SIX MEDFORD (OJtrGOH) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, December 29, 1957
Two Bethels,
DeMolay
Give Ball
"Winter Fantasy," the annual
formal ball of Bethels 14 and
55, Job's Daughters, and the
Medford chapter of Demolay
took place the evening of De
cember 20 at Rogue Valley
Country club.
More than 200 guests attend
ed. Refreshments were served at
small tables, cabaret-style. Bob
Anderson's band provided mu
sic. Decorations were in the holi
day theme and Christmas cor
sages for all the young women
were made by Bethel 55 mem
bers. Programs were made by
Bethel 14 and the DeMolay was
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.CLEARANCE
New and retiring officer! f Bethels 14
and 55. International Order ei Job's Daugh
ters, and Medford DeMolay chapter were
honored at the Winter Fantasy formal ball
December 20. Honored were (left to right)
Dale Foresee, new DeMolay senior councilor;
Miss Susan Hubbard, retiring guaen of Bethel
14; Miss Sue Knight, new queen of Bethel 14;
Miss Patricia Hanson, queen-elect of Bethel
55; Miss Marcia Spencer, retiring queen of
Bethel 55 and Michael Russell, retiring senior
councilor of DeMolay. Pictured (below, left
to right) during the dance are Terry O'Sulli
Tan, Miss Linda Morlan, Miss Susan Yoder
and Warren Parke. Miss Nancy Donahue is in
the foreground. Although attending a formal
function, the teenagers indulged in their fav
orite food hamburgers.
Clothing Codes for Children
Criticized by Psychologists
New York Codes which dic
tate just what kind of clothing
U. S. teenagers may and may not
wear to public schools, are them
selves being severely "dressed
down" from all sides. One lead
ing authority, the popular Par
ents magazine, takes a long,
close look at the whole question
of dress regimentation in ,the
issue just out, voider the -title,
"Do Clothes Make the Boy or
Girl?"
Top-flight psychiatrists inter?
viewed by Parents' "writer Viv
ian Cadden go on record with a
vehement, "NO!"
"By ordering a child to dress
differently you canot affect
(his) deep feelings and drives in
any but the most superficial
way," is the opinion of Dr. Rud
olph Wittenberg, psychoanalyst
and author of "On Call for
Youth," Parents' says.
The rigid codes, now in effect
in a few U.S. high and junior
high schools, are based on the
premise that "better clothes
make better children." But many
people are beginning to wonder.
In addition to raising serious
questioning on the part of child
psychologists and others, the
codes are raising the blood-pressure
of many irate parents who
simply can't afford clothes that
are more expensive and need ex
pensive up-keep. The codes
some of which even ban the
long-time teenage favorite, inex
pensive blue jeans are begin
ning to make a parent's pocket
book scream. According to a na
tional survey made by Parents'
magazine, blue jeans are worn
by at least one member of 96
of all U.S. families.
Dangers Stressed
- Although some school officials
feel that making youngsters'
dress conform to adult business
standards does improve their be
havior, the new Parents' survey
shows that psychologists and
other youth experts feel that
such regimentation may actually
court danger. "Regulating
clothes children wear may force
them to find even more unac
ceptable ways of expressing their
feelings," says Dr. Wittenberg.!
He warns adults against thus
shutting the doors to communica
tion with teenagers. Telling them
how to dress ia like saying to
them, h feelt, 'we don't care
how you feel . . . just how you
look."
In apite of this, tha article
points out, there are parents and
educators who are willing to
settle for tha codei, thus saying
in effect, "So he's not a better
person ... at least he looks
better!"
Schools should be putting the
emphasis on developing chil
dren's individuality, personality
and potential, instead of aiming
for children to cut to adult pat
tern, or children who are carbon
copies of Ivy. League college
boys or anyone else, is the opin
ion of Dr. Milton Akers, director
of the" Walden School, where a
permissive attitude about school
dress prevails. "If our aim is
children cut to rigid adult pat
terns, then we should also give
them pictures to copy, opinions
to memorize and, as some insti;
tutions do, a school uniform to
wear," Dr. Akers is quoted.
Since rules and codes about
dress run counter to the ob
jective of encouraging healty
pride-of-appearance among teen
agers, Parents' offers better ad
vice to parents, and more con
structive ways to attain the ob
jective. "Develop real understanding
with teenagers, help them to de
velop their own taste and above
all, accept the child for himself,
not for his clothes," is the ad
vice ofe Dr. Arthur Jersild, Pro
fessor of Education at Teachers'
college, Columbia University,
and author of the recent book, j
"Psychology of Adolescence."
"Overdressing" Said
Bad for.Scioo Pupils
Iowa City, Ia. (IP) A profes
sor at the University of Iowa
says it's just as hard on a
youngster to be "overdressed" at
school as to have clothes "not as
good" as the others.
Professor Ralph Ojemann of
the university's Child Welfare
Research Station said' parents
would be wise to find out what
type of clothes their youngsters'
classmates are wearing and then
provide similar wearing apparel.
Liking the clothes he wears
and feeling comfortable and ap
propriately dressed help give a
child self-confidence, Dr. Oje
mann said.
in charge of arrangements.
Introduced to the many guests
were the past honored queen of
Bethel 14, Miss Susan Hub
bard; honored queen of Bethel
55, Miss Marcia Spence; honor
ed queen of Bethel 14, Miss Sue
Knight; honored queen-elect of
Bethel 55, Miss Patricia Hanson;
master councillor fpr DeMolay,
Mike Russell, and senior coun
cillor for DeMolay, Dale Fore
see. Chaperones included Mrs. Rob
ert Morris, guardian of Bethel
14, and Mr. Morris; Morris
Boughner, associate guardian,
and Mrs. Boughner; Mrs. Har
old Gordon, guardian for Beth
el 55, and Mr. Gordon, Herbert
Sampert, associate guardian and
Mrs. Sampert; Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Shantol, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Phillips and Glen Fabrick.
Mr. Shantol is dad advisor for
DeMolay and Mr. Phillips and
Mr. Fabrick are past dads.
"Flower" Apron
Stunning apron, fashioned of
remnants in the form of a big
beautiful flower! You'll want
several of these gay styles for
yourself for shower gifts.
Pattern 7113: Embroidery
transfer, directions, for making
this 16-inch "flower" apron.
Send Thirty-five cents (coins)
for this pattern add 5 cents for
each pattern for lst-class mail
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Box 168, Old Chelsea Station,
New York 11, N.Y. Print plain
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Interior Decorating
Books on all phases of home
decorating, from selecting color
schemes to arrangement of fur
njture, are available at the Med
ford Public library. One of the
most recent and best of the
manuals is Mary Qerieux' "Com
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ing," which has more than
'1,000 photographs and drawings
'covering all aspects of home
decorating.
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