New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-05
DIPLOMA NO Shield
FOR COLLEGE men.
Judge LoVett Tells Yale Grad
mates They Must Face Hardships

| New Haven, June Sin talking OF
the opportunities offered for college
men in railroading, Judge Robert S.
IsCyett, chairman OF the executive
Committee of the Union Pacific rail-
road, told the Yale men yesterday
that a college diploma would not
shield man from any of the SCOT and
crime and hardship incident to the
service. He showed also that very
few OF the big men in railroading to-
Eday had college diplomas.
According to Judge Lovett, only
thirteen of forty-six executive heads
- railroads in this country are college
kaduates, while of forty-five opera
b heads less than one-third have
sheepskin. When it comes to
ffic heads only one in every eight,
cording to his figures, have gone
rough college, and Of forty-ene &C
eunting heads thirty-five have never
lad a college diploma
Very Few College Men.
In comm renting on the fact that the
railroads. of the country have only
mall proportion of college men In
heir employ, Judge Lovett said:
sThere are of course many civil en-
sineers in the railroad service, nearly
i'll of whom are college graduates, and
nary mechanical engineers, who are
[lso college graduates: but these are
lot included in the statistics except
She rce they have become department
Seads.
The figures show impressively that,
gowever it may be in the future.
Sollege education has not been neces-
sry for the attainment of important
psitions in railroad business during
lie present generation. But the
lowing appreciation Of the pubic
saracter Of the railroad business and
e ever increasing number and ac-
Nity of governmental agencies Tor
Se Regulation of railroads IN all de-
artments call more and more for
ene of liberal education and broad
fofinati on-men of large affairs--to
the high railroad positions in order
= promptly and properly understand
Ed adjust in railroad management,
Z demands and rights of the govern
enf, the patrons, the investors and
employees. The specialist, that Is
say. the civil engineer experienced
construction and maintenance, the
kdge engineer, the machinist, the
GAiiISlu, LiAC NV IVtS1
Eapher the rate expert and the ac-
Infant, will be just as necessary as
Ter and will continue to MI most OF
e high Offices. But the men
uipped with college education,
5sessfng the necessary experience
being otherwise qualified, are
bch more likely to reach the higher
sitions in railroad service than the
~ cy,ra. cd.yAo finy,
AyoidxNo Hard Labor.
III Would be folly to assume that a
Nege education will serve as a SUBJ
ut6 for any other requirement. It
avoid none of the hard labor,
drudgery and Tong struggle
sessary to acquire that experience
a. Aemcnstrate that capacity essen
! ~ advancement in the railroad
yieA No college man should
ter the railroad business with the
Notation that his diploma will
cid him from any of the SCOT and
me aand hardship incident to the
Nice. It may hasten his progress.
will, 4 believe, turn the scale in his
or if his experience, industry, fl
tty. adaptability, tact, Judgment and
fr necessary qualifications are
nd to be equal to the merits of
prs under consideration for impor-
Positions. In short, l should say
a college education, coupled with
eleTffents essential to success, may
"a one g. little faster and probably
tile further in the railroad bust
But it also constitutes a possible
ger, because the college man is
IL to ayerrate its Importance and
aniesthat it will be accepted as a,
etitute for tedious experience and
isite hard work
EGFRIED" SUNG IN