Excerpt from Profitable Vocations for Boys<br><br>The industrial situation demands an increase in the vocational content of the school curriculum. Any proc ess of reconstruction must necessarily be slow. The teachers can, meanwhile, do much in their classes towards giving a boy about to leave school a general survey of the field of occupations, helping him to form a definite purpose, showing him how to investigate ques tions which deal with the' choice of a career and the best methods of preparation for success along par ticular lines, directing his attention to the vocational training facilities of his community, showing him how to utilize them and placing before him an index to vocational literature.<br><br>From this rapidly accumulating literature there will be formed ultimately some definite rules for the scientific management of the individual by the aid of which the prospective worker may be enabled to choose wisely, prepare thoroughly and advance himself rapidly. The reader of this literature cannot escape the conviction that the apparent maze which leads from the entrance gateway of the many employments that are open to a reasonable degree of prosperity is not as complex as it seems and that there never was a time when the well prepared and determined worker was so sure of a com fortable living as now. On the other hand, it was never so easy for the thoughtless to drift into such hope less industrial situations.<br><br>An effort has been made to provide in this book a brief summary of the available information relating to the conditions for admission to the chief gainful occupa tions and to present in suggestive forms the best methods by which the workers may prepare themselves and se cure advancement. The earlier editions oi the book were submitted to those who had first-hand information about industrial conditions, and their commendations were generous, and abundant evidence has been supplied by teachers who have tried it for class use and by coun sellors in social centers and by directors of boys' clubs that the book well serves the purposes for which it was designed.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.