THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



to a man heavily burdened with the direc- 

 tion of affairs tlian the weak-backed assist- 

 ant who is continually trying to get his chief 

 to do his work for him, on the feeble plea 

 that he thought the chief would like to de- 

 cide this or that himself. The man to whom 

 an executive is most grateful, the man whom 

 he will work hardest and value most, is the 

 man who accepts responsibility willingly, 

 and is not continually under his feet. 



AS A SUPERIOR OFFICER 



The principles of effective administrative 

 work have never, so far as I know, been 

 adequately classified and defined. When 

 they come to be stated one of the most im- 

 portant will be found to be the exact assign- 

 ment of responsibility, so that whatever goes 

 wrong the administrative head will know 

 clearly and at once upon whom the responsi- 

 bility falls. This is one of the reasons why, 

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