Show Lindbergh and Sciences Capture Minds of Middle Western Boys By HOWARD HPWARD W. W BLAKESLEE CLEVELAND Jan 2 Associated Press Lindbergh Lindbergh and tho the sciences havo have captured the tho ambition of midwestern mid mid- western American boys Gone Gona to a aback aback aback back seat scat at least when choosing careers career is the big fascination of ot Babe Ruth cowboys and and detec detec- detectives detectives tives The Tho girls are arc not BO so certain about what the they want It appears that V thc they would fould like ILko best to become typists but really expect to be housewives es and do not rate late movie ca careers as ns so hot hole Twenty-six Twenty thousand 1 boys o s 's and girls o of Kansas City and Topeka answered the questions upon which th these so findings s were based as at re reported reported reported re- re ported to the tho American Association 0 for fOt the A Advancement of Science today b by Professor Harvey C. C Lehman Lehman Leh Leh- man nina of or Ohio university Athens 0 O. Tho The sexes were evenly divided dl and Continued on i l page aee ase 4 I Lindbergh and Sciences Capture Minds Winds of Middle Western Boys Continued from rom page e 1 1 tho ages of ot all ran ranged e from S 2 1 to 18 IS 1 They were asked l what the they liked lIke best and what th they y willing to todo todo todo do tho the latter se ae seemingly developing their Ideas of dut duty or ream reality The likes differed considerably from flom willingness but not in aviation The boys' boys rankings of or willingness were aviation first and then and then the three three- applied sciences sciences civil civil engineering engineering engi engi- architecture an and electrical engineering In tho the also rans rl were all the old favorites cowboy being fifth tho the Babe Ruths tenth Casey Joneses thirteenth and detectives twenty Aviation stayed oven more moco unan at nt tho the top when only onh likes were consulted But the tho boys throw out some of the tho science science- ncE substituting sub sub- tho the law and cowboy along alons- with civil engineering In the first four tour places The girls ranked typist first when expressing their likes but wore not notis as is unanimous as the boys bors House House- Housewife wife carne camo second nurse third and movie novio actress fourth But when asked what thoy were vere willing vining to do housewife moved to tho ho top and to sec eec second second ond md pIa place co Movie actress went down to rank thirteenth aud and eleventh Telephone operator never rose rosel l o tr twentieth th position Saleslady rated last In tho the willingness nels answers answers an nn- and dropped out completely In tho rho tabulation of or likes Womans Woman's forgiveness may bo be Just forgetfulness but not of or tho absentminded absentminded ab nb- ab- ab sent-minded sent type It Is a a. sex sea dif dlf- ference This difference applies to forgetting forgetting for tor- getting pleasant and unpleasant ex ex- and was report reported cd b by H H. Meltzer of or tho psychiatric child guidance clinic of or St St. Louis Men he said forget per cent moro pleasant experiences than women women women wo wo- wo- wo men whilo the folks forget forget for tor- get s per pC cent more of ot tho the unpleasant unpleasant unpleasant un un- pleasant than do men This is on first recall As time passes the difference in of the sarno same events widens somewhat more Men rc moro frequently than wom wo wo- m n even in modern days said Meltzer use uso what G. G B. B Shaw talks of as tho the opiate of booze to tomake tomake tomako make mako them forget In women on the tho other hand this need manifests itself In Jn tho tiro selectiveness of mem mern- 01 ory Hence Bence their larger Jarger forgetting tors-cHing of or the tiro unpleasant Following similar lines of or reasoning reasoning rea ren- tho the larger extent of or remembering bering of or the pleasant In women can cnn bo be explained In terms terras of tho the psychology o of compensation That Thatis is tho the richer memory memory experiences experiences s sot of ot women are arc a a. compensation for tor their poorer actual experiences In everyday life |