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The  Live  Wire  Mind. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Nov.,  1921. 
hoped  will  stimulate  thought  and  action  in  the  forward  movement  of 
the  work  and  help  lead  to  the  assistance  and  solution  of  the  great 
problem  before  us. 
The  College  possesses  already  on  its  staff  men  of  splendid  at- 
tainment and  untiring  energy  and  courage  to  prosecute  its  work. 
Never  have  I  seen  a  group  of  educators  better  equipped  to  inspire 
the  young,  to  give  instruction  that  has  real,  practical,  useable  worth 
in  the  life  work.  With  the  increase  in  the  faculty  more  time  will 
be  given  for  problems  of  research,  which  in  the  past  has  been  so  im- 
portant, inspiring  and  valuable.  It  is  hoped  when  the  reorganization 
is  complete  that  the  resources  of  the  College  may  be  made  available 
to  the  outside  world  in  order  that  its  problems  may  be  referred  to  our 
research  workers  for  solution  and  if  this  work  can  be  provided  prac- 
tically free  of  charge,  many  a  splendid  idea  may  result  in  practical 
fulfillment  and  use. 
In  view  of  the  splendid  possibilities  can  there  be  one  among  us 
who  will  not  do  his  utmost  to  see  that  at  last  pharmacy  may  be  given 
its  fair  chance  to  develop  itself  in  the  world's  work? 
W.  C.  B. 
SELECTED  EDITORIAL 
THE  LIVE  WIRE  MIND. 
When  a  mentality  like  Edison's  sets  questions,  such  as  have 
been  widely  discussed  and  criticized,  it  behooves  more  commonplace 
minds  to  "stop,  look  and  listen."  Mr.  Edison,  quite  unintentionally, 
has  stirred  the  educational  world  and,  as  in  all  such  stimulations  ot 
the  gray  matter,  we  find  ourselves  getting  "back  to  the  Greeks,"  the 
source  of  all  philosophical  thinking  and  initiative.  The  mind  of  an 
inventor  is  an  inquiring  one :  he  is  not  content  to  tread  the  old  beaten 
paths  around,  but  tackles,  directly,  the  obstacles  in  front.  To  do 
this,  observation  of  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  things  keeps  the 
mind  supple  and  alert.  Some  of  these  queer  shaped  and  unimportant 
bits  of  knowledge  may  be  found  to  fit  into  these  other  equally  odd 
shapes  and,  little  by  little,  his  picture  puzzle  reveals  a  perfect  whole. 
Who  would  have  supposed  that  the  study  of  the  anatomy  of  the 
mosquito  would  reveal  the  true  source  of  malarial  fever,  and  that 
by  this  knowledge  vast  areas  of  the  earth  would  be  reclaimed  for 
