12 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, June 22, 1949
HORROR CHARACTERS DEPLORED
'Bogey Men' Called Bad
In Small Fry's Entertainment
By JOHN ROSENBl'RG
(United Prew staff Correspondent)
New York U.R) Alfred Wallace, producer of children'! plays,
believei the "bogey man" should be eliminated from entertain
ment for small fry.
He advocated that such class
ics as "Hansel and Gretel,"
"Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" and "Cinderella" be
banned for young audiences be
cause "they feature a 'horror
type of villain."
"The villain who makes chil
dren scream with fear has no
place in their entertainment,"
he said. "Children are extreme
ly impressionable and have
vivid imaginations. Many vil
lain parts in plays for young
sters create a fear of the dark
and the unknown and stimulate
bad dreams.
He said some parts warp a
child's attitude toward the aged
and persons who are not perfect
physically.
"In many plays, elderly wo
men are depicted as witches,"
he explained. "They kill little
children and even cook them
and devour them, according to
the story.
"That's not a very healthy
psychological diet for a child.
This type of character often
causes a child to identify all
elderly women with witches."
Wallace, supervisor of Wal
lace Puppet Productions, said he
has been giving children's shows
for 12 years and has several
troupes touring the United
States, Canada and South Amer
ica the year round.
"I've discovered that children
learn the so-called 'moral' of
stories much better by laughing
at their characters," he added.
"It is absolutely unnecessary to
frighten them.
"Naturally, the element of
conflict has to be present in
every story. But why make a
deformed person, a person with
an Impediment in speech, or one
who is ugly the villain of the
piece?"
He said villainly could be por
trayed without scaring children
and still be effective "from the
lesson standpoint."
'Selfishness, untruthfulness.
uncleanliness and stupidity can.
and should be substituted for
the usual type of villainy," he
said.
Wallace said he thought the
five best plays for children
"Uncle Remus" dramatiza
tions "Raggedy Ann', "Peter
and the Wold," "Tubby thej
Tuba," "Toddle, the Railroad
Train."
Church Has Picnic
Hopewell The Hopewell
United Brethren church observ
ed Father's Day with a special
sermon and singing followed by
a basket dinner served in the
Williamson state park in Wheat
land district.
First Commencement
At Vocation School
Klamath Falls, June 22 W)
Oregon Technical Institute, the
state's vocational school here,
holds its first annual commence
ment exercise Friday,
The graduation program in
the evening will conclude a day
of open house for visitors at the
school, which occupies the
sprawling wartime marine bar
racks plant.
Dr. Rex Putnam, state super
intendent of public instruction,
will be the commencement
speaker. Diplomas will be hand-
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VFW Open Convention
Coos Bay, June 22 W The -
state Veterans of Foreign Wars
opened their annual convention
here today. It will continue '
through Saturday. About 900
delegates are expected before '
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