The Man of Tomorrow

The Man of Tomorrow'

A new vocational guide designed especially for boys and

joung men, and for the instruction of vocation counselors of the

Y. M. M. I. A., is just off the press. While its telling message

is written to young men generally, and not especially to those

of any particular locality, it will serve a valuable purpose, both

locally and wherever it may be read or circulated,

One of the urgent needs of the time is vocational guidance,

because of the fact that only about 25 or 30 per cent of the

world's workers are in the right occupation; few men are

trained for their work. Fifty per cent of those who work admit

that they are in the wrong vocation, and less than half of our

young men are said to remain at school until they have com-

pleted the eighth grade. The result of this mal-adjustment is

discontent, poverty and failure. Hence the need of vocational

guidance to direct the youth of the land to success, through

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intelligent choice of, and thorough preparation for, their life's

work. The Man of Tomorrow fills this need.

Mr. Claude Richards, the author, was especially appointed

by the General Board of the Y. M. M. I. A. to write the book,

'and has spent two or three years of his extra time in performing

the labor, having first made a complete study of many of the

best works on vocational guidance. As far as we know, it is the

first book of the kind written by an author in the intermountain

region. The work is especially suitable and adaptable to young

men, but is also of value to young women who seek reliable

knowledge concerning the selection of, and preparation for,

their life's labor. It may also be read with profit by persons who

have already found their calling, and by all who are co-oper-

atively interested in our country's youth. The book consists of

nearly three hundred pages, richly illustrated and nicely

bound. It is especially desirable that every vocation supervisor

and counselor in the M. I. A. organization shall study its con-

tents, that he may the better prosecute his work among the

young men of the organization, and with necessary efficiency.

Price, net $1.00; postpaid, $1.10. Send to the Improvement

Era, or the book stores, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Books

Pioneering the W est is a new book recently is ;ued from the press of the

Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake. It consists principally of the diary of

Major Howard Egan, a pioneer of 1847. The record extends from Thurs-

day, April 8, 1847, to Tuesday, September 7, 1847, and covers, in very inter-

esting detail, the events of every day between the dates named, and includes

the trip from Winter Quarters, now Florence, Nebraska, to Great Salt

Lake Valley, also a period with the first settlers in the valley, and a return

to Sweetwater. The divisions cover the trip to Salt Lake Valley; the hap-

penings while Major Egan remained in the Valley; the minutes of the noted

Pioneer Conference, Sunday, August 22, prior to the return across the

plains; and the incidents of the return trip, including the personnel of the

company and their meeting the second emigrant train in early September.

Major Egan's second trip with his family from Winter Quarters to Salt

Lake City is also given in story form. The famous sermon to the original

pioneers on the plains, by President Brigham Young, the great leader, on the

29th of May, 1847, is copied in full from William Clayton's diary. Major

Egan's trip to California, in '49 and '50, is recorded, with thrilling experi-

ences of frontier life among the Indians, and their traits, civil and savage.

For practical, everyday happenings, told in a straightforward, simple and

frequently blunt way, this book is an unusual collection of interesting,

entertaining and historical annals, many of which add new perspective to

pioneer life and occurrences. It places one in an atmosphere of familiarity

with the actual life of the first settlers of Utah more nearly than any other

published book has ever done. One reason for this is that it consists mainly

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of original notes which have not been over-edited, and which were written

on the day when the events happened. Price postpaid, $1.75.

The Secret of Typewriting Speed, by Margaret B. Owen, the world's

champion typist, is a remarkable book on that subject, recently published

by Forbes & Company, Chicago. The book covers the whole subject of

typewriting. It is designed to make the work of typing easier and speedier,

and to enable those who are interested in this very important labor to at-

tain the highest possible efficiency. Miss Owen has three times won the

world's typewriting speed championship, and is, therefore, authority on

the subject. Price, $1.