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...third year; again by the end of the tenth year and usually by the age of 16 has doubled for the fourth time. In children the tendency to growth added to natural tendency to recover hastens recovery from conditions that are handled with great difficulty in the adult. Provided proper treatment for these patients can be secured and the nutrition of the child maintained at its best, there seems to be almost no limit to which recovery may take place from even the most severe conditions. "To secure the maximum benefit that is furnished by growth," said Dr. Holt, "proper...
...clothes. But his inimitable naturalness and naivete are being crowded out by stereotyped gestures and muggings, such as no small 'boy does except at an amateur entertainment. Jackie is now at the difficult age when he is too big for infant roles, and too pocket-size for adult parts. Booth Tarkington should come to his rescue...
...rather a ponderous thing for the public. Of course, many perhaps most scientists write for their colleagues; in so doing they must present a great deal of evidence to absolve them from the drendful accusation of superficiality or chariatanry, but after all, the public deserves some consideration. The average adult is genuinely interested in history, in science, in everything which can be shown to influence him personally. He does not, however, take readily to textbooks, which are written for people who cannot help themselves and not for independent agents who read what interests them...
...Pratt, of the Department of Psychology of the University, will talk on "The Psychology of Religious Faith," today at 12.10 o'clock. The lecture is open to the public and is the first of two, which are being held under the auspices of the Cathedral Committee on Adult Education. On February 28, at the same hour, Dr. Pratt will deliver the second lecture on "The Idea...
Today's program will be given in the newly opened Cathedral Crypt under the auspices of the Cathedral Committee on Adult Education...