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G roves again points out th at sm oking. I ’d like ro com m ent too. | love th e Lord th y God w ith all
F irst I ’d like to say th a t I th y h e a rt, and w ith all th y soul,
w h e re a delinquency p a tte rn de­
realize
th a t discipline m ust be and w ith all thy mind. T his is
TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 8, 1954
velops
over
a
period
of
several
m erit of the case. His exp lan atio n
q
u
ite
a
p
ro b lem for the au th o ri- , the first com m andm ent. And the
y
e
a
rs
th
a
t
"
th
e
re
is
d
a
n
g
e
r
th
at
was as follow s:
1 ties at tim es. How ever, I feel th a t j second is like u nto it, Thou sh alt
he
will
re
v
e
rt
to
the
fo
rm
er
mode
1. T h e real trouble began w hen
those in ch arg e of o u r children love th y neighlxir as thyself. On
th e m o th e r m inim ized the first of behavior w hen he ag ain faces
! should not only be train ed , they th ese tw o com m an d m en ts hang
th
w
a
rtin
g
s
tu
a
tio
n
.”
On
the
violation w ith the statem en t, “I
. should have th e right kind h ea rt all th e law and th e prophets. St.
did th e sam e thing when I w as a su rfa ce p a re n ts tend to look only
at th e a c tu a l o f f nse w h e th e r it w ithin them . Th«‘y should know M ath. 22:37-40. To m e th a t solves
kid, but d id n 't g t caught.
n
ig h t he sm oking, o r tru an c e, or w h at it m eans to not only love all the problem s, b u t of course
T o All P a re n ts :
2. In th e early tre a tm e n t of drinking. A ctually the sig n ifican t th e ir own children, but w hat it religion is iot to be ta u g h t in
W ith all of the “ado” in th the case, th e m o th er developed th e
situ a tio n is th a t the individual in a ns to lov e o th e r people’s chil­ public schools, so p erh ap s th ere
“ L e tte rs to th e E d ito r,” I should !, inld w as “ fra m e d ” or "picked
a re many v ho don’t know' about
has re v erted broken over - t o his dren also.
lik e to come into your hom e in o n ” a ttitu d e on the part ol th e
this.
m ode of behavior.
D
iscipline
s
a
word
I
feel
m
any
th is issue of th e “P ilo t” and ta lk boy u n til he got to th e place
Now' th a t som e of th e d elin ­ people do not u n d erstan d . It is a ~ A nyw ay t seems to me th a t
to you about a m u tu al problem of w here he failed to accept any r e ­
quency
p a tte rn is indicate«!, I su b ject w hich teac h ers and p a r­ m an mad« ru les o r law s are som e­
p a re n ts and th e school, th e d e­ sponsibility for his actions.
should like to indicate the non- en ts m ight discuss to try to find th in g to go by, but at tim e s we
velopm ent of delinquency p a tte rn s
3. T he m o th er had alw ays g o t­
m u st consider if it is best to be
am o n g children. In w ritin g this ten th e boy out of the pen alty for delinquency p a tte rn as fa r as the out its tru e m eaning.
right or if it is b e tte r to bo re a ­
To
me
it
seem
s
th
a
t
to
have
school
is
concerned.
Send
the
a r tic le I do not claim to be in violation u n til the boy got to th e
a u th o rity ; I m erely bring som e place w here he believed he could school y o u r child who is cheerful, I dis, ip! ne one necessarily need sonable and u n d erstan d in g . In
w ell nourished, properly clothed, lo punish. I ’d be w illing to bet o th e r words, to have enough love
of th observ ations of a few a u ­ I ' alw ays g et aw ay w ith it.”
w ho w a n ts to learn, who is tau g h t j th a t th e re a re teac h ers whom in o u r h e a rts to be able to show
th o ritie s on the m a tte r.
4. S ince the m o th er developed at hom e to resp ect a u th o rity , and th e ch ild ren ad m ire and respect ju stic e and not to just punish.
T h is case study presented is the I th e “he w as fram ed ” a ttitu d e on
to ch e erfu lly obev- th e reg u latio n s I so m uch th at th e re is no problem
MRS. JA M E S DO N N ELLY .
F tory ot a school sa lu ta to ria n . ! the p art of th e hoy, he soon be­
of th e hom e and the school, and of discipline.
T h a t is he should have been s a lu ­ cam e an tag o n istic to any on * who
O nce a long tim e ago. when I
to ac cep t responsibility for his
ta to ria n of his class for his m en tal had any a u th o rity o v er him,
w
as
ju st th ro u g h high school, I
ow n actions, and I'll g u a ra n te e
ab ility w as som ew hat low er than w h e th e r teacher, principal, police
th a t th e child will gain a re aso n ­ w as left in ch a rg e of a sm all boy j
th e valed icto rian, but higher th an o r judge.
who m ade m e furious b cause I
ab ly g«xxl education.
th e sa lu ta to ria n . The case stu d y
5. S m o k i n g
and
tru a n c y
could not m ak e him mind. I had
S
en
d
y
o
u
r
child
to
school
who
p re se n ts m any side lights on th e am o u n ted to the sam e th in g as
is m orose, crabby, ad v erse to | a wise au n t who told m e th a t all
problem .
fa r as th e boy was concerned
w ork, w ith no respect for a u ­ on e had to do to have discipline
'Phis is the story. T he boy cam e both re p resen ted a u th o rity to the
th o rity , and who does not cheer- I w as to love enough. M any tim s
to th e sm all town from one of boy, and since he despised any
fully obey th e re g u latio n s of th e : I ’ve thought of this. P erh ap s we 1
th e largest high schools in the one w ith au th o rity , he show ed his
hom e, and is tau g h t a t hom e th a t all have a d ifferen t idea of w hat ,
S ta te T his larg e high school had re sen tm e n t by breaking a m ajo r
it
is not im p o rtan t to obey th ? love is, but if w e love we c e rtain ly |
alm o st E verything to o ffer P rin ­ rule.
care. W e c e rta in ly w ant w hat is
6. W hen th e boy got to th e re g u la tio n s of th e school, and best for anyone.
cipal Dean ot Boys, several sup-
I ’ll g u a ra n te e you th a t he c a n ’t
r r v is s, and a D irecto r of R ecrea­ place w here he failed to accept
I t rem inds m e of th e Ten Com- -
get
m uch from school. But he
tio n High School courses w ere a l­ rdsponsibility for his actions, w on’t b e c o m 1 a delinq u en t, he m an d m en ts. God gave those to I
m ost u nlim ited T he boys carried and felt th a t o th e rs w ere alw ays
m an as rules to live by and they
shop courses along w ith th e usual to filarne for his action he had a ,re a d Y *s a delinquent.
a re still ru les to live by, but w’hen
W hen you sit down to w rite the C h rist cam e H e said— Thou S h alt
¡History and English. By th e tim e become a delin q u en t. It only r e ­
next
" le tte r to th e e d ito r” w on’t
m
ained
for
tim
e
and
c
irc
u
m
­
lie w as halfw ay through hrs S op­
you ponder o v er th e case stu d y
Ä d v tr iifm tn t
h o m o re year, he had failed one stan ce s to w ork out the p a tte rn .
V arious w rite rs have pointed p resen ted h e re ? If th e le tte r m ust
course, and received the lowest
w ritte n , w on’t you g et per-
possible passing m ark s in several out th a t delinquency has its be- '
J o e M a rsh
o th ers. He had also, by then b«»en ginnings a t very ea rly age, very m ission from th e stu d en t and his
sent hom e once lo r T ru an cy and often in th e hom e, som etim es in I p a re n ts to stu d y th e e n tire file,
<OCe for an accusation of sm oking. , the school, and continues in the all th e correspondence concerning
E ac h tim e the m other m inim ized hom«», th e school, and th e com ­ the stu d e n t, all th e record of
th e son's impro|M»r behavior; each m unity. Groves, in his book. tru an c y , all of th e a tte m p ts of
tim e she blam ed th e school for | "D ynam ic M ental H ygiene” «alls the school to s tra ig h te n out the
stu d en t, all of th e ex p lan a tio n s
not having h ad discipline which a tte n tio n to som e of these fa c to rs:
”R «jsentm ent to w an l all au- of tard in e ss and absen ce? W on’t
w ould keep h er son out of trouble.
it and hurry down to buy that
Ladies Aid Society had their
“ A fter all," she said, “It is really th o rity because of its m ode of ex ­ you also ta k e into con sideration
jacket back. This is the third time
all
of
th
e
tu
n
e
and
w
o
rry
th
a
t
Vummage
sale
the
other
night—
pression
in
the
hom
e
and
fam
ily
n o t my son’s fa u lt; the teach ers
I ’ve done it!”
and as soon as the doors opened,
ap p ears to be th e u n d erly in g fac­ fo rm e r teac h ers, th«' school, the
alw ay s pick on him .”
principal,
and
in
m
any
cases
the
“Easy”
Roberts
was
inside.
From where I sit, everyone’s en­
T h e fam ily then m oved to a to r in m any eases of delinquency.”
"T he di’lin q u en t sibling w as board, has spent in the attem p t
Without a word, he headed titled to his own likes — whether
sm all town w ith a crow ded high
it’s a sports jacket, a baseball
straight for the coat counter,
school T he boy m ade no b e tte r alw ays an individual who had ai to help th e stu d e n t m ake th e a d ­
team, or the beverage he likes for
an d no w orse adjustm ent in the som e tim e in his developm ent ju s tm e n t? W on’t you also ta k e
picked out a shabby old tweed
smfcll school th an he had in the been blocked in his nix'd for s a t ­ into consult ra tio n th e g re at p e r ­
jacket, and paid for it. “ Easy” dinner. For example, the wife
la rg e city school D uring the first isfying p e r s o n a l relatK inships cent of pupils who have had very
likes coffee along with Saturday
told me a little later that buying
little difficulty in m akin g a d ju s t­
y e a r and a h alf in the sm all high w ithin th e fam ily circle, w hile
night spaghetti while I like a
his
jacket
back
was
getting
to
school, the hoy had failed in tw o th«' non-delinquent included in the m ent to school?
glass of beer. W’e never try to
be a regular habit.
G roves also points out th at
«•curses, and received th e lowest study escaped such f r u s tr a tio n s ”
“sell’’ each other on our personal
“ T h a t’s been my fa v o rite
"If p a re n ts have been lax in "Th«' com m unity a ttitu d e is a fte r
possible ’p assing m a rk s five tim es.
smoking jacket for years,” he preferences.
By this tim e he had Ixvn absent th eir discipline of th e ir children, all th e sum to tal of the a ttitu d e of
said. “And my wife talks me into
X ie
fro m school m any tim es, and very such children do not learn to its citizens. He also points out u n ­
giving
it away regularly. Then I
o ften tard y . R arely ever did a govern them selves, and lack th ' conscious m o tiv atio n of d elin ­
get to thinking flow much I like
no te from hom e place any re ­ ability to practice self re s tra in t." q uent behavior w as th e co n certed j
form
of
public
opinion
condoning
j
T
his
p
re
sen
tatio
n
of
th
e
re
­
sp o n se ility on the Ixiv for his
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absent » o r tard in e ss By this tim e, sponsibility ot th e hom e is not in ­ c e rta in form s of law breaking, j
he ha I been sent horn«' for sm ok­ tended to indicate th a t the schixil and a ttitu d e to w ard s law and au - •
ing >nd again his m o th e r m ade ias no responsibility in th«’ d e ­ tho ritv . B efore you w rite your
a rra n g e m e n ts fo r h e r son to r e ­ linquency problem of y outh, but le tte r, w on't you also ta k e into
tu rn to school on “p ro b a tio n .” ra th e r to indicate a joint resptin- co n sid eratio n w h e th e r or not your
»TBuss sym ptom « tt du e to a vdam tn d o flrlo n c y occur only wtion dotty In ta k e ot yttam lna B i . B i . and nlacta
Again she m alignt'd th«' school and ibility «if the p aren t an d the te tte r will c o n trib u te tow ards
la taaa than m a u m u n i «tatty ra q u tro m rn t« over a p ro lo n c a d p a rto d . In th s m s a lv a s , tttey do not pro « «
a d ie ta ry d a fk ta n c y as the y m ay hava o th e r causes or ba dwa to fu n c tio n a l c o ndntona
sehtxil
In
the
case
cite«!
above,
such
m
o
tiv
a
tio
n
?
W
hat
will
its
p rin cip a l to r th e ir fa ilu re to
how ever, the hom e fa c to r m ade «fleet be on the boy or girl w ith
teach discipline.
Don’t give up. Special Formula
Din ing th e first h a lf of th e n e x t it im possible for e ith e r th e local a d elin q u en t p a tte rn who is on
police
o
r
th«'
schixil
to
w
ork
out
th
e
way
back,
and
is
h
esitatin
g
j i 'a r , the lxi> w as absent several
supplies iron you may need
i in« s, and ta rd \ m any tim es w ith ­ a solution to the case Actually at th e c ro ssro a d s?
LYNN O H A M PTO N ,
o u t a c c e p tin g an y responsibility th ro u g h o u t the several .past years
for rich red blood
S u p e rin te n d e n t. B rookings
in th e m a tte r. E x planations from the m o th er bad actually btx'ii con­
Schools.
bom«' usually “excused” th e son. trib u tin g to th«' delinquency of her
IXr> you feel ru n dow n, norv o u e o r
pr«-»s«*d? Ixiet y o u r a p p e tite c o n s tip a te d
.'g a in th e lx»y followed his p re v ­ son.
—b o th ered by «li»r«>jit»vc u p e o t? * You m ay
B rookings, O regon
W here anti-stx'ial b eh a v io r has
ious p a tte rn and was this tim e
bo su fferin g fro m iro n -a n d -v ita m in s t a r ­
A
pril
1,
1951
persiste«!
over
a
period
of
several
* xpelb'd for sm oking. Again the
v a tio n over a prolonirod p e rio d . BEX EL
th e S pecial high-potency F o rm u la eu p p lifS
1 w ish t« deny th e sta te m e n t
m o th e r t di
I th e sch o o l; h»'r ye tis, jf is b a rd f«ir p a re n ts t a
s , . ¿ ¡ mop .try quartit»« - o f iro n fo r rich ,
son had
• •»’
« «d
< ilate. laer the »‘V uh nee «hat apparently a ttr ib u te d to m e by Mrs. McGin-
'«’ e
ro>i
U mm I Hud i . A \ ita iim r eaioray.
a n d th«' sch«x>
>«i tak«
¡tat tern h a s de- nis th a t I «lid not know th e s tif.
E ach B E \ ! I. cap su le giv« you 5 tim<*e
iw »V a delinquent
th> daily m lim um re q u ire m e n ts of blood-
b is opportunit.v \ ain neitlv r th e \< oped Sum- tim es th e p aren t p« Hally th a t pupils w ould be
bui -ling : , n ; jv - r e th a n th e daily m in i­
m o th e r o r th«'
i accep • ! a n y half la c e s th issue and tiecides dropped from schixil for sm oking.
m um . f ad i • t -:al B - r ita m in e ; p lus
Mr.
H
am
pton
w
ent
over
th
e
m
a
t­
Hut an d tr a c e m in -
responsibility ft ’h«' boy’s < iction. f«' mov ♦ «■> p t'i'w location to solve
l w o n d e rfu l new pop
K
te
r
in
a
fa
cu
lty
m
eetin
g
in
my
D uring th«' s • • tim e f
the
p
.»blent
H
ere
no
one
seem
-
b« IV
\ w ith BRXEI. now
w a s having t n
e at sc ol, he » ii;ly not ¡ci's him. Then. in o rd e r p resence th e first of th e year.
ail d ru g sto re s.
w as also havin
ouble w 1 It th«' t > get a tte n tio n , be again, cont- F u rth e rm o re , I set up as train in g
W o rd erfvt naw onargy
fo r
th an
its the o ov v « er act of disolx dience. ru les for a th le te s th a t th e re sh ill
local ixilice Ei • such t
*S PS
j H PC
>3CY
o d a ft
• sq u irre lin g .” 1«
exhaust noises n o n I •r to
t the a tte n tio n h« be no sm oking o r d rin k in g by anv
M O N E Y BACK
in fro n t of hom
te at n
get. The m o th er, m em b er of th e team , and t¡' it
». an.l v as fi ding
GUARANTEE
fin ally c a r th e n Each tin «» t he r fa th e r, to
m ay have m issed m em b ers v iolating the train in g
if yoti d o « ’» fe e l
m o th e r got tin txiy out of his the a tte n tio n t hey had Ixx'n re- re g u la tio n w ould be dism issed
n otice a b ly b etter
SPECIAL FORM ULA CAPSULES
“ja m .” Each tim e she sym pathize 1 reiv in g in th- form er com m unity, from the team .
otter your first bot-
MADE ANO GUARANTELO BY
w ith h e r son, th at tin jxilic«' w ere and ag ain com m ence th e sam e
A R T H U R W. G U TH R IE.
tU ot B t X t ti
MCKESSON S ROBBINS, BR lD G IK otU .Conn.
“ pick in g ” on h er son. B ut fin ally rum pus, m ake the sam e a ecus a -
April. 1951
th e sen had gone th ro u g h th e tiotis they w ere m ak in g in th«'
• delinquency p a tte r n ” to w here fo rm e r com m unity. T hus the- IX*ar F
«ir :
Now
h er eom plalning th a t the school , ««re again so in in th e ir form e
»ther am-
te r
if th« dis-
th e pel ee w ere u n ju st to h-*r p ra ctice of in creasin g th e bey s in« n t i
the ¡ubi«
i. 'a had to be ♦old tn th«' jiwi*’ '
lelirq n »m'y
senior from sctnxil for
Hi.-sal
1 X 2 X Rrnnkinox
I h r h o r I P ilo
Ihe
Juven,le offlcer m ade several
DrOOKUlgS-riarDOr
llOI t co
m m en ts concerning the develop-
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