Evening star., 1927-11-07

nominee one grace that is not aver
age in these days, namely, HE votes
prett-- regularly"
THE important thing about the dis
covery is that the whole thing is un-
important" declares the Greensboro
Daily Record, and the Providence
Journal is sure that "a great many
Americans will persist in their con-
viction that the average man is moth
ing more than statistical Illusion"
The New York Sun dismisses the
matter with the comment: "One
question was not asked him, and, to
remedy this defect, we herewith ask
it and answer it as we think the aver
age man would answer it: 'Q.-What
do you think of the persons who sup
pose there really is such thing as
an average man? Al think they
are nuts Wherein we find much
disappointment. for one of the most
cherished of human delusions thus
comes in for reproach."
X X X
eve do not believe there is such a
thing as an average man." observes
the Flint Daily Journal. If there is,
Heaven help a nation made up of aver
age men" The Richmond Times
Dispatch states with emphasis. The
average man in America does not
want to be the average American.
So, also, the Columbia State remarks.
after scanning the catalogues of the
traits and actions of a supposed aver
age American man, we are more firmly
convinced than ever that there is
no visible or producible average man.
Calling the term average man a
"damning, a classification that holds
no hope, a prison which has not one
gate toward freedom" the Omaha
World-Herald adds: IF society Is
working for anything at all. If the
plaques and the wars and the catas-
trophies and the victories that have
fused men have any significance, they
mean that man is working toward a
state of living together in which no
one needs be average, in which each
one has opportunity and encourage
ment and chance to succeed IN
raising himself high, in forever mark
ing himself aside from the common
herd"
In fact, Roy L. Gray "is no longer
an average man and never will he
again." as the Bellingham Herald
sees it. for. says the Herald. his aver
age life has been stepped up 70 n
higher key, and he joins the galaxy
of the average great"
Was Mr.. Gray ever average in fact?
His wife says not, according to the
Toledo Blade, which quotes Mrs. Gray
as declaring. eff Mr.. Gray is just an
average man, then there isn't a hus-
band anywhere who is above the aver
age" as she enumerateS his far-from-
average virtues of devotion to his
family. dependability and industry
The New York Evening World does
not agree with some of our high
hat intellectuals who have persuaded
themselves that the average Ameri-
can is beneath contempt" and saws
of him. 1T was the average man who
felled the forests. bridged the streams.
built the highways. erected the school
houses and the churches, and who
has fought the battles for liberty In
peace and for national preservation
in war"
The Abilene Daily Reporter apos-
trophies the average man in thiS
fashion: 'In spite of what the literary
panncrs have to say of you and your
kind you're the backbone of the coun-
try. Nav your tribe increase"
The Manchester Union thinks this
Roy l.. Gray, from the qualities
ascrihed to him. must be IA very good
the real tests of human WORTH ac-
cording to the Union; and the Detroit
News. commenting on his tolerance
his mental attitude of fairness. asks
why the politicians do not appeal 10
the square commonSenSe of this aver
age man. instead of feeding him lot
of foolish propaganda, which he I'M
mediately puts down as so much
tripe."
Summing up it's view of the matter,
the st. Paul Pioneer Press offers the
suggestion: THE true average would
have to be a composite; in his veins
the blood of many races. in politics
Republican with Democratic leanings,
a flair for standpatism and traces OF
to kick clear over the fence,
in religion a hybrid. socially a nom
descript, morally a moderate sinner
and intellectually. according to the
latest data from the Wall Street Jour.
nal. about the age Of 12."