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described by the applicant. For example, an applicant 

 may be able to say that he was fond of making deals 

 with his fellow scholars whilst at school. Some of the' 

 best business men whilst still at school, showed strong 

 characteristics in this direction by the success with which 

 they were able to effect exchanges, and sell the trifling 

 articles which children value. 



Class E. Trades or callinys requiring a keen perspective of form 

 and colour. 



(1) Preparatory education should, of course, be fair, but it is 



not essential that it should be so, since any shortcoming 

 can be rectified during training. 



(2) Absence of mechanical aptitude. 



(3) Positive evidence of power to perceive colour and form. 



Tests should be made of the power of the applicant to 

 perceive, even if only in an elementary way, the differ- 

 ence between good and bad effects of colour, harmony and 

 contrast. Appreciation of form by the applicant will be 

 easily apparent by his capacity to delineate by freehand 

 drawing simple objects. Applicants suitable for the 

 callings under this heading will be found to have already 

 done some drawing. Efforts of this kind can be pro- 

 duced for the inspection of the Selection Officers. Some- 

 times, however, circumstances may have been such as to 

 allow this capacity to have remained dormant. If the 

 Selection Officer suspects the applicant of possessing the 

 qualities required for this class, he should ask him to 

 make a sketch during the interview. If there is any 

 natural ability it will be disclosed, even though the 

 drawings be those of an untrained hand, and consequently 

 very crude in execution. 



It was realised when issuing these instructions that, in 

 the majority of cases, only the most meagre grounds upon 

 which to base a decision would be found, especially 



