Word: lewiston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reminiscent of a verse published by the Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune when Taylor launched his venture two years...
...KLAUSSEN Lewiston...
...last summer George Wolfe and his wife sat down for a serious talk in their home in the suburbs of Lewiston, Idaho (pop. 15,000). Subject: the education of their seven children, aged 5 to 14. The Wolfes were worried: it was bad enough that daughter Sharon (12), when asked to name the continent she lived on, replied that she did not even know what a continent was; the rest of the children were not making much progress either. Besides, the Wolfes were concerned that most parents in their neighborhood seemed to be losing control over their children. "Take...
...eight miles by rubber raft from the nearest road. There Reho Wolfe, who once attended a normal school, set up a school-within-a-home, arranged for texts, lessons and tests through a correspondence course. Wolfe, a high school graduate, who has had music training, continued his job in Lewiston, commuted to the cabin on weekends, when he gave the children their music lessons. Between schooling and chores, the children were introduced to the "liberal education" in the bright, challenging wilderness outside their cabin door. They rode horses, fished, watched wild animals, learned names of plants and trees, collected driftwood...
...LEWISTON (IDAHO) MORNING TRIBUNE...