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place they occupy, whether janitors or
heads of divisions, are earning more
than they are receiving. These only
hlope for promotion. Those who are
earning just the amount they are re-
ceiving, their employers are wishing,
they will have a call to go elsewhere;
and if there is not improvement, they
will not wait indefinitely for the call
to come.
  "While a reasonably successful
career is assured to those who p~os-
sess the qualities already mentioned,
They are not sufficient to win the high-
est suceess. To acco~mplish this, three
other qualities are required; resource-
fulnes~s, leadership and faithfulness to
trust.
  "One who has resourcefulness puts
through the thing assigned to himi
without calling upon his superiors for
frequent directions. Two men may be
given the same task, both of whom we
may suppose to have the qualities of
punctuality, accuracy and reliability.
The one will frequently go to his su-
perior officer for further information
and instructions, asking for advice and
assistance, asking for authority to do
this, that, or the other thing. Th.-
second man, the one who is resource-
ful, will not trouble his superior from
the time the task is assigned him until
the work is accomplished. He solves
the difficulties himself as they arise._
He has the courage to take respon-
sibility to do the things necessary in
order to accomplish the task. He un-
d'nstands that the direction to do a
Piece of work, carries with it the au-
thority to take steps required to ob-
tain the results expected.
   "One who is truly resourceful is
 sure of self, but not self conceited.
 The self-conceited man thinks he has


knowledge and ability beyond that he
Possesses.
  He thinks he knows haw to pro-
ceed when he does not. On the other
hand, the man who is sure of him-
self known whether or not he does
know. If he does not know he finds
Out before going ahead. If his judg-


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ment tell him it is necessary, he will
apply to his superior officer for fur-
ther information or further authority,
although he always does this re-
luctantly. But when he knows he has
the information and the authority nec-
essary, he solves difficulties as they
arise, and reaches the desired result
without taking the time and energy oi
his superior officer.
  "In a group of students it is easy
to tell to which class a man belongs.
The self-conceited man     is known
among ,his ctass-mates as one who
'stabs.' In general he is a man who
as yet has acquired no serious sense
of personal responsibility. The man
who, upon the other hand, is sure of
himself, frequently gains in the esteem
of the instructor by quietly saying he
does not know when a question is
asked which goes beyond what may be
reasonably expected, as do frequently
questions asked by the skillful teacher,
with the purpose of leading to the
further development of a subject.
   "In this matter of resourcefulness,
the efficiency and thoroughness of your
education will be tested. You who
have neglecte4 the opportunities for
acquiring knowledge and training in
your college work will be heavily
handicapped in the matter of resource-
fulness. You who, upon the other
hand, have spent the best efforts of
twenty or More years of your life
in acquiring a thorough education will
be in a very favorable position to
handle the problems assigned to you.
As these problems arise you will find
no bit of knowledge that you have
acquired will be too remote to be use-
ful; and the mental power, the ca-
pacity to handle the work of the
laboratory or seminary, will be of im-
measurable value to you in handling
the real problems of life.
   "The student who is sure of him-
 self in his college work, who knows
 whether or not he knows the point
 in question, the man in the labora-
 tory or seminary who has worked
 out the assigned problems without.