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Show Idealism' Highlights Executive's Lecture V "If you're pulling the Scarlet Scar-let O'Hara act, I think you're too intelligent to be doing it knowingly," expressed Challenge speaker George M. Keller, Vice President of Armour and Company Com-pany and President of Armour Grocery Products Company. KELLER chose Scarlet O'Hara, a character from the novel "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mar-garet Mitchell, as typical of the person who chronically avoids making decisions. Keller approached the question ques-tion of whether business has a place for today's college students by sketching a comparison of his own generation with the "new crop." "THE GREATEST thing about you is that you're generally idealistic," Keller stated, adding, "There should be an adjunct to idealism; that is, you should have a goal and get something out of it." The business leader noted that far too much of this generation's idealism is wasted on small-scale projects. His advice: "Don't use your hands; use a steamshovel." RATHER THAN shoveling dirt in Afghanistan, as is often the extent to which peacecorpsmen's idealism is sublimited, extend practical altruists can accomplish accomp-lish more by using the capital and influence in the hands of big business. Keller termed busi- (Continued on Page 6) 'Idealism5 (Continued from Page 1) ness the "lever which you can use to move this country." The key attributes which business busi-ness is seeking in future employees em-ployees and leaders are in Keller's Kell-er's opinion, the ability to think clearly and logically and the willingness to do one's work. In response to the apprehension apprehen-sion of becoming lost in the business world, Keller assured students that "You cannot become be-come lost, no matter what your job is, if you do your work. It takes very very little to stand out from the pack." |