The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-09
Who Are Americas Greatest Men
:: You'd Be SURPRISED ::
Who's Who Presents Yardstick
BY NEA SERVICE

j he ten greatest people III the
United States do not include Frank
lin d. Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller,
Jr.. Henry Ford, or any of the others
you are likely to think of offhand.
Says who?
Says Who's in America for 1894
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This big compendium of accom-
plishments. which includes 81 ,O8l out
standing men and women. naturally
lists the Roosevelts. Tugwells, Rookie
fellerS and such. But it doesn't &C
cord them nearly the space that is
devoted to the biographies of some
ether individuals.
Edward John Won Komorowski
Menge, for instance. You may not
know very much about Edward John
,on Komorowski Menge, but you can
learn quite lot about him by look
ing in Who's Who. Mr. E. j. Won K.
Menge, a psychologists living on
Rural Route No. near Fond du Lac,
Wise. rates ~ column inches Of type
IN the volume That is more than
twice the space given President
Roosevelt, ana more than four times
the space devoted to John u. Rookie
Teller, Jr.
His Accomplishments
Here are some Of the things you
may learn about Mr.. Menge: From
l902-04 he was private secretary to
the receiver of the Little Wolf River
Telephone company. Later he lee
tured on biological subjects: taught
at several schools; and wrote a lot
If things. including "A Critique of
Prcsent-Day Biophilosophy "a COM
paratige study of Latin, Slavic, and
Anglo-saxon scientific reactions-ar-
ranged for the National Universities
of Polan6 1884
Judged by an actual yardstlck, Mr.
Menge is not as famous as some other
persons III the current Who's Who.
At the top of list OF the ten most
famous must be Samuel Untermyer,
a New York lawyer since 1879. He
rates 1875 column inches Of biogra-
ply. which includes listing of most
Of the big legal cases he has handled,
complete with amounts of money in
volyed
Eleven Inches Of Degrees
Charles Horace Mayo. the Roches-
ter surgeon, comes second with an
even eleven inches devoted almost
entirely to his degrees, titles and
memberships
Third greatest is William Fortune
3 3-l6 inches. An ex-neWspaper-
man. he seems to have done a great
many things for Indiana. and Indian
apolis especially; organized innumer-
able charities, celebrations and civic
enterprises. He made trip through
Mexico IN 1906 and has a citation
from the Kiwanis club and from the
Emperor Of China.
Loser of third place by exactly two
lines, or Is of an inch, is Marston
Taylor Colbert. He is chemist and
for two years has been director of the
research department OF the Rosin Oil
Institute Of America. He does a lot
Of other scientific things, too. and
is member of the advisory council
Of the sinplified spelling board. Also
belongs to the Megantic Fish and
Game corporation, and is a COM
mander Of the Order of the White
Lion OF Czechoslovakia.
Room for Expansion
Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York
paleontologist, wins fifth honors
over Nicholas Murray Butler. Column
bia university president by only half
a dozen words Both showed credit
able restraint by putting into Who's
Who only part of the titles OF their
published works. Their standing may
be very different next year If DR..
Butler lists Individually his many
other published essays and addresses"
and DR.. Osborn names his EIGHT
memoirs" and "over $50 scientific and
educational papers"
A Peekskill, N. Y, attorney named
Chester Dewitt Pugsley. takes
seventh rank in the space race by
dlnt OF ~ column inches. Besides
being founder Of numerous scholar
ships and Institutes. Mr.. Pugsley Is
interested in the American Flag as
ISOLATION and the American Scenic
and Historic Preservation society.
The aforementioned Mr.. E. J. Won
K Menge is eighth in the celebrity
list. Percy Mackaye, dramatist and
author, comes next. He has turned to
poetry lately. and is pretty fond Of
American folklore.
Last Of the ten greatest" Is a.
year-old Elihu Root. There are q lot
Of really important items In the data
concerning him. After all, he was q