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6 A ESble ' : . . 'K 'f f ' ' " J- u - f , , , t , . "2 , I , . I I n .ulii HM iStjllli llTBIlli I iiiji I nun mi .fcte. ' ' ' '' ' ' PREPARE MEALS Girls at the Jackson supply comes from government surpluses i county juvenile detention home are a great and Illegal game confiscated by the state po help in preparing and serving meals. Mrs. lice and game commission. A plentiful, well Robert Swan, matron, supervises all kitchen balanced diet is a great morale booster at activities. Some vegetables will be grown on the home. ,;. , --the home grounds this year. Part of the food ; . .'..;,. RECREATION Children In detention are tlon home life is as near normal home life emotionally disturbed. Recreational actlvl- as possible. All activities are strictly super tie are help In calming them. An outdoor ; vised. basketball cpurt is a popular facility. Deten-4 ' . Pc Professorship at Oregon Provided from Beekman Funds ' Eugene Establishment of new chair at the University of Oregon, the Beekman Pro fessorship i of Northwestern and Pacific History, has been announced by William u Jones, acting president. ,. Funds will be provided from the estate of Carrie C. Beek man, Jones explained, in honor of her father, Corne lius C. Beekman, and her brother, Benjamin B. Beek man. Cornelius Beekman was a pioneer settler in Oregon, and both he and his son, Ben jamin, were active in state affairs for many years. In addition to helping es tabllsh the chair, Jones said, funds from the estate will be used to assist in the collec tion of original manuscripts arid other research materials pertaining to the Pacific Northwest. Add to Reputation - Robert D. Clark, dean of the college of liberal arts, said establishment of the Beekman professorship would add sub stantially to the university's growing reputation as a cen ter for historical research on the Northwest and the Pacific coast. , : ; A selection committee to determine who will fill the Beekman chair has been ap pointed by Clark, with him self as a member. Others are William O. Shanahan, profes sor and head of the depart ment of history; Wendell H Stephensn, professor of his tory; Harry Alpert, dean of the graduate school, and -., Ward Macy, professor ' of economics,, and chairman of the Advisory council. The p-rson selected, Clark SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1861 erf. Coumseloirs -.,:'. - . ,,r said, may be a present mem- ber of the university history faculty, or a person now in teaching or research - else where. In either case, he said, the professor will be a scholar In the history of the North west and the American West. Several University of Oregon faculty members are authori ties in this field, he noted: ; Emphaslsai Point ' Shanahan emphasized Dean Clark's point on the import ance of original research ma terials in graduate work. The Beekman funds, , he noted, will reenforce the university's efforts to acquire more manu scripts. Miss Beekman's father, Cor nelius C. Beekman, was born in New York State, and came west when he was 22. From 1850 until 1853, he worked as a carpenter and miner in northern Nevada towns. In 1853, he joined Cramer, Rog ers and Company as an ex press messenger and traveled from Yrcka, , Calif., to Cres cent City and to Jacksonville, Ore. University Graduate Later Beekman was associ ated with the Wells Fargo company In Jacksonville, and In 1857 he established the Beekman bank in Jackson ville. He was mayor of Jack sonville several times, and a trustee of the town. In 1878 he was a candidate for gover nor, but lost the election by 49 votes. , - His son, Benjamin,-' was graduated from the Univer sity of Oregon In 1884. He re ceived his law degre from Yale,' taught several years at the University of Oregon law ' i I school, and practiced In Port land. He was active in state and civic: affairs, and was a member of the University of Oregon Board of Regents, in the days before the state board of higher education was formed.- t Miss Beekman traveled widely during her life, but in later years lived quietly in a Portland hotel suite. She died in July, 1959. J. Orville. Llndstrom, uni versity business manager, said the Beekman estate had been valued at approximately $175,000 for the university's share. No one has been appointed to the chair at this time, Dr Jones said. Belfon May Seek Reelection in 1964 Salem-OIPD-State Treasurer Howard B e 1 1 o n said late Thursday he "may seek an other term" In 1964. The 68-year-old Republican was elected to a four-year term last November. Belton said he has given "no really serious thought" to reelection since It Is three years away but added: "If I feel I have done a credible job, I'll consider running again." Belton, a banker, farmer and former Senate president, was called out of voluntary retirement in January, 1960, by Gov. Mark Hatfield who appointed him to succeed Sig Unander. Belfon ruled out the possi bility that he might try for a higher office. Court Sessions Informal; Judges Discuss Problems (Editor's note: This is the second of two articles about the Jackson county juvenile detention home, and what it is accomplishing with children who are detained.) By JOHN STAFFORD Mail Tribune Staff Writer Many children are incapa ble of meeting and solving personal problems. It is diffi cult for a child to determine why he has an overpowering urge to rebel against author!. ty, either in the form of par ents or society. -; Children in detention at the Jacksqn county juvenile de tention home have profession al help In analyzing and fre quently solving their prob loms. Each child undergoes thorough counselling by skill ed juvenile department coun selors. ,' - - . 1 - Many times a child is able to achieve emotional stability and can adjust to day to dav problems after a few counsel ling sessions. However, many cnuaren aren't able to adlust. It isn't easy to change a child's outlook in a matter of days or weeks. This is especially true when the child has been subjected to tense and un wholesome conditions at home for an extended period. Full of Cases ' f Juvenile records are full of cases where children were ne glected by parents, and were left to create their own enter tainment, or were forced to listen to constant argument by parents. In these situations it is easy for a child to adopt the attitude "no one cares about me." Often a personali ty clash between the child and parent develops. This is only scratching the surface in describing condi tions leading to juvenile prob lems. There are hundreds more,' as psychologists prove every day. . It Is difficult to trace rea sons for a child s behavior. Juvenile department counsel ors start from scratch in coun selling children.' Under Supervision' The four counselors all work, under , the supervision ol Mrs. Kay Crowell. director of the Jackson county juve nile department. Officially the counselors perform counsel ling, supervision and rehabili tation of delinquent minors. Unofficially, their duties car ry them i into rnany other fields. . , The counselor conducts per sonal Interviews with the mal adjusted or delinquent chil dren to ascertain personal needs of the child. Confer ences with parents are held. The counselor confers with supervisors, social welfare agencies, schools, churches, public health agencies and law enforcement officials. Then a written report is prepared and a recommenda tion is made to the juvenile court. The report contains all Information the counselor was able to gather. Most reports are lengthy, the result of hours of-digging Into the child's past and present. Not Always Finished After the case reaches the court, the counselor's job isn't always finished. Follow-up in terviews are conducted at reg ular intervals for children placed on probation by the court. The counselor provides supervision and counsel for the children and their parents. ; Thus, the responsibilities of a counselor are extremely im portant. Requirements for the job are strict. It is desirable that counselors have four years of college or university training, preferably with a major In psychology. It is also desirable that counselors have one year of graduate training or one year of experience in the field of social case work or juvenile probation work. However, it isn't always possible to find counselors with this prescribed training. ao juvenile department ' re quirements Include the clause "or a satisfactory equivalent of experience and training." Information Available A large share of work done by the juvenile department is directed at making informa tion available for the juve nile court. The court meets Fridays at the detention home, Court hearings are held in formally in a special court room at the home. The gen eral public is excluded unless the child or his parents re quest a public hearing. . In explaining the court, Mrs. Crowell says, "The court does not consider offenses of a minor as crimes, and the as sumption of wardship by the court is not a conviction of a crime." , The juvenile court functions with a different purpose than do most adult courts. According to Mrs. Crowell, "The court undertakes to cor rect and redirect Immature youth toward the acceptance of responsibility for his acts, MEDFORD MAIL Dmropirftoin)ft foir Jnove IlJ& f'A:';' INTERROGATION Many times a detained child is ques tioned by law enforcement agencies in an effort to learn all facts of a case. Frequently the child is not responsible for a violation of the law. Then the law agencies must at f r If fin rf i 'J 0 ... "B-K -' v ...'..1 wuiii i i urn i ii iiiiiMiillllilW'TWIlBlllnlfiilffill it mi m4 COUNSELLING Four juvenile department counselors are continually busy counselling children in and out of the juvenile detention home. In addition, welfare department and the acceptance of duly constituted authority, toward a goal - of good citizenship, rather than meting out punish ment to suit the offense. The juvenile court also assumes that society Is responsible for the delinquency of its youth, rather than the concept that a minor must pay his debt to society which is applied to offenders of mature years." , Another Aspect In pointing out another as pect of the court's purpose. Mrs. Crowell comments "the court seeks to provide privacy for the correction of a youth ful offender, as his own fam ily would do, in order that his future life may- not be handicapped by results of youthful misdeeds." . Another point Mrs. Crowell emphasizes is that the func tion of the court is the correc tion of children. However, she adds that "although the gen eral public sometimes believes that delinquency prevention should be the court's responsi bility, it remains the respon sibility of the community to initiate and put into effect those social changes which would prevent juvenile delin quency." ' Circuit Court Judges Ed ward Kelly and Richard Main preside at juvenile court ses sions. The atmosphere is in formal. The judges emphasize to parents and children that they don t want them to think it is a formal court session. Judge Kelly tells parents and- children he wants them to consider the meeting as a family situation where family problems are discussed. Counselor Present A juvenile depart ment counselor is present and gives a detailed account of why the child is being detained. After numerous sessions with the child, the counselor has a de tailed account of how an act was committed. The counselor tells the story, and the child is free to interrupt and make corrections if necessary. Then the judge asks the child for an explanation of reasons for the act. The par ents are also asked to give their side of the story. After hearing all sides of the par ticular case, the judge has a number of choices. The largest majority of chil dren are sent home on proba tion. The next proportionate group is committed to the welfare commission for place ment in foster homes. Sending the child to a private institu tion is the last choice. Private Institutions Private institutions Include the Christie School for Girls, at Marylhurst, the St. Mary's School for Boys, at Beaverjpn, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON the Cprvallis Farm home, owned and operated by the Women's Christian Temper ance Union. All these Institutions are for children under the ninth grade level. Private institutions for chil dren above the ninth grade are the Louise Home for Girls, in Portland, and Villa Saint Rose, another Portland girls' school. State .institutions are the MacLaren School for Boys, in Woodburn, and Hillcrest, a girls' institution in Salem. Not All Peaches and Cream Naturally, all isn't peaches and cream at the detention home. Kay Crowell says the prime need is for expanded physical facilities which would permit an expanded program. She stresses the need for a special school program. ". "Most children detained are too emotionally upset to ac cept formal schooling," she points out. A special teacher is needed, along with a spe cially designed classroom. "If we're going to have a teacher doing remedial work we're going to need a special class room." The value of an education program would be great, ac cording to Mrs. Crowell. "When children are approach ed out of a competitive class room situation they like it," she points out. Currently teachers from some schools help children carry on lessons while at the home. Mrs. Crowell empha sizes inai tnere has never been a discipline problem be tween tne children and teach ers while at the home. She says if children establish a gqpd relation with the teach er at the detention home, it shows up by improvement when they return to the pub lic school. Need for Program The need for an education program has been responsible for formation of a subcommit tee of the juvenile department advisory committee. Chair man is Mrs. Ben Day. Other members are Howard Gang, McL,oughIln Junior High school language teacher, and Robert Lawrence, principal of Lincoln Elementary school in Ashland. The committee met with Alf Mekvold, county school superintendent, and Dr. Leon ard B. Mayfield, Medford tempt to. find out who was responsible. Marian Farh&m,' sheriff's deputy, and Lee Rice, sheriff's department investi-.' gator, are shown questioning a juvenile girl. . - personnel counsel children. Larry Tweedy, in center, juven . lie department counselor, and Fred Stack, 'welfare de partment case worker, are shown counselling a boy;- school superintendent. As a result of the meeting, a letter was sent to the county court requesting a meeting of coun ty and city school officials. juvenile court judges, mem bers of the juvenile depart ment and county court mem bers.' To date, the meeting has not been scheduled, . - Education Program Mrs. Crowell says one prob lem has always arisen when talk of a special detention home education program has started. Who is going to fur nish the money? She indicates the county court has felt the money should come from the county school budget. County school officials indicate - it should come from individual schools. And the schools ar gue that only a small fraction of their students ever use the detention home facilities. Mrs. Crowell says the court has been asked- to provide funds for the education pro gram for three years. The fi nancial positions of the court, county and local schools have not changed. Another detention home problem is overcrowding. The home has room for eight boys and four girls at a given time. Frequently, children who should be detained are turned down because of the space problem. Acute Space Problem Current home facilities were planned to last five, years without any expansion, ac cording to Mrs. Crowell. In one . more year, the . space problem will be acute, she says. Other detention home prob lems, as outlined by Mrs. Crowell in her 1961-62 budget presentation to the county court, include Inadequate clerical staff for volume of work; inadequate space for reception needs of juvenile de partment; inadequate tele phone service; lack of funds for foster care, and shortage of equipment to handle ex panded volume of work. Mrs. Crowell also has hopes of increasing salaries for coun selors, home superintendent, matron and clerical help. She HELpO US! We ntcd clothing, shots, dishts, furniturt, and bdding. W. Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army 30 N. Holly . SPring 3-733S points out that it is difficult to get , qualified ' personnel with present salaries. Use of Home Over 900 children . have used the detention home since its founding in 1957.. 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St. Martin's . Episco pal church, Shady Cove, and the Church of the Good Shep herd, Prospect, was honored recently- for his outstanding work in the rural ministry. The award was presented during the convention of the Episcopal church in the Dio cese of Oregon in Portland. It was given by the- Oregon Council of Churches. - Mr. Power, former assistant minister of St. Mark's Episco pal church, Medford, arrived in southern Oregon in 1958. He was appointed by the Right nev., james w.i t'. carman, diocesan of Oregon, to be the Episcopal diocesan represent- Churches', Town and Country committee and to the commit-' tee on the state of the Episco pal-church: The second com mittee is charged with evalu ating the work 61 the church in the diocese : and . making recommendations. ' Mr. and Mrs. Power make their home in Prospect. Sentence Imposition suspended in. Court Imposition of sentence on Charles . Laurence Pittman, 19, of route 1, box 142, Rogue River, was suspended for five years in Jackson county cir cuit court Friday. Pittman was charged with breaking into a Gold Hill re pair shop in December. Joseph Alexander De Lorme, 53, of route 2, box 668H, Central Point, pleaded guilty in circuit court Friday to - assault with a dangerous weapon Imposition of sen tence was suspended for five years, and he was placed un der parole supervision. " : ,A pre-sentence report was ordered on Edith Mae Dillon, 37, of 1041 East Main St., Ashland, who is charged with unlawfully obtaining public assistance money. She plead ed guilty. Mrs. Dillon was charged with receiving public assist ance from Jan. 1, 1958, to Nov. 1, 1960, while employed. 7 SISKIYOU MEMORIAL PARK JOE R. HOSICK Funtral Director CALL Mortuary Cemetery Mausoleum Crematory Columbarium . Inquiries Invited Highland Dr. I
