Evening star., 1923-10-07
Fitting Men for Worlds Work
Involves More Than Rewards

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tien were directed ,aiong the line Of
,ntsisg tas individual 70 do that work
of eeurss, mistakes were made,
Then. as now and always, square pegs
were getting into round holes. But
et that day no plan had been deYised
h The eholes 81 81 . salliss vas quite
likely to be . lifelong mistake. This
did not matter so much then, as there
were not the evidences Of comfort
and luxury which now are to be seen
on every side,
A succeeding generation was un-
willing to continue for life mistakes
early made In the eheesiRg ef a cali.
ing. Its men. came 10 maturity, and
entered the werk which they thought
they weuld like To do, but as they
discovered thss II was not the work
they liked and that ether things had
fer them greatsr urge, they sought
changes. II they we're toe cid fer the
schools and colleges and lf the BecAs-
slty Tor making q llyiHE compelled d
them to carry On, they Looked about
for seif,impreveme9t, Then ont Of
the need to meet the unrest ef these
nsvs ss spFaas u1 s.w whes = fsms.ls
sehooi," At ODD hours Of the day
aRd evening thousaEas OF men and
women began the study OF technical
9T semi.tsehHiesi subjects In which
they were interested. They Develop
trades and csiiisgs and profsssiors.
which enabled them slowly to syeiys
fFem q work that was net cehGsnjal
iRte q work, that they loved, Just
how much the here ef material ye.
.s.a say haa s. ss h tsss s en-
york because they liked ths ssw
FIELD better or beeapss Il was eaieu-
spseaisiien, Probsbiy betk reason.
!tapsllsd ths change. At any rate all
home study emphasized that The re-
wards to be gained In technical ec-
cupatioDs were far greater than in
the ordinary oalltngs of life. How
eyer that may be, Y was q eait for
ting Of ones self 70 do his lite w work si
In q way that would bring the great.
dividual.
Whether anybe4y else reads adyer-
tissments or net, ] do. ! lke 70 learn
what is being FeeemmeHded to the
American people, not saiy In the way
Of seods, wares and merchandise, but
In the way Of education and even as to
the rewards which certain courses Of
conduct ana certain pursuits may
bring to the tsdividuai. Recently I
have observed flaming advertisements
announcing that without any special
qualifications whatever, without prep
aratl0n>or study, any person by doing
this, that or the ether in his spare
time may make IS or $40 day. and
L he is willing e give, his entire time
No limit Is placed upeH the number Of
persons who can add TO thets income
or earn real eempeteHee. This is a
saa commentary On our boasted eduea-
ton. On -
for iife WAS disasssslated frosa mere
material reward, when ones life work
and success. we're bound together, Now
We have grade of advertisers who
being done by men who are fit,ed ITO to
DO it. These advertisers are putting
In their time deviHng schemes to call
men away from the work they should
do to work that they should not do.
g eg sgy to 1eap
erbitant eQmpensa tion.e
,,ft T. vas, perhaps Hst sa "a ideal @ state ef
less Whe.hsr L pa2d 9ds or ga not III l.
will be an Infinitely worse state IL all
men shall conclude to live by their
wits. fhsFs Is 2 golden nlien to every
thing The education of today should
be the training of the Individual to the
doing of the thing that he is fitted to
do. and the elevation of society up to
the point Of conceding that he who
does his life work in a praiseworthy
way is entitled to such 4 living out OF
that life work as will spell for him a
fair measure Of commitment.
{Copyrisbt 1923, 21st Century Rress}