The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-15

something that he does WIN no
thought Of results. can rebuild the
broken tissues and guarantee to him
the long life and strength and state
of mind necessary for his work. II
he does not play, he must learn TO
plav. If he does not like TO play,
he must learn to like it. OF course
much of his regular work will be
plav 10 an Edison, but he must have
also regular play.
3. Right Mental Attitude. This
particular boy must have or be
CAPABLE of attaining the right mem
tai attitude toward life and the
world. This never IS easy for a man;
naturally it is more difficult for a
boy. He must not put second things
first. He must care for people and
want to help them. He must not
center his abilities on getting rich.
First in his inclinations must be the
love of truth, and next the ambition
10 render z service. His constant
aim must be to compel nature to
bear the burdens Of men and
women. BOYS and girls, less able
than himself. Edison can not have
g successor who is not dominated by
the desire TO be a benefactor TO hu-
manity.
1. Love of Nature. This boy must
r. 4 lover Of nature. He will not
NEGLECT books and teachers, Of
course. These will be indispensable
in his education. but he will use
them chiefly as keys helping him 70
understand nature. Interest in ma
ture and all natural things is neces-
ssrv for the work he is to do. From
this time on most Of his education
must come at first hand. He must
be nature minded rather than book
minded. He must dream. He must
commune with nature and let her
speak 70 him.
:. Curiosity. This boy must be
filed with an over mastering curl
ositv for new truth. He must care
for truth not as ordinary men do;
he must love it, he must be on fire
for it. he must have passion for
truth.
6.'High Grade Intelligence. Edl-
sons boy must have back OF him an
ancestry Of intelligence. This does
not mean that his father and
mother must have been educated
persons. II does mean, however,
that at least one of them must have
had good. strong. natural intelll-
gence. If both parents had 1t all
the better: and if several OF his
more distant ancestors, the more
the better. we're persons OF good
natural ability. nearly everything Is
in the boys favor. His education, OF
course will count. but theirs will
not count for him If he has in
herited their intelligence, he has
come into possession of all that they
could give him. Still less does the
financial condition or the social
standing Of his parents have TO do
with his success. The directing and
tie ordering OF ones work means
more than the amount OF II. All
order and all direction come from
intelligence. and all intelligence
from heredity. The boy that Edi-
son chooses will have good stock
back Of him.
:. Ability TO T.. nix. This boy must
not stop with finding facts. He must
see their relations. He must find
their meaning. He must evaluate
them. He may dream q little, but
not much. 1t will be all the better
for him if philosophical, thinking
has not yet appealed to him. He
will not soon nave time for specula-
ton about the meaning OF the
world. the origin of life. or human
destiny. He is TO be concerned with
the concrete, the particular, the i'm
mediate. the here and the now. In
short. his must be scientific think
ing. Already, boy though he is, he
must have become acquainted with
the scientific method OF investlgat-
ing any subject. What I understand
by the scientific method OF studying
any subject is what I think Hurley
meant by it: Get the facts. Get all
the facts, analyze the facts, classify
the facts, evaluate the facts, ind
the laws these facts contain, test the
laws by hypothesis and experiment.
Many boys already have learned to