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FOR
OCTOBER
1941
What makej An
A jjocialion ?
By " CURLEY" ROBINSON
Managing Director, AOLAC
The other day at a luncheon the subject
turned to the type of men we have in our
Association, those who have made a suc-
cess of their business, the qualities that
go toward making the successful operator,
the average member of this Association. I
couldn't help but recall an article I had
read a year or so ago in which I had more
or less memorized the opening phrase. It
had especially appealed to me because it
had stated that there was really no special
formula for a successful man, any more
than there was any special formula pro-
vided by nature for the evaluation of human
beings in general. It is an inescapable fact,
but fortunate, because lacking a formula
for the selection of a successful man, one
must rely upon three stable factors: Ability,
Personality and Character. All these three,
I told my friend, must be weighed in terms
of these qualities by all applicants for
membership in this Association.
There is no substitute for ABILITY, for
it is a badge that is won not lightly, it is
a record of performance, a laurel bestowed
by personal demonstration and not by an-
cestry or fortune.
PERSONALITY is that light by which
ability makes its way, it is the combina-
tion of many intangibles, its spark is en-
gendered by personal contact. The man
is fortunate who is endowed with a warm,
contagious pers-:mali ty, for he will win
many friends for himself and his Associa-
tion.
The greatest of these three, of course
is CHARACTER. Personality has th~
power to open many doors, but character
must keep them open. It must turn a cor-
dial greeting into friendship, convert a
promise into a pact, make the flimsy struc-
ture into an enduring edifice. Character
is what every man seeks in another for it
is the priceless possession of an individual.
This Association, any organization, is
really a very simple thing-it is the length
an~ shadow of a group of men, a multipli-
catIOn of hands and brains, an association
of men with a purpose. No matter how
great in resources and man power an asso-
ciation may be, it cannot move an inch
along the road except on human feel;
only human hands can welcome you
through its portals, the voice that speaks
for you is just another human voice like
your own.
Therefore, an Association must have
character to endure, even as it must have
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ability and personality to achieve, but the
individuals, the membership, contribute
that character, and it flows back to them
and gives them strength and inspiration
which acquires life and movement and
leaves its imprint upon the public.
CHARACTER. Let us keep it by us! •
T~XA~
HOUSTON ~ No news from Texas this
month. In fact the terrific gale of late Sep-
tember blew the column right out of the
October REvIEW.
Our fair city was directly in the path
of a tropical hurricane that struck about
ten o'clock the evening of September 23rd.
The SO-mile wind did considerable damage,
especially to our out-moded power and
light system.
Storm damage to the coin machine in-
dustry was heavy; especially along the 60-
mile Gulf coastline where the blow struck.
Most all equipment in that territory, in-
cluding about 50 phonographs, was of total
loss. There was also, of course, plenty of
damage in the towns between Houston and
the Coast and fur ther inland for about 100
miles. Absence of electricity for three to
six days worked a hardship on equipment,
particularly phonographs, on locations.
Galveston was out of the storm's path
and sustained no actual damage worth
mentioning. Business was at a standstill
for a day or so until the storm did decide
where to strike. High tides, lashing over
the seawall at times, caused many to leave
the city; and a heavy downpour of rain that
followed the storm did slight damage.
fohn C. Wright. •
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