Wednesday, August 31, 1938
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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