Argosy All-Story Weekly, Vol. 124, No. 3 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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Sie iz ee | tue nights—they said eight hours was enough for ADVERTISING SECTION. “Good Bye, ‘A dvopped | in for a last word with the boys at the office. And as I saw n a Dave there at the same old desk it came to me suddenly that they had ere just so the day I came with the firm four years ago. 1en I started here I was put at a desk and gree certain routine things to do. It was ob and I took it as a matter of course. But after a few monthsI began to realize I was nothing but a human machine—doing things that anyone could do and that I dn’t t expect to advance that way. I had a talk with the manager and I’ll never forget what he said. 1 you want to get ahead, put in some pare time getting special training along the line of your work. We want men who care enough about ure not only to dotheir work well but to devote part of their spare time to preparation for advancement.’ that very night I wrote to Scranton and a few days later had started studying evenings at home. Why, do t t gave me a whole new interest in our busi- iy ee ee — —— TEAR OUT HERE — = nya few months Iwas given, more important TiNTERWATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ms “more money. Since then I’ve had three in- BOX 2161-B, SCRANTON, PA. ix months ago I was put in charge of my de- , and now my big chance has come—I'm to be Explain, without obligating me, how I can qualify for the poat- tion, or in the subject, before which. I mark X. Jal 1 = ; agers of our Western branch at $5,000 a year! J ELEOTRIOAL ENGINEER -] SALESMANSHIF and Dave could never see any sense in my Electric Lighting and Railways {(C) ADVERTISING [|Electric Wiring | | Window Trimmer | | Telegraph Engineer L|Show Card Writer | }Telephone Work _]Sign Painter [| }MEOHANIOAL ENGINEER | |]Railroad Trainmas | }Mechanical Drafteman | J ILLUSTRATING [ ]Machine Shop Practice | | Cartooning |_| Toolmaker | }BUSINESS MANAQRHEN® [ |Gas Engine Operating _| Private Secrotary _JOIVIL ENGINEER | | BOOKKEEPER | ]Surveying and Mapping |_| Stenographer and Typilar [ |MINK FOREMAN OR ENGINEER [}Cert. Public Accountant | STATIONARY ENGINEER [JTRAFFIC MANAGER []Marine Engineer | JRailway Accountant [ |Ship Draftsman | | Commercial Law |] ARCHITECT .}GOOD ENGLISH | |Contractor and Builder |_| Teacher . |Architectural Drafteman |} Common Schoo! Subjects | |Concrete Builder _JCIVIL SERVICE | |Structural Engineer | |Railway Mail Clerk | PLUMBING AND HEATING L] AUTOMOBILE OPERATING )Sheet Metal Worker LJanto Repairing | Textile Overseer or Supt. (_] Navigation | Spanish y {te be bothered with business. They had the 2 ec ce Ihad—they could have been big men in the i But they stood still while I went up to one th he be set J obs in -our business. It just shows what time training will do.”’ day men who have let the International Cor- ] nce Schools help them are moving up to more positions and bigger salaries. Clerks have | ertising, sales and business managers; me- ave become foremen, superintendents and [ ; carpenters have become architects and con- ors; Estes and boys have risen from nothing at all | fospien idid positions of responsibility—because in spare Si noon and at night they have learned to do [ pies e ° ‘ 1e thing well. h mela earth make more money, show your employer you're | orth more money. If you want a bigger job, show willing to prepare for it. re ling to easy way to do it. For 29 years the Inter- | ondence Schools have been training men and tin their own homes whenever they had a little time | . |} CHEMIST _) AGRIOULTURE Freneb { ] Mathematics [] Poultry Raising J(_] [tallan a € “More 2 than two million have stepped up in just this way. Name an an 100,000 are studying now. Ten thousand are starting Present si ed 2 Occupation eae atfora to Bet another priceless hour pass without Street iding out what the I. C. S. can do for you? Here is all we ask— and No. hout ‘aanee obilgating yourself in any way, mark and nbecu agen Oly. Cte Canadians may send this coupon to T°20-t® International Correspondence Sohools, Montreal, Oanade In answering thie advertisement if ta desirable that you mention this magazine. Original from (CONIC 0) 0)(0) S (C(O) Digitized by Gox gle THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ee > oe =