The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-19
WHAT CAN YOU D02

The Question Which Confronts Every.
one Who Wants a Job. How Berea
Helps Answer the Question.
Sit down in the factory superintend-
ents office and listen TO the men ap-
plying for work. The first question
asked them is always, What can you
dor" One says. Il worked five years
for the REQ Company on the screw
machine" VERY well, we can pay
| you $500 a day II that Is satisfac
tory" Another, Il worked three
years for the National Cash Regis
ter Company on the buffng lathe
In the plating department" "Ail
right we can use YOU at So IL that
suits you" One more says. oh.
can do almost anything. | have done
tcaming, worked on the road. bean
one summer on farm. I'm generally
handy" I'VE have plenty OF teams
ters. we are not working the roads
or farming. We want men who can
do at least one thing well. Sorry
we cannot use you. Good day" So
he goes away to got roustabouts
Job at low wages. growing lower as
he grows older.
Otto 7. Barnard, president OF the
New York Employment Exchange,
says that OF IS $50 men sent out by
them to interview employers only
about 5000 secured work. largely
because NO many were incompetent
or unreliable. In other words, they
were not trained In hand. In mind
and In what Is right aud wrong
II one applies through an agency 70
a position as teacher. one Of the
leading questions is What can you
tach?" to be determined by what
one has taught or studied.
II he applies to an engineering bu-
reau. again the inquiry is, What Is
your line OF work? What is your sal
ary?" showing presumably what one
can do.
In the government civil service eX-
animation is that same question
What can you do that you think Is
OF especial value to the Government?
The only place where one will not
be asked, What can you dor viii
be at the final examination where
the question will be, What have you
doner'
In each OF these lines OF work and
many others, Berea College Is ready
to help ono TO better work, better
pay, greater usefulness and therefore
greater happiness.
II one wishes 10 be good mechanic
besides the skill OF hand. he must De
well grounded in arithmetic. he must
LEARN 10 read drawings aud should be
able to sketch rapidly and with some
resemblance 10 the object 10 be rep
resented. IL one would rise from th"
monotony OF repeated mechanical OPP
Grafton and become a superintendent
or a factory expert. a broader educa-
ton In physics. in chemistry ana IN
mathematics would help greatly. 10
become a civil. electrical or mechani-
cal engineer. the above studies must
be pursued st!ll farther and Berea
offers first an important preparation
II one chooses the high calling al
the teacher. as did the incoming presi-
dent OF our country, II he wishes To
train the boys and girls 10 be strong
good and useful men and women, II
he sees the great field open to him
az n leader In many directions in the
community, he can find direct
road TO that end through Berea Col
lege with it's splendid teachers cour-
SEES including those In the new ana
delightful fields of manual and farm
training now being introduced mo
so many schools.
IL one would enter the government
service with certain salaries ana
greater opportunities than ever be-
fore, II he would be a stenographer'
bookkeeper, observer at the weather
bureau. clerk in the customs or post
office department, draughtsman,
architect, or engineer, industrial
teacher among the Indians or a con
sular representative. Berea College
offers first aid and right to the
point.
The business man must understand
accounts. business usages and law
beside having a general training IN
commercial geography, history, ttc',
all OF II offered at Berea.
One who wishes TO be prosperous,
independent. modern farmer and an
influential leader In his community
can get information at this school In
soil improvement. in stock raising, In
dairying. regarding profitable crops
fruit raising. anu all lines of better
farming.