Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1929 — Page 7

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SUCCESSOR TO EDISON MAY BE ‘ORNERY. DUMB’ Superb Talent Necessary Likely to 5c Hidden Now. Says Educator. Th l . ,„Mhr In a t>frr.mn.t on thr trail. *ml rbar..t.rl'llfl rront.ltr ;h. trr.ri.in .noth n.n ~ in s. ..T.rt.rl a prnt,*, and -ur.rs.r.r in Thnm. Alva rifiaon. Tha Tima. . C.nrarnnr I a.||a In Amlin* th' Indiana rapraaanfatira RV JOHN PAIL ria.nl.nl f Tailor I nlvaraltr. I piand I |hl 11 ■ T■ a ’ and -.o'-'* Tl.r hnv rrirnpntinß to bn srlto ?d p- Thomas A. Edison’s successor ir.u-.t fill out a questionnaire! Continuour experience with question- . ,res reaches me tha* tie must be resourceful and possessed of a certain amount of read' wit in addition to his scientific proclivit*'. This and the prerequisite of health and good habits bci*v? considered, I would select the boy who Is most, normal in sire, in facial and cranial formation, in his natural appetites. and in hir. attitude to others and to life in general. All this included in the chap, he may be far from a miniature Thomas A. Edison. But Mr. Edison Is not looking for an enlargeable miniature of himself. He is looking tor a successor; and, down in his heart, he probably prefers a fellow who will be different from him in non-essential features. Must Have Experimented With these ouailfications as a starter, a boy is wanted who of record is interested consistently in electricity and related phenomena of physics and who. by the testimony of those who know him, has made some progress in study and experiment. We are not invited to go beyond the immediate problem confronting the Governor of Indiana in our discussion of this- subject. We hardly would presume to offer suggestions to Mr. Edison in the matter. Yet we may give as our view that the man who selects the boy who actually will succeed Edison will need to be a prophet who can foretell without data. The next Edison, if now a boy. may be freckle-faced, ornery and dumb. He may be anemic, retiring and unambitious. Only a small part of flic race shows its genius in childhood. In many cases, superb talent is latent and unobserved until up in the ’teens or twenties, and in some r ies even later, it becomes primed for a release and something happens to bring it out. May Find Booster Some booster may get hold of the fellow, as in the case of Edison; some coercing Providence may come into his life. or. as in the case of the majority, he may go to the right school, apply himself, and catch the vision. A captive eagle, caught when young, that never knew how to fly, one? was playing in the barnyard with puddle ducks and awkward l ens. It had grown up in this environment and had no vision, but one day another eagle flew above the farm house in the open sky and screamed. The instincts were aroused in the royal prisoner, and when the free eagle screamed a second time the captive tried his massive pinions which he never had used, and they bore him above fences, farmhouses, and trees to join his comrade in the skies. Much needs to be done, of teaching. preaching, providing examples, and offering temporal encouragement. to arouse the slumbermg instincts of talent in our boys and young men. and girls as well, that they may find their wings and rise. BLIND MAN IS HEAD OF COMMERCE CHAMBER Conducts One of Leading Book Stores in Oklahoma. Pv Vvitrd Press EDMUND. Okla.. May 16.—For tiie first time in the history of Oklahoma, and perhaps for the first time in the country, a blind man has been elected president of a Chamber of Commerce. Phillip C. Slack, blind since birth, was elected unanimously to the Edmund group. For ten years. Slack has been head of the Oklahoma State Association for Adult Blind and at the present holds the chief position on the Oklahoma Commission for Adult Blind. Coming to Edmund more than twenty-eight years ago. Slack has established one of the largest book shops in the state. He is a graduate of the Janesville. Wis.. high school for blind and the college for blind at Vinton, lowa. LOSES SUSPENDED TERM Acid Thrower Breaks Behavior Rule, Gets Sentence. After three months' liberty to a day under a ’ judgment withheld” ruling by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. F’mer Monroe. 34. Stubbins hotel. Wednesday was sentenced one to fifteen years in the state prison by the cour - for violating the good behavior clause. Monroe was tried and found guilty Feb. 19 for throwing acid on his wife. Alice, following a quarrel. Collins permitted him to go back to her when he promised to “be good.” ar.d Mrs. Monroe agreed. Collins today learned ‘ha* Monroe had been arrested several times op intoxication charges and revoked the order BLAME~CARDS IN DEATH Makes ''Killing'* at Gaming House: Found slain in Ditch. Jtv Press DETROIT. May 16 Adept ness at. gambling was blamed *odav for the death of William Diakun. 29. a window-washer. Diakun made a •‘killing” at an east side gaming house. Today his friends identified his battered body, found in a ditch hear Mk Clemens, Midi.

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