Show Obedience to Conditions BY UY JOHN TA YXE W When hen hen you were were- a a. a ho boy or a a. girl In Insi si hool how you OU did dread examination day daA It mattered little I how hard you had worked during the term or the tho standing landing In the class to which you OU had hiatt rome examination day was a dread a possible o- o ibl danger and a great big bugbear But BUL when It was as all J over and anti you had hati pa passed qEd Its Us conditions successfully it waa was wa wasa a proud moment In your life liCe when you OU heard the teacher call cnn out your name as being a among on those thos who o through ro h obedi ence to tile the hard conditions naci hiatt teen neen promoted promoted pro pro- to tho the higher grade The successful successful success success- ful meeting of oC the test gave you and those who knew you OU confidence that better botter bet bot- ter things were wrapped up within v you ou It was the test of the hard condition and your our obedience thereunto that revealed your nur strength and prowess Life LICo has many hard conditions that it places upon men who are o or of leaving the low Jow level leve of or mediocrity am and coming out at last on the thO high plateaus plateau of or an achieved success I The o obedience to t to the conditions tests ability to receive ant and andr r rightly use the coveted promotion In Columbia university there are arc man man Interesting buildings f set et apart b by the directors directors dl di- di rectors for or specific purposes Among them none Is more maIo interesting than titan the tho on one erected for or the purpose e of trying out the claims of or inventors and tutors of or fireproof flooring material The Time manner in which this alleged ed fireproof flooring mat material is tested Is unique The material is built hullt Int titLe lute this building as a aloof roof loof to the building Under It Is built a fierce fire averaging 1700 de degrees rees Fan Fab- sometimes reaching 2000 20 This I Is kept up au for rot four hours while delicate Instruments men measure ure th the heat of or the floor floo and Its sagging bagging under a a. load Joad of oC pig Ig iron lW pounds to the square foot Then water Is turned turnell on the whole and after the floor has cooled a weight of Gj GOO ton tons to the tho square Quare foot Is 15 placed place upon It It If I It stands this tremendous strain the lie system is approved It Is tho the con condition obeyed that reveals the strength or th the weakness we-akness of or the floor loor- ing One lOa may Imagine a manufacturer unwilling to submit his flooring to such a test even while wh he was making making- the lie most extravagant claims for It IL His unwillingness unwilling i ness to obe obey the conditions I Is the proof of or his lack Jack of or confidence In his flooring Men Ien are tested In this world by bJ means of or man many tests Rarely Is there If ever a aman aman aman man who rises high In the estimation ion of oC his employers or comes to exalted position position tion In iii the confidence ence of the thc public but what passes through crucial tests It Is the test that thal reveals re the Inherent character charac charac- ter of the man Can you tull fulfill the conditions in In In other words can you O meet time the test Is the question that thal Is asked of all aspirants for or better position I If tho the affirmative answel answer answer an an- is 11 given then thou the time testing begins the try out reveals the he worth or tho the worthlessness of the tho affirmative answer r You are arc wondering toda today young o mait man why your our life liCe conditions are so o hard hard- why s-hy your employer jun surrounds rounds you ou with Hh such exacting tiles tules and conditions Rest assured your employer sees ees In you possibilities of or greater things or of he lie wouldn't waste time In trying you OU out Employers Em- Em as a rule In this worl employ young oung men men not old oM men as superintend superintend- The hardest hanJe t thing in the world to find Is a thoroughly prepared man Co for I a specific place and anti work Hence the employer em em- In looking over ovar the host of young oung men who apply for tor positions sees in this that or the time other one the faint promise of possibility The young man ma may be he the young man who will wili become It In the days that are to come As Ore fire reveals rEve the presence of or the tho silver and anti separates the dross from Crom the precious metal so tho ho testing the obedience to the conditions condition tries out the time young oung It Is a good thing to remember when you are working surrOunded surrounded sur sur- rounded b by exacting conditions that you arc are In the process of oC the lie try out If you ou meet all ail the conditions you ar are aref sure to rise to the place that Is awaiting you OU At the age of 23 Mr Ir Gladstone adopted as one ono of the mottoes of or his lire life the old oM Greek quotation from rom Ve Wo should remember that lint man man lifters differs little from man except pt that he lie turnout turns turn out best who is trained In the sharpest school Your sharp school of oC toda today with It Its handicapping conations ma may In the time days that are to come reveal jou OU oti to the world as the lie best trained Consider It |