Show j Ruts and Specialization 1 4 fr By DR FRANK CRANE At first sight ight there here is not so to much difference I between specialization and a rut rit rpt Both are a n. narrowing down c cf or activity to a 1 small mall phase of or the tho whole Both mean moan a of cf many of the other sluice sides I of of life Both Doth mean a n. confining of or interests and a I I of or Riving giving ur ur- The outstanding difference between the two Is that specialization Is a road with a third rail The ru rut t is not The third rail raU I is ambition A man voluntarily enters the confining path of specialization He lie has a a. big end in v View He has I the power of ambition to drive him on The other Is Involuntary The rhe man Just slides I Into the rut It is the line of least resistance e The former course is dictated from within the theman theman theman man himself He lIe is master of his choice J I In the latter the Impetus comes from without The man succumbs I s to the pressure of material things outside of f himself I In one he sacrifices In the other he submits Specialization is a road load lined with gates which can be opened from within A rut is a road in I which the gates ar are lo locked lockel ked from without One shows show self control cl control and strength of purpose the other weakness and lack of spirit One is prepared for the other is slipped into In one c ca cae e the likes a and chooses the work worl In the other ne he ne hates or is c 1 indifferent to it I In the rut tut progress ss stops Specialization leads somewhere A rut Is a Il road rad toot that runs around and around a mountain at the same altitude It never gets any higher It does not lead up Specialization is a rut that leads to the mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain top Both a rut and specialization keep getting deeper and anuS deeper as you ou go on Gradually the desire or ability to get out becomes greater But in specialization as you yOU wear deeper you ou are nearing the top In the rut you u are just sinking more out of or sight while remaining at the same level the Neither typical specialist nor the man In the rut Is an all around man alan The Is that on ona has voluntarily dropped 1 ut of of much of life for for some big end while theother the theother other was unable to avoid it Copyright t 1925 by McClure N Newspaper Syndicate Y d cate i |