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positions are limited to one sex or the 

 other, and this cuts off another half. We 

 are now down to about 16,000,000. Thus 

 in a few minutes and without expense we 

 have excluded ninety-nine out of a hundred 



15. By Physical Soundness 



16. By Special or Technical Education 



17. By Temperament 



18. By Aptitudes 



19. By Sympathy 



20. By Predominant Type (Vital, Motive or Mental) 



Mental-motive Type. In- 

 dependent; alert and opti- 

 mistic; observant; self-suffi- 

 cient; a good speaker; de- 

 termined and positive; clear 

 in argument; energetic and 

 openminded; progressive; 

 active and energetic; public- 

 spirited man ; socially active 



Mental Type. Mild and 

 amiable; tolerant but posi- 

 tive; slow and deliberate; 

 clear thinker; not excitable; 

 broad in views; willing to 

 hear both sides of a question; 

 open to conviction; but not 

 swayed by arguments unless 

 convinced of their truth 



Mental-motive Type. Clear 

 in views; good talker; de- 

 cided but reasonable; sin- 

 cere; likes to find out the 

 truth about any subject; 

 broad in thought; thorough 

 and conscientious; not easi- 

 ly influenced; convincing in 

 argument; above-board 



of all the living persons. Real selection 

 has scarcely yet begun. 



There is no particular sequence to be 

 observed in applying the exclusion tests. 

 Sometimes one characteristic is more im- 

 portant than another. Age may be more 

 important than sex, nationality may be 

 more important than race, education be 

 more important than natural gift, experi- 

 ence be more important than ability. 



The Standard hy Which Men Are Judged 



In semi-logical sequence: 



1. The First Decision Is Between Uncarnate and 



Incarnate 



2. Between Human and Other Life 



3. By Sex 



4. By Race 



5. By Age 



6. By Nationality 



7. By Eugenics or Heredity 



8. By Mental Soundness 



9. By Moral Soundness 



10. By Industrial Soundness 



11. By Early Environment 



12. By Training 



13. By General Education 



14. By Experience 



21. By Size (Tall or Short) 



22. By Texture (Coarse-grained or Fine-grained) 

 2-^. By Coloring (Blonde or Brunette) 



24. By Body Build 



25. By Shape. 



There are other subdivisions, so many in 

 fact that they interest only specialists. 



It is evident that most of us in selecting 

 employees pay some attention to the 

 sixteenth requirement — special education. 

 We are apt to overlook the importance of 

 heredity (7), moral soundness (9), industrial 

 soundness (10). 



Very few pay any attention to tempera- 

 ment (17), aptitude (18), type (20); undue 

 prominence being given to sympathy (19). 

 Size (21) often is carefully considered, but 

 not texture (22), coloring (23), body build 

 (24), and shape (25). Yet every one of 

 these twenty-five considerations would be 

 applied by any man interested in thorough- 

 breds, whether pigeons, chickens, horses, 

 or any other domestic animal. 



In selecting men who are much less uni- 

 form than finely bred animals, it is not so 

 easy in advance to predetermine tempera- 



