Word: edisonizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...name of his state, they soon found this an easier means of appellation than remembering proper names. "Oregon" compared notes with "Maryland"; "New Jersey" told "Kansas" about Manhattan, for "New York" himself was from Utica, had never seen New York City. Soon they decided to form a club, "The Edison 49ers," to meet every ten years...
While the "49ers" were going around his plant, Inventor Edison chewed a cigar and consented to answer a questionnaire that newsmen had presented to him. To the question, "What do you think of the future of the talkies?" his answer was emphatic: "Without great improvements people will tire of them. Talking is no substitute for good acting we had in silent pictures." Then, to another query, he gave ambition, imagination, and the will to work as the key to success...
Still ignorant of the winner, the "49ers" went to Coney Island that night, and then on a sight-seeing trip through Manhattan. The Edison staff, cautious gentlemen, advised leaving watches at home and taking no more than...
...next morning the boys assembled on the Edison lawn, talked of the test as they waited announcement of who had won. Various rumors spread. It was claimed that the judges were still debating after an all night session. It was suggested that Inventor Edison, disgusted with the results, had decided to give no award...
...have no significance. Actually, it was to decide by personal impression the outcome of a practical tie. To Wilbur Brotherton Huston, 16, son of the Episcopal Bishop of Olympia (Wash.), went the award that meant four years full scholarship at any institution he will choose. So pleased was Inventor Edison with his test's success that additional prizes were given, going to "Connecticut," "Pennsylvania," "New Mexico," "Indiana," and consisting of four years' tuition at any college...