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The article discusses on the ways of the mentally retarded children on expressing themselves. The best way to express one's feelings is through art forms. In assisting a child expressing himself, the author suggests that it is much better to leave him alone with a piece of paper, a pencil, clay, wood, paper mache and other art materials. It is also suggested to expose the child to many kinds of art materials.

The article focuses on the significance of developing reading programs for children with visual disabilities in the U.S. It was stated that there is a great necessity for improvement in this field. This paper also attempts to note the kind of adaptation used in the developing reading program of partially seeing students.

The article outlines the philosophy of the education of blind children as one of the objectification of instructional materials in education in the U.S. There are various devices and techniques outlined in this paper, but no attempt has been made to cover all of the fields or even one complete field.

The article reports on the accomplishments of the International Council for Exceptional Children. One instrumental person in the establishment of the council is Elizabeth E. Farrell. She was the first president and a person who has made significant contributions to the organization. The text of Farrell's closing paper at one of the council's convention in Philadelphia is presented.

The article presents a list of cloth bound books and paper covered booklets with annotations including "Recreation For Girls and Woman," by Ethel M. Bowers, "Educating For Citizenship," by George A. Coe, and "Professional Writing," by Gordon Lathrop.

The article reports on the National Conference on the Blind Pre-school Child, which being sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind on March 13 to 15, 1947 at the Russell Sage Foundation hall in the U.S. It provides information on the number of participants attending the conference from various states and foreign countries including Canada, Brazil, and South Africa. The conference received research papers, which being arranged by Berthold Lowenfeld, director of education for the foundation.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting on the education of deaf children is presented. The topics include the role of special education on war effort, audiometric testing program and language barrier involving deaf children. The meeting featured several educators including Boyce Williams, Charles Rawlings, and Wallace Finch.

The article presents an overview of the May 1942 issue of the "Journal of Exceptional Children," the last issue of the periodical for the year. The author recognizes the variety and quality of articles and comments contained in the papers in the past few issues. He provides information on the program for the next year's convention to be conducted by the International Council for Exceptional Children. A call for papers for the twenty-first annual convention is also presented.

Information about several papers discussed at the New York State Planning Conference for the Exceptional is presented. 35 of the leading New York State educators of exceptional children met in Syracuse, New York to discusse mutual problems and to devise ways of improving the educational programs in the schools of the state in order to meet the needs of handicapped children.

The article presents the annual meeting of the American Association on mental Deficiency to be held on May 11 to 15, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Wayne County Training School submitted substantial papers for the meeting's topics. These topics include historical, longitudinal records on an adjustment rating basis, the Rorschach method enforcement for mentally defectives, and community follow-up studies.

The article reports on the campaign to provide educational rights to Negro students initiated by students of Princeton University in New Jersey. This campaign is in line with the students' belief in democracy. An intensive editorial campaign is carried out by the student paper "Daily Princetonian" aimed at ending the school's white policy.

The article reports on the participation of two members of the Davenport, Iowa chapter of the International Council for Exceptional Children (ICEC), Jeanne Kellenberger and Gertrude Roth, in the February 1941 conference of the ICEC in New York City. Roth read and presented the paper "The Effect of Music on the Mentally Retarded Children," which described her research under A. Small, professor of music at the State University of Iowa.

The article reports developments in special education in the U.S. The Rochester Edith A. Scott Eye fund by the teachers was established by teachers in her department when she was a director of special education in Rochester, New York. Special Education Section of the New Hampshire State Teachers' Association and the New Hampshire Chapter for the International Council for Exceptional Children has conducted by two joint meetings. A monthly four-page paper entitled "The News" was published by the boys and girls of the State Institution for Feeble Minded Children.

The article provides information on the new typewriter keyboard developed by Lieutenant Commander August Dvorak. According to Dvorak, using the new keyboard would increase work output of more than 35 percent and that the secret of the efficiency of the new keyboard was because of the proper arrangement of the letters that only 44 percent of the work is put on the left hand and 56 percent on the right hand.