Non Smoking Students Show Higher Grades Across Study
The Harvard School of Public Health survey of 6810 Newton high school students finds non smokers have higher IQs and achievement than smokers, with heavy smokers scoring lower. The study notes complexity in cause and suggests high achievers may resist smoking to gain peer status. Separate findings indicate boys aged 9 to 12 show more emotional problems, while adolescent girls develop more distress later. cancer incidence rises with age but is increasing faster in children than adults.
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Associated Press
Newton
Mass
Eva J. Salber
Brian MacMahon
Barbara Welsh
Harvard University School of Public Health
I.Q
Pediatrics
Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
New York
Stella Chess
Flower- Fifth Avenue Hospital
Rising Child Cancer Deaths Reported By Health Official
Dr. C Dauer of the National Center for Health Statistics notes mortality from cancer in children aged 1 to 4 has more than doubled since 1930 and risen triply in ages 5 to 14. Writing in Patterns of Disease, Dauer cautions the rise may reflect diagnostic precision as much as real increase, with the true extent unclear.
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C. Dauer
National Center For Health Statistics
U.S. Public Health Service
Park, Davis & Co
Life Expectancy Posts New High For Americans
The Public Health Service says American babies born last year can expect to live 70.2 years, the first time the life expectancy has topped the seventy year mark. The 1900 figure was 69.9 years, showing a slight rise over the century.
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Woodingson
Public Health Service
Nursery Starts Teaching French At Age Of 4
In Mountain Hill Nursery School New Jersey four year olds begin French exposure under principal Charlotte Olsen. The program, introduced last year by parent Mrs Peter Reidemeister, emphasizes learning through conversation rather than formal instruction. Teacher Irving Chernow leads a fluent French play period to let children “catch” the language.
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Mipuiesuyn
N. J
Mountain, Hill
Peter Reidemeister
Reidemeister
France
Charlotte Olsen
Irving Chernow
Nuremberg Chronicle Among Highlights of State Library Exhibit
Harrisburg libraries display a 500 Years of Adult Book Illustrations exhibit compiled by Charles H. Ness featuring 15th century volumes led by the Nuremberg Chronicle from 1493. The show, opening in Hartisbure, runs through September and includes works by Ortelius, Blake, Botticelli, Picasso, Matisse, and Dali, with notes on early atlas and illustrated book history.
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Harrisburg
State Library
Hartisbure
Charles H. Ness
Ortellus
Canada
Alaska
Orient
Edward You
William Blake
Blake
Sandro Botticelli
Nonesuch Press of England
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