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Teacher Survey Reveals A Bright
On Teen Gangs, But Problem Is Vicious
8 ANITA EDIN
New, -Review Stiff Writer
Recently arrived at the Doug-
las County Library is "Alaska
By EUGENE GILBERT
President of the
Gilbert Youth Research Co.
To most people the very idea of
teen-aged gangs sulking school
corridors in duck-tail haircuts
and black leather jackets is one
of the more frightening manifes
tations of modern society.
Movies like "The Blackboard
Jungle" help underscore head
lines on the subject. But, actually,
how prevalent is the teen-aged
gang problem in schools across
the country?
Happily, the situation is no
where near as common nor ait
widespread as one might think.
In a national survey of nearly
800 school teachers, we found that
only 5 per cent had encountered
any kind of a gang problem in
their schools. The survey was
conducted in both large metrop
olises and small towns and .cov
ered teachers in all grades.
On the other hand, few teach
ers dissented from the view that
the modern teenage gang, where
it does exist, is a far more sinis
ter entity than the boys clubs
that mushroomed in past gener
ations. Prevention Helps
Undoubtedly, a few ounces of
prevention explained the absence
of gangs in the schools of 93 per
cent of the teachers interviewed.
1 Nearly half of them 45 per cent
said their schools had rules
against wearing gangland jackets,
sideburns, military belts and
other outward signs of gang
membership.
Were the rules helpful in con
trpling the problem? Yes, an
swered 49 per cent, compared
with only 4 per cent who thought
rules did more harm than good.
The rest didn't know.
"Proper dress engenders pro
per conduct," said teacher E. H.
Martin of Scranton, Pa., in de
fense of the rules.
Some schools have encouraged
students to adopt a voluntary
code of ethics and good groom
ing as a deterrent to gangs.
Others have laid the law down in
no uncertain terms.
"You have to," explained
Margaret Ross of Olean. N.Y.,
"to keep the gang feeling out
of the school."
But some teachers, like Persh
ing N. Meyers of Indianapolis,
deemed the problem beyond the
control of teachers: "Rules do not
stop out-of-school activities. They
never have."
No Longer Innocent
From time to time, people tend
to dismiss the teen-aged gang as
a modern day version of the in
formal, unorganized boys clubs
oi an earlier generation. You re
member, the secret society that
built the house in the backyard
tree or put up a shack in an
empty lot.
Are the modern gangs that in
nocent? How do the current or-
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from those of
vonia, Mich.
Stronger juvenile iudses."
Gene Rubinstein, Pennauken, N.J.
'By removing the badlv ad
justed to work camps similar to
C C C camps of the Depression
era." Barker D. Ilerr, Liberty,
N.Y.
By a planned program at
youth centers. Y M C A,
churches, etc." John 0. Miller,
Orlando, Fla.
'By developing student activi
ties that will prove more inter
esting than gangs." Robert 0.
Badgley, Indianapolis.
Stiffer punishment." J.' Rob
ert Pease, Pcekskill, N. Y.
Outlaw all improperly led
gangs." R.H. Dymond, Dalton,
Pa.
For some reason not explained
the survey comments, small
town schools seem more prone
to adopting regulations against
gangs than big city schools.
J"or instance, when it came to
rules against wearing gang jack
ets in class, 55 per cent of the
small town schools had adopted
such regulations, compared with
only 41 per cent of the metropol
itan schools.
mean-
ganizaliuns differ
a generation ago?
Here are some pointed
lngtul teacher comments:
"They're far more vicious and
sadistic." Cyrus Weckerle, Se
wickley, Pa.
"They show little respect for
people and public property, are
motivated by too many wrong
ideas." R.E. McConnell, Indiana
polis. "They have unworthy objectives
and lack guidance." Angclo Bra
tice, Old Forge, Pa.
"All are not harmful, but some
seem to thrill at resisting auth
ority by destroying private and
public authority." John. 0.
Miller, Orlando, Fla.
"They ape the 'beatniks' in re
belling against 'authority and con
forming to their own non - con
formist standards." A.E. Blake
man, Montpelicr, Vt.
"They cannot be" controlled,
their behavior is unpredictable."
K: E. Wright, Provo, Utah.
"Their presence prohibits de
velopment of individual thinking."
C. J. Olson, Green Bay, Wis.
"Their use of words like
'chicken' and their constant re
sort to dares indicates their mo-
cow-
tivation. Numbers make
ard brave." Ralph W. Hutchins
Kno.wille, Tcnn.
Solutions offered by the teach
ers to the teen-aged gang prob
lem ranged all the way from
coddling them to clobbering them.
Here are some typical answers
to the question "How do you
think youth gangs can best be
coinbatted?
"Strong parental, police and
school control." Jane Fisher,
ioledo, Ohio.
"By . approaching them in
positive manner, making clubs out
of gangs. LaSalle Mayes, Li-
Bound.
Alaska by kathtvn Uliiaiuw
Kight diffiicnt Alaskas lie with
in the boundaries of I In) 40lh state.
Each one is unique in appearance,
climate, natural resources, discov
ery, developments and history.
Each occupies a vast region all to
itself, marked off by seas, oceans,
river systems, mounlfin ranges,
islands or ice.
the author takes the reader on
a guided tour through the high
ways and byways of these areas,
including the Southeastern Coast,
Gulf Coast. Western Alaska, Ber
ing Sea Lowlands, Central Alaska,
Northwestern Alaska, Arctic Alas
ka and Bering Sea islands. Trips
by boat, plane, railway, bus and
cars are outlined. Also given is
practical advice on clothing, shel
ter, food, prices, hunting and fish
ing, etc., as well as fascinating
stories about the history of the
places visited.
Ideas Given
Do you ever run out of ways to
keep junior occupied? Well, worry
no more because a new aid to wor
ried mothers has been added to
the adult non-fiction section. "838
Ways To Amuse A Child," by June
Johnson gives crafts, hobbies and
creative ideas for keeping a child
from six to 12 busy. Supplemented
with 124 illustrations and diagrams
easy-to-follow directions for hun
dreds of simple and inexpensive
things for boys and girls to make,
to do and to enjoy by themselves
or with the family are given.
The book includes suggestions
for crafts and hobbies; interesting
and easy experiments with chem
istry, astronomy, soil conservation,
meteorology and physics; and
understanding of insects, animals.
geology, flowers, gocgraphy and
trees. Thhi is a book that requires
no special skills of the child or
parent, nor difficult or liaid-to-gel
a written guided lour of ! l0's- ' is planned for convenient.
every -nay use aim wui provide
many hours of creative enjoyment
and useful preparation fur Uie
years ahead.
True Experience Told
"Back To Berlin" by V. B. Carle
ton is an actual experience and
true events, but the names of the
people involved have been chang
ed. The persons mentioned are still
living in Berlin. The book's sub
title. "An Exile Returns," is the
heart of the story. Its central char
acter is Eric Devon, who returns
with his wife from the West
Indies to England, lie is emotional
ami in a psychological crisis. The
author encounters them and dis
covers that Erie has had a break
down and has been recovering
from it in Jamaica.
In short, Eric Devon is a Ger
man hy the name of Erich Dalburg
and since the advent of Hitler, he
has denied and abandoned his true
identity. With his English wife
Nora, Erie returns to Berlin after
20 years of absence, as a man who
had been dead to his friends, his
family and his country. As he
meets these old acquaintances
again, he learns that the Ger
many he haled during the Hitler
regime and the people he had ac
cused of abetting the regime can
not be judged in black and white
terms. These encounters bring him
into a fuller realization of him
self as a human being and through
this becomes a mature and respon
sible individual.
This book reveals the panorama
of Germany of the 30's and 40's
against the present background of
Berlin. This book is must read
ing for all adults.
Olher new arrivals at the li
brary are:
Adult non-fiction: Adventures of
a Biographer. Catherine Bowen;
Coming Political Breakthrough,
Chester Bowles; No Stone Unturn
ed, Louis Brennan; Grant Moves
South, Bruce Cation; Country
Blues, Samuel Charters; Fireside
Book of Humorous Poetry, William
Cole; Subway to the Met, Kylo
Crichlon; A Pearl To India, Vin
cent Cronin; Report on the Atom,
Gordon Dea l; Touch of Innocence,
Katherine Dunham; Tiger House
Party, Emily Hahn; Wolfe at Que
bec, Christopher Hibhert: Horn
Hook Sample; Sleuths, Slayers and
Swindlers, Alan Hynd; The Art of
Driftwood and Dried Arrange
ments, Tatsuo Isliimoto; George
Catlin and the Old Frontier. Har
old McCracken; She Had a Magic,
Brian O'Brien: From Galaxies to
Man, John Pfeiffer; Queen Mary,
18117-1953, James Pope-llennessay;
Training You To Train Your Dog,
Blanche Saunders.
Adult fiction: Shalom, Dean Bre
lis; Hit and Run, John Creasy;
Prize Master, Harvey Haislip;
Small Mosaics of Mr. and Mrs.
Engel, Patricia Collinge.
Young modern fiction: Lead-off
Man, Dick Friendlich; Leslie
Takes The Skyroad, Patricia
O'Malley; Saint Joan of Arc,
Beevers; Nine Who Chose Ameri
ca, Life International; Woman Doc
tor of the West, Helen Miller; Mod
ern Biology, Truman Moon.
Reference: Golden Book En
cyclopedia, volumes one through
16.
Juvenile fiction: Young Kce of
Korea, Paul Anderson; Secret of
the Old Coach Inn, Harriet Evatt;
Molly's Miracle, Lined Nash; The
Snowflnkc and the Starfish, Rob
ert Nathan; Whistle Punk of Camp
15, Glen Rounds.
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'Operation Alert' Plans Elaborate; Scheduled For First Week In May
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Civ
il Defense "Operation Alert
1960," scheduled for the first week
of May, promises to be quite a
show.
Advance preparations are the
most elaborate ever. This is par
ticularly true of the Conelrad drill
on Tuesday. May 3. which will
suspend regular programs for 30
minutes on every radio and TV
station in the country.
President Eisenhower may de
liver a special radio message dur
ing this period, perhaps from an
"alternate White House" outside
Washington.
The Conelrad drill will start at
1 p.m. EST. Basically it will test
the mechanics of the system, de
signed to confuse direction find
ers on enemy cratt. Conelrad
stands for control of electronic ra
diation. Federal Communications Com
missioner Robert E. Lee, who han
dles defense matters tor the com
mission, is anxious that the 30
minute test will convey a sense of
urgency.
The special broadcast is expect-
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ed to be pitched to this theme: maneuver which would throw enc
"Be prepared build a bomb shel- my direction finders into a dither,
ter-equip yourself with a battery- Ml television operations will be
operated radio which will keep you ciosed down completely during the
in touch with local and national Mav 3 lcst- as wi, most FM adjo
authorities in the event of a bomb stations. Some FM stations will
rald' continue on the air with state civil
Lee ruled. "No music shall be defense networks,
broadcast by any participating sta- In tic May test, Conelrad sta
tion under any circumstances dur- ,ions will aU connected by wire,
ing the 30-minute period of this Auout 30 seconds before the May
drlU- 3 drill, every radio and TV an-
In the Conelrad system, radio! nouncer in the more than 5.OU0
stations which have signed up to i broadcasting stations across the
take part will immediately shift to I country will sav: "For the next
either 640 or 1240 kilocycles, a 1 30 minutes, this station will dis
continue its regular programming
to cooperate with the United States
government in testing the Conelrad
emergency broadcast system."
A high pitched tone will be
heard for 15 seconds.
The announcers will say: "This
station now leaves the - air to co
operate with the UnitedStates gov
ernment in conducting a Conelrad
drill. Please tune your radio to
640 or 1240 kilocycles for a special
civil defense program. Normal
broadcasting will be resumed in
approximately 30 minutes."
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