Dr. Clyde M. Narramore, iduate of Columbia Uni versity, New York City, is rchologist and Consultant in Research and Guidance hh one of the largest school systems in America.
who have never had the advantage of education and training. Conse quently they have not been able to demonstrate the full measure of their unusual gifts. In America where there are many races, we have administered thousands upon thousands of intelli gence tests to boys and girls. We have not found one race superior to another. Truly there is dignity among all races. “ . . . God is no re specter of persons” (Acts 10:34). God tells us, “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times be fore appointed, and the bounds of their habitation” (Acts 17:26). Who's Boss? Q. Does the Bible teach that the husband is to be the head of the home? A. Marriage is a partnership in which the husband and wife be come “ one flesh.” They form a union, and as such they mutually under God guide the affairs of their family. God has ordained that the wife bear children and care for the home. Upon the husband is placed the responsibility of providing for and protecting the family. Along with the responsibility of leadership in the home, the husband is charged with loving his wife “ even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” A study of the Scriptures reveals a beautiful and matchless plan for successful family life (Eph. 5; 1 Pet. 3).
son things out, so when this young man suggested that we run away and get married I agreed and we we r e ma r r i e d in 1918. Quite awhile ago. My father wanted to have the marriage annulled; but my mother wouldn’t agree and I told him if he did as he threatened — send me to reform school — I would never speak to him nor see him again if I could help it. Dr. Narramore, my father was a good man and believed he was teaching us right but nearly every thing he did was negative. I believe in his later years he was sorry — he never said so. But we were good friends many years before he died. The young man of the home stead is no longer so young but we are still married. And although we have had problems which need not have been had our likes and dis likes been more nearly the same, we have had happiness also. We have four g r own ch i l d r en , all Christians. Two are missionaries. They are all married and have families. We praise God for His wonderful love and mercy to us in our blindness and willfulness. We have tried to profit by our own experience. So although our chil dren at times chose companions of whom we did not approve we prayed earnestly that they would see the lack in their friends. And it always worked out that way! Which Race is the Smartest? Q. Is there a basic difference in in telligence among the various races? A. Scientific studies indicate that there is no significant difference in the intelligence of various races. Of course, there are countless men and women of unusual potential ability
I M a r r ie d a t 15 Last month Dr. Narramore printed parts of some 45 letters that you readers sent in about the girl of 15 being in love with a man of 25. This month we have a letter that is so interesting that we are printing it in full. It’s a first-person account by a woman who fell in love with an older man . when she was 15. And it’s the story of how it worked out — down to this day. — ED. My father was a minister and very strict. In fact, at 15 I was sup posed to scarcely realize boys exist ed. There were five of us children. When I was about 15, my father gave up the active ministry to take us to a homestead in Colorado. Of course, there were no buildings on our land so my father made ar rangements for us all to stay at a neighbor’s — a 24-year-old single man — while he sawed down trees to build our house. My father did not trust this man at all; but he seemed to have little choice in having us stay there be cause there were no other near neighbors. So my father instructed my younger sisters to never let me out of their sight. They didn’t. This young man attracted me in many ways, not in every way. But his worldly experience and assur ance were quite enough to make me want to be around him. My fa ther forbade it. A little episode of doing some thing he (the young man) did not want me to do, curl my hair with a curling iron, led us to chase each other around and have a scuffle over the curling iron. This was duly reported by my sister and I received a severe whipping with a halter strap. I became so angry with my father that I lost all ability to rea
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