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...idea spread that the "precocious" child was somehow abnormal, probably headed for failure, neuroticism or insanity. If a child was phenomenally good at one thing it was assumed that he lacked other faculties. Heavy-duty thinkers wrote treatises to prove that a child's mental ability should develop at the orthodox rate if he was to have a well-rounded maturity. These nonsensical ideas, says Dr. Terman, have abated somewhat but have by no means vanished...
...courses have been worked out in conferences held during the week with members of the Faculty. One of the main lines the League wishes to develop is education in the affairs of Latin America. It is hoped eventually to work out an exchange system with universities in Rio and Buenos Aires...
...Minister Aranha carried out his intention, he could have added a wreath to the statue last week. It was the sinister shadow of Adolf Hitler hovering over South America that inspired the U. S. Government to open its purse strings for a fat loan to help Brazil develop her steel industry...
...cause of continued resistance. But French West Africa, an area eight times as big as France, had not. He had good reason to believe that the Germans were much interested in West Africa, had indeed sent more than 300 technicians and advisers into the area to develop pro-Axis airfields, garrisons, sentiment. Therefore he proposed that he personally lead a French force to Dakar, the capital, and subdue it by persuasion. He was sure that overwhelming opinion favored him rather than the Germans. General Spears took the idea to the Prime Minister; and Winston Churchill, the author of Gallipoli, approved...
...photographic candidates will have an opportunity to use the new CRIMSON darkroom and equipment including two Leitz enlargers. The competitors will be judged on their ability to take, develop, and print pictures and to use equipment efficiently...