'BLOCK AND TACKLE' Club to Help Stutterers Started by Speech Prof By Melon Jones Emerald Aitocijto Editor F.vnyonc stutters once in ;i fhilc, and nobody notices it. J^ut lor thrt-e unfortunate Jicople who stutter often r sough so that it is noticeable, therapy is needed. School niay be torture for the stuttering1 young ster. An adult career may be hurt ^ecati' <• of stuttering. D)-. Kenneth Wood, of the Uni versity of Oregon speech depart mcht, has found a new way to help Hugei • stutterers, and a way that gets around the clinical situation of syllable tests and exercises. It's called Block and Tackle, and li’s a sort of "stutterers’ club.” (iruup Meets at 8U .Every Monday evening about ZD * .utterers, mostly adult towns people, gather in the Student Union building on campus to fight their special speech problem. Bldtk and Tackle is authorized by ♦he school’s speech department, hit Is Dr. Wood’s special interest. 'rtu- big step in getting over Er.utteiing Is to be able to talk Bbout it, according to Dr. Wood. Block and Tackle members re |*te embarrassing experiences of *k"Jr own—experiences that were embarrassing to them because hey stuttered. They share their ^♦dblems over a cup of coffee. Psychodramas Used ^Members also take part in psy ciodramas—play situations In >diich they must argue a point or Hffend themselves. These situa tfoffs are designed so that anxiety \»W1 be caused in the actor, for anxiety is the big reason for stu t«ring. • “Suppose,” suggests a student speech clinician, "that Mr. Jones i5 your boss. He asks you to bring 1dm a certain paper. You have filed the paper wrong and can’t find it. Mr. Jones is mad. Now Winter Term Grants Released Twenty-three new scholarships have been awarded for winter term, according to a list released l.y 'the office of student affairs. The awards fall into three cate goric -■ : state fee, Oregon mothers’ supplementary, and miscellaneous, affuhs. The awards fall into three categories: state fee, Oregon itiothc i s’ supplementary, and mis cellaneous. Recipients of grants are state ffce, partial tuition: Warren Dav idson, Margaret Dobson, Yvonne H°lm, Marlene Lewis, Shirley Ann JfeCoy, Carolee Stamper and Rose Warner. Oregon mothers: Carol R. Kld jidge, Jill Hutchings, Sarah Jane Jleeley, Loris Larson, Carol Saltus, Fren Kudriaveev and Alfred Wade iiaton. Miscellaneous: James Briggs, FriTdence Ducich, Alfred Wade jetton, Lois Jean Frolen, Theodore poh, William Albeit Hall, Patricia ye Johnson, Mary Eloise Peter 11 and Emslcv Rogers. frowsfng Room . (Continued from faejc one) xy. The building originated' the Saloon frame construction,’’ one the most fundamental elements American architecture. Lmong other buildings from >fch basic American forms have (lived, he pointed out the funda ltal features of the original ^scraper frame whicli w s in kted in the 1880’s in th. 7hi ■o area. what do you say to racli other?" Then the scene is acted. Telephone conversations are also frequently used. Student speech therapists attend each Block and Tackle session. They participate in the discussions as if they, too, were stutterers. The experience is helpful, said Elaine Chambers, senior in speccli correction at the university. Wrong Attitude People quickly develop the wrong attitude toward stutterers, Miss Chambers explained. They are either too impatient or too sympathetic. By contact with Block and Tackle members, stu dent clinicians get used to stut tering. Stuttering has been defined as an "anticipatory, apprehensive, hypertonic, avoidance reaction.” This means simply that a person who stutters is afraid he might do so, freezes up, and then stut ters anyway because he is tense. 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Positions mav lead to assignment all over the world for three years or longer on a career basis. for additional information and appoint ments for intervews, contact the graduate placement office in Kmcrald hall. S. L. Scott, personnel director of Du Pont, will be on campus Feb. lb to interview stu dents holding a I’ll. 1). in chemistry and any other interested parties for postions with the firm. Additional information and appointments may be obtained at the graduate placement office in Kmerald hall. childhood, shyness, or some psy chological reaction. People stutter r/iost when they’re talking over their heads, to disinterested listeners, in r.om petition with others, in situations involving conflict, or other distrac ting or disturbing circumstance.'!. Stutterers Are Intelligent Tile stutterer is as intelligent as other people, and may have ,a very high I.Q. It has been said of extremely intelligent stutterers that their minds go so fast, their tongues can't keep up. Stuttering is not hereditary. It runs in families, but only in the same way Catholicism can be said to run in families. Aristotle thought stuttering was due to a defective tongue, but stuttering is never physical, as far as modern science can tell. Yet as little as 100 years ago, doctors were following Aristotle's theory and cutting off part of the tongue as treatment. If they had looked closely at the tongue, they would have known it was normal. Practically all stu terers can sing, a mouth maneuver that requires much fancier action than ordinary speech. Four Boys to One Girl At school age, more boys than girls stutter. The ratio is about four to one. This is because girls learn to speak, read, and write faster than boys. Left-handed children who are forced to use their right hands may develop stuttering. About one in every 100 children stutters for some reason. In children stuttering may be traced to an unhappy home life, or to some definite cause of anxiety. In adults the cause may not be found so easily, as it usually goes back to childhood. An almost sure cure, however, is to persuade the stutterer to talk as much as pos sible, and especially to talk about his problem. Block and Tackle does just that. 'Krispie Mystie' On Sale Feb. 19 “Have a Golden Krispie Mys tic"—so goes the slogan of the annual Phi Theta Upsilon Mystie sale. “Are you wondering what a 'Golden Krispie Mystie’ is? Then you'll have to keep on wondering until Feb. 19 and 20 when the ‘Mysties’ are slated to be sold,” said Marilyn Parrish and Doreen Gienger, general chairmen of the sale. The Feb. 20 sale will be held in conjunction with Women’s day on the campus. 'THE HEALING PRAYER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE' is the title of A FREE LECTURE By Lela May Aultman, C.S., of Denver, Colorado Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. 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