Show Up 0 ci n e e Science Service Service Geniuses Not Born Eccentric Declares New Nev York Scientist I Gifted Children Arc Studied in Clinic Langhorne Pa If If men of genius are eccentric or insane it is not because all geniuses are born queer but possibly because because because be be- cause of lack of understanding in their education and family life Dr Harvey director di director director di- di rector of the Clinic for the Social Social Social So So- cial Adjustment of the Gifted New York university told an audience e at Woods schools Among a hundred gifted children whose development is being watched at the clinic five are so extremely g gifted ted as to be clearly in the class of potential genius In terms of IQ these children all score at or above a normal score is One child registered on this mental scale the others were respectively ely and Such genius is rare Dr said Probably Probably Probably ably not not more more than 24 would be found in all New Yorks York's public school children All AU We Well Veil ll Adjusted All are well adjusted socially competent young persons Dr Zor Zor- baugh told the Conference on Education Education Education Edu Edu- cation and the Exceptional Child In three generations of the five families of these children there is but one relative who may be suspected suspected suspected sus sus- of a psychotic episode he said The mother of one child is eccentric eccentric eccentric ec- ec centric although it has never been necessary to put her in a hospital At present these young prodigies are tall healthy children ranging in age from five to fifteen all fifteen all of them normal mentally physically and emotionally Their Futures Uncertain J We cannot predict the futures of these children Dr Zorbau h r said So far the they and their families families families fam- fam have had careful guidance The children have all had unusually i fortunate educational experiences If as they grow older they become unstable we believe it will be due duer r f to the clinics clinic's inability to control the hazards of development to which such children are exposed 4 I If society showed the interest in its children of genius that it shows in ind d its idiots we might speak more con- con We spend millions of dolLars dolf dollars dol- dol f l lars rs yearly for research and education education t tion bon on our feebleminded J An An equal amount invested in our ourt ourt t t g gifted ted and talented children would wouldn Xi n yield an immeasurably rich return return- 0 in a deeper understanding of the k nature of g giftedness and talent in inthe cL c f the increased social productivity of the g gifted ted elements of our human population |