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"A thing that has struck me during my visit to New Zealand has been the number of nervous cases I have seen among the young people—some of the worst cases I have, ever seen," remarked Dr. J. T. Miller, of Los Angeles, in the course of an addres at the Rotary Club to-day. "I think that it is largely duo to the examinations leading up to matriculation. You are emphasising the examinations too much. I have seen some very serious nervous cases, and. on inquiring into them, I have found that in almost every instance they are due to some such strain. The danger throughout ths world to-day is to crowd the gifted child, and n<*gfecfr the slow child,"
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 78, 1 April 1924, Page 8
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122DANGER OF EXAMINATIONS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 78, 1 April 1924, Page 8
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