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object of tearing down, but in the manifest effort to improve and 

 strengthen. It should, of course, be impersonal, and free from any- 

 thing in the nature of an attack. It will avoid controversy. It will 

 deal with principles rather than with individuals, and its effort will 

 be to lead by the force of reason rather than harsh judgment. The 

 manner in which it is done may have much to do in relieving it of 

 odium and making it effective. 



The task is a delicate one, and not to be lightly undertaken if good 

 is to be effected. But it is an important and essential function, and 

 one of great opportunity for usefulness and influence which will be 

 farreaching. It is work for the very best talent. Encouragement 

 and commendation have been the order of the past; to these should 

 be added discrimination, a looking behind and beyond the returns in 

 the endeavor by critical anabasis to get at real values, just bases of 

 estimate, and avenues for possible improvement. 



