. The efficient man. with the eighth paragraph, chapter IIL We can hardly believe that any person will maintainthat the technical instruction is obtainable only in trade,etc., schools, especially when they are in as urgent needof competent instructors as today. The truth of the mat-ter is more nearly that the origination of the technicalfacts and much of its best presentation are through manand agencies that never invoke the aid of such schoolsin its discovery. With the very great absence of requisite experienceand skill in operatives (especially those in the vocationsexhibiting dirt, smut, gr
. The efficient man. with the eighth paragraph, chapter IIL We can hardly believe that any person will maintainthat the technical instruction is obtainable only in trade,etc., schools, especially when they are in as urgent needof competent instructors as today. The truth of the mat-ter is more nearly that the origination of the technicalfacts and much of its best presentation are through manand agencies that never invoke the aid of such schoolsin its discovery. With the very great absence of requisite experienceand skill in operatives (especially those in the vocationsexhibiting dirt, smut, grease, gases, smoke and the hardwork that callouses) which prevails and is being enlarged,it will be found on careful examination that one factor PRACTICAL VS. THE THEORETICAL MAN 51 that has helped to create such a condition was the circula-tion of just such sweeping- statements which this chaptercensures, and is a means for serious economic evil if thegreat errors along these lines are not soon radically Fig. 4. FACE TO FACE WITH COURAGE HIGH CHAPTER VI Characteristic Ability of Small and Large Men asSupervisors Whether small or large men are most acceptable foran overseers position is chiefly dependent on the natureof the callings that seek their services, as well as upontheir own knowledge, experience, ingenuity, skill andother accomplishments. There are a few supervisors who may commandgreatly through the inspiring of awe in those under theircontrol. Such overseers are generally of large physiqueand often can, by a cold reserve or distant dignity, andsome display of the bull, compel their workmen to respectauthority more easily than some small men are able todo. The larger the man the more natural for him toassume a dominating or awesome dignity. We are often called upon to recognize in obtainingresults that which is not helpful, in a natural way, mustbe provided by other means. This is a circumstance thatthe small man, aspiring to be a commander, must espe-cia
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