Evening star., 1921-07-31
Continued from Fourth Page.l

spoiled long before they get to col
would do well with them II they went
to them as good material. I don't
know the way out OF this tragic dif-
fculty. II did I'd do my best to &c,
it generally adopted.
"Perhaps that which we need may
lie along the lines Of visual educa-
tion. Experience with the tests seems
to favor a theory which experiment
ed with when first became interested
In motion picturesf / thought the
film would be the most effective in
strument Of education. began work
but fire destroyed them and never
took up the task again. Perhaps the
government may have to make such
Aims before we really learn how to
teach our youth. The atrophy. the
paralysis Of curiosity, the ending OF
the power to observe. seems to begin
between the ages of eleven and fif-
teen. Perhaps II boy can be kept
terial IL now deteriarating, nor do
won't become victim.
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ssIHTHATEvER may be the remedy.
the situation Is one to shock
the pride Of an American. I have in
my possession proofs of this: I have
the proofs, but find my national spirit
in revolt against their truth. The
time surely has come for us to stop.
look and listen.
Those who sneer at our expert
ments do not understand the sort of
citizenship we are getting. they do
not realize that our American ma
they understand that If we would re-
tain supremacy in modern manufac-
turing we must have fewer goats,
more sheep and some process OF elimi-
mating goats before they get into the
sheepfold. We've got to raise our
average; Nowadays, in ooat. an organiS5a7 gegahaS7v
as much as a thousand dollars each
to try men out. determining fitness or
unfitness. My plan has worked better
and is far less expensive.
"Of the 7lS men questioned only 81
could be marked even fair. Present.
ly all applicants but SO were wiped
away. Of these 80 have been given
jobs and are with us still. which
means that they have really made
good Thirty-two out Of 71s!
Upon examination Of the answered
by letters from A down the alphabet.
precisely as a school teacher grades
pupils. We encounter other things
than lack Of knowledge. OF those
marked good one said ne mated WORK
which would get dirt upon his hands.
All right said, get out of the A
class That was as un-American as
ignorance.
.To a manufacturer the important
fact is that our experiment is costing
practically no overhead, spelling no
material whatever. harm3ng no ma
chimes, reduced Q list Of 11S unknown
quantities to q list of ST fairly we'll
known quantities, more than half OF
whom since have made absolutely
good. Practical men will see the
profit in this process.
"And even that does not fully indt-
cate the advantage lying in determin-
ing, to some degree. mans possfbiii-
ties before hiring him. Seventeen OF
the thirty-two whom the question
naires selected for US as Amen now
are running departments and actually
performing to my entire satisfaction,
q proportion of successes tnconceiV-
able as a result of haphasard hiring.
That the results prove up and may be
a ccepted with full confidence Is shown
by the fact that when we ran out OF
.H-men' (who had answered 80 per
cent or more correctly and took some
.B-men' (who had answered 70 per
cent correctly, the 'B-men' proved in
variably and entirely unsatisfactory.
This showed our gradings to have
been accurate.
'fhey we're shock to me. = disap.
pointment. I had earnestly believed