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Show I - HI HI, 111 - IIMMII tirltei(KaMMMMMIIIIWIIlMMMMWUaWMMWMI Modern Boy Ambitious And Able, Says Executive VJho Has Helped ! Thousands To Higher Places . 4 i:.;H5-:.t:--::S IV' 'y, , '-V?.V3 :-::-.::v .-: -r - : -' V w -S. w-t A- r"- lC' ::aati ffi : rl I ... - - His Boys Fr- Those who question tho flapper-ism flapper-ism of 1&25 and mourn the jazzy maiden need have no fear that American youth considers life a giddy, dizzy plaything. Only one boy in a hundred is discharged for "freshness" from one of the largest business organizations in the United States. This testimony as to the sound moral fibre of the modern boy is provided by I. H. Ogden,. of Newark, who starts hundreds of boys on their business careers every year. "Practically all boys engaged by the Prudential Insurance Company at the Home Office in Newark be- - gin their work in the mail department," depart-ment," explains Mr. Ogden. "I know boys pretty well, for I have dealt with them for thirty years at the Prudential. They are about the same now as they were years ago. We rarely have to discharge a boy for insubordination. Sometimes Some-times a little of the aggressive spirit, if not over-emphasized, is a helpful factor in his getting along. However, the 'too fresh' boy doesn't last long. "Then there is the draw-back to the boy who is over serious who Is a man before his time and is weighted by too heavy thoughts early in life. That type is liable lo be an aid man before he reach-. reach-. es twenty-one." The boys at the Prudential begin be-gin as mail-boys, thus leanring : where the departments are located . and the personnel of the office force in general. By the time each boy : is qualified for promotion and is removed from the duties of his : original assignment, he is ready to i fill in various places and thus attains at-tains a broader acquaintance with the office. This method also pro- vides an opportunity for closer enlightenment en-lightenment as to the young man's ability and general make-up. The boys remain in the mail department only long enough to ; earn promotion. Just as soon as . a department or a division head needs a boy or a position, it is filled from the ambitious in the ranks of the mail room. Mr. Ogden says the boys often have dual personalities. During business hours they are serious, quite and hard working. A few minutes after the closing hour they j may be seen in the role of the hilarious, modern American grow-' grow-' ing boy. |