Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
ny J. A. nllIlANI<.

industrial science. but one which
ecognizcs the study In Its true
rcndth and dignity OF scope. IN
u.trial Science. says DIR. Myers. in:
DYES more than the principles Of
'rchanism and more than the lay
ans smnttcrings or the WORKINGS
the human mind. and with this
icw he launched forth TO apply sue
essfully the principles Of psychology
industry and commerce.
The important relationship That
mind bears TO industry Is more read
~ seen when we partially 'analyZe
sociological factors and speak OF
mental and nervous fatigue, monot-
ny. want of interest. suspicion. hos
MY. etc. These aspects OF psyche
"gy in action ut the industrial front
Indicate the thoroughly practical ma
ail"d examination OF tho contents
onvsncc. The work is divided first
nto the general nlass'iications or
l0vcmcnt study. Fatigue study. Sc
ection study. Restriction OF output.
systems Of Payment. and Industrial
lnr"St.
DR.. Myers has dcivcd unnbnchIngly
NJ" tho tickiish problems Of indus
rIa1 relationships. and his unfaiitn:
presentation Of tho subject has large
y been dn" TO his impartial analysis
methods and his impcrsonal study
cmployers and employees. His OBJ
ect is to advance not 10 thcrize.
Mind and Work" Is not n book full
Il arguments. but IA book of facts
trough actual tests and oxpcT imcnts
ny any other method
Huci topics as Methods of cstimat-
nE fatigue. Holiday and Monday cf-
retaliation. temperature. humidity.
Importance "f rest pauscs. Individual
.tirrenc.s. Vocational guidance, Re
ict!on times, Classification and use
u mental tests. Restriction OF out
iut hy the employer: deliberate: nm
3nscious--R restriction by the en-
loy": deliberate. unconscious. Effects
pr Increased use Of machinery. Time
ate and output rate opposition to
ia%m"ut by results, profit sharing, CO.
acknowledgement tendencies The
Educational experiments Security
pianist unemployment aud share in
Rm"naE"tn"nt:. These are hut high
thtS OF tho book. And NJ that. We
~ many For Mimi andd Work" IL
book written for business men who
icfnand tho Who'll. truth and nothing
out the truth about Industrial stu
ltions
~ may here he pointed out that
the restriction az output b. work.
crS mas been shown IN the United
S'hieH 10 occur In what are Their:
" no trad" uniontsm as well az in
snopS where the men are members
Ypi trade union. Restriction OF out
put therefore, IL not limited to trade
uniOnisis.
output is unconsciously restricted
by workers AK the rcssul, of~i ply
biological process OF adaptation. PRO-
t"ctIv" against undue fatigu. NJ tho
church or III. child ut school can
nor BE- expected I" E!v. uurcmittiug
.attch,ion to las prayers or lessons.
The shorter his period OF attendance.
Iautpina tically the better maintained
/ VIII D." his attention over mat period
80. TOO. the worker uuconsclousiy
proportions his efficiency 20 TN,
length Of his working spell or shift.
| II ~ ""iEG TO changes IL sucif un-
conscious adaptation iant reduced
honFS have 80 often yielded as great
reduction, or oven an increased ont
! pHt, The unconscious naturo OF this
process - doubtless indicated bSI the
TACT that the reduction In working
until many weeks after tho change
Isueh delay would not occur IL pre-.
nouslS there had merely .0ccn "a de-
i!berate restriction in output. shorter
hours do not owe their beneficial er-
iccts 70 Increased spur,s Beyond GER
Yam limits. spurts, like drug stI,nu-
6hclrnrE. iSive;inG competitions ana
he Ike. where work ia carried out
Jndcr ahnorTna! conditions of Volt
ional tensian; yield no Information
yWhht"Eer ofSthc proper daily 0utuut
mat may be expected from the work
yer nor OF restricted OUTPUT.
More or loss Unconscious r1stric-
ton OF output by the workers also
arises from general slacHnrss on the
IhFt eith,r 81 management or labor.
from tradition at has always been
IN" custom 10 turn OUT SO muchD. or
which would he disturbed n an in
crease In production occurred IN any
ono department"
9TH, TIL: MYSTERY Or THE sycA-
MORE, i'y Carolyn Wells j. H.
liGp,ncotr Co. philadelphia.
Here is tn" latest Fleming me.
n;rtecl'yr tory from tho pen o. tina.
tcrv t, Itl 'ass, rn't writer Of ny.
Diamond hin" "Iiaspbcrry Jrm" ,fiI
cth:r Fleming stone" stories, Ms
Wells won host of frIcn;s. who cu,h
year look forward eagerly 10 somS
new .cNp.oi' of the intrcpiti drtcrtiyo.
nor my" ih"y ever had cause Ia L."
as" n,n"ln;HJ. This year she has given
2ajHd can hc safely. predicted tina;
'she VIII add more friends a. III. Al;
ready growing number Hero b; the
story or enough OF II to whct the an
petite Tor more.
Accused % forgery. pardoncd. and
then exiicd from his native STATE IN.
~ the sycamore on the ridge comes
over TO Massachusetts wi:hn,,t H.
aid of human hands" such was IL.
tate OF Daniel Wheeler ut TN, hands
or MS political enemy, sam Apple
-, J. 'tefIi years later NDDlcbv. seeks
Whee!crs influence towards The mac
ing al h!" son. sam Jr., IN the pu
h"rhator!al chair. At the Wbcrlnr
( mouse, App!chy and Wheeler 20 Ia
me iattcrs den to discuss tn. nro-
position. y cry of fire is raised from
me garage ard in the midst Of Tho
excitement AppIchy is murdcrrT
Whceier and his daughter haidn arc
Iohhd staring at him such is ~.
rTuN OF the gripping mystery mn.
h"iuS one Spcll-bound
Nlih the voluntary coEfcssion NJ
threc ncop!e to the murder. m rnoder
~ completely mystiied. untU r,;rn;rr-
stone is called in 10 clear N No.. -
kcad"rs Of Miss Wells - ~:
stories in which lie npiircJ ~
liantiy. VIII have no doub,s
ms ABILITY to bring the guilt ,s, 10
10 light in short order. and n.i IL ~, ~
delighted TO find him in bat,owM ~ DO
IMAM ever. His cXposur. !. IN Urn, Urn,
CT :E:nal is as an exci.,n. S"i
nnGm"nt rs me could w,ro ~
serves also TO unite two hn,r,s H'H
beats as one. mat
Like her former stories. ."J.h, ~:
terry Of the Sycamore" car,ic. MS
from pngc to page with hrrn3b me one
lite nsify. leads one through n HISS
OF compleSity from which ,n..-" . ,,'.s""
no possible exit. and brings lens
last into the light OF unders,am,dd;n l
. with a swift clcverncss' ns ~ "naink
one wish that he could have i'm M. re
JuS, !itt.e longer in the maze Utsu
NcLIS mas unsurpassed eoni,,s ~
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