Word: moronism
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...mahogany Britannica with every subscription." He gave Munch-Club readers: "Elizabeth and Sex by Lytton Scratchy, John Brown's Benny by Steve Brody, The Bridge of San Louis Bromfield by Ray Long, A Farewell to Farms by Mark van Doorman, How to be Happy: A Preface to Morons by Walter B. Pipkin, Pfui D., Tristram Coffin, a finespun obituary by Edwinson Arlington Cemetry, Black Majesty by Dark van Moron, The Life of Joseph Wood Peacock by his uncle Doc van Doren, and Training the Giant Pander by quaint old Trader van Horen." Concludes Satirist Wilson: "And there was also...
...issue I read, incredulously, the following paragraph under Education: "But the future of the moron is not completely dark. The war has temporarily created jobs for morons: they are filling in as errand boys and girls, waiters, elevator operators, nurses' aides...
...from 18 to 50 years of age. After a stiff course of instruction the speakers at the graduation exercises have led us to believe that if we are not so valuable as the registered nurse, we DO rate some credit for mentality beyond the maximum of even the "welladjusted moron" which you say is between eight and twelve years...
...Burr, who reported her findings at The Woods Schools (for "exceptional" children), Langhorne, Pa., learned that it takes a moron (mental age eight to twelve) or an imbecile (mental age three to seven) at least two years to learn a machine operation that an average worker can learn in a few weeks. What alarms Dr. Burr is that one by one the jobs at which subnormal people are most successful-such as wrapping packages, egg candling, simple clerical work-have been taken over by machines...
...future of the moron is not completely dark. The war has temporarily created jobs for morons: they are filling in as errand boys and girls, waiters, elevator operators, nurses' aides. And when it comes to a choice between a well-adjusted moron and an unstable individual of normal intelligence, Dr. Burr would pick the moron every time. She underlines her point by citing the case of Jenny, 20, a girl of high-grade intelligence who announced one day that she had lost her job as nurse's aide in a maternity hospital. She was asked why. Said Jenny...