Thirty-six years ago a young fellow sat in a one-room office in Chicago and wondered about the gamble he had made.
He had just given up a steady job as a civil engineer and
was about to open a school to teach by home study the little
known science of identification through finger printing.
The young man's name is T. G. Cooke.
Today, Cooke is still the active head of the organization
he started.
And one-third of the identification bureaus of the United
States are headed by graduates of his school!
Cooke's theory of success is so simple that it boils down to
one simple suggestion:
Always try to do a little "something special" for the people
you work with, and success will take care of itself.
The Institute of Applied Science, Cooke's school, offers
these extras for its people:
It acts as a "clearing house" for students who want to
locate jobs in the identification field.
It publishes and distributes two magazines that serve as
outlets for scientific articles written by people in identifica-
tion work.
And it makes available modern laboratory facilities to
anyone who wishes to do research work in crime detection.
What are the "extras" in your own business?
