Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 90

- g - ik et THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 9, 1930. Mzw 'Etmns LOém on Mrla’ s H orizon The World Is Ripe for the Appearance of a Number of Men of Supreme Genius Within the Next Twenty-Five Years, Believes Prof. Pitkin, Who Looks to Men Now Under Thirty-Five for Leadership. By Gilbert Swan. Sketches by George Clark. "ANDI-dvlsemwkeepmeyeonAmeh * in this connestion. To be sure, the man who hews at a a'r. ., line today has more to erable. “It’s possible for any mind to wander in a dozen directions and thus miss that direct and ] gEEETL; | iEE?ggg 5 There has been no better moment than the present for the appearance of a& genius. Eagerly applauding crowds give every sort of break, even to the sec- ond and third rater. Checking over the achievers who have quered seemingly insurmountable obstacles, professor is inclined to place Helen Keller the top of the list. “This is a classic example of what can done in taking the hurdles,” he went on. story of Miss Keller is a story of achievemert in the face of every obstacle—a truly Titanic “’I‘ODAY, with fortunes well pocketed, we have parallels for these folk in many of our millionaires. We have groups that stand at the sidelines and cheer for even the most younger. out, took “more mere brawn th~+ *wo burly black« smiths.” It is Prof. Pitkin’s conclusicn that, in taking the measure of a man, a score of ingredients examined—such as sensitivity of . . certain traits of gen- . . . mechanical intelligence . . . social intelligence . . . dexterity . . . inter= ests . . . energy and a host of other elements, He looks to the millions of youngsters who are now under the age of 35 to become “lords of the Great Tomorrow.” “There are four out of five ablest citizens out of every hundred now under the age of 35,” he declares. “And these will make up the 250,000 captains of industry, professors, scholars, sele entists, etc., who sometime during the next 40 years will be leading the United States.”