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Space Exploration
Demands Accuracy
Syracuse, N.Y. lUTO One
problem In getting a rocket
to the Moon or Mars is get
ting a rocket big enough.
Another is finding out where
the Moon or Mars really is.
Frnk E. Lowther is a mis
sile scientist dedicated to the
'urgent task of locating the
"Moon and Mars, and any
other spatial object, in exact
terms. We really don't have
: their exact address yet.
J Lowther, an expert in the
; guidance of military missiles,
.is building a new kind of
ruler for measuring exactly
;how far away space objects
' are.
: Using present knowledge,
Lowther figures, a space shot
j.woulcl be likely to miss Mars,
for example, by 10,000 '.o
f 100,000 miles. This stems
."from man's limited knowl
fedge nf the speed of light.
.; It is about 180,000 miles per
.second. But "about" isn't ac
curate enough for space navi
gation. Lowther, consultant to the
:Apollo rocket program of the
'General Electric Company's
'Defense Systems department,
has begun new experiments
to fix a more exact figure for
the speed of light.
Reduc Error
The object is to reduce the
predictable error from its
present three parts per mil
lion down to three parts per
100 million.
Why his interest in the
speed of light? Because this
is the one constant, unchang
ing factor in the universe.
A one-foot ruler may do
well on earth but it can't be
used to pace off distances in
space. The speed of light can
be used to measure distance.
It is, in fact, tile measuring
factor on which missile guide
ance is now based.
A new (and much publi
cized) development in light
science is the Laser ("Light
Amplification by Simulated
Emission of Radiation"). This
is a device which collects the
power of light into concen
trated waves, much like a ra
dar beam, and harnesses the
power in one direction.
Some scientists see the
Laser lias a means of long-dis-tance
communication sup
planting radio. Others predict
its use as a form of death
ray. The concentrated power
of light produced in a Laser
has actually been used to bore
j holes through a diamond.
I Crowther would use the ex
treme accuracy of a Laser
beam for making new calcula
tions as to the exact speed of
light. Work has already be
gun in a GE laboratory at
Schenectady, N.Y. The ex
periments consist of timing
movement of light waves
through an obstacle of mir
rors. Months and years of cal
culation may be required.
"Unless we can pin down
the speed of light to a toler
able error, our attempts to
land a man on the moon and
further out will have to de
pend on terminal guidance,"
said Lowther. "That means
equipment will have to be in
cluded which re-aims the
space craft after it gets out in
the area of the target.
"This would take up lots of
weight which we can't very
well spare. It also introduces
an element of uncertainty in
which human life and great
scientific stakes are risked."
Furthermore, Lowther com
ments, a new measurement
standard is needed for all
calculations involving space.
"The unprecedented accura
cies that are promised should
help determine whether the
solar system may contain pre
viously undetected bodies
perhaps, even, an undiscov
ered planet," he says.
Educators Increase Attention
To Mentally Gifted Students
(Editor's note: When Rus
sia sent Sputnik I into orbit
in 1957, a new star rote in
American d u cation: the
gifted child. Previously re
garded at a misfit, or just
ignored, the intellec t u a I
youngster now has become
a center of attention in im
portant educational circles.
Or. Cyril W. Woolcock. an
authority on educating gift
ed children, discusses the
subject in the following dis
patch. Woolcock is princi
pal of the Hunter College
High school for the Intel
lectually Gifted in New
York and chairman of the
education council of the
Sands Point Country Day
school, a new school for
gifted children on Long
Island.)
By
DR. CYRIL W. WOOLCOCK
Written for
United Press International
Sand Point, N.Y. (UPII- The
gifted child, long considered
a misfit in our nation's
schools, is finally coming into
his own. His friends have
stopped calling him such
names as odd-ball, bookworm,
and "The Brain."
It took the Russians with
their Sputnik to change the
attitude toward our own tal
ented children. The Russians,
u n intentionally of course,
gave American education the
shot-in-the-arm needed to de
velop our most neglected na
tural resources -children of
superior intelligence.
Who are the gifted? How
do we find them? They are
the children who, without be
ing "pushed" by parents,' start
to read and write in their pre
school years. They are self
learners. They devour books.
Their quest for knowledge is
insatiable. They are inven
t i v e, curious, imaginative.
Their IQ is at least 130, more
often higher.
A high IQ is not the only
measure, however. Talented
children who perform in the
ninety-fifth percentile rank
or higher among their peers
are also considered by educa
tors to fall into the gifted
category. So are the children
who show competency
leaders of their group.
How many gifted children
are there? Best estimate place
the number at about 3 mil
lion, or approximately 2 per
cent of the population. Yet,
the tragic truth is that the
nation has not done enough
to provide the talented with
the education they need.
Many gifted children, as a
result, never finish high
school; thousands never enter
college.
Talented, high-IQ children
need to be challenged, or they
become bored. They need to
be placed in a group where
they can proceed at their own
pace. Otherwise their crea
tiveness is stifled. What good
is it. for example, to enter a
child in a kindergarten to
string beads and play in a
sandpile when that youngster
has been reading and writing
for over a year? How does it
help another child in the
fourth grade who is able to
work out problems in eighth
grade algebra?
Most ordinary public
schools are not ready for such
gifted children. More special
schools are needed like the
Hunter College Elementary
and High schools in New
York city. Here, the two
schools provide gifted teach
ers for gifted pupils. Here, a
special environment has been
created to challenge and de
velop the potentials of each
gifted child.
Private Schools Needed
More private schools are
needed with special programs
for the gifted. The Sands
Point Country Day school, at
Sands Point, N.Y., is a nota
ble example of this type of
school. A non-profit institu
tion situated on a 25-acre
estate, the school offers a
nilrscry - elementary program
geared to the special needs of
talented children. It plans to
add a high school division for
gifted adolescents.
The value of such private
schools is even greater when
they provide places to board
gifted children now living in
areas and districts lacking in
gifted child programs.
Schools for the intellec-
as tually gifted will crop up all
over the country only when
English Attack Poor
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By WALTER LOGAN
United Press International
New York-(tlPII-A small con
troversy is raging in Britain
over the use of certain words
which manufacturers of vari
ous articles of clothing or
jewelry fear are derogatory
or even indelicate when ap
plied to their products.
The Duke of Edinburgh
started it when he used the
word "tripe" in a derogatory
sense. The National Associa
tion of Tripe Dressers told
him somewhat stiffly that he
was referring to a subject
which forms an important
part of the nation's larder and
expressed regrets.
Tailor and Cutter, the au
thoritative British magazine
on tailoring and cutting, has
taken note of the brave stand
taken by the Tripe Dressers
and says it is "sparking off a
series of reactions which may
blaze eventually into a cleans
ing fire of phraseographical
rectitude.
And if you believe there
really Is a man named Oswald
Cllssingstoke and that he is
General Srcetary of the Fed
eration of Colar Fastener
Manufacturers than you can
believe Tailor and Cutlers
report that he has protested
against the use of the worn
"stud" by Certain horse
breeders.
Poor Phrasing
The magazine takes it a
step further and refers to a
Mr. Albert ring, the retiring
president of the Allied So
ciety of Felt Hat Shapers who
took issue wlien a member of
Parliament referred to a gen
tleman as a "bad hat."
"This irresponsible phrase
ology can do nothing but
harm to the industry we love
and serve," Tailor and Cutter
quotes (lie indignant Mr.
Hug. "We must fight and
fight again to educate the
public into realising that
there is NO such thing as a
Bad Hal "
And then (here is the Na
tional Federation of Manufac
turers of Hose and other
Knits which protested against
Field Marshal Viscount Mont
gomery's advice on a recent
television program to "give
them socks "
"I'nthinkalilr public person
alities have to realize that
socks cannot be given away."
it quotes a member of the
Federation. "... anything
less than a realization of the
industry's essenlial need for
a fair economic return for its
products could be calls
trophic." The magazine fears that
the As.vociated Society of
British Hoofing Manufac
turers m i g h t take issue
wnh the derogatory expres
sion "drain pipe trousers" to
poke fun al too tight pants
and wonders If there might
not be a conference between
Chubby Checker and Reid
and Taylor, Ltd., makers of
the "World's Most Expensive
Twist Cloth."
What Tailor and Cutter did
not mention was the resent
ment that might result among
raincoat manufacturers at the
term "city slicker" or the
waistcoat manufacturers hear
ing persons use the term
"vested interest" in a degrog
atory manner.
And if the movement
spreads to these shores you
may no longer be able to belt
someone or collar a thief or
call something old hat. And
how about the Nettleton Shoe
people, who copyrighted the
term and then hear people
speak angrily of a bunch of
loafers?
Federal Judge
Nomination Delayed
Washington - mm - A Sen
ate Judiciary Subcommittee
today again postponed the
nomination of Thurgood Mar-
I shall as a federal judge when
, three Republican Senators
balked at the questioning,
i After 90 minutes of ques
tioning. Sen. Olin D. John
! st on (D-S.C.) adjourned the
hearing. He said another ses
sion would be held "as soon
as possible."
Marshall is a well-known
Negro attorney and former
special counsel for the Na
I tional Association for (he Ad
' vancement of Colored People.
parents and the community
believe that the pursuit of ex
cellence is a worthwhile edu
cational goal.
That is what happened at
Sands Point, where Mrs.
Marie L. Fetch, a woman with
vision and a deep-seated be
lief in education, was willing
to convert her 40-room prop
erty for use as a school for
the gifted.
First, however, she had the
encouragement of a group of
parents who were to become
active participants in the
school's welfare. They plan
scholarship benefits and help
with recruitment. Next, a
group of leading educators
was organized into an ad
visory education council. All
of them experts in problems
of the gifted, they now in
clude school superintendents,
principals, a college dean, and
authorities in child guidance.
Dr. Robert Kelley, Super
visor of Education for the
Gifted, New York state de
partment of education, serves
with the council in an ad
visory capacity. Together they
have worked out a special
educational plan to fit the
needs of gifted children, and
have appointed an outstand
ing faculty to bring out the
children's full intellectual and
creative abilities. Classes are
limited to twelve students, all
of whom are tested before admission.
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