THE VESTIBULE SCHOOL V3 that a large part of the labor turnover consists of those who, after being hired, come for a day or a week, and then, because they are disgusted or discouraged with their progress, never appear again. Therefore, it is most de sirable to assign unskilled workers to the work at which their natural abilities will enable them to succeed most quickly and where they can, in the shortest possible time, earn a satisfactory week’s pay. To do this it is necessary, in the first place, to test applicants with great care in order that the natural abilities which they possess may be immediately applied where they will most quickly bring success. And in the second place, it is desirable to supplement this preliminary examination by means of the more prolonged observation which is made possible by a period of training in the so-called vestibule school. The vestibule school is what its name implies—a pre liminary training school in which to observe and coach new employees. The vestibule school is to the industrial organization what the vestibule is to the home. In the home it is a place where the entrant stops, wipes his shoes on the mat, adjusts his garments, and performs those duties which prepare him to enter the house proper. In the factory or office it is a place which detains the incoming employee until he has become adjusted to a new environ ment and has been prepared to handle the essential ele ments of his prospective work. Having passed through this preliminary stage, he is the more ready to enter upon the work of the main shop or office. The vestibule school, therefore, answers two main purposes. First, it provides a means for bringing an unskilled employee most rapidly to the stage in which he can earn a desirable week’s pay.