THEORY V. PRACTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 55, 3 September 1934, Page 8

THEORY V. PRACTICE

(To the Editor.) Sir, —To tenninato my remarks for tho benefit of'"Throo Score and Ten," the ancient battleground ( of theory versus practice is too well worn to warrant reconsideration. It is obvious that both are essential in tho welldeveloped ami outstanding executive. His very experiences form his own theories, taught as'such to others. In so far as your correspondent's remarks pertain, however, to theory alone, certainly he is correct, A more- accurate reading of my previous letter would elucidate tho information that deserving youth of more than academic experience was intended. Tho policy of training an omployeo from boyhood in a eovtain industry is oxcollont, but makes him only a master of a microscopic field,' Frequently ho possesses littlo vision beyond this, and not through any fault of bis own or of his employers. Both types are necessary and desirable. Such great industrialists as thoso enumerated wore brilliant not becauso o£ • their, lack of a preliminary and theoretical university training, but rather in spito of it. "Three Score and Ten" has had his day; let the present generation possess its long-awaited opportunity also. —I am. etc., LEWIS 0. GRANT, M.Conr.,A.It.A.N.Z.