23 NOVEMBER 1929, page 29

Typewriters In Kindergartens, American Children May Learn...

before they learn handwriting, as a consequence of experiments now under way in a number of American schools. The experiments began with the recognition by psychologists that......

Santa Claus.

Should children of five years old be permitted to believe in Santa Claus ? Dr. William' Sadler, of Chicago University, a stern realist, thinks not. Dr. Sadler is a stickler for......

Music In Agriculture. • Music Has Come To The Aid

of agriculture at Beaver Flats (Nebraska). Potato-growers at Beaver Flats, and indeed throughout the West, have been plagued for years by the potato bug or Colorado beetle,......

A " Spend More " Economist.

The philosophy of Samuel Smiles and Benjamin Franklin does not commend itself to Dr. Harold F. Clark, Professor of Economics of the Teachers' College, Columbia 'University.......

" Safe Drivers' " Cards.

The Evanston (Illinois) Police Department is trying to reduce traffic accidents by kindness. Hitherto the police have been concerned only with violators of the traffic laws, but......

Books For Christmas.

The Publishers' Christmas Lists have conic to hand. They are full of good things. Many more, indeed, than most of us will ever have time to read, much less money to pay for.......

American Notes Of The Week

(By Cable) TAXATION AND DISARMAMENT. PRESIDENT HOOVER and Secretary Mellon have given American business corporations and other taxpayers a substantial Christmas gift in the......