Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life

by Katherine M. H. Blackford; Arthur Newcomb

Herein is the true answer to the serious question with which we opened this chapter. Whether or not reliable analyses can be made by the observation of physical characteristics is no longer debatable.

Such analyses are being made.

Subject Number One

Analyst

Practical or Impractical

Mild or Aggressive

Quick or Slow

Active or Inactive

Variable or Constant

Variable or Constant

Energetic or Lazy

Dependable or Irresponsible

Speculative or Conservative

Ambitious or Unambitious

Social or Unsocial

Honest or Dishonest

Skillful or Awkward

General or Detail

Determined or Indecisive

Courageous or Fearful

Mechanical

Professional

Commercial

Artistic

Vocation

First Choice

Second Choice

Third Choice

G.C.B.

I

M

S

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R

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D

C

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Clerical

Sell.

C.F.R.

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Clerical

Research

Sell.

A.W.

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Sec.

Law

Sell.

M.O.P.

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Office

Exec.

Sec.

E.W.R.

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Educ.

Lit

Sec.

Record

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C

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Purch.

Bank

Sec.

Subject Number Two

G.C.B.

I

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Q

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C

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S

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Sell.

Merch.

Pol.

C.F.R.

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Ins.

Ace.

Stat.

A.W.

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Phys.

Sell.

Clerk

M.O.P.

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Sell.

Pol.

Purch.

E.W.R.

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Adm.

Pol.

Record

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Adv.

Sell.

Jour.

Subject Number Three

G.C.B.

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Merch.

Finan.

Sell.

C.F.R.

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Comm.

Prom.

Adv.

A.W.

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Org.

Sell.

Const.

M.O.P.

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Educ.

Sell.

Exec.

E.W.R.

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Adv.

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Record

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Res.

Eng.

Sell.

Subject Number Four

G.C.B.

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Educ.

Pers. Serv.

Sell.

C.F.R.

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Educ.

Research

A.W.

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Educ.

Jour.

Soc. Ser.

M.O.P.

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Pol.

Sell.

E.W.R.

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Eng.

Agr.

Mfr.

Record

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Agr.

Educ.

Eng.

Subject Number Five

G.C.B.

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Agr.

Soc. Serv.

Educ.

C.F.R.

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Exec.

Sell.

Educ.

A.W.

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Org.

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M.O.P.

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Res.

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Agr.

Mfr.

Pol.

Record

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Agr.

Org.

Pol.

Explanation of abbreviations: Sell., selling; Sec., secretarial work; Exec., executive position; Lit., literature; Purch., purchasing; Merch., merchandising; Pol., politics; Ins., insurance; Acc., accountant; Stat., statistics; Phys., physician; Adm., administration; Adv., advertising; Jour., journalism; Finan., financial; Comm., commerce; Prom., promoting; Org., organizing; Const., construction; Educ., educating; Eng., engineering; Pers. Serv., personal service; Soc. Serv., social service; Agr., agriculture; Mfr., manufacturing.

NOTE—An analysis of the foregoing record shows 82-1/4% of agreement with the record in regard to the subjects' characteristics. This part of the work depends upon an application of principles. In checking the four classifications, Mechanical, Professional, Commercial and Artistic, the element of individual judgment of the analyst entered into the problem; yet here we have an agreement with the record amounting to 65-1/2%. Naturally, choice of exact vocation offers an unusually wide field to the personal equation, especially when the analyst has no data, as in this case, in regard to early environment, education, training, residence, and opportunities. But, even in this case, the students are, in general, in marked agreement with the records. It is impossible to state this agreement in percentages, since each was given a first, second, and third choice, and since some of the vocations suggested are very nearly those indicated in the record, yet not exactly the same. A study of these three columns, however, will impress the reader with the accuracy of the analysts' judgments.

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CHAPTER V

IDEAL EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

The progress of civilization and enlightment is a good deal like that in the old riddle of the man who had a fox, a goose, and a basket of corn to carry across the river and could carry only one at a time. If you remember, he carried the goose across first, leaving the fox with the corn, since the fox could not eat the corn. Then he went back, leaving the goose, and got the corn; then, when he returned for the fox, he took the goose back with him and left it alone on the bank, while he carried the fox across to keep company with the corn. Then he returned once more and brought the goose over, completing the transfer.