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Show . Old People Can Learn While the peak cf tho capacity to learn is reached between the years fifte'n and tw-'nty. Dr. E. H. Hllg'ard. Stanford Undversity psychologist, psy-chologist, asserts age has little '.o do with one's capacity to learn. Ho points out that the decline alter al-ter reaching twenty years cf age is uisignificarit untl a person is In tine fifties and that, therefore, thfl accumulation of wisdom off-lets off-lets les le-U-d sp-'i"d in Karri' ng. The pycholog'st's conclusions em pliaslz's the importance of adult schools throughout the country end should encourage tihosa of mature ma-ture year?!, who wish to improve their educat'on. The Pyramid would like to s:e it possible for all ndults cf cur .'ecticn to hnvj an adequait-:! opportunity for eiiarginir their educational training. Our .chools ihould be expanded so as to include in their hicrizons the needs of adults. |