Word: foremen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Spirit. "To the tens of thousands of production slaves out of whose very hides are tanned the hundreds of millions of Ford profits, he is looked upon as a mean, heartless miser and a hypocrite par excellence. A great spirit permeates the Ford organization (from the foremen up) known as the 'Ford spirit...
...state their chosen life careers. Five-sixths of them had so chosen. In the new classification, it was found that boys headed for professions were far superior in mental equipment to all the others. Prospective farmers were second, salesmen and clerks third, clerical workers fourth, skilled artisans fifth, foremen and business executives last. Among the girls, prospective foremen and business heads led the rest, artisans were second, professional workers third, homemakers fourth, clerical workers last...
...accounts were somewhat exaggerated. The official report which was given out by the Committee of the Associated Industries was perfectly accurate. We made a personal search in four selected industrial establishments for young people of marked promise. We found a certain number of boys who were commended by their foremen and superintendents and brought them over to our Psycho-Educational Clinic for intelligence tests. The results ought not to have been taken as showing that anyone we found is a genius. Intelligence tests do not reveal genius and are not intended to prove that those who rank high on them...
...England, who, possessed of unusual mental ability, would never have the opportunity, due to home conditions, to use that inherent talent to full advantage. In cooperation with the Harvard Graduate School of Education 21 boys and girls were selected on the basis of recommendations, furnished by factory foremen and supervisors, to be carefully examined and tested. Of these 21 six were finally chosen to come to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, so as to be studied and given the opportunity of putting into service their mental brilliance...
...remedies for unnecessary casualties are therefore obvious. In the first place, the miner himself must be educated by convincing him that an attempt to save too much time is certain to result in calamity. Next, competent and conscientious foremen and superintendants must be chosen. Since the government itself is responsible for the efficiency of its mine inspectors, inspectorship examinations should be made stricter. The operator ought to see that it is for his own good as well as that of his men's that his mine is a safe one. It is doubtful if the safety laws themselves need...