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Show UNicaw 1896 193,6 8 ommerce Qub Founded University of Utah, 1915 Purpose: To foster interest among commerce students OFFICERS Ora M. Force...................................................................................-..President Lucille Ditlow......................................................................................Secretary Lawrence Sellstrom............................................................................Treasurer The American Business Man The time is ripe for someone to put the American business man into a novel, and draw a true picture of him. The type of business man whom I admire has not yet been captured by any writer of fiction. In the first place, the business man I have in mind is a creative genius, a natural leader, a developer, a man of initiative and charm, a realist. He is conscious of his power, yet he has no desire to abuse it. He knows the weaknesses oi the mass of human beings, yet he has no desire to exploit them. He finds joy in doing his job better than anyone else is doing it. He takes pleasure in helping other men to succeed with him. He is stimulated by the fact that his product broadens and intensifies the lives of thousands of users. He may be a publisher, an automobile manufacturer, a nurseryman, a railroad president, a meat packer, or a maker of shoes. Just what these men are doing to make life more worth while to millions of people must be explained. It would be easy to find a thousand men who might do for the leading character of this novel. The book should be an honest, straightforward story of the career of one business man. When they had finished the book readers would say, "Why I know dozens of men just like that, but I never thought of them in that way before!" ¦-Commerce and Finance Magazine. Force Sellstrom Page Two Hundred Ninety-six J^> ggammmimi |