Arthur Greenwood - the brightest boy living
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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
- Title
- Arthur Greenwood - the brightest boy living
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1935
- Subject
- Arthur Greenwood--Biographical works
- Rights
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- Abstract
- A brief biographical story about the life of Arthur Greenwood.
- Fulltext
- Februa1·y 1935 THE YOUNG CITIZEN ARTHUR GREENWOOD-The Brightest: Boy Living IN New York there lives a boy seven and a halt years old whose name is Arthur Green wood. He could not talk until he was twenty months old. But when he learned to speak, he surprised his mother and father, because he talked just as well as they could. At the age of two he could read. Very soon, he wrote music in his own way so that he could remember the songs he heard over the radio. Arthw· is the boy standing at the middle of the pictm·e In this manner, he could sing the o:- Professor Albert Einstein. This songs himself. At the age of three German professor is considered one he learned French. and then studied qf the greatest scientists in the world typewriting. He learned to type- today. This record of. Arthur's write faster than many old steno- intelligence is the highest. The graphers. ratings of some of the great men of Arthur's ability became known the world are said to be the followby many people only last Decem- ing: bcr. 1934. At first he studied in Charles Darwin, a great English scientist, 165 Benjamin Frankfin, an American philosopher and statesman, 160 NJpoleon Bonaparte, the famous French. soldier, 145 Voltaire, the famous French writer, 190 George Washington, the first president of the U. S .. 140 In the intelligence tests given to Arthur Greenwood, he was asked to answer quickly hard questions. Arthur was told to repeat backwards seven numbers given orally by the examiner. To him were read long and difficult statements. 3 public school. He is now studying in the Brooklyn Ethical CulL.lre School in New York. When lie took the examination to test the intelligence of every pupil in that ~chool. he obtained the highest Goethe. a great German poet, He had to give the meaning after rating: 230. Educated men and women opened their eyes wide in great surprise. Arthur's intelligence rating is t'.'Venty-five points higher than that 21 O they were read. Then he had to Ulysses S. Grant. an American define one hunderd words. Many general, 130 of them were very d~fficult, such as Abraham Lincoln, the great pre- ·homunculus," "shagreen," · and sident of the U. S .. 150 "sudorific." What Do You Know About Nature? THE following questions will must wear ·a muzzle, it does not 7. Which of these animals keeps test your knowledge of llold his mouth tight shut? its body at the same temperature Mother Nature and her chit- 2. Are there any animals that however hot or cold it is outdoors dren. At first sight, this quiz may never see their parents? -frog. bird. man, carabao, lizard, appear easy. After you have written your answers to all the questions, turn to page 17 and see if you have made the correct guess. 3. Do flies stay alive in houses over the cold season? 4. How far can a flea jump? 5. Are there any plants that are I. Why should you be very flowerless? careful to see that when your dog 6. Do all trees have .flowers? bear, whale, fish. monkey? •.· Can a dog climb a tree? t Does our body temperature vary with the temperature about us? I 0. Where do grasshoppers have lheir ears?
- Date Issued
- I(1) February, 1935