Abstract :
Conditions in the commercial world necessitate an increasing consideration being given to the perfecting of organization and to raising the standard of individuals composing the same. The present may be said to be distinctly an age of organization, and in the competition which naturally exists, the relative efficiency attained by different organizations has much to do with their survival in the competitive struggle of modern times. Much thought is now being expended on this question and a great deal of good is resulting from the study being made of it. A whole can reach its best condition only when all of the parts which compose it are of the first class. This means that the individuals composing an organization must be of the best quality both as regards natural and acquired ability. There is an increasing demand for highly trained men, and there is considerable discussion as to what that training should be. A man who has concentrated his energies for four years on a special line of work is naturally more efficient in that line than would be possible otherwise, and consequently the properly trained college man is more efficient than the man without a college education. The ranks of industrial manufacturing concerns are, without question, becoming more largely filled with college graduates and therefore the importance of the technical graduate is increasing. There will always be men of unusual natural ability who will succeed without a college education, but such individuals undoubtedly would have been able to accomplish more if they could have had the advantages of concentrated training correctly applied for a number of consecutive years.
