Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-02 | Page 4 | Cultivating One's Best Abilities Helps toward a Happy Old Age

Cult Cultivating Ones One's Best Abilities Helps Toward a Happy Old Age CHICAGO Oct 2 SS SS Cultivate your best abilities practice the things in which you are most interested if you wish a happy and contented and useful old age This advice was proffered proffered prof prof- in an address here today by Professor W. W R. R Miles psychologist of Yale university Professor Miles has conducted an extensive ex cx survey of the skills interests mental attitudes toward life of 2000 persons of all aU ageS age from 20 to 80 and andon andon on an the data thus obtained he has based his ills conclusions Greatest energy and alertness s he found are displayed by the youth of 20 At 30 a slight slowing down shows thos itself but is more than made up by increases in confidence and anti skill skilL I IThe tt The man of oe 40 is at ata a crucial cr eras cress road He can compensate for the mo mor perceptible slowing down in h hi physical abilities b by maintaining hi still stUl high manual skill at the as time broadening his mental hod lionize by reading and mature conversation If It he does not do this he be will fin fim himself slipping sUpping and with no compe he may at times put on d de dea spurts to prove that he is a good as he ever was with results when he hc fails as he almos almo inevitably will As the decades pa pass and Ute the max advances Into middle ag age the decline becomes more marked bu buthe buthe buthe the mental compensations of ot the Bias who chose the wiser course at 40 c era or to give an adequate offset I Inow B now if it the man has chosen well well b has outside interests that take his off oft the humdrum routine by w he earns carns his daily bread The more adequately adequate prepared th mi of 70 and even of ot 80 does docs not n nto nee to fear the onset of genuine old a ag with its great decline in physic power and even the troubles ot of I health If It he has stocked his rain mini when h ha was in his mature years lican fe li fecan can draw V on this accumulated know edge and experience and sUn still play satisfying role of counselor to th new generation of young people 4 1 Professor Protessor Miles' Miles address s gi en der den the auspices of ot Science Se Service Servin was sent out over the network of th Columbia broadcast broadcasting ng system t j