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Show Savants Use Quins for Proof Modern Rearing Mode Is Best Dr. Dafoe Listens In at Toronto Meeting ; . as Experts Extol Newer Theories TORONTO. Oct. 30 it-The Dionne quintuplets didn't know It, but today they were measuring sticks proving the worth of modern mod-ern child care. They went right on pedaling their velocipedes around their Callender playground while experts ex-perts here held tnem up as shining shin-ing examples of scientific rearing as opposed to the old theory. ''Just let children grow up. liks Topsy." The talk was of Marie Dlonne's orange Juice, Annette's height, Yvonne's speech and myriad other details of the quins' llfs as nearly 300 educators and child guidance specialists heard reports of the five sisters' progress. But underneath, the value of careful supervision and diet was being estimated In the light of the Callander experiment, and the "just grow" method sounded sadly deficient. The silver-haired country doctor. doc-tor. Allan R. Dafoe. who has been with th quins from birth, Joined experts of the University of Toronto To-ronto in sharing at the conference reports of their development. "This I the first time scientists ever have assembled to hear about quintuplets' progress because quintuplets never before have lived to progress," ha said, puffing his pipe before the conference opened. "I want to hear what these visitors vis-itors have to say," he added. "It's Important for our babies." The deputy minister of health of Ontario, the deputy minister of educstion, the president of th (ConllMiiofl on Pise Two) ' (Column Three I Quins Provide Savants' Proof (ruiititiiitit from Pg On. University of Toronto, ths dran of Iowa university's graduate school and Dr. C. H. Judd. psychologist, of the University of Chicago, al! were on the day's program. Experts Ex-perts on child training from all over the United Statee and Canada were .In the audience but the country doctor, in his dark blue business suit, waa a central figure. He moved among the scientists, with his eyes twinkling, and listened lis-tened to "what they had to aay." Only one woman had a place on the platform among five maleape-cialiats maleape-cialiats In child research when the i conference opened. She was Dr. Norma H. Ford of the University of Toronto's biology department. i Most of the papers presented were by experts of the University i of Toronto and of its St. lieorgr s school for child study, observers of the quina for three yeara. |