Show HEROES OF AMERICA line lino lineOn You can get a pretty fair studying the society by on any an its kind of ot men that it makes heroes We know kno practically all we re need to know of ot the old Teutonic tribes for lor example through our knowl knowledge knowledge the warrior was the edge that only man roan who could gain homage among them Similarly we can Judge ancient Greece through hon bon honors ors the Greeks bestowed on phi phi- philosophers philosophers scientists and sculptors The way France reverences her I great writers tells us much about the high level le of ot French culture same test to It If we 13 apply the same our country we may ma get results that seem at first a bit discon discon- Who are our chief heroes the heroes tho people we honor and reward above others 1 Pick a few names at random Henry Ford Babe Dabe Ruth Gene Tunney Mary Pickford John D. D DRock Rockefeller Rock feller Judge Gary Jesse Lasky La kr John McGraw J. J J P. P Mor Mor- san gan an It seems seems a bit discouraging We have hue captains of ot industry ath athletes athletes letes moving picture celebrities celebrities- but our thinkers our artists are out of ot It IL They dont don't rank either for fame or fortune with such people as those just named But theres there's a brighter side sid to It After Arter all Will Durant has made himself very ery comfortably rich by b writing The Story of ot Philosophy Sinclair Lewis has made himself even richer by giving us the tho th most caustic criticism Imaginable D D' DR R. R 1 1 A. A Millikan has won no small fame for his scientific researches and and has gained Ined a not cant worldly reward as well Such diverse figures as Clarence Dar Dar- Darrow row and Billy Dilly Sunday each of whom is devoting all of his energy In his own way to making Amer Amer- America America ica a better place to live In have ha done very YeT well both financially and otherwise The Tho gifted cynic c nl H. H L. L cannot travel 20 miles without seeing the fact re- re recorded corded in the newspapers Leo Leo- Leopold Leopold and Rosa flosa Ponselle arc known kno throughout the hp h coun country try and are far from Crom being pov pov- erty We average pretty well after afier all The people who Influence our cultural life most profoundly may not know the rewards that cone coneto to a run home hitter or a steel magnate but they are aro given ghen am am- ample amplo plo recognition nevertheless Our Babo Daba Ruths and Red lied Granges are mere froth on the tue surface We 13 need not let money and fame make us ness pessi |