Show THE EDISON QUESTIONNAIRE Thomas A. A E Edison lson is severe ere on the collegians who flunked the questionnaire he personally prepared for those who applied for tor work worle in his shop Amazing Ignorance ig ignorance ignorance ig- ig norance dont seem to know anything these anything these these are his comments on young men academically trained But it isn't likely that these young men will let their i I careers be snuffed out by a questionnaire Mr Edison's I friend Henry Ford he will wili remember did not score a a. high percentage on a set of questions put to him awhile a a. I Ia while ago yet Mr 1 Edison would no doubt find Mr Ford a useful man to employ at West Vest Orange You cant can't assess a mans man's total ability translate it I into watts and amperes by a a. few interrogations ns Ho He Homay Homay may rank X Y Z as Mr Edison expresses it in such sucha a test but A B n C in elements of efficiency personality personality person person- and character that he cant can't transcribe on a a. piece of paper Tal Take c another warm friend of Mr Edison's the Edison's the late John Burroughs Surely not the slightest notion of the naturalists naturalist's qualities s could have been gained through an inquisition Sometimes I one tires of the abnormal stress that Is laid on that desirable thing called efficiency In the world of outdoors outdoors for for example I in John Burroughs' Burroughs world world the the most efficient creature probably Is the English sparrow sparrow-a a pest New pest New York Tot Tribune Rep I |