Education: Whistling Morons

Professor Charles Gray Shaw of New York University last week wrinkled the world's face with doubt of its intelligence and charged newspapers with big telegraph bills. Professor Shaw stated:

"In this age of noise there are still those who pursue the ancient art of whistling. Their fife-like tones can't be heard, but they pucker up their lips just the same. They are not trying to create music but to release emotion. They are voicing their low mentality and confessing their sense of defeat.

"We often hear, or used to hear, the expression, 'He...

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