The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-02
WASHINGTON Youth
NAMED TO FOLLOW
EDISON FOOTSTEPS
Wilbur R. Huston, After Test, Is
Selected as Proteqe Of
Electrical Wizard
ALL BOYS RECEIVE PRAISE
Grueling Examine alton Occupies
Five Hours; Ranges From
Ethics TO Science
ALL BOYS RECEIVE PRAISE

West Orange, N. J., Aug. 2.-tR1-
Wilbur B. Huston, youth from Port
Madison, WASH, was named the WIN
ner today Of the Thomas A. Edison
competition for choice Of protege
and follower In the footsteps Of the
inventor.
The forty nine contestants = one
from each state and the District Of
Columbia-were lined up on the lawn
Of the Edison home in Llewelyn Park
as the announcement was made BY
DR.. 8. w. Stratton. president Of the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technol-
ogy, who was chairman Of the COM
mittee Of judges.
Or. 6tratton was high In his praise
Of the boys, who yesterday participant
ed in q grueling examination on sub
jects ranging from morals and ethics
to science.
Hard Questions
All but four contestants for the
Thomas A. Edison scholarship re-
quired more than the allotted five
hours to answer the series Of queS-
tions propounded by the inventor
many OF the queries being Of nature
that would have stumped many On
elder.
John Lowey. Of Brainerd. Mimi.
vas the first to finish. Soon after
Lloyd Mitchell, of Florence, Ala, Al
bert r. Kunze Of Columbus, Ca. and
Lyle Strub Luton, Of Laurel, Md.
emerged from the examination room
The comment Of all four was:
ut was pretty tough"
Some Of the boys were secretive
about their answers. while other dis
cussed them freely.
what = Question
TO the question, IT I were alone
on q tropic island without tools, how
would I move q three-ton boulder Is
feet vertically and 100 feet horizon
tally" most Of the boys offered pro-
posals to construct long incline and
use levers. But Ward p. Farley. OF
Utah. remarked, what . foolish
question. MY answer was: Why
move the rock?"
The boys have made plans to form
IN organization to be known as THE
Edison Forty-niners," Of which the
winner Of the scholarship will be
president and Mr.. Edison the honor
ary president.
It was a tired looking committee
that faced the bright and fresh look
ing boys on the lawn. DR.. 6tratton
said they pored over the examina-
tion papers until three o'clock this
morning. The high rating attained
by each of the contestants made the
job Of picking the winner q hard one.
It was recalled that Huston, l6,
and the son Of the bishop Of the
Episcopal diocese Of Seattle. was the
last one to finish the test yesterday.
"A rousing cheer greeted the an
nouucement Of his victory and the
tall, bespectacled boy was lifted to
the shoulders Of the other youths and
carried twice Ia . circle around the
lawn.
Huston will receive q four year
course. with all living and incidental
expenses paid, In the institution Of
his choice. He decided upon chemical
engineering In the Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology.
The committee announced that four
other boys, who rated high In the ex-
smination. would be given scholar
ships Of four years in technical In.
stitutions. They were Charles A.
Brounissen. Of West Redding, Conn.,;
Ivan A. Getting Of Pittsburgh; James
Seth, Of Phoenix. Ariz., and Bernard
eturgis Of Butler, Ind.
Huston's average In the test was %.
The other four averaged between SS
and %.