{ n\ Materials and Their Handling 



Improvement Is the Goal. To go on year in 

 and year out doing the same work without improv- 

 ing the work ami without improving oneselt" is 

 about as sensible as to imitate the squirrel in 

 the revolving cage. Every job that requires the 

 handling of other men and the supervision of 

 work presents possibilities of improvement in the 

 work and the men that are sufficient to keep the 

 man who is supervising them moving forward in 

 his mental development and his technical skill ii 

 he retains his interest, keeps his observation alert, 

 concentrates on the job, and analyzes everything 

 with which he has to do. 



The job of being a leader, an instructor, an 

 interpreter of the technique of the work which is 

 being done by the men, and, at the same time 

 keeping in mind the efficiency of the work is no 

 small one. It is big enough for any man; that is. 

 the job is big enough for any man if all possible 

 improvement is to be made in the development 

 of it. 



That the II' tnk Is L'seful.'l'hi* whole 

 section has to do with the development of the 

 human qualities in their effect upon the work. 

 I here is, first, the development of oneself to In- 

 considered ami, then, the responsibility of devel- 

 oping the other man over whom we have super- 

 vision. We have given the mental processes which 

 govern the development to show how the interest 

 must be secured, in order that the observation, the 

 curiosity, and the concentration may be exert 

 upon the job. Unless the man develops in con- 



