Evening star., 1932-10-02
SrENOuIsT MECHANICAL ASSEMBLING TEST
AS A STEP IN HIS VOCATIONAL ANALYSIS.

person and had made all her decisions
for her, which probably explained her
rating as less self-reliant than 83 per
cent Of high-school girls. Her going
away from home to school was there
fore not only important vocationally,
but highly advisable.
George was happy-go lucky high
school senior. who had no idea what
soever of what he should slo In this
respect he was quite different from
his older sister and brother, each of
whom had chosen and was success
fully following definite profession.
George did not take his studies very
seriously and had had one or two
scholastic difficulties.
On the other hand he was an ex-
cellent worker. Every Saturday. almost,
he waited on trade in his uncle's meat
market and the more people he had to
take care Of the better he liked it.
Moreover. he had various vacation and
evening jobs in restaurants and on
such jobs he had often to begin work
at am. and to remain at work until
after midnight. The hours of work
were wholly immaterial to him when
he mad jobs Of this kind He loved
serve people. the more the better.
In appearance he was tall very at
tractive. decidedly friendly and suave
On the basis Of tests it was obvious
that George had the scholastic ca
pacity for doing we'll in liberal arts
college course. However. his lack Of
emotional stability, his indifference
toward general education, and certain
family circumstances, all pointed
toward the need of a specific. voca-
tional education, rather than toward
a more general education. The first
possibility which suggested itself was
engineering. However, even though he
was very good in the mechanical
tests and in the wiggly block test
his lowest test scores were in the nat
ural sciences. in physics and in mathe-
matics Mathematics and physics (also
chemistry are the basic subjects for
the engineering degree, and the prospec-
tive engineer must excel in these sub
jects, as well as in mechanical apti-
tude and the structural or three-dimen-
sional sense Moreover, the samples of
mechanical drawing which George dis
played did not reveal any unusual
ability
Hotel Management Choice.
Omitting some of the many factors
and possibilities taken into considera-
ton. the vocation finally chosen by
George was that Of hotel management.
with a four-year course at Cornell
specifically devoted to this subject. The
wisdom Of his choice rests on the fol-
lowing facts: A decidedly pleasant and
responsive personality and his proved
adaptability in getting along with all
kinds of people This is confirmed by
the personality tests. which indicate
unusual social aggressiveness and in
terest in other people and the objects
that contribute toward their comfort.
His indifference TO working hours. so
long as he is busily serving people is
a decided asset in hotel work His
ability to talk and understand German
and his foreign language aptitude,
which will help him to achieve French.
are important factors. His mechanical
ability, his moderate knowledge of me-
chanical drawing are both very useful
assets in hotel management An activ-
ity Of Georges not previously noted,
but extremely significant was his at
tendance at two Army training camps
and his interest in military training.
This experience and interest would
prove extremely valuable in organizing
and executing convention plans, ban
quets and hotel affairs which require
the direction of large staffs of subordi-
mates on schedule time An expert
enced hotel man to whom his analysis
was submitted stated that Georges in
terests and experience we're ideal for
hotel management.
The two cases described illustrate vo-