The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-28
UNCLE SAM BECOMES
 AN EDUCATOR
Government Has Established Employment Management
 Courses on Large Scale

The government has found it neees- sa-y 10 enter the field Of education on q large scale. War emergency eours-
 es in employment management. con- ducted by the employment manage men1 division os the War Industries
 Board. under the auspices Of five gov srnU.ent departments. have been ar
 ranged for in nine universities 10 date.
 The outline of the courses Of study
 was made by Capt. Boyd Fisher. who
 has general supervision Of the work.
 Capt Fisher has just returned from
 the wes,. where he inaugurased cour.-
 es in the Universities Of California
 and Washington
 These courses in employment man. agsment are designed 10 train men or
 women who already have 8 basic ex-
 perieace ot 8. least three years in in i1s.rial life and factory methods and
 who hare come in actual contact with
 shop problems Employers Of labor. particularly those having war con tracts, are urged to suggas. men or
 women from their own organizations as candidates for these courses With cae increasing tightening Of the labor situation. is is absolutely essential that large plants have an efficient central employment department I. the Gov srnmenc is 10 take upon itself the task of furnishing labor when called upon | is necessary that that labor ba en- pIoyed ia -ha proper manner. In oth- a- words. each man should be hired 70 do the thing he is best fitted 10 do. h these days every man must count and there nast be no square pegs in round holes T. has been thoroughly proTed thar an experienced employ naa7 manager. in charge ot aiI hir- ing and firing. comes rerE near 10 solving -ha labor problem. Therefore i is ID -o the employer to place his hoasa ia order and make the best use ot .he men with which he ;s supplied.
 The introduction 0. the employment manager into industry and the stand 4-d.zatio1 Of rhe services Of an en- 2loyma1t department iz acknowledged 10 be one Of the greatest movements nov taking place in the manutactu-- ing industry .n this country.
 Courses have been arranged for at Harvard in connection with the Mas institute Of Technology: Nostcz University. in Boston; Column bin University. NeE York: University ot Rochester. Rochester. N. Y: Car nag;e Institute Of Technology. and the University Of Washington. Seattle; and the University Of California. Der kelley
 There already have been TIP grad mates from the classes conducted thus far Most ot these hare returned 10 Tbe;r own plants and placed in opera tion department Of employment Tn each case where 2 central employment is In vogue there is never . thought Of returning 70 the o,d-ta.h- toned hit-or-miss method Of hiring men
 The courses Of instruction in the school. run from six weeks 10 rao months. and the classes are con. dncted by the foremost authorities in the country on the various subjects 
 The course Of study deals chiefly with the problems Of employment mana cement Brief consideration is gtven. hoEever. 70 statistics, labor economics, and business organization and management The materials p-e- scented or tae subject Of employment cove-s the organization and equipment Of an employment de 1ar-msnE, the employing Of workers. The training Of the workers, the pay nenE Of the workers. the control Of w worE5ng conditions. efforts to keep the work g2 10 standard, and the govern ue1t ot the shop There are no charges for the course. except the out lay for living expenses Of students and about s15 for books and supplies. It has teen arranged 10 begin new c,as- 5es as soon as each previous class is graduated so application for adu;s- sion 70 the courses in any Of the above