Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

develops provision will be made for an
exchange department. Commissioners VIII
be stationed all over the country, to keep
the local bureau advised as to employ
ment conditions in other cities. so that If
an applicant turns up here who is fitted
for work that is unobtainable locally he
can be expeditiously directed to other
centers where his services are required.
The leading motive which actuates the
philanthropist, through whose generosity
this bureau is about to be founded, is the
realization of the necessity for helping
the misfits and MASTERS which under
present conditions the schools turn out
all over the country by the thousands
every year at an age when they need this
sort of vocational guidance most In
stead of establishing continuation schools
or other agencies for looking after the
boys and girls when they leave school.
the present educational system almost
everywhere merely turns them adrift In
other words, after spending enormous
sums on the education of the young
American. we turn him out at the most
critical moment in his life, jeopardizinS
not only his future, but the cash invest
ment which the entire community has
made in him.
For any young man the choosing of a
life-work is momentous problem. though
it is often not so regarded. If he chooses
wisely, he is on the high road to happi-
ness and success. If he makes a mistake
he finds himself in few years on a by
path or in a blind alley. dissatisfied and
discouraged. Every one who is discon-
tented with his job Is a voca tional mis-
1T
Most young men do not even try to
pick out their occupations. They simply
take the first job that seems attractive,
drift from that into something else that
looks better and finally settle down, not
because they are contented with their
work. but simply because they are too
old to change any more. Few men have
found their work by anything approach
ing a scientific method.
THE fact that there are practically
no effective arrangements for guiding
young people into their proper life work
means waste both of money and men.
The vocation bureau will stop this waste ;
Prof. Blumenthal will remain in Wash
ington for a few months in order to put
the vocation bureau in smooth running
order While here he will train num-
Der Of school teachers and other pro-
fessional educators as vocational analysts.
Pref Blumenthal said yesterday that
under circumstances could he con-
s;der accepting the dictatorship of the
local bureau, largely for the reason that
the profession of vocational analyst was
so new in this country that he felt 1t his
duty to educate large number of per-
sons in it's principles in order to insure
= the success of the vocation bureau move
ment.
1T is hopeless to found a voca alton
bureau Of the sort l have outlined, un-
less an expert vocational analyst is IN
Guided on its official staff" said Prof
BlumenthaL Character analysis on
semi-psy Geological principles is funda-
mental, for the whole scheme or organiza-
ton hinges on scientific process of
elimination First off. the character
analyst determines that the applicant is
untitled for certain type of work, but
is fitted for other types. Then the guider
selects an occupation from the dozen or
more that may be included in the adj
MISSILE types and the counselor, who
knows that one occupation and nothing
else, posts the applicant on it's advan-
tages and drawbacks. its trials, hazards
and rewards. But the whole operation
must start with a skilled character read
ing by scientific expert
Prof Blumenthal referred to several
cases as indicating the fact that when
character analysis is correctly practiced
it is virtually unerring.
years ago. he said. when l was
practicing In Australia, ] came upon q
boy working at the bench in carpenters