in ey-
cry section of this progressive coun-
try. The business communities where
they are establ ished nail them joyful
ly. The ambitious man can make
known his wishes to the exchange
with perfect assurance that his conf
dence will be considered as sacred as
the lawyer considers the statement of
his client, and no one but he and the
exchange officials will learn that he
is seeking new position.
How many young men there are
who are "Iound pegs in square h. les
and vice versa.
Take the young man who has a
turn of mind for mechanics. When
he left school he wanted to go to work
in machine shop. but his parents for,
babe it. You've got to be a lawyer
and uphold the dignity of the family,
his father said 20 MIN. And 80 the
young man studies law and practices
in half hearted way. but his inter
ests center in the engineering feats of
the country, and his law Office table
is strewn with literature telling .of
tie building of steel bridges, tunnels,
railroads and other structures, while
he negle.ts his law cases. He hears
If the exchange for brains, his
friend Tom having obtained an ex-
cellent position as a mechanical en-
gineer through it. He writes and
gets a place with a railroad where he
delightedly and eagerly applies the
mechanical bent of his mind, achieves
success and looks back with scorn at
the days he wasted at the law. 14
And how about the employer and
the 4sfexchange Of brainst'' i q How
often do business men say, st can't
find the men i want for my business.
]. can sac ,gnow how. much could ex-
tend my sphere if could but get
hold of the men I need ''And he
speaks the truth. Y He tries man after
man, but he cannot find just, the
one he wants. 4 Perhaps because. of
failure to find just the right man he
has the modification and chargin of
seeink a rival whom he formerly
pitied for his Incompetence forge eud.
denly ahead of him. The rival has
found the 4rigth man.
The "brain exchange has come to
stay. 1t was badly needed. Doubt
less, like all goud things, it will have
many imitators. But by applying
energetic measures constantly to it's
business, by keeping ever in the van
of progress, and above ali, by giving
to its partners the very best Of SER
vice it will always remain far in the
lead.
20 90 MORE THAN HALF FARE