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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1957
Page
3
A University of Michigan educator explains why gifted children achieve highly. They maximize learning opportunities and study patterns vary between deep mastery and wide exploration. Acceleration and varied classroom experiences are seen as paths to better education for the gifted.
The Abbe Henri Granes known as Abbe Pierre leads 150 Companions of Em maus in a Paris area mission to rehabilitate the poorest. They salvage materials, aid over 10 000 families and 60 000 children, and publish a periodical to spark public opinion on social injustice. The effort stresses Christian compassion over indifference to suffering.
Groups of experienced missionaries work on a complete new Thai Bible revision commissioned by the American Bible Society. The effort builds on earlier Thai translations dating to 1817 with Mrs Judson and 1827 with Gutzlaff and Tomlin, revised for better idiom and thought patterns.
Ben Ard of Michigan State University argues that children learn money value best when they are allowed to spend their own allowance. He emphasizes independence in financial decisions to foster genuine understanding of money's worth.
The General Council of the Presbyterian Church in the USA urges parishes to observe Christian Education Sunday and Rally Day on September 29 to recruit church school pupils after summer. It cites U.S. population growth and birth totals in 1956 as fueling an education crisis, predicting large increases in school age children and asking for a decisive church response.
Miss Thelma Stevens of the Woman's Division of Christian Service calls for church leaders to publicly address social issues and protect ministers' right to speak. She notes pastors are muted by lay pressures opposing political action and social progress and urges laypeople to defend free speech for clergy.
The magnet in Washington is the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin featuring a heroic statue of Thomas Jefferson in a greatcoat. The coat is said to be the gift of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish patriot of the American Revolution.
Detroit VA regional office urges Michigan veterans to plan training carefully for fall under the Korean GI Bill. Officials emphasize selecting approved courses, completing and signing applications early, providing separation papers, and confirming dependents documents.
The Mt Pleasant church reports a hearty Sunday School turnout and strong finances, plans a picnic at Islard Park next Saturday August 31 after noon, invites families to bring food, and notes World Service offerings, repairs, a wedding, and upcoming meetings along with travel tips for a church retreat.
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