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...remarkable feats of Johnny and Florie have taught ambitious parents to listen with respect when Dr. Myrtle Byram McGraw speaks on baby training. In the Normal Child Development Clinic of Manhattan's Neurological Institute, Assistant Director McGraw took two pairs of identical twins, turned one member of each pair into a prodigy of confidence and skill (TIME, Sept. 18, 1933 et seq.). Last week pretty, inventive Dr. McGraw told members of Manhattan's Town Hall Club about a new twist in her campaign for brighter babies...
...ordinary child. As a result when the twins were sent home for good, "conditioned" Johnny was a fearless little acrobat with a personality far in advance of his years and "unconditioned"' Jimmy was just a plain laughing, crying, scary youngster (TIME, July 30). Last week Dr. Myrtle Byram McGraw, assistant director of the Normal Child Development Clinic where the Woods twins were under scientific control from their 20th day, explained: "Jimmy and Johnny have both, I think, lost out in their home environment and, while that is disappointing so far as these two particular children are concerned...
...brace of identical twin boys the moment they were born to irregularly employed Manhattan parents. As a scientific experiment in deportment development Johnny was to be "conditioned" by special training and exercises whereas Jimmy was to be allowed to grow up naturally. By last winter Dr. Myrtle Byram McGraw had 19-month-old Johnny boldly swimming, diving, climbing, jumping, roller-skating-accomplishments far beyond the ability of untrained Jimmy (TIME...
...municipal election. When blackjacks were pocketed and votes were counted, Kansas Citizens knew the worst: The Fusion attempt to break the rule of Boss Thomas Joseph ("Big Tom") Pendergast's Democratic machine had failed. Re-elected by a 59,566 plurality was Boss-backed Mayor Bryce Byram Smith, a mild-mannered baking company official in his spare time. Defeated was Dr. Albert Ross Hill, 64, anti-Boss Democrat, onetime (1908-20) president of the University of Missouri, holder of a dozen college degrees and author of The Epistemological Function of the "Thing in Itself" in Kant's Philosophy...
...first personal appearance before a large audience. Like every smart entertainer, Johnny had a less brilliant but by no means dull, companion in his "act," his twin brother Jimmy. Precocious Johnny and normal Jimmy put on their performance at Manhattan's Babies Hospital. Manager was Dr. Myrtle Byram McGraw, jolly assistant director of the Normal Child Development Clinic of Manhattan's Neurological Institute. Impresario was Professor Frederick Tilney, learned director of research at the Neurological Institute. Although Professor Tilney urgently needs money for essential researches at the Neurological Institute and Johnny's father, who is temporarily...