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Show to emulate. Recently Family If you can judge 4 person by the company he ke eeps, you canalso judge him by the heroes he tries most as children. Heresix Weekly asked a number of famous personalities to reach hack andtry to remember who they idolized namebut of these personalities—themselves worthy of imitation— give answers which provideinsights not only into the people they As told to Charles Merrill Dowden themselves as well. Six Great Americans Recall Donald Morrison, CPA Educationof the Eleanor Roosevelt ByDr. Joyce Brothers experience covers both public a private accounting and includ government work as a comptrollerfor \~ the U.S. Army Here is your opportunity to discover whether you have aptitude for one of the world’s best-paid professions— accounting. Just take our free antitude test. It will tell if you can be trained for an exciting careerin this rewardingfield. 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Mr Pett Miss (Circle onc and please prin) Age Street Sate Zip 1 Check here it entitled to GI Bill benefits Accredited Member, Natl, Home Study Council Dr. Joyce Brothers, America's leading female psychologist, has helped literally millions of people through hertelevision unafraid of the new and the untried. She saw the need for change before many of hersocial peers were even aware of the problems. She was considered by some Americansto be radical and revolutionary—and in many ways she was. Having felt the prejudice that sometimes confronts a woman in a man’s world, she was keenly sensitive to discrimination wherit touchedthe lives of others. I am still impressed with the bigness ofher being and howit could skip over the pettiness of the humanspiritas if it did not exist. J hope she has influenced mylife; for to me, she was notonly a woman for all seasons, but she was a womanfor all peoples of all colois and creeds around the world, I had the honor of starring in the movie “True Grit,” with John, and he waseverything I had hopedhe wouldbe. I couldn’t really believe that we were sitting next to each other on horseback. Believe me, it was the biggest thrill of my life! Abraham Lincoln By John V. Lindsay John Wayne — By Glen Campbell Program, by answering questions and solving everyday as well as unusual problems. Her love of humanity is evident in the woman she chose to emulate. I believe the person I admired most throughout my childhood was Eleanor Roosevelt—and my admiration of her has not faded. Oneofthe reasons she impressed me was that she was the first wife of any President who managed to maintain her own identity. She seemed always to be giant steps ahead of her time, working for racial and sexual equality before such words as racist, sexist or Women’s Lib had comeinto being. She dedicated muchofher time to humanitarian causes, not because they were in vogue, but because she passionately believed in them. I haveoften thought of Mrs. Roosevelt, who overcameso many handicaps, attimesin mylife when obstacles seemed overpowering. In a family accustomed to poise and beauty, she grew up an ugly duckling. She was awkard andpainfully shy, but her tremendous compassion andherinterest in others made her beautiful in the eyes of many peoples. Because of her sensitivity to others and becauseof her keenintelligence, she was an internationalist at a time when most people were limited by a narrower patriotism. She saw the hope of the world in the United Nations and spent herlife dedicated to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document whichshe helped to shape. I think the idealistic youth of today would have loved her as muchasI did. She was an innovator, a nonconformist 4 Family Weekly, October 3, 1971 John V. Lindsay has what is universally considered to be one of the toughest jobs in the world as Mayor of New York City. Havingrecently switched politicalparties, he has been singled out as a possible candidate for the Presidency. Childhood heroes lead a precarious Glen Campbell, America’s most popular country singer, has his rootsin the cotton fields of Arkansas. As a boy, he used to savehis nickels and dimesto getinto the local movie house and see shoot-em-up Westerns. The manheidolized most was —and still is—the roughest, toughest cowboyof them all. When someonehasa hero,hetries to imitate him in every way he can. Sometimes this may prove to be unwise, but as far as I’m concerned, I couldn’t have chosen a better man than John Wayne. As a boy,I always thought of John as a strong, persevering man who would do only what wasjustified. Being such an avid fan of John’s, I realized that the entertainment industry also had the highest respect for him and that Hollywood considered him one of its most honoredcitizens. I guess that is why I wanted to follow in his footsteps, Although I wasn’t too sure in what direction I was headed, I always hoped that on the way I would gain the recognition andrespect that John had. life. As children, we are attracted to anyone who seems dramatic orexciting. But as we grow older, and hopefully, wiser, ourvisionclears, and we begin to make morerational judgments. Thelife span of many a heroranges from the time we hearhis myth until the time we learn the truth, There are, however, those figures who survive the ordeal of inquiry and skepticism. I can think of at least two who made this perilous journey from myth to Teality and emerged, at least for me, genuine heroes. Thefirst is Abraham Lincoln. Like all American children, I was taught the Lincolnian legend, and 1 boughtit all. Butlater, I learned more about Lincoln from the works of impartial and even critical historians. As I grew older, Abraham Lincoln changed. But he was still a giant. As a child, I was drawnto the man whohad, outofhis own goodness, elevated each American to a place of equaldignity with every other Amer- can. As anadult, [realized that Lincoln's motives for emancipation were mixed. That realization damaged the myth of Lincoln as knight-splendid but revealed |