The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-09-07

:, the community tnerc was certain
Q amount of running about and shift
ing Of standards before calm could be
restored.
II The father had been unable to ans
! were certain test questions picked in
casual way and labeled . test for
"A Boy Of Ten" His son had picked
up the questions in that gloom which
follows an unsatisfactory dinner and
glibly recited the answers which his
father was unable to bring to his
mind.
Nothing had been said ct home
about father being moron. That
subject had been avoided by mother
and Aunt Susie who was . dinner
guest. But the matter had stuck in
the boys mind.
Here were printed questions which
his father could not answer and he
coud answer himself. The questions
were marked "for boy Of TO- He
was only 9. His father was older
that that how old he did not know,
very old, possible SO-certainly older
than o.
Then when the boy learned through
the lecture of some visiting pundit
that moron" is an adult with the
brain Of child Of 10, what could be,
more natural than labelling N ''n,or-
on" the father who was working to ed
ucate him and clothe and feed h,m,
the man who had carried him in his
arms through many sleepless night.
The man who had taught him his A
b C's-almost an imbecile, according
to snap psychology. #
The head waiter at the Gran Col
fax says that all men born since 1895
are "morons" but that is a more or
less selfish point of view. The pub
lie is more concerned with men who .
were born before that time.
Let US see what "boy of ten" in /
these days does know. In the first 2
place he can tell the greatest COM '
mon integer," or greatest common
greatest common divi- a
sor," "grand chief of irregular frac- y
tions," commander of the rear guard !.
Of the cube root Of three" and so on. !,
He can tell who has the best bat !.
ting average in all leagues, what S
Jack Dempsey weighed at Boyle's
Acres, who killed Cock Robin and &
Stanley Ketchell, how many buffalo n
skins Buffalo Bill had on his over
coat, the date of the armistice and :
he age of the kaiser. -
On the other hand his father drifts
along with a little bit Of knowledge O
which allows hio to know few drab Il
acts, such as the rent Of The apart
nent and when due, the nam, Of his o
ife insurance company and the pre- )"
NUNS appertaining theron, the bank :"
balance and appurtenances concering .,
'uting in and taking out; the price Of G,
lothing, both for children and for h,
mostly for children and the 81
rice Of tombstones, mostly for grown W
ps. 70
Father says the test is unfair, but "
! willing, as always, to give the boy -
he best of it. Father says that If -
e had a chance to "brush up he in
ould make fair showing, but they to
ave changed lot of rules since he &C
'as a boy. He still thinks he could =
wide three by nine, but he could not
o it on blackboard with lot of
oungsters giggling behind him.
Father could probably remember
ne date Of the wedding of Edward
IL and Mrs. Whoozis if the children ii,
ould let him alone for few minutes an
ut the chances are that he has the by
ate confused with that of Benjamin ca
ranklin's wedding day. ~
The chances are that father cannot Wv
,und Delaware. He may not even ~.
now in what state the Delaware Ri mi
n rises. I'm
Any ten year old child is supposed fe,
know these facts, and if father
'es not he is officially, formally,
declared to be "mor-
l." TN
This idea of gauging an adults men nj,
| age by comparing him with his an
ildren is undoubtedly a very good las
lie. 1t must be because so many tn,
urts have taken it up. But it an
rikes some of the "morons" rs Pc me
liar that they do not raise the stan oe
I'D little bit higher.
For instance, instead of comparing /,
e intellect of 6-foot men to that Of ,,r
e child of 10, why don't they COM ON
io-year-old 250-pound self made but one
norant multimillionaire TO a o. doe
ar-old graduate of West Point or hal
award? the
sid,
cry few of the men who have made An.
rna< fas fk1p,sal,,ap ~ a.. x.-o-iJt :,