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BY the end of the current year approximately 10,000 workingmen will have been killed 

 in the pursuit of their daily tasks ! In this sentence, the opening one of a note- 

 worthy article in the present issue, the reader will find food for thought. For the 

 greater part these unfortunate men are engaged in supposedly safe occupations, many of 

 them working in factories and meeting their fate through faulty equipment or through 

 sheer carelessness on their part. 



With the inauguration of the Safety First movement, all manner of protective cover- 

 ings and guards were devised to shield the operator from the dangers of his machine, 

 and there is little excuse for the factory owner who wilfully neglects to safeguard his 

 employees by covering the moving parts of the machinery. The expense is slight and the 

 feeling of security is conducive to better and faster work on the part of the operator. 



But the matter of safety does not always rest with the employer. The workman 

 must also do his part. Many accidents, seemingly trivial in themselves but far-reaching 

 and pernicious in their effects, are the direct results of plain carelessness and thoughtless- 

 ness on the part of the workman. For instance, in a foundry two workmen may be stand- 

 ing side by side, chipping burrs from rough castings; a chip flies off at a blow from the 

 hammer of one of the men and strikes his companion in the eye. Such accidents happen 

 almost daily under conditions where no actual machinery is used. The result may be the 

 loss of the eye and once one is affected, the other is likely to follow its mate. "Such an 

 accident could positively be prevented if the workmen were to stand one in front of the 

 other instead of side by side or facing each other. 



It is the little things that count in any walk of life. Let the employer do his part to 

 be sure, but and what is of even greater moment let the employe enter into the spirit 

 of Safety First with a will and a determination to lend his individual efforts to the common 

 cause the elimination of careless, inexcusable accidents. 



WHAT is your definition of a person worth while? Of all the people you have met 

 can you not pick out a certain few who have impressed you as being particularly 

 interesting, who have made you feel that you wanted to see them again, to know 

 them better? Are not these very special people the ones who have talked to you about 

 things rather than persons? Ofttimes we hear a man spoken of as one who does things 

 a man of deeds. Do we not unconsciously weave a halo around his head when we speak 

 or think of him? 



The mind of a growing boy is plastic and upon his early training and surroundings 

 depends to a great extent the form it will take in later life. The receptive young brain 

 yearns instinctively for knowledge and the boy's habits are largely the result of a mere 

 suggestion here and there. The creative instinct is strong within the average healthy boy 

 he wants to make things with his own hands wants to see them grow under his 

 guidance. 



This inborn desire of the boy to accomplish things should be encouraged. Let the boy 

 have his little workshop in a corner of the attic; let him build things and devise ways and 

 means to overcome obstacles that arise through lack of proper tools the development of 

 this quality of self-reliance will stand him in good stead in later years when he brushes up 

 against the world. Let the youngster take his camera into the woods and fields in the 

 summer encourage the feeling that he is actually producing something. In the course of a 

 few years he will begin to sense the possibilities of making money out of his hobby, what- 

 ever it may be, and this will mark the awakening of the business instinct in him. 



The athletic development of the boy is natural and of vital importance. In no sense 

 should the above remarks be construed to mean that the boy is not to be encouraged in 

 his play. The life of a normal individual should, ^however, be made up of about equal 

 parts of work, play and rest. Work is just as essential to the well being of the boy as it is 

 to the adult ; but to the youngster the work must take a form that makes it seem like play. 

 Just as his games develop his muscles so should his work mould his mind and develop his 

 natural desire to do things. 



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