Show educator refuses to seti see limit on learning instances of elderly people who have accomplished prodigies of learning are frequently adduced ns as encouragement coura gement to the alie average person of mature years if so and so the famous musician could learn hebrew debrew at eighty then john smith need not despair of mustering mastering ray any subject he may fancy even though his years of of youthful vigor in acquisition may be long behind him thus tile the argument has run probably without quite convincing jolin john smith for he lias has felt as most of us feel an increasing difficulty of concentration and retention as ills his school nod college years 1 have receded into the past dr herbert of the university of minnesota has been making experiments nod and be says that the only trouble with john smiths mind at fifty Is that he kept it exercised waterbury republican |