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know people and have what we call " business sense " for leader- 

 ship. 



Abilities necessary for trades. For the mechanical lines, 

 knowledge of the trade is an essential, with skill of eye and of hand. 



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A research worker in his laboratory. What qualities does such a man have to possess in order 



to be successful? 



Accuracy and loyalty are essentials, if one is to succeed. For 

 industries of a semi-professional nature, such as illustrating, cartoon 

 drawing, or engraving, the artistic abilities should be cultivated, 

 and imagination, inventiveness, and appreciation of what the 

 public wants should be joined with the purely mechanical abilities 

 which have to do with drawing or color work. 1 



Practical Exercise 1. Make a list of vocations and under each vocation 

 place the qualities you think most essential for success in that field. 



Practical Exercise 2. Choose a vocation in which you are interested and 

 list the qualifications necessary to be successful. In the class discussion that 

 follows note the overlapping of qualifications. In what fields might one 

 safely switch his lifework? 



1 For further information as to the conditions necessary to become efficient in 

 any line of work, read Parsons, Choosing a Vocation, Houghton Mifflin Company. 



