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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1938)
Wednesday, August 31, 1938 The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Wine uie ureai Decline in ! Fatalities : By Russell E. Singer . General Hinittr, American Automo- ,' Association i ; School safety patrols first organ , toed sixteen yean ago when the number of child fatalltte presented ; en of the most serious aspects of : the traffic safety problem have be- : come a definite part of the safety movement In all parts of the country ' and the protection to be offered f youngsters during the 1938-39 school v year will be on a larger scale than , ever before. , j With the re-openlng of schools, I approximately 375,000 boys and girls r, in more than S000 widely scattered . communities will be at their posts on school comers, dally protecting ar' a ound 7,500,000 youngsters enroute to : and from school. The patrols, spon- . sored by AAA motor clubs In cooper I 1 atlon with school and police author!' : ties, are functioning to keep school ' children on sidewalks until traffic Is clear and the members are specifics! - 4 ly Instructed not to direct traffic or r ! have any part In handling the move ment of vehicles. As a result of this organised safety effort and the fine responsibility I training given patrol members, par' , i enU no longer look to reopening of ' schools with fear for the safety of r4 their children. i Record Is Bright Spot j In fact, during the past thirteen J years there has been a steady year Si fewvear Itivrmu In th mimbffr of j fatalities Involving children In the ftve-to-fourteen age group. This rec ord has been one of the really bright spots In the traffic safety picture. Evidence of the part the school safety patrols now have In the safety movement Is found In the statements of outstanding leaders In every phase of national activity. President Boose a) , velt said of the patrols: "Theirs Is a , jwork of Inestimable value to every ' community In which It Is carried . out." General John J. Pershing said: ('-. "I have observed these youngsters at t their posts of duty and believe that 5 v they are not only doing a fine thing I ' from the standpoint of national i safety, but are receiving splendid training." rouowing tne seventn an. nual parade of 12,000 school patrol , .' members from 18 states In Wash , I lngton last May, Senator Charles O. ' j Andrews of Florida praised the ;; school safety patrol program on the floor of the United States senate. These examples of public Interest are cited to show widespread appre ciation for the part the patrols now play In safeguarding youngsters ev erywhere. Standard Insignia The standard Insignia for patrol members Is the white Sam Browne belt and special badges. The belt Is adequate to attract the attention of Be Sure Yours Is in Happy, Expectant Frame of Mind By Clara Savage Uttledale Editor, The Parents' Magazine lien you have checked off all the items on your list of "Thinsrs to Do Before School Starts" take time to ask your self, "Have I left out the most important thing; of all am I sending my child back to school mentally and emotionally ready to make whatever new adjustments may arise?" In other words, try to find out whether Mrs. Uttledale or not your child Is starting out the school year In a happy, expectant frame of mind. This golng-to-sehool business, after the first eventful year. Is apt to become much too routine In most families. New shoes, trips to the dentist, a health check - up and other neces sary procedures shouldn't be ne glected. But there are other Import ant preparations with which the child's parents should concern themselves. Chief among these Is understanding your child's emotional make-up and just how he Is meeting his everyday problems. Take the grade-school child how did your boy or girl of this age get along with his teacher last year? Of course, we no longer have open warfare between teacher and pu pils as In the days when the vil lage schoolmaster would stride across the platform end of the school room brandishing a willow switch. But when one teacher has within her charge thirty or forty complete- motorists under normal conditions and much of the success of the pro gram depends upon the cooperation of drivers. Supplementing the work of the patrols Is a broad program of safety education In elementary schools, which Includes safety lessons and posters. Millions of these are Issued annually to cooperating schools ana they are changed monthy so that they will be both timely and Inter esting. Every effort Is made to Improve upon youngsters' ways and means of self-protection and It Is not un usual to find children warning adults of safe pedestrian practices. Youngsters Interested There Is much evidence that the youngsters are taking a vital interest in the subject of safe use of the streets and highways and are setting a precedent In the effort to Improve existing conditions. Thus with years of experience be hind the child protection movement, and with parents and school author ities showing a high degree of v terest, there Is every reason to ex. pect a banner safety year. ly varied human beings, each need ing something different In the way of help and understanding, It would indeed be a miracle if at least one child's needs weren't neglected. Did this unlucky youngster happen to be yours? And are you letting that unsolved difficulty, that feeling the child must have had of not quite measuring up I know, he wont let on he'll be full of bravado and Insist he doesn't care what the teacher thinks of him are you let ting all this carry over Into the new school year? Study Your Child But what can you do about It? You can study your own child so j Newest Thing Newest thing in back-to-school fashions be cause they serve both the need for eturdiness for active girls and attractiveness for stylish girls are dresses made of print ed crown spun rayon. m. pwee sHk Hwrae i mm l at eKCK TBESI POINTS f COATS 4ttRMtflBeMhaM TOvrtG SMART EXCLUSIVE MODESTLY PRICED that you understand why and bow he react to dlffreent situations. And you can make friends with his teacher so that you recognize and understand her approach to chil dren. If you sense that there Is apt to be misunderstanding because Johnny never could bear certain traits which the teacher appears to possess, prepare Johnny to adjust himself to this type of person. A mother once wrote us that an other mother had commiserated with her because "your Isabel has that dull, methodical Miss Brown for a teacher this year!" The first mother answered, "No, I don't think It Is too bad at all. Last year Isabel had sweet Miss Cum- mings, the year before that a rather erratic but brilliant teacher. I am glad that she will encounter a dif ferent personality In each grade. She can't begin too early to adjust herself to different kinds of peo ple." But perhaps you have a child who always gets along well with his teachers so you see no reason for "Interfering." Unfortunately good grades and pleasant relations with teachers do not by any means al ways Indicate a happy school child. For Instance, It may be that In spite of all your efforts to make your child feel secure In the love of his family he may be so Intimid ated by lordly fellows of his own age that he gets their lessons for them or spends most of his allow ance on them In order to buy popu larity. But what difference does a little cribbing or sharing his allow ance make, you are probably won dering. Simply that you dont want your child to grow Into a person who feels no natural ease with peo ple, who hesitate to trust to his own worth In makb-t a place for himself In the business and social world. Now It Is your child teacher who will b best able to give you Insight into your child's strength, weakness es and special problems. And you will need the teacher's help, too, In remedying any difficulty. In the example we have Just given, taking away the boy's allowance or pun ishing the whole school room for "cheating," as. we used to call It, wouldn't mend matters for your child. In fact, robbed of these social props he has made for himself, he is apt to retreat into adult com panionship exclusively. Or perhaps it would be nearer the truth to say that he will be driven to this by the taunts of his schoolmates over his sudden parsimony I Instead you will have to build up In the boy who is uncertain as to his own worth a recognition of the fact that all of us have different contributions to make to life, and that if we put the proper value on our own gifts neither too great nor too small a one others will accept us on that basis. We don't have to worry and tret In an effort to be like everybody else. In the first place, we wouldn't succeed anyway so w might as well learn early to be happy with cur own powers and make the most of them. Modem Trend This, In fact. Is the trend of mod ern education away from the rub ber stamp to the salvaging of the Individual child's potentialities. But a child's life can not be divided Into compartments having no relation to each other. His school life and his home life are closely Interwoven, the on Influencing the other. Dont you see, then, how If every mother would spend an hour with her child teacher once a month and If each faced the child's problems ob jectively, much could be accom plished? Nor doe this responsibility end with the grade school youngster. Is your boy or girl who has Just en tered high school adjusting satis factorily to Increased responsibility and decreased, supervision? Perhaps your college freshman Is making but a brave show at Inde pendence, frightened and lonely un der the surface. Then something has been lacking In bis early train ing. Now you will have to go slow ly, tactfully, In your effort to help because you ar up against his adolescent pride. But help you mustl Teaching children self-reliance doesn't mean putting them entirely Alliance for Henry L. Hess Sllverton At the second meeting of the newly organised Workers' Alliance at the K. p. ball In Silver ton last night the group had as guest speaker Trent Phillips, presi dent of the Workers' Alliance of Clackamas county, and A. E. Jones, also prominent In the Clackamas county organisation. The plea of the speaker was for a perfect harmony, a perfect unit and an active membership. Among definite recommendations w e re Hess for governor, Roy Hewitt of Salem for counsellor, and a cry of banding against organized capital. Capital was accused of fostering the spirit of wide-spread wars. So cialized dentistry and medical aid were favored. "No one should be taken off the WPA Jobs for even seasonal work of less pay," state Phillips. He said the place where the masses must get control by central unit organization was the WPA stations where the workers and sympathiz ers are collected. The question of on their own. In the words of a famous educator. Dr. Edmund E. Day, president of Cornell unlver slty. parents must stand by! low type house and high rent was discussed. "If It hadn't been for the Work, en Alliance organization we would have all been In a dole," said Jones, when a call for additional members to the original 16 signed up two week ago a charter members, was made. The federal art project cam In for approval. Dick Taylor presided a chair man of the meeting and Ous Deli la a secretary. Former Pastor Back Hazel Oreen Recent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ouy Looney were Rev. and Mr. John Wort man and children of Amboy. Wash. Rev. Wort man remained for only a brief visit and then continued on to Philomath where he will attend the Pacific Coast conference for Uni ted Brethren church which will be held In that city. Rev. Wortman was the last pastor to serve the local United Brethren church prior to the abandoning of church serv ice In this community. Mrs. Wort man and children will remain for several days and plan on visiting their many friends while here. Later, the Looneys and Wortman will at tend the closing session of the conference. Eighteen passenger planes are operated In the new service between 8hanghat. China, and Japan. MSBtSH ( An potntat QTvfl t tilery? Yet Shogmoor covers mem alL Designed and selected by the smartest buyers in the) country for Amer ican women, the best are seed women in the world, Shagmoor coats are topnotch. They are made oi exclusive Shagmoor fabrics, coo structed to resist wrink ling, moisture and dust. They are beautifully made, and carry on Shagmoor's tradition of quality. 118. Sfcwareoor monotone fabric with acetate rayon satin lining. Misaes' only. $25 Comes just one week earlier than usual, but Millers have prepared, for. such an emergency by having their school clothes arrive in time for your early choosing. 1 . v M: mrnL. 1 AfMi;il4A This year, more than ever, parents and school age younsters are going in for better quality! It seems that cheap clothes are ex pensive at any price... even though one's budget must be stretched to the very limit, pays to buy reasonably good Choose a store that specializes in down to earth good quality and rely upon their. judgement in outfitting the boy or aid with the proper school fashions, because after all, fashions do play a big part in the school room work. Properly outfitted, the student goes to work knowing his or her appear ance is in taking with good taste. While loads of school clothes are now on the display tables and in the shelves, others are being unpacked hurriedly to meet the great demand of the next few days: Every boy or girl of school age will find something of interest at Miller's this week. Watch the newspapers for further details Miller's cordially invite you, and you, and you come and shop, look, or visit through. It's the best way to learn "what's what" and why. j jf H JilillertV JS SAUM f oeeioosf MILLER'S
