14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, March 15, 1959
The Family Council
Editor's not: The F-mUy Council consists ol a Jndge a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies ana counselors.
Lola P. My father criti
cizes my clothes.
Mr. G. P. She looks like a
night club hostess.
Mrs. G.P. - She's just one
of the girls.
Lola P. I am a girl of 15
whose main problem is her
father. Who ever heard of a
father knowing all about
clothes and fashion? Mine
thinks he does.
My father criticizes every
thing I wear. He tells me
look disgusting when I wear
things he happens not to like
He embarrasses me in front
of my friends by threatening
to wash off my makeup.
My friends all say they
never heard -of a father pay
ing so much attention to what
you wear. In the first place
it isn't his business but your
mother's. In the second place,
he really doesn't know any
thing about it. In the third
place, it makes him look like
a fool. My friends say they'd
die if they had my father.
Mr. G.P. - All right, so I'm
the nut! A father can't pos
sibly know anything about
what looks right. When he
sees a snip of a kid who does
n't know how to boil a decent
egg walk out of the house in
the morning looking like a
night club hostess, he's just
supposed to put up and shut
up.
I'd keep quiet all right - if
only my wife would talk up
But she just shrugs and says
"That's what all the girls do.
Mn. G.P. - I am against
Lola's wearing eye makeup
and things like that to school,
but I feel that it is more im
portant for her to feel like one
of the girls than anything
else. She's a happy girl with
loads of friends. She isn't boy
crazy. Why bother her?
The Council: We don't
blame Mr. G.P. for deploring
the sight of his young night
club hostess trudging off to
school, but we think that Mrs.
G.P. s realization that Lola
needs and wants to be one of
the crowd is important too. It
is true that Lola is just at that
stage. If it weren't eye make
up, it would be hats with
green feathers or bobby sox
and skirts to the ankles. This
is one of the ways in which
adolescents start to grow out
of the family nest and identi
fy themselves with the larger
world of their contempor
aries.
However, this realization
oh the part of parents does
not mean they must give in
and overthrow all their own
standards for the teenager.
They should fight for the
standards they think correct,
while making some allow-
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ances for the teenagers' needs.
In the case of proper dress
for a girl, we agree with both
Lola and her father, that the
mother is a better guide. It is
natural for Lola to feel that
her father doesn't really un
derstand these matters.
Positive help goes much
farther than criticism with
all teenagers. M r s. G.P.
should show that she is great
ly interested in seeing Lola
look her best. She might try
influencing her by pointing
out styles in good taste in the
teenage fashion magazines.
She should encourage her to
learn something about the art
of makeup. Advice from the
best authorities is available in
books, newspapers and maga
zines - and this advice always
Handicapped Children
Visit Local Library
A special class of 16 physi
cally handicapped pupils of
the Washington school visited
the Medford Public- library
Thursday, March 12.
Their teacher, Mrs. Cather
ine Walker, accompanied
them. Miss Julie Keiser, chil
dren's librarian, received the
group and explained the li
brary's services for children
to them.
stresses naturalness and sub
tlety. Since it is group opinion
that carries the most weight
with teenagers, Mrs. G.P.
should try getting together
with other mothers to see how
they can influence their
daughters. They might en
courage the girls to form a
club for the serious study of
dress and makeup. The girls
could criticize and help one
another and lift the standard
of taste in their school and
community.
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Local Sf udenfs Take Par. in Conference
Five Medford High school
students participated in the
Northwest National Music
conference in Seattle, Wash.,
recently, according to I. A.
Mirick, supervisor of instru
mental music for Medford
schools.
Those who played in the all
Northwest orchestra were
Robert Allen, Cheryl Dunn,
Bonnie Allingham and Lynn
Latham. The orchestra was di
rected by Dr. Stanley Chap
pie, music department head at
the University of Washington.
Miss Claudia Hoover was se
lected to represent Medford's
band in the conference band,
directed by Erik Leidsen, com
poser and arranger from New
York. The band had 250 stu
dents selected from 950 appli
cants.
States participating in the
conference were Oregon, Ida
ho, Wyoming, Montana, Wash
ington and Alaska.
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