That Youngster of Yours Genius or Just Plain Kid
A discussion of child prodigies and the perils of labeling youngsters as geniuses. It cites Thomas Macaulay and a 1922 study by Leta Hollingsworth, who educated gifted New York children and found true ability emerges with proper guidance rather than early hype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommykins
Tommy
Thomas Macaulay
England
Leta S. Hollingsworth
Columbia University Teachers College
New York
Hollingsworth
Speyer
Stanford-Binet
America
Western Newspaper Union
Jimmy Woods
Child Development Clinic
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Responsibility for Others in Eli's Fathers
Lesson emphasizes fatherhood duties and the impact of parental example on children and the nation. It contrasts Eli's weak indulgence with the need for firm godly guidance, urging fathers to build moral fiber and model Christian living for sons and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli
Samuel
God
Pennsylvania’s Great Industries Coal Coke Steel Cement and Glass
National Geographic Society profiles Pennsylvania’s coal and coke leadership, iron and steel output, cement plant modernization, and plate glass production at Creighton. It notes a shift from beehive ovens to by product ovens, open hearth to basic slag processes, and explains immense factory layouts and processes from kilns to safety glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Obediah Gore
Connecticut
Wilkes-Barre
Jesse Fell
Philip Ginter
Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Keystone State
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Monongahela
Allegheny
Titan
Bessemer
Lehigh
Northampton
Allegheny River
Creighton
Smart Dresses for Now and Later Pattern Guide
Two illustrated sewing patterns offer dresses for immediate wear and future fall versions in piqué gingham dotted Swiss and voile. Sizes 12 to 46. yardage listed. Includes charted steps, pattern numbers 1462 and 1561, and a book offer SUCCESs IN SEWING from The Sewing Circle. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eac
Jersey
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
How Smart Is Your Child Mental Age Scale Excerpt
The piece outlines a Watson Davis mental age scale from The Advance of Science. It lists age levels with tasks and vocabulary sizes, from 6 months through 16 years, noting abilities such as vocalization, object use, speech, counting, abstract definitions, and reading.
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Terman
Watson Davis
Advance of Science
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Joseph W. Labine
Dr. Hollingsworth
Irving Lorge
I. Q
Phyllis Anne Thompson
Grand Central Art Galleries
Pig Iron and Steel
Duplate
DuPont
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Gladstone
Doan
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