Tha Nowt-Roviow, Roseburg, Oft. Ttiun., May 23, 1957
Stutterers Learn To Lick Problems
In Local High School Speech Class
By OARRELL MADOOX
Staff Writer, News-Reviaw
A special speech class thought to
be unique in one respect among
Oregon high schools ii being taught
hv a srjeech correction specialist
in Roseburg. I
Dirk Swerzbin. an instructor in
the special education division of the
Roseburg public schools, has five
boys in his charge. All are stut
terers, and it's his task to teach
them to speak as normally as pos
sible. The class meets five days a
week for one hour each day. "Such
a class is rare in that most school
districts which have stuttering
classes meet about three limes a
week for a half hour," Swerzbin
said.
"Stuttering by students is no
more a problem in Roseburg than
in any other city of comparative
size," the instructor said. The class
was established because the school
district felt that the students who
stutter need help.
At the present time, the only or
ganized class in the district is on
the high school level. Two speech
correction instructors circulate be
tween the elementary schools and
give instruction to individual stu
dents. "Stuttering is misunderstood and
the causes are not definite, because
little is known about it. Some peo
ple think stuttering is caused by
getting hit on the head or tickling
a baby's feet. Actually the thing
which causes stuttering Is people,"
Swerzbin said.
"Speech is learned. Evidence of
this is the fact that I child learns
the language of the country in
which he is reared. There ia pe
riod in life where the child is learn
ing to manipulate his muscles to
talk. During this time, the child
naturally has interruptions and
speech stoppages. When pressure
is brought to bear on the child's
speech by calling attention to his
normal pauses, he starts to stut
ter." Swerzbin added.
The speech instructor went on to
say, "The child therefore tries not
to have pauses in his speech, and
the more he tries to prevent these
pauses, the more pauses he'll have.
That's the beginning of stuttering.
"Parents may feel guilt and give
harmful, but well-meaning advice,
such as taking a deep breath when
a pause in speech is encountered.
The advice usually works for a
short period of time, maybe up to
two months, but it soon becomes
nart of the stuttering. The child
usually starts looking for devices
of his own to stop the stuttering
when he is about 7. By the time
the child Is a teen-ager, he's a full
fledged stutterer with distractions
such as head jerks, eye Dlinki ana
finger snapping," the Instructor
said.
"Once stuttering Is started, par-1
enls believe their child will out-1
grow it. Sometimes they do. but
nine times out of ten then don't.
So far, no scientific way of curing I
stutterers has been round.
"Br proper Instruction, a student
can be taught control of his stut
tering to such a degree that only
the most critical person will be
able to tell the youth Is stuttering,"
Swerzbin said.
Students in the Roseburg High
School class are helped by being
told how stuttering starts and ev
erything known about it at the pres
ent time.
Each individual's stuttering is
analyzed. Aids used in the class
are mirrors (so that the youth can
become conscious of his external
mannerisms), tape recorders and
feeling of the lips.
The students put what they have
learned into practice by visiting
Roseburg business stores where
they ask for information or buy
items. The students are willing to
talk before any group. They have
appeared at Parent-Teacher Assn.
meetings and talked on television
No student is forced to
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MIRRORS ore used 05 aids in helping students
School. Five bovs ore enrolled in the closs.
srructor, helps Perry Bennett , with
n a stuttering class ot Roseburg High
Richard Swerzbin, speech correction in-
his speech (Staff photo).
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TWO ROStBURG HIGH SCHOOL students will near tneir voices played back, ihey are
members of a stuttering class at the school. Richard Swerzbin, speech correction in
structor, assists Frank Finnell, center, and Howard Hamilton. The class is under the
special education department. (Staff photo).'
first steps In helping a student Is
to bring Ihe fact out into the open.
A student gets strength from doing
the tilings he fears," he added.
Swerzbin earned his BS and MA
degrees in sneech at Western Mich
igan College, Kalamazoo, Mich. He
studied under Dr. Charles Van Rip
er, who is said to be a foremost
leader in stuttering correction.
The five students in the class are
Larry Dysert, Doyle Cannon, How
ard Hamilton. Frank Kinnrll and
Perry Bennett.
U. S. Ballistic Missile
Effort Leading Russia
ST. LOUIS 1 The general
responsible for producing the In
tercontinental Ballintic Missile says
the I'nited Slates doesn't have it
yet but is ahead of Russia in de
veloping it.
May. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever,
ttend ! who heads the Western Develon-
the class. "It just happens that ment Division of the Air Research drought flood or other natural dis-
au the aliments in tne class are . and Development Command, gave aster, if any part of the conserva-
I Farmers Cannot
Craze Land Put
In Soil Bank
Far men are reminded lhat Ihey
may nut graze land designated
fur the Suil Bank's conservation
reserve during the contract period,
J. K. Bonebrake, chairman of the
DoiiK.a County Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Com
mittee, said.
lie said the only exception to th
rule is where express permission
to Kraze land is given by the Sec
retary of Agriculture through state
and county ASC committees. Her
mission can only be granted after
certification by the governor as
to the need for grazing.
Such a determination is made in
order to alleviate damage, hard-
ship or suffering caused by severe
boys, hut girls also stutter,
uin said.
"Stuttering often cause psycho
ses, frustrations and physiological
Sweri-lthat analysis, adding:
"When we have the Intercontin
ental Ballistic Missile, and we
will,' he said, "no enemv can hit
troubles. It is hard to get youths (us without expecting it be hit in
10 inmn wey siuuer. line 01 me return
tion reserve is grazed as a result
of such an authorization, the chair
man explained, no annual payment
will be made for that part of the
reserve for the year in which it
is grared.
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ANYONE COT A JACK? One thing you can say about
David Hedges, when he has a blowout there's nothing
small about him. David scratches his head as he ponders
the task of changing that tire on his earth mover. The
machine was loaded with 47 tons at the time the tire
blew (note hole at top). Hedges and his machine were
working on building an expressway at Atlanta, Ga.
Broadside Fired By Senator
Watkins At Federal Power
Rates Draws Democrat Ire
WASHINGTON of A broad-i The Hells Canyon bill, which
sidr fired bv Sen. Watkins (R I would authorize a federal dam
l tah at federal Dower rates in I in the Snake River bordering Ida-
the Pacific Northwest has drawn ho and Oregon, soon will be up
return fire from a half-dozen Dem- for debate in the Senate.
ocratic senators. I Sen. Murray (D Mont), Inter-
W atkins said in a Senate speech ! ior Committee chairman, made a
early last month that a large por-ilong Senate speech Thursday
Congressional Democrats
Split On Proposed Changes
In Immigration Statute
tion of the power generated at
federal dams in the Columbia Riv
er Basin is being sold to private
industries at half its produc
tion cost, and the Senate Interior
Committee should call an investi
gation. His statement was intended to
reply to Watkins' speech and he
got support from Sens. Ncuberger,
Morse (D Ore), Mansfield (D
Mont), Church (D Idaho) and
O'Mahoney (D Wyo).
Murray termed the Watkins
statement an "attack on the en-
ire program of federal resources
answer criticism that ReDublican development in the Northwest.
senators backed the Upper Colo-: 'The senator from Utah would
rado River storage project and be more accurate if he told how
are opposing authorization legis-, well our projects are paying their
lation for Hells Canyon Dam
Sen.
Neuberger (D Orel often has
criticised the Republicans, saying
they supported a high-cost power
project and are opposing a dam
which would generate low-cost energy.
Civil Penalty
Hits Soil Bank
Plan Violators
Farmers should fully understand
that a civil penalty may be im
posed upon any producer who
knowingly and willfully violates cer
tain provisions of the Soil Bank's
Acreage Reserve program, J. F.
Bonebrake, chairman of tne Doug
las County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Committee,
said today
own way, instead of accusing
them of being a load on the fed
eral treasury, Murray said.
Neuberger rose to say the re
payments are "ahead of sched
ule." He added that members of , Hungarian. u,h ni ... !..
c, f-r,m 1h U'ucl nnohl tn ' " " " .
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Nwi-Rvisw Corrtspondtnt
WASHINGTON The chasm
which divides conservatives from
liberals in the ranks of congres
sional Democrats has become, in
this session of Congress, a handy
dumping ground for proposed
changes in the' immigration laws
to aid Hungarian refugees and to
permit Oregon Harrv Holt to re
sume his orphan airlift from Korea.
The Eisenhower administration
and the Democratic leaders of
both Senate and House favor legis
lation to liberalize the immigra
tion laws and to extend the refugee
relief act which expired last
Dec. 31. Nor is there any disagree
ment from them over the bill of
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D
Ore.) for allowing 10,000 addition
al war orphans to be admitted to
this country.
The disagreement lies within the
judiciary committees of both hous
es where legislation of this type
is handled and where the split in
the Democratic party is personi
fied in the committee membership.
Sen. James 0. Eastland (D
Miss ), as chairman of the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee, has the
power to determine when his group
will meet and what they will take
up and the immigration bills
have yet to be scheduled for a
hearing. Eastland is concentrating
on smothering the more contro
versial civil rights, bill which the
administration is pushing Con
gress to enact.
Hearings and more hearings
have been held by Eastland on the
civil rights bill, but no vote has
oeen allowed to send it from com
mittee to the floor. During this
strategically lengthy discussion of
civil rights, Eastland has an
nounced that the committee won't
nave time to aeal with other ma
jor legislation.
This means the administration's
omnibus immigration bill, as well
as Neuberger's orphan bill, are bot
tled up. along with other bills in
Eastland's committee. As a re
sult, the White House has hot,,,n
to chide Democrats for failure to
act on mis legislation.
House Situation Differs
The situation in the House com
mittee is uniquely different, for
the chairman of that iudiciarv
committee. Rep. Emanuel Cellar
(D-N.Y.), is one of the Democrats'
most liberal members. He is spon
soring immigration legislation that
goes neyona tne one the adminis
tration wants enacted. Yet no ac
tion has been taken.
The holdup there is caused by
Rep. Francis Walter (D-Pa.), who
is chairman of the immigration
subcommittee. Walter personally
has introduced a bill to allow 5 .
000 war orphans into the country
and has talked about helping the
up
Rep. Charles O. Porter (D Ore ).
In recent correspondence with
Neuberger, Harry Holt has expres
sed anxiety aobut the need for leg
islative action to permit him to
bring to America at great per
sonal expense, as he has done in
the past several years more
mixed-blood children who were
fathered by American troops. Holt
continues to process application
from the many American couples
who would be delighted to make
these children part of their fam
ilies. In Europe. America is now re
ported to be getting black eye
because it has appeared to go back
on its promises to help Hungarian
refugees and is leaving 10 lar
smaller western nations the big
job of resettling the escapees.
These considerations have had
no noticeable affect on the law
makers who have blockaded the
issue on Capitol Hill.
I Congress from the West ought to
'get together on dams.
ror representatives in the Con
gress from one Western state to
lead the
' anuiiici "caicii, stow, resii Im0 vn a u,nM -
XL,Ju?Jnj.iV",'1 .'S re liberal legislation to
-icnange tne existing McCarran-Wal-
ler immigration act of which the
irom one wesiern siaie 10 , n0 lction ,nd h h
.he fight against the develop- scheduled. Reportedly he
of another Western state, 1 resulting vote would be ii
rising against the Communists last
fall.
But Walter's talk has resulted In
no hearings
fears the
and dismay of
states," Neuberger
the downfall
the Wesiern
declared.
Morse said some senators "are
too narrow in their vision or too
provincial in their view" to sup
port Hells Canyon, "which is just
as sound and just as much need
ed. . . as the Upper Colorado Riv
er project."
Sen. Dworshak (R Idaho), an
opponent of the Hells Canyon dam
bill, said that, in the interest of
congressman was co-author. The
result is that no action is being
taken on Walter's own bill, much
less the administration's bill or a
10,000 orphan bill sponsored by
DEER ON RAMPAGE
MIA TatoHwta
TRIAL BEGINS John
(Johnny Dio) Dioguardi ar
rives at court in New York
where his trial for conspir
acy in the acid blinding of
labor columnist Victor
Riesel got underway. The
government charges that its
witnesses against Dioguardi
have been threatened and
have refused to testify.
WEST READING, Pa. OH-Three
deer wandered into town and but-
The amount of the civil penalty cooperation advocated by Neuher- 10 ..T'' l!.mp. 'JW
is 50 per cent of the compensation Rer. the Oregon senator should!" ,J. .",""").,:
which would have been payable come out lor uruces taoy ' Dam. ( j, me .nd chaaed th. other
1; u.;h Ik. ..i,nan,ani Dwnr.sh.-ik Is rernmmenriinff a "u'"1 one ana cnasea tne Otner
and the penalty is in addition to, ""-; ' ' i.uni cuuj ,,,
ny amounts required to be for- , ie -iearwau-r river. irmuiary
felted or refunded under the pro- of the Snake. Neuberger is against
visions of the agreement," Bone-! " grounds 11 wouia aaverseiy
brake said. ' affect wildlife in Idaho.
Bonebrake explained that a civil 1
penalty violation could take place; SO NEAR, SO FAR
from willfully grazing or harvest- RENO Iti An ironic note was
ing any crop from any acreage added to the case file of three
designated as the Acreage Reserve. I men arrested here for questioning
and also from harvesting acreage 1 about a series of burglaries after
in excess of the "acreage permit- a bullet - punctured, 100-mile an
ted for harvest." The "acreage Der-1 hour chase.
Imitted for harvest" would be the I A Reno policeman lives across
I allotment for the crop covered by I the street from their rented house,
the agreement less the acreage a deputy sheriff is a backvard
designated for the Soil Bank Acre-1 neighbor, and an FBI agent lives
age Reserve. just up the street.
'Hot Rod,' Skin Diving
Clubs Cat YMCA Okay
PHILADELPHIA 1. The Na
tional Council of Young Mens
Christian Assn. has endorsed "hot
rod" and skin diving clubs in a
decision to "blaze new trails" in
youth activities.
The Council urged YMCAs
across the land to develop clubs
to channel such modern enthusi
asms in a policy statment at the
end of the council's annual conven-1 ,nr Vance
Mrs. Tilton Reports
On UNESCO Effort
Mr. E M. Tilton. recently elect
ed state honorary member fo Delta
Kappa Gamma, international
teachers organization, addressed
the May meeting of Omicron
Chapter held at the Swedish Din
ning Room recently.
Mrs. Tiitun spoke on the purpos
es and iccom plinhm ents
of VNKSCO. stressing the neces
sity of continued efforts to bring
about world amity.
following the speech, names sub
mitted for prospective member
ship were discussed. Alvia Weth
erall. Jennie NVseth and Margaret
Adair, recent participants m the
stale convention at LaGrande.
made reports concerning mem
bership policies and next year's
program theme, "Professional
Growth.
I. aura Gnibbs announced the
1957 scholarship winner was Max-
Douglas High School
Westerners
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two out of town.
The buck leader of the trio was
shot by Patrolman Foster Griffith
after it appeared the animal had
been badly wounded. The other
two, both does, outran police pa
trol cars, sprinters and boys on
bicycles, escaping into the woods.
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Also approved was a five million i egon College of Education in the '
dollar fund-raising campaign lor tan
new YMCA buildings in a world : The June meeting will be a Die
campaign for new structures to nic at the Drain home of Jose
cost an estimated $17,500,000. phine Coons.
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