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vaded the classroom and will help the teacher to read a student's mind. A new "mechanical tester," known as the classroom corn- munlcator, enables a student to each atudent with a private "response atation." The device has five keys, similar to those on a piano, and the students answer the question by selecting and pressing a key. BROOKLYN EAGLE, FEB. 13, 1949 11 Cites Library Facts In Salute to Culture flash the answer to the teacher the instant he knows it. The Instructor is able to follow the progress of Individual students or of the entire group by watching the electrical con nections between the Individual response stations and a control panel at the front of the classroom.

Developed under the sponsor machine aire finally has In ship of the office of naval re search, the machine provides Machine Helps Teacher Get Right Answers State College, Pa. (U.R) The MANUFACTURER'S CLOSE OUT SPORT SHIRTS These beautiful lent stave, wool, rayon ond gabardine spert shirts were By I. KAUFMAN' If you have read and believe the Jokes about Brooklyn i (that all Brooklynites are interested only in the Dodgers, dem so-and-sos, and speak of Green-pernt, de garden spot where de oily bird terls t'ketch de woim) If you've read and listened to Jokes like that, consider what an authority has to say on the subject. He says thattulture book culture is widespread In Brooklyn. els''" I $075 SIZES Pi told in retail shops far et much es $10.95.

BLUI BEIGE TEAL COLD GRAY That Brooklynites read voraciously and that there aren't 41.25 books enough and public libra ries enough to satisfy their needs. That they read, many on WHITE DRESS SHIRTS drew them, all the new and old books Saforid and French cm. White spread ond none- on the most abstruse intellectual subjects: Science and mathe matics, including, especially, higher mathematics. 'It's strange," says Dr. Mil White en Plain White si a tern n.

nn rm I VV Va vj I W' .75 $1.50 i. S.M to; a J. Ferguson, "the large 1 wm number of persons in Brooklyn who are keen about science Dr. Milton J. Ferguson and mathemaitcs, including KNITTED COTTON 45 lomj books which are pretty NOW will tell you, "I am assistant T-SHIRTS abstruse." Nearly 20 Years In Post The graying, soft-spoken Dr gardener I do the ax-swinging, but the supervision is done by the head ganlener my Ferguson speaks after nearly SHIRT MANUFACTURING CO.

LAFAYETTE two decades spent as head of the Brooklyn library system, seeing to the distribution of mil lions of books to many hun 740 FLUSHING AVE. woy (Take Elavator to 5th Floor) "GOING PLACES?" PHONE MA. 4-A200 FOR IDEAS A.M.-5 P.M. (ireds of thousands of readers through the borough's free public libraries. BUY ON OUR 5 -MONTH PAYMENT PLAN' Now he is nearing retiring ge.

On March 1 he will go on vacation gave me two months for good behavior may be," he jested mildly) and May 1 he will be officially Brooklyn's ex-chief librarian. And what Specially purchased fur lavished coat fashions originally 89.95 to 119.95 mgcj "4" Iff' I CUS I OH) HIMDt 1 1Y: I SLIPCOVERS Wide choice of crisp, JSTM I colorful new fabrics I II all vat-dyed, pre-shrunlc "Xy I nil Sofa and Chair dJZJ cushion!) Reg. 82.60 then? Read on: "I'll do something, and it will be something having to do with books. For one thing, I have too much physical stamina left just to sit back and rest. For another, there Is a pension, but It's hardly enough for me to be his to take care of my family." Despite the imminence of his retirement, Dr.

Ferguson, at his desk in the third-floor office of the still-unfinished Central Library Building, worries about the book needs of Brooklyn. Brighton Beach Story He recalls that when he came I hi to Brooklyn from California more than 18 yean ago, there: was an active group in Brighton! Beach seeking a branch library In the area. "I promised to get them a to ttVi and 38 to 52 16Va Sizes Take advantage of this special offer before our workrooms start their seasonal rush! Choose from superb pre-shrunk, vat-dyed fabrics crisp sailcloth, sturdy whaletex, lovely pebblecloths in the newest, smartest designs, including some high style Chinese-inspired prints. We'll cut and pin-fit these covers in your home, expertly tailor them in our workshop with box pleats, kick pleats or shirred ruffles. We'll give them matching or contrasting welted seams and a zipper on both cover and cushion.

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"And; now, only the other day, they elephoned me about my prom-l lse. They haven't got their li-' brary yet." For 25 years, he pointed out, or ever since the last of the Carnegie branches was built, no permanent new library building has gone up in Brooklyn, with the one exception of the many-times postponed and delayed Central Library on Grand Army riaza. Bringing that to Its present stage of partial completion is What Dr. Ferguson considers the major achievement of his period as chief librarian. What, does the Brooklyn library still need? More facilities, such as branch libraries, he says, more money for books and especially for an adequate staff, a staff large enough and with salaries attractive enough to keep able libra-lians from giving way toVemp-tation to leave for better-paid Jobs.

The present staff, he is quirk to say, is loyal and efficient, but not large enough. Dr. Ferguson lives with his wife, Rose, and daughter, Ruth, at 115 Willow St. and intends to remain a Brooklynite. His hobbies, besides books, which are both hobby and life work, are two: Bookbinding and working in the open, on his two-acre Summer place at Smithtown, where he has developed a hand-fme grove of oak and pine trees and where he can still swing an ax with the best of them.

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