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Dr. Chisholm Says Children Are Nation's Most Important Product "The most important product of any country is its children," Dr. Brock Chisholm, specialist in world health problems, told the Southern Oregon Child Guidance Clinic association last night Dr. Chisholm spoke to about 150 people from Jackson, Doug las and Klamath counties who attended the association's an nual meeting at Hedrick Junior High school. His subject was "Growing Up in a New Kind of World." The development of children will determine whether or not the human race will survive, he said. The speaker noted that a new kind of thinking is neces sary now because we are living in a new kind of world. Conditions for Survival "Conditions for survival now are different than at any other time in the history of the human race. . . . Our ancestral patterns have ended in war. If we follow y GET AN IHnVAd AWNINGS Male youn a truly enjoyable summer ... temper the beat un der welcome shade. 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"What we have called thinking actually has been accepting local prejudices imposed by local people. We have rearranged these preju dicees and called it thinking." Taught Not lo Think He added, "In childhood we are actually taught not to think." He illustrated this state ment by referring to the com mon phrase, "Mother knows best." Dr. Chisholm emphasized the need for self examination in averting another world war. "After World War II, nations were so concerned about them selves they decided something had to be done ... So they started telling each other what to do. Instead, we should use self examination, which is a full time job." He pointed out that the hu man race has had faith in organ ization and legislation. "We set up the United Nations and other special agencies and felt that was all that was necessary . . . The UN is simply an instrument waiting to be used by people of the world for the purposes for which it was designed. If people used it for the purpose for which it was designed, it would do a magnfiicent job," he said. Only Hop for Peaca Special agencies such as the United Nations and UNESCO, represent the only hope for the human race, he commented. "Wars begin in the minds of men. We've pretended wars be gin by economic conditions." Dr. Chisholm added, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, not merely absence of disease." The speaker further stated, "Elderly people tend to think that only children need to change . .' . Children have to have freedom if they are to change, and not many are be ing given that freedom." He gave special emphasis to the need for children to develop their own faculties, such as imagination. "They need to ex plore in all directions. To do that, they must not be tied down to customs too soon." He said they need a "safety valve" and illustrated this by saying a child should not hit a playmate over the head, but should be allowed to say he wants to. "They need to explore in the whole field of cause and effect. If they did this, they would not close their eyes to bad effects," he said. M .FT. B AT Glassed and Painted, Ready to Go EVINRUDE MASTERCRAFT motor and trailer Pwo Motor on the Boat, Dr. Chisholm added, "Destruc tion of the imagination is still being practiced in many fami lies. Wherever evil exists it needs to be seen, heard and talked about. Man may not sur vive because of hiding his head in the sand." The speaker said World Wars I and II were caused because we would not look at reality. "Chil dren have to learn to face facts, think of terms of cause and re sult, and make sound deci sions." To illustrate how imagination can be used to see things as they really are, Dr. Chisholm asked the audience to pretend they lived in Southeast Asia and Czechoslovakia. He pointed out economic and social advantages of North Americans over the rest of the word. He noted that the United States and Canada used more irreplaceable national resources since World War I than the rest of the world put together. He mentioned that North Americans are industri ous people and are more will ing to work for what they want than people in other parts of the world. Can Do Mora Damage He also commented that films portraying the United States can do more damage in other coun tries than the Voice of America can undo. Dr. Chisholm said old films showing lynchings, race riots and other degrading happenings in this country are commonly shown abroad. "The next steps toward world peace will have to be taken at home in our own communities and not in the United Nations," he declared. Preceding the talk, the asso ciation cast a unanimous ballot for nominees to the board of directors for the next year. New directors include Mrs. Albert Banmforth, Rogue River; Rich ard C. Cottle, Ashland; the Rev. Richard Jdnes, Medford; Mrs. David Legg, Medford; Mrs. Al lyn Monroe, Medford; Harold Snodgrass, Medford; Mrs. War ren Wolf, Medford, John Graff, Medford, to fill unexpired term of Mrs. Dwight Houghton until June, 1958; Mrs. Clarence Da vies, Eagle Point, to fill unex pired term of Mrs. W. H. Young, until June, 1958. Mrs. Carl Wimberly Jr., pre sided at the meeting. Gift-Perfect Everyday animal friends from farmland all gather on this adorable crib cover, to entertain a tot. Embroidery! Beginner- i easy! ' Make a welcome gift for new baby with Pattern 7398! Trans j fer of 9 motifs 6x7 inches; color cnarx; directions -lor criD cover. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, Week Boat on the Trailer, Ready to Go at Once ST JslS The Family Council Editor' not: Tha ramlly Council consist ot a Judxa, a psychiatrist, tare clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary oi an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Charlas P. My wife's card 1 playing is disgusting. Olga P. It's a harmless pas time. Charles P. My wife and I have been married nearly 30 years. For the past 15 of those years we have been battling about something that gets on my nerves so much that I feel I just can't take it any more. Olga is a card player and has played several times a week all these years. I have no idea how much money she has lost, but I'm sure it's plenty. It's not just the money, though. I think it's disgusting to see these women playing together, smoking and gambling every afternoon. Some times she even goes away in the evening ' too, and doesn't come home until late at night. I have been after her for the longest time to take a job any thing, to keep her busy so that she'll get out of that disgusting habit I tell her it's just as bad as drinking, but I can't seem to convince her. Olga P. I feel that card play ing is a perfectly innocent pas time. I don't hurt anyone else by it. What's the harm? Charles can't accuse me of neglecting our home. I'm a good, efficient homemaker and finish my work early. I always have a good din ner for my husband when he Fashion Winner! Our new Printed Pattern in the loveliest silhouette for sum mer! Sheath-slim front; new back view that's softly bloused above the waist, flaring paneled skirt. Wonderfully flattering ; easy to sew in all -three sleeve ' versions! Printed Pattern 9377: Misses' j Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 ! requires 4 V4 yards 35-inch fab ric. , ;; Printed directions on each 1 pattern part. Easier, faster, accu rate. Send Thirty-five' cents in coins ; for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail- ing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pat- j tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plain-1 ly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE i and STYLE NUMBER. . I AND PATTERN NUMBER. A bonus for our readers two i FREE patterns, printed in our I new Alice Brooks Needlecraft 1 Book for 1957! Plus a wonder ful variety of designs to order crochet, knitting, embroidery, huck weaving, toys, dolls, oth ers. Send 25 cents for your copy j of this exciting NEW needle book now! . ! Rl SOUTH RIVERSIDE rag li 9377 WlOr 17-20 ' Jf i gets home. I have a right to some pleasure during the after noon. The idea that I have lost a lot of money playing cards is ridiculous. We play for small stakes. Playing for money makes the game more exciting, but I doubt whether I've lost as much as $100 in the past several years. My husband thinks that I should be satisfied with nothing in my life but work and sitting home with him in the evening watching' TV and reading the papers. A person needs more ex citement in life than that. The Council: A person certain ly does need more pleasure and excitement in life than the day-to-day routine, but Olga has settled for trifling pleasure and unreal excitement. Even this trifling pleasure and unreal ex citement is harmless enough as an occasional pastime, but when the hours spent at it add up into weeks, months and eventually, years, it is bound in the end to leave the individual with a sense of futility and , boredom with life in general. ' If Olga tries ' to analyze her pleasure in card playing, she will probably find that it breaks down into three things the pleasure in sociability, the pleas ure of pitting her mind against those of others and the emotion al excitement of working with and against the laws of chance. All of these satisfactions can be enjoyed in other ways which do not leave one with a sense of boredom and futility in the long run. It would take real desire on Olga's part to tear herself away from this ingrained habit and seek more constructive pleas ures and mental activity and she would have the satisfaction of making her own money be sides. Volunteer work would also give her sociability and mental activity and she would have the additional satisfaction of help ing others. Both forms of work would provide emotional stimu lation by the challenge they of fer to impose human order on the chaos of chance. Olga says she is hurting no- si 500 Trade-in on your old hand Mower on the ROLENS TIL-PAK Combination Ifs Easy to do both the t 1 COMVERTRU POWCt Pok Hera's real tconomy . . . one engine docs the work of two. Bolans Power Pak engine-handle unit changes from mower ... to tiller in a jiffy makes fun of your outdoor chores. 4 Attachments 3 rotary mowers and rugged tiller. 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