MEDFORD. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Thursday. August 18. 1960
The Family Council
Editor. Note: Tht Family Council consists of t Judgo, a psycbUttt..
fcnrca clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers
Each article la a summary of an actnal ase history. The Council reports
problems that hay been do! wi at by responsible asencles and
counselors.
Sandra E. I feel sick with I
love for him.
Mm. L. E She will be
laughing stock.
Sandra E. I am IB and
deeply in love with a boy a
year older. He now has a sum
mer job in the country and we
haven't been able to see one
another for nearly two
months.
I write to Herb nearly
every day, but he says he is
working very hard and only
has time to write once or
twice a week. But I'm afraid
he's not telling the truth. He
may be meeting other girls
there. His letters are not very
affectionate.
My mother says I should
stop writing to him, but I
don't want him to forget me.
I feel just sick with love for
him. When I write to him I
feel he is near me and I'm so
lonely without. We went
steady all last year.
Mn, L. E. I'm afraid San
dra is going to get very badly
hurt. She spends most of her
days writing passionate love
letters to Herb and then goes
into the deep blues when she
gets a funny post card in
answer.
I never discouraged her
going out with Herb because
I felt the friendship wasn't
serious and Sandra showed no
signs of being in love. In fact,
she was often inconsiderate
and even cruel to the boy.
But the minute Herb went
away, Sandra started this letter-writing
campaign. I have
warned her that he may show
the letters to other boys and
girls and she will be a laugh
ing stock. That doesn't stop
her.
The Council! Sandra shows
a degree of insight into her
situation when she says she
feels "sick." .
But, like most patients, she
can't diagnose the disease. It
is boredom, rather than love,
that is plaguing her.
we are fairly certain that
if Sandra had a summer job
herself, she wotlld not feel
sick and she would forget
about Herb for days at a time.
She would probably meet
another boy or two 'ho would
interest her and would hard
ly find the time to send Herb
funny post cards. .'
No mother can talk a 16-year-old
who wants to be in
love out of her feelings. But
she can try to direct her at
tention elsewhere. A teenager
should have some definite
project for the summer
months. A girl of Sandra's age
should be able to get a job as
a babysitter for a few hours a
day. She might also work at
a day camp or take a summer
course. .
There are other wonderful
absorbing projects. The girl
who learns to sew over the
summer and whip up a beauti
ful fall wardrobe. Or she
might become the family cook
for the summer. She could be
thrilled to see the family en
joy dinners for which she has
been completely resopnsible.
Of course, it is foolish for
her to write passionate love
letters. Even If her boy friend
is too nice to reveal these
personal messages to others,
Sandra herself will eventually
be extremely embarrassed at
the thought that he has them.
Sandra needs to be encou
raged to get busy doing some
thing better with the hours
that now hang heavily on her
hands.
(Copyright 1960, General
' Features Corp.)
Velvet Fabric Aids
In Overcoming Fear
Of Cats for Woman
London - (Science Service)
- If you are "scared to death"
of cats, it may help to wear
velvet gloves.
Dr. H. L. Freeman of Lit
tlemore hospital, Oxford, and
Dr. D. C. Kendrick, lecturer
in psychology at the Univer
sity of London's Institute of
Psychiatry, have reported a
case in which a patient was
cured of cat phobia by forcing
herself to handle velvet until
she got used to it.
The patient, a 37-year-old
married woman with two
children, had had a fear of
cats as long as she could re
member. It had intensified in
the two years before she con
sulted a psychologist. The in
terview revealed that the
situations that produced fear
were, in order of importance:
the sight of a real live cat;
the thought of a cat that
might attack her as she walk
ed down the street; the
thought of meeting a cat in
the dark; cats in pictures and
on television; cat - like toys
Soviet Olfici
Plan To Wipe Out
Malaria This Year
Washington -(Science Sarv-
ice)- Soviet health officials
seek to completely eradicate
malaria in Russia this year
and to reduce diphtheria,
rabies, hookworm disease, and
Taeniarhynchus (a beef tape
worm) infestation to the point
of sporadic occurrence by
1965, according to a transla
tion by the Central Intelli
gence Agency here.
At the present time, malaria
as well as tularemia have al
most been wiped out, accord
ing to L. A. Sakvarelidze,
deputy chief of the State Sani
tation Inspection of the Minis
try of Health in the USSR,
whose report appeared orig
inally in Meditsinskaya Ses
tra. Cholera, plague, black
smallpox and parasitogenic
typhus infections have been
completely eradicated, he re
ports.
In January, a conference
called by the Ministry of
Health and other medical
groups evaluated health serv
ices at regional and local
levels and found them to be
considerably improved, but
they are still concerned over
communicable diseases and
the use of vaccines to curb
them.
To ease the burden on doc
tors, the Ministry plans to
train subprofessional person
nel, such as midwives, in im
munization and epidemiology
By 1965, health agencies
hould have made a sizable
reduction in the incidence of
polio, typhoid fever, whoop
ing cough, tetanus, Druceuo-
and cat-like fur.
Could Touch Dog
She was not afraid of a cat's
mewing and ' could easily
touch the hair of a dog.
On two occasions as a child
she had been very disturbed
in situations involving cats.
One was when her father
drowned a kitten in her
presence and the second was
when her parents put a fur
in her bed.
The patient was eager to
overcome her fear and agreed
to undergo learning and be
havior therapy, more specific
ally "reciprocal inhibition," a
technique derived from ex
perimental psychology.
The therapist began by try
ing to teach the patient to
accept what she felt was the
least objectionable idea as
sociated with cats - their fur.
To do this, a number of ma
terials were prepared. The
first was velvet, which has
some of the texture oi cat
fur. Gradually the patient
progressed until she could be
comfortable with a rabbit-fur
glove, a toy kitten and pic
tures of cats.
The psychologist then pick
ed out a live kitten with a
mild disposition and gave it
to the patient who laughed
and cried as she accepted it.
She explained later that she
wept because of the relief of
having done something sne
thought impossible for ner.
Acceptance- of the kitten oc
curred one month after ther
apy began.
Became Lets Afraid
The patient took the kitten
home to keep and as it grew
she became less and less
afraid of full grown cats.
Eventually the patient was
able to pet her mother's black
cat, which had seemed par
ticularly frightening to her.
Whereas previously a 1 1
cats had an almost uniformly
sinister aspect," the psycholo
gists report in the British
Medical Journal, "she could
now see individual differ
ences."
Hi Prooman wax at Reth-
lem Royal and Maudsley hos
pital. London, while conduct
ing the investigation.
Man Drove Before,
Not After, Drinking
Jackson, Miss. - A 37-year-
old motorist won acquittal on
a drunk driving charge with
this explanation in Municipal
Court: . -
After he was involved, cold j
sober, in a two-car collision,
he went Into a nearby tavern
to talk to the other driver.
They got along so well they I
drank for 45 minutes before
phoning police.
Portland-fllPD - A series of
political schools sponsored by
the Democratic party of Ore
gon will be held throughout
the state this week, according
to Blaine Whipple, party ex
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