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o. sx;c-smro& (ostcoso mir, thibune Wednesday. March S. 1957 O o o O o 'Learning Blocks' May Prevent Intelligent Child From Learning r irM arnrim caii.r witk 1 "eie iidHaicaps, wmcn eauca- come, sometimes quite easily, tafri wt i inuru, i tors call "learning blocks," may when they are accurately diag- lttoumfKSTii 'be Physical or psychological, nosed and properly treated. u',-It ;When parents and teachers fail Authority for these statements Bhin4ton (U P; Hidden to recognize their symptoms, a is Mrs. Marion Kingsbury, direc- hanfiicap irmj prevant an in-1 child is unjustly lablled as ig-1 tor of Washington's Remedial (Teivfevi enua xrura ievning iO;norant, lazy or recalcitrant. xee) o write. I Education Center. This privately- Learning blocks can be over j supported institution is one of Household Finance Corporation, world's oldest consumer finance company, comes to,,. MEDFORD JIM 200 309 500 1000 1500 MONTHLY PAYMf NT PLANS 24 20 II t pmymtt psymtl pmrmtt paymlt S 5.90 S 6.72 $10.05 18.46 11.81 13.44 20.09 36.2 17.71 20.16 30.14 55.38 28.86 32.97 49.64 91.66 53.89 62.21 95.64 179.56 77.87 90.38 M0.57 L'66.36 HvMkold'i tkorgi u tin motaklv wnti of J o Port of omUw mot f 100. 2 on t of wmUmtt i ntmu of tJOO W Oi 4100. alJfin, rnaialv. Yes! HFC loan service . . . famous from coast to coast, now offers iU money service to the people of this community. If you need a loan for any worthy pur pose, you are invited to visit our new office. Look for the famous HFC emblem. 20 to M500 You may arrange a loan at Household and have your choice of loans of $50, $100, $200. up to $1500. Take up to 24 months to repay. The principal requirement for a loan at Household Finance, is the ability to repay in regular monthly instalments. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE G 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: 3-5301 HOUKi 9:30 h 5:30 Monday thru Friday Saturday 9.30 to 1:00 the nation's oldest and most re spected diagnostic clinics for children with educational prob lems. Mrs. Kingsbury said in an in terview that there are six broad types of learning blocks that often appear in children of aver age or above-average intelli gence. Two of the most common are poor eyesight and poor hear ing. "Many a child is falling be hind in his schoolwork today be cause he simply can't see or hear what's going on," Mrs. Kings bury said. "Unless they are quite acute these handicaps are often unrecognized by parents and teachers." Even harder to detect is a dif ficulty that Mrs. Kingsbury calls "cross dominance." She explain ed that most right-handed peo ple sight with their right eye; left-handed people with their left eye. But some children are all mixed up: They sight with their right eye, but use their left hand to eat or draw. This makes it unusually hard for them to master the left-to-right pattern in reading and writing. They give a clue to their problem if they persist for a long period in reading "was" for "saw," "no" for "on," and often write letters and numbers back wards. Probably the one greatest source of learning blocks, Mrs. Kinksbury said, is "immaturity." "The crux of at least half of our 'reading problems' is that we are trying to teach a child the most civilized art we have in vented before he is ready for it," she said. "Many perfectly normal child ren mature slowly and just aren't set for first grade work until thgy're seven or older." Immaturity may be physical the child is not yet able to make the fine visual and audial dis tinctions involved an recogniz ing letters and their sounds. Or it may be emotional in that he has not developed enough self control or a long enough span of attention to get along with other children. Mrs. Kingsbury said that close ly related to immaturity is a type of psychological block a child develops when his parents put too much pressure on him to succeed. 'The parental demands may never be expressed in words, but the child senses from adult moods and tones of voice that he is not living up to what moth er and dad expect of him. He reacts by developing an acute fear of failure. He becomes so frantically anxious to do well in school that he can't learn to read at all." The sixth category of learning block, Mrs. Kingsbury said, might be described as the con sequences of neglecting one or more of the first five. "The fact that the child is fall ing behind in his schoolwork be comes the main source of his anxiety. Reading becomes a chal lenge that he feels he cannot meet. He dreads any act of speaking or writing that will reveal his inadequacy. He invents his own 'cover-up' system he cuts up in class and pretends he just doesn't care about learning to read." The first step in overcoming learning blocks is to diagnose them. A child may have several different types by the time he gets expert attention. Most major cities and virtual ly all teachers colleges and state universities now have clinics similar to Mrs. Kingsbury's. They give a child a broad range of scientific tests to identify his troubles. If they feel it necessary, they recommend further testing by eye doctors, hearing centers or psychiatrists. "Most learning blocks can be overcome by proper glasses or with individual tutoring: and by counseling of parents and teach ers to help them understand and cope with the child's particular problems," Mrs. Kingsbury said. More severe cases, in which a learning block for too long has gone unrecognized and untreat ed, may require extensive psych iatric treatment, she said. On The Side (Distributed by King With a lightsome heart I pulled a rose That grew upon Its thorny tree But my false lover stole my rose, But, ah! He left the thorn with me. -Burns Physicians continue to insist that due to the transfer of germs kissing is dangerous. That it is a major cause of the spreading of many diseases. However, it is said that the use of certain kinds of lipstick by the lady -in the case will prevent germ trans fer. Remember this, ypung fel low. Before you let a girl kiss you, ask her, "Is your lipstick germ-proof?" Those Follies Flo Ziegfeld considered 13 his lucky number. He always wanted 13 letters in the titles of his plays. As for examples, the plays featuring Anna Held namely; "Little Duchess," "Par isian Model" and "Miss Inno cence." All of these were smash hits. Harry B. Smith, author of the first of the Ziegfeld girl- glorifying revues titled it "Fol lies of The Day." Ziegfeld re jected the title. He wanted one with 13 letters. So Smith changed it to "Follies of 1907." Asking Queries from clients. Q. In what play did one of the char acters keep asking, "What's all By E. V. Durling Future Syndicate, Inc.) the shootin' for?" A. That was in the play titled "The Tavern," produced by George M. Cohan. Spencer Charters playing the part of a hermit kept making the inquiry you refer to. Q. What should be the measure ments of a 31-year-old woman who is 5 feet seven and one-half inches tall? A. To be properly streamlined a female such as you describe should have the following measurements: Bust. 34; Waist. 24, and hips. 36. She should weigh 128 pounds. Q. My wife want our new automobile to have a bright red color. What do you think of this? A. It is all right if you don't get mixed up with the fire department cars. However, everybody to their taste. For automobiles, I like black or that dark brown shade that has become so popu lar recently. - I o o Thousands have seen Plymouth's challenging 3" SHOWDOWN You, too, can see documented proof that Plymouth is "OT2HE233E& TWO"? 5 JUST A FEW OF THE FACTS YOU'LL LEABN AT YOUR PLYMOUTH DEALER'S 1 o O I Plymouth 'grig!' grigS Maximum piston displacement (cu. in.) 318 283 312 Maximum available V-8 hp 290 283 300 Xfevformaace Highest standard V-8 hp .215 185 212 Push-button drive Yes No No Combustion chamber dome wedge wedge Torsion-Aire suspension Yes No No Legroom, front (in.) 45.9 44.7 43.2 -. fort Legroom, rear (in.) 41.5 39.8 40.7 o -oamw Hiproom, front (in.) 63.0 62.1 60.0 Hiproom, rear (in.) ' 62.7 63.0 60.1 Gross weight (4-door sedan) 3475 3279 3452 Total-Contact Brakes Yea No No Safety Brake lining area (sq. in.) 184 157 180 Front wheel brake cylinders 4 2 2 Flight-Sweep Styling Yes No No Styling: Double-header lights Yes No No Wind-tunnel tested tail fins Yes No No It's making automotive history all over America the first time you've ever been able to compare the facts on all 3 low-price cars in one dealer's showroom! No smooth talk ... no gimmicks. You get the facts and you get 'em without any slanting , or distortion. It's the kind of comparison that only Plymouth could dare to make because Plymouth alone of "the 3" could possibly stand up under it. But we want you to be the judge. Come to your Plymouth dealer's today. He's letting the facts do the talking! When ym drive you're 3 full years ahead! Sidelights Those who were the only child of their parents usually develop into the brightest adults So says- an expert on the sub ject of human intelligence. That lets me out. I am one of four children . . . Women born under Aries (March 22-April 20) lack the. gift of simplification of at tire. They just can't seem to prevent looking overdressed. Or, so say the stargazers. ' A Over There. T In Paris it is possible to hock an automobile at the Municipal pawnshop. Rate for the loan is about seven per cent. This in cludes garage charges. The loan is limited to a six-month period. If the automobile is not redeem ed by the end of six months it is sold. With gasoline rationing still in force in France, a record number of Parisians have re cently put their cars in hock. Card Games Playing card enthusiasts con tinue to make use of the saying. 'according to Hoyle." -Hoyle, who died in 1769, wrote- about only three card games piquet, whist and quadrille. There are over 300 different card games. Of these, my favorite is still pinochle. Brides Am asked to name the young est of the brides of Charlie Chaplin, the baggy pants comed ian. 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