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Show Author of "How to Win Friends end Influence People,' ENTERPRISE If you are going to graduate from college this spring, you are probably thinking about how you can get a job. Well, I'll tell you how one young man got his. His name is Roger W. Babson, and he lives in Babson Park, Mass. He is now a world authority on finance and economic trends. When he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he wanted to get into the statistical department of a banking house. But he couldn't get a job. He walked the streets of Boston for weeks looking for a job. His money ran so low that he had to go hungry. He kept on looking. His shoes wore thin. He kept on looking. One day as he was studying the want ads he saw one which said : "Wanted. An assistant in the statistical statis-tical department of a banking house. Write Box 43." This was exactly what he wanted. He wrote a letter describing his qualifications, but received no answer. He knew other replies were pouring in, but he was not going to let his chance slip. He went to the postmaster and asked who rented Box No. 43, but the postmaster said it was against the rules of the department to give out such information. He was courteous, but adamant. adam-ant. Babson was stumped. But he was going to have that job. One night as he was going to bed he had an idea, He would go to the box and wait till the banking house sent for the mail. He was living in Gloucester, which was more than thirty miles from Boston. The only train left at six in the morning. But he was on it. He went to the post office, located himself there to watch. For a long time, nobody came. Then, finally, a Negro boy with a mail bag appeared. ap-peared. Young Babson got a jolt. Was the banking house expecting enough replies to fill that bag? He went up closer and read on the bag: "E. II. Gay & Company, Bankers." He hurried to a directory and looked up the address and then ran as fast as he could, getting there before the colored col-ored boy did. He asked who did the hiring, and found out that it was Mr. Gay himself. He sent in his name, and finally fin-ally got to see Mr. Gay. He told him what he had done, and Mr. Gay looked through the file and sure enough there was his letter. Mr. Gay read it, thought a moment, then said : "Your letter is the poorest of the whole lot. But you are the most enterprising. And that's what I want. Enterprise. I will take you on." Now why don't you show some unusual enterprise enter-prise in getting a job? Think this idea over, work out your details, and get into action! |