GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THINGS 



Wide World 



Tennis tactics require problem solving. The couple at the net have been suc- 

 cessful in solving theirs. 



You will find that most things in life that are worth while 

 involve thinking, and thinking ought to mean problem 

 solving. 



The Scientist Has a Way of Looking at His Problem. 

 One of the most characteristic things about a scientist 

 is that he is open-minded. He never makes his mind up 

 until the evidence is all in. Some people say, "I make 

 up my mind and keep it made up." Such people are not 

 open-minded. They are not willing to accept new evi- 

 dence that might oppose what they think. The scientist, 

 on the other hand, is always lobking for new evidence. 

 He is always open-minded. He may have a theory, but 

 he will give it up if his experiments give him answers 

 which do not agree with it. Charles Darwin is said to 

 have experimented with certain animals in hopes that 

 they would do something that would prove a theory he 

 then held, but when they didn't, he would say in an ad- 

 miring way, "The perverse little beggars, they will do it 

 their way." 



