In reply to an article entitled “Are You Apathetic—or Anti-Intellectual?”—an article which poked fun at anyone who is not the intellectual type—a distributive education coordinator in Sioux Falls, S.D., thoroughly irritated with some questions the writer had proposed for non-intellectuals to answer, in return proposed the following questions for the intellectual:
- Can you set the type to print such an article?
- Can you figure the board feet and material costs to build a simple woodwork project?
- Can you draw the plans and specifications for such project or, for that matter, understand such plans?
- Can you repair a leaky faucet?
- Can you replace a broken wall switch or burned fuse?
- Can you solder a leaky pail?
- Can you fix a drawer that binds or a door that sticks?
- Can you point out the advantages or disadvantages of an article of merchandise, sell the customer, write up the transaction, and complete the deal successfully?
- Can you repair or finish a piece of furniture?
- Can you name three of Charles P. Kettering’s inventions?