The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 172, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 10, 1921 Page: 24 of 44
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Army ’s "A Ipha 99 Test Is Easy
for John Nolan Lumberjack
Vocational Training Stu-
dent. 42 Years Old Aston-
ishes Professors at Univer-
sity of Washington by
Ease With Which He
Passes Intelligence Tests
Including Edison's Famous
Questionnaire.
Prufeosoro of the University of Wash
iiigtnn hare discovered a man who?
memory and other mental faculties ar
so amazingly superior that a mere rec-
ord of hie performsncvs under recent
rests transcends th* most extravagant
Haim of brain prr<idi? of the paat.
He is John Nolan sailor and lumber
tack and now a student of tbeuiii-
varsity under the federal vocational
board.
In an information test. Nolan gave
correct definitions or explanations for
the following 00 words:
Agentuni. amphioxus amphora an-
anled. apocalyp-- snjonrdhui. Bab-
raek test Bernard Khaw. Bokhara.
Braille calorie. Caedmon catalepsy
ceramics chamfer. Chartism chlorine
cleistogamou’. dibble dryad. eleetro-
inis Elohim entree. Eocene. HM. F.
O. 8.. gambit gasket glyeogen. gneiss.
Kimpe. hedonism. Hemiptera. bomi-
ica impetigo impressionism infu
noria intaglio. Keplar’a law. kilogram
kinetic. Les Miseratdea. logos luff. Mal-
thu's law. metacarpal midiron. Millet
mitosis morgen Nada peneplain. Pol-
oaiua pomology puer. Rococo acherxo.
Simony vantage in.
Nolan completed his list within one
minute and twenty seconds.
And yet it is not memory alone which
lula brought him to the attention of
INQ’cholngMfl and educators through-
out the United States. His instructors
declare that Nolan’s success in passing
hundreds of diff rent tests with record-
breaking scores is not due to his mem-
ory alone. Nolan himself believes his
memory is rather slow although tena-
cious He cites that he recently was
the last ia bis Hass to memorize two
atanaa« of Child- Harold's Pilgrimage.
Army’s “Alpha" Test Ksay.
In taking the army'a “Alpha" test for
latelligrnce Nolan far outranked mil-
Nets of men who took the examination
during the war. The test was designed
by psychologists working under the of-
ffoo ot the army surgean general to
test the fitne-s of the men in uniform
for offices which required a higher-than
average intelligence. No text of th»
human brain eould be infallible they
agreed hot the one devised waa be-
lieved to be the most practical and con-
pr'bensihle one ever arrived at >
It consisted of several groups of ques-
tions. to which the answers were given
by striking out words underlining.
Making figures or writing one word
or a figure. None of the questions
Were especially difficult but the time
element was important Quick and ac-
eura-e thinkirw was what anunted
Nolan scored 212 points and the tn-
Xmetor who gave it said that he could
easily have scored 300 by fully applying
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I^o A TRAINLOAD OF BUICKS
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I Wttt service-the kind that will insure him the un- fied in the new Buick line for nineteen twenty- Ease of H
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v where vou cro there is a Buick branch or a While retaining those features that have established S
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r I VW'kx Buick dealer close at hand prepared to give during the last twenty years improvements in body Appeals to ( Sa
1 \ « W Build Them v° u intelligent attention. It is this service design and mechanical units have been incorporated in wjr 0
that has made every Buick owner a Buick the new Buick cars that place them far in advance of the Women - □
b B booster. usual trend of development • • 'DHfRiI &
- Model 22-24 Three Passenger Roadster ...$1675 Model 22-47 Five Passenger Sedan.... 1 $2675 kavo n
Bt c Model 22-45 Five Passenger Touring 1710 Model 22-48 Four Passenger Coupe 2565 LveryWHer H
E V i I Model 22-46 Three Passenger Coupe ;... 2360 Model 22-49 Seven Passenger Touring 1940 * B
\ Model 22-50 Seven Passenger Sedan.. $2925 ——————— H
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zEo ban Antonio Buick Co.
Q^/moto.caJJ Henry H. Bryant Mgr. 446-456 MAIN AVENUE ‘-all I
BUNDAT.
himwlf. Thv average for the population
nt large ia raid to be <l3 and that f<n
college student and army officer*. UM.
The beat previoua acore. according ti-
the oniveraity. antboritlea. wa. 207.
made by a Tale profeaaor. who w«»
then an army officer.
Nolan ia a genial Irishman. He ia
42 yeara old and the greatcat part of
hia life ha» been spent in arduous toil-
some occupations. He was born at
Wexford. Ireland and attended school
there for nine years. At the age nt six-
teen he came to the United States and
«as naturalize* 1 latter he aerved. in
the Pbiliplnes. during the Spanish
American war. . . .
Before the recent war be had been
a Jack-of-all-trades working aa a timber
••rui-er. a sailor railroad construction
han I. and a "bush engineer.”
I hiring his roving days be picked
up German. Spanish. French. L>nnl*h
and inMew Greek all of which he
speaks fluently.
Bacteriologist in Five Weeks.
When the World War came he Joined
the British forces and did surveying
for eight'months in France and Eng-
land. latter he waa employed in air-
d.ome. coast defense and railroad con-
struction. Then be entered a ba«e hos-
pital boeaine a qualified bacteriolo-
gist in f re weeks and was made head
of the department holding that posi-
tion for several months.
He was shell-shocked while tunneling
under the front line trenches and hav-
ing been discharged decided to become
nn engineer. He applied to the voca-
tional board and was admitted.
When Nolan entered the University
of Washington instructora got a ahoek.
He took to the most intricate and tech-
nical branches of their subjects as ea<
ily aa the average atudent learned the
elementary details and in a ahort time
after being assigned a lesson would
complete and proceed to go further with
research work than any of the profes-
sesors had gone. He outdid hia precept-
ors in so many lines that they began
to plan all manner of testa realising
that they had to deal with one of the
most extraordinary minds ot all age*
He answered all but four of Edison's
famous questions which have floored
numerous erudites and proven the de-
spair of hundreds of applicants for posi-
tions in the shops of the great inventor.
In taking the Alpha test of the armv.
Nolan made a lasting impreasion on
the instructor. He finished the arfth-
metfe group in jtf»t’ thirteen minutes
Seventeen minutes had been fixed aa th?
ti|ne which with accurate answers a
perfect acore would be allowed. Tli»
framers of the test had n->t thought it
possible that any one would complete
the group in less than thirteen minutes.
No Need to < heck Worii.
When the instructor proceed to check
Nolnn'a work the bluff Irishman as-
sured him that all the figures were cor-
rect and this waa found to be true.
He enrolled as a regular student in
the University of Washington and in
sixteen months earned fr-shman stand-
ing acquiring 165 credits twice the
number gained by the average student-
in the same period. He now ia carrr-
ing the maximum amount of work al-
lowed by rules ot the univervity and in
addition spenda ten bourn each day as
an auditor.'
“Nolan" said William R. Wilson an
inatrnctor “could do all the work re-
quired for a doctor’s degree it be used
all bis energy.”
The same instructor has -leclared tl«t
Nokin'a mind ia one of tbs 25 brightest
in tlie United States and > remarkable
example of how a superio. intelligenqe
can leap over obstacles of environniep?
Nolan la not developed oil in one di-
rection. In addition to being a “shark
in mathematics. languages physics ao<>
other sciences he likes poetry and other
kinds of literature showing a prefer
ence for the clanica.
Hetains All He Has learned.
But no subject is too irj or remote
for him to take an enormous interest in
it ami be seems to retain permanent!'
almost everything be has ever learn si.
He-ently be amazed companions by car-
nally naming the British thermal units
for grades of coal. He is st home with
technical terms no matter how long mid
formidable.
He ia an omniverous reader keening
in touch with the latest scientific de-
vikpments by reading technical mazn
zincs and bulletins. He also reads the
Atlantic Monthly Scribner's Harper's
the Century and other "heavyweight
periodicals.
His method of studying not radical-
ly different from the ordinary although
be believes he does best to read an
article rapidly fire or six times rather
than read it slow ly once.
As to hia accomplishments he is quite
unassuming. He shrinks from publicity
being reloetant to talk to uewspats-r
men. He has no definite plans for the
future be says as it will lepend on hi’
health whether be can continue his
present training.
ROTH BROTHERS INTO
HANDSOME NEW HOME
WITH FULL EQUIPMENT
They Will Handle Tiret Ac-
cessories Repairs and Op-
erate Machine Shop.
The Roth Brothers Auto Supply and
Machine Company have occupied their
handsome new hong- at 311 North
Flores street where they are expand-
ing their business. They have much
more room they report than in their
former location and have storage space
sufficient for So can in their gar-
•n-
They announce that they will no long-
er operate thej- passenger car aervice
but will devote their time in the future
to aecesaories repairs and machine work
of all kinds. They said:
“We have a fully equipped machine
shop and we are ready to make th'
most extensire repairs. We can rebuild
a car from the ground up but we do not
do x>ainting or top making. However
we can grind cylinders and do all kinds
of mechanical work on a car and in ad-
dition we have a first class garage with
the best aervice we know how to gire
for our customers. We will also wash
polish and g 'ase cars and in fact
keep a car in first class running order
if placed in our charge.
"We will also handle a complete line
of neceaaaiy accessoriea for motor own-
dha and we will handle standard lines
of tirea and tubes We bare bad long
experience in this work and we expect
tn build up a strong business on our
first class aervice and mechanical ez-
pertneaa."
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
HADLEY DISCUSSES
MERITS OF TWO NEW
OLDSMOBILE MODELS
Southwest Texas Distributor
Is Pleased With New Ad-
ditions to Line.
The two new members of the Olds
mobile family represent the best in so
tomchile designing in the cpinion of 11
K. Jacks automotive enr-ueer of the
Oldsniobile company accor-llng to Frank
Bradley president and general manager
of the Oldsmobile Sales cimpany <l.O-
- in Southwest T-xas for Oida-
mobile who has just returned from the
factory. The designer of the two new
models needs no Introduction to the an
tomobile world. Mr. Bradl'y aays. since
he has been identified with some of rje
leading manufacturers of high-class an
tomobiles of Europe. He was asso<"i>t
ed with I>. McCall- White in designing
the present Cadillac eight Mr. Bradley
says.
Some of the new feature of the new
Oldsmobile eight are described by Mr.
Bradley as follows:
"While the motor ia only 233.7 cubb-
inches it develops .33 horsepower at 2IKM
revolutions a minnte. It has a count-
er balance crank shaft which eliminatca
vibration at all speeds. The crank
shaft i’ hollow with force feed supper
ing oil to the inside of both connecting
rod and main abaft bearings.
“Two water pumps provide water
circulation. The car is equipped with
Helen ignition. Cylinders are of soni
steel and are finished with a new coll
ing proeew. The result of this roll I-
that it works in oil against the cylii f
urfaiv compressing the metal and g i
.ng the amootbneaa of aurface that h
highly desirable and cannot be obtainel
by grinding.
"The car has remarkable flexibility in
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speed being capable ot ping from 1 to
70 miles an hour on hig'i gear. Gi-i
line consumption is unusually Iqw. The
car is furnished in the following models.
oiir-passenger sport road’ter five-pas-
senger touring four passenger coupe aud
five-passenger sedan.”
} GAS GOSSIP
The Driggs Ordnance & Manufac-
turing Corporation of New Haven
Conn. is preparing to place a four-
cylinder automobile on the market in
Mt near future. The weight a( thic
car is ICOO nounda. having a 104-inch
wht-elbaie and to retail for *175.
• The Durant Motora Inc. of New
York is making haste in developing
the Durant four which will be placed
on the market about August accord-
ing to W. C. Durant. A large number
of modela have been built and tested
and it is said thnt the car will be al-
together different from the general con
caption vhich the trade in itahabitual
akatehy way already formed ot it. It
will have 110 inch wheelbase and an
unusually spacious body also a new
We Specialize
Batteries and Ignition
Prast-o-Battcry Service Co.
Henry T. Matthews Mgr.
Crockett M 37-8038.
Hall Radiator Shop
Always the Best in
Radiptor Work.
605 MAIN AVE.
You Can’t Break the
U. S. A
despite all the ravings of the.
‘Reds” but you are breaking your
machinery and parts all the time.
Our efficient welding method
rure all those breaks and restore
rour machinery to first-class con
iition. We also repair scored cyl-
nders.
A L. BASS
Blacksmith and Welding Shop.
114 Austin St. Travis 5700
method of framing which in addition
to two exceptionally strong cross mem-
bers one at the rear and the other
under the front floor board ia braced
against weavlng by a longitudinal tubu-
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AtAIRE building experience that
I dates back to the first pneumatic
tire is indelibly stamped on
KOKOMO cord and fabric casings.
■imß In the tread design ALONE a type has been
developed that makes them remarkable.
S BlTn Th® we i&ht of the car is carried on a smooth
* tough center rib on which the car rolls easily
economically and as free from friction as a
Hinß boy’s hoop on the sidewalk.
8181 But when road Pip is needed the heavy rows
angled wedges exert their pressure like
giant fingers—and then yield easily and
noiselessly.
Tires like these yield full return on tire
investment.
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tor member whlqb lies parallel with the
rails on the right idde. • The forward
crosz member ii au essential part of
the structure being used ss s mount for
pedals and battery box and also as the
JULY 10 1921.
support for the separste gearbox. Much
attention is given the overhead ralve
engine also the dutch which is held
to the face of the flywheel by four
Bolts.
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Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L. The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 172, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 10, 1921, newspaper, July 10, 1921; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1621158/m1/24/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .