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...Dave Humm, Nebraska, 6 ft. 2 in., 186 lbs. A lefty who is tall, sharp and poised and knows how to take command. During Humm's tenure as signal caller, Nebraska ran up 26 victories against only seven defeats...
Sweet Pie's act lasts a long 45 minutes. Finally it's time for Jobriath. 2001 sounds humm from the amps--combinations of jet planes warming up and the Magical Mystery Tour. "Jo - bri - ath," whispers a cosmic voice. Everything connected with Jobriath is cosmic--metallic frequencied vibrations. The sounds amplify, the ear drums quiver, and suddenly he appears...
Second song writer: "The tune's O.K., but you're all off on the lyries. Why not call it "Three Little Words." It would go like this. 'Three Little Words, that's all I long for, is three little words, hum, hum, humm...
...juggling their test with physical, aptitude and intelligence tests, Messrs. Humm & Wadsworth claim to be able to direct an individual almost unerringly to the right vocation. Some of their deductions: too much self-control (i.e., overconservatism) is as bad as too little; a good foreman must be cheerful, self-controlled, decisive; a good salesman is usually selfish and stubborn; tough guys make the best welders and combat flyers; a wide variety of types are successful as riveters; introverts are happier on assembly lines than extroverts...
...Star Humm-Wadsworth client is Lockheed Aircraft, which has given the test to 350,000, including its president, Robert Gross (who surprised nobody by turning out to be temperamentally O.K. for his job). Thanks to its use of the test, Lockheed says, the company has the lowest aircraft-labor turnover in California (less than 1% a month), fires less than 2% of all the men it hires, and has had no serious labor disputes. Dr. Humm's most spectacular single achievement was his test of 60 trainees in a United Airlines school. He predicted that seven...