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In the days of Martin Luther and King Henry VIII there were but three professions which a gentleman might enter--the army, the church, and the diplomatic service. Between these he was free to make his choice, unless his parents had already declded for him. If the boy was the...
Since then professions have become more and more numerous. Universities and the idea of a "liberal education" have complieated the choice, until very few complete their college work with any definite ideas of what they want to do when they graduate. They go on with the notion that something evenfually...
These are not offered for the purpose of "spreading propaganda", nor of rccruiting men for the various professions, but of giving information. In their ideal form they would be conferences between groups of students and the heads of different corporations and institutions. For the present they are merely lectures, supplemented...
The law of supply and demand will eventually work out a solution to the whole problem. The professions may set on foot an organized campaign for the recruiting of men. Appointment Bureaus of all kinds may unite to provide the best possible advice. A course may be offered on the...
What is true in the professions is true throughout American life. The dominant desire is to develop on one line regardless of the consequences in everything else. It is possible to picture human beings of the next century, with the tendency towards specialization carried to its logical conclusion, as mental...