The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Beware Of Chief |::me-
army.

| VI oil 0Os0 NAISuOA'N ~ S~AAA0J -
there is another it is objective. 1t
is true that certain forms of in
sanity may not interfere with q
mans ability to reach his objec-
tive, but that form that manifests
itself in inflated egotism is danger
our.
''Tooting ones own ,horn," in
the first place disgusts those who
are interested III the work at hand
and not. so much in the personality
of the man doing it. The horn
tooter is so charmed with himself
and what he does that he cannot
refrain at every opportunity from
telling ''what l did,, Any con-
tenn plated)act of right or justice so
thrills the sort of . person that it
causes a variety of exaltation that
may be described as "emotional
intoxication. 1t is a symptom
OF emotional insanity.
Every proper act that in any
way seems sensational in its re-
suits is considered by such a per-
son as still furthcr boosting his
personal claims to greatness. He
will arise and sob out ''What l
did," He will credit to himself
the constructive Thought of Others
and believe that he really origin
ated them; he will credit himself
with any good act of his subor'lin-
ates even though he but recently
heard of it and say, II am doing
thus and-so.'' If he has occasion
to speak of an employee he will
say, my man, So and so.''
No matter what good the egotist
may do or allow to be done, it will
easily be discovered that he is
more concerned with the credit he
gets for himself than with the act
he has permitted. He never stops
to consider that acts of common
deceucy are things that are ex
pected of him and while creditahle
are sufficient in themselves. No,
he wants the adulatpn Of, the pub.
lie for his acts. He will insist up
on the worship of his subordinates
and they as a matter of personal
policy will fawningly praise him
to the skies and laud him to his
face as "the Messiah of the cause" "
Behind his back, where they dare
speak they will admit'their nausea.
But with wink they will say to
their cronies, Feed it to him
strong," nave his picture around,
print it often, send him fine letters
pledging allegiance, but keep your
tittering quiet -
When this sort of an executive
appoints a subordinate he will ex
pect full support for the favor.
Even when the subordinate makes
a failure at his work he will not be
removed for fear this will be a
confession of poor judgment and
thus pin-prick the balloon that lifts
him skyward.
In political life where public
service is at hazard aud vital is
sues are at stake, the egotist
should have no place. The work
should be glorified and not the
man paid to do it. Honesty and
efficiency are expected and the
worker should quietly attain his
ends, making himself loved by his
subordinates because he treats
them as partners entitled to credit.
He will not seek 20 inject his per.
sonality into the work so far as to
seem to absorb all the credit. He
will ask no man to praise him and
the "l'' in his speeches will be
conspiciously few. He will not
ask or expect that everything he
does is wonderful because "he did
it," he will not expect that he
needs to spring sensational things
every now and then to call a,ten-
ton to himself. 4
Once in while men of the
character described creep into
public Office. Frequently in his