Show TV an and Morons Not so very long ago a prominent prominent prom prom- educator warned that the television craze if it continues with the present level of oJ programs programs pro pro- programs grams will ma make e us a Ua nation of morons The doctor deplored the laz lazy shortcuts that fool a student into into in into in- in to thinking he is learning when he is not referring particularly to television The habit of reading is a sine qua non of or Intelligence Intelligence intelligence in In- declared the tor who thought that too much dependence on television will make impossible the formation of good reading habits b by young people The educator has something to worry about if ir television will prevent the young people of or orthis this nation from Crom developing the habit of reading It is quite possible possible possible pos pos- sible for a man or woman to pick up a smattering collection of or information on television through the movies or elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where but it is important that our young people understand that a collection of scattered information information information in in- formation can be practically y useless An encyclopedia or a book of or facts contains many interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting statistics and other things of interest Nevertheless no one would call either book hook educated and the same observation observation observation ob ob- ob- ob applies to the mind that is is' burdened with the trivia that often oCten passes for learning in circles that are arc uneducated |