The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
BABY SMILE DOES NOT COME UNTIL
 AFTER 68 DAYS
That Is the Average Length of Time Although Some Have Smiled at the Age of 30 Days

Boston, April 9- UP) - That baby smile about which Tin Pan Alley has sentimentaiized these many years shows on the average childs face for the first time at the age of 68 days.
 Dr George D. Stoddard, director of the Iowa Child Welfare research station, made this disclosure in q paper read today before the b0th anniversary convention of the Amer icnn Association of University W0- men, attended by some 2000 women from this country and 33 foreign lands.
 Dr stoddard described cxperi- nlents showing that of 375 children only one smiled when 30 days old and some, perhaps affected by the business depression, did not display amusement or whatever 1t takes to old age of three months. The aver age age was 68 days.
 Likewise, the average newborn has little inclination to defend itself against physical attack, according to Dr Stoddnrd. Experimenters who thought holding the nose of q healthy infant would infuriate the subject found that only one per cent of those who underwent that tndtg- nifty became peeved enough to strike at the experimenter.
 "As for the infants whose arms were held to determine their "de- fense or rage reactions" Dr Stod- dard reported. "at least half of them remained perfectly quiet and three -fourts of the half that did re. act quieted down in almost an in- stant,'
 Dr stoddard also described at the Ohio State laboratory where serious young men pinched the big toe of the left foot of IT infants t64 times. None of the infants was hungry but each time the big toe of baby's left foot was pinched the yOungster gave unmistakable signs of wanting something to eat. Pulling the hair of the head was equally effective" Dr st0ddard de. cIared.
 children often refuse to eat may find satisfaction in Dr stoddard's ex- planatiOn that the child "rebels against the infexible system which allows him no choice as to time, place. kind, amount. or manner of taking food"
 | Four-year-o olds. according to the speaker, care very little for dolls as Diaythings. They prefer blocks sand. c house corner, kiddy cars and see saws.
 Dr E. D. GrizzelI. professor oi secondary education at the Univef- sity of Pennsylvania, speaking on current charges and experiments n secondary education, said "it is now fl recognized fact that the currl' culum for each pupil should be diff ferent from that of every other pupil"
 "The large comprehensive sec- ondary school is the result Of our worship of big business Dr Griz- large, school 50 far Outweight the benfits that few real claims can be set forth in its favor" Criticism of the lecture method Eof teaching. "by which the contents of the professors notes get Into the notebook of the student without passing through the mind of either" was voiced by Dr C. 2. Boucher, dean of the colleges or arts, liter- nture and sciences at the University Of Chicago.
 Dr Bouchre said the lecture method was being weighed in the balance So that it's abuses may be cast out and It's good improved" | students" he said. "are selecting their colleges more inteliigently than ever before" just as colleges are selecting their students more carefully.
 "rhere are at present approxl- mntely one-fiftieth as many technl- cal institute men in manufacturing concerns as the employers say they should have,' Dr J. J. Oppenheimer
 liberal arts dean at the University
 of Louisville, reported, An annual
 output of from ib,0OO to 20,000
 technical Institute men could prob
 ably be annually absorbed in nanu' facturing alone"