Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-08

nroposition Of the psychological test
as a means of eliminating tncompe.
tency and producing the highest efii
cheney, we must agree that the new
order calls for the development Of per
sonal efficiency as Eve before. BOZ
shav,sm. based on COMMITTEES rule"
can never prevail because It places
m nrernium on quality and permits
on,v If mass leadership" as against
y sare and sane leadership OF ths
man tested and found competent
m. worlds great problem at the pres
ant moment resolves itself into q ques'
ton of personal fitness. Wor.d 40
nocracv is possible only with tho 90
velopment Of each individual In enst
democracy.
Education as a euro
"7ou can never change an tneompe'
,.nt" says a leading American banker
..r.a trouble with the incompetent 10
~ &c horn that way; it's his des
INV You can't make a swan OUT OF
soose." To which another replies:
.cnoh = pessimistic view is based upon
onnention. However true 1t may
=. that ones character Is
ss,o there can be no doubt that ecu.
ao.;or can effect a complete change OF
mentality; and. after ALL It IS upon
,he latter thai" competency IS cn'e'
based" ,~,.rcan+,,.
agency, sums up in TINS la.n'
nEancation means the elimination OF
..aan,netency in every field OF COM
md industry; hence the fitness
If the individual to successfully en-.
h.rk in commerce or pursue saus
"a. aacerned not so much by a previous
Is f'tnowledge of the medium
., ,n which he seeks success as oy
tha mental equipment inc Approach.
we A smith, of Bradstreet's Mefcan'
.aorcv saws: $50 long as men
Who through ignorance or men,.
,hvsical disabilities are disqua'i'leu.o
pA n,tnring of success are peffnleeeu
'"e in business, the percentage
~ failures due to incornpetency - -.
ta,n to increase and hold us piao. -.
van" s;af cause of all failures "ni'
uae va, losses to substantial com.
the annual 49,. of the country will
grow in proportion" =, ~.
ernest T. Trigg, president VI ."o
p,;adelpria Chamber OF I'M
close student of success ana
sa;,,,re in economics, adds: Lack o.
thoroughness, lack of proficiency anu
lack Of application make up tne SUI"
neH is written in the book OF ousi'
ness as incompetency. Consistency
c.r only be gained and maintained oy
tnterieent application and ~educa.'on,
rot 81 much by education ootaineo
s.o,, hooks as from education in ths
chances and risks Of the c~hosentne'o
Of endeavor.'
Get Wise to Yourself"
The handwriting on the wall seems
ia be plainly, Get wise to yourself
~ w, want to make good" Like Lieu
tenant Jackson's sergeant. some men
feel they are qualified only to be
sergeants, and happy with their lot.
But they at least have to be good
sergeants to hold their jobs. AS for
the majors and colonies they have to
win their spurs by proving their
worth, and thereafter fight everlast'
ingly to keep their high place.
1t is hardly fair to say that America
IS a nation of incompetents because
of the Bradstreet figures for 1918, dis
concerning as they may prove. It In
plausible to say that many of these
failures resulted because Of the un.
certain conditions and varying changes
OF the war era. 1t is quite to the
point. however, to say that incom.
potency must go in the new postwar
era. where every man is to be judged
just as the soldier in the trenches
and the sailor on the seas was
weighed. and continued In his posi.
ton only because he is able ITO d.
liver the goods"