Show WHITE COLLAR JOBS num numbers bers of young men the coti country over are looking for white collar jobs the term Is applied somewhat indiscriminately to clerical positions and to certain professional fess ional occupations which are carried on chiefly in offices omecea one indication of increased interest in these arv m cupat lons ions is tho the fact that tu denti enroll in college courses which offer training in those these fields has increased enormously during recent years while enrollment in offering preparation for other fields has hag increased much less or even in some Inc tanco has declined there thera Is nothing inherently object tio tlona blo in white collar jobs moa alm of them are necessary and thoro there foro bono honorable rable largo numbers of men have achieved marked success by working at these jobs there are numerous instances of mon men having begun hs aa bookkeepers ors ers clerks or in other white collar bollal jobs andl anat advanced to positions tlona oi 01 largo responsibility and comme asur ate pay but a serious difficulty ties tn in the fact that a largo large population of anu young m men who go to the tha expense of securing training tor for these jobs are w bolly unfitted by personality and temperament to succeed at them for these young men the white collar job Is something of a tragedy it becomes a dreary treadmill of rott tine which offers the victim no real advancement and only a pittance as aa pay many young men who find themselves unhappy and unsuccessful in those these jobs joba would have become pros proa porous and influential in some occupations involving manual labor and the wearing of overalls there aro are something distinctly depressing about a medalo aged prematurely gray haired man who might have succeeded as aa a mechanic a farmer a factory operator or an all engineer sitting on a high stool at a desk day after day year after year making little marks on paper with a lead pencil tho the overall job on tho the mthm ethek hansi hand has much to commend it especially ally us as an opportunity for i young man of real ability and strong character it deals directly with concrete to thing plants animals building materials mater lala machinery the solid earth to succeed in it in a large way requires intelligence courage and industry and it seldon seldom falla fails to reward the young man who invests these qualities itice in it it offers an opportunity for concerts creat lv work and thus thug makes a strong ap peal to to some of the deepest and most wholesome hum hurnon n instincts usually it conduces to good physical development and wholesome mental outlook finally the overall job gives anu young man an excellent opportunity to show the stuff he la Is made of and thus to demonstrate his fundamental fitness to do difficult things A doin bri of this fitness leads leada almost inevitably to increased responsibility tile the latter frequently requires the wearing of a white collar to begin in overalls and to succeed in fit them Is about the surest way to large achievement for most abst young men of good nativo native ability and sound character perhaps a good way tor for a young man to determine bermine de whether ho he la is fit tod to succeed in a large way by beginning in a white collar job is for him to learn his principal motive for hooking such a job if ho he finds that that tho the chief attraction la Is that the job looks easy ho he probably will fall fail it at it people succeed in work which appeals strongly to their desire to gle manfully and to their for rendering difficult service |