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refinement, who throughout their entire Hves have been accustomed to 

 all of the comforts and conveniences of modern life, and therefore can- 

 not very well adapt themselves to existence at mountain logging camps 

 or in primitive sawmill towns ; neither can they adapt themselves to 

 frequent changes of assignment involving the giving up of social and 

 other ties and the establishment of new ties in some other place, which, 

 unfortunately, may be broken before they are firmly established. The 

 technical man of the day should give serious consideration to this con- 

 dition and should endeavor to decide whether he wishes to practice his 

 profession under the most favorable conditions possible, which would 

 involve considerable sacrifice of domestic comfort and social enjoy- 

 ment, or whether he prefers these obviously very material features of 

 modern life to an extent warranting a partial sacrifice at least of his 

 opportunities to practice his profession under conditions which offer 

 the highest opportunities for material accomplishment. 



