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SixYearOld Mary Ruth Lansing Astonishes Family with Reading Talent
Mary Ruth Lansing a six year old from Cleveland County described as Near genius by psychologist Joseph Godwin of Gardner Webb College. On the Stanford Binet test she scored far above 140 and may be among the nation's top one third of one percent in reasoning. She reads Bible stories newspapers and books and predicts strong educational needs beyond local schools.
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Dick Shelton
Shelby Daily Star
Associated Press
Shelby, N. C
Cleveland County
Mary Ruth Lansing
J. M. Lansing
Mary Ruth
Joseph Godwin
Gardner-Webb College
Mary
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Stanford-Binet
Godwin
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Gardner- Webb College