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iyi ip I. .1 in i ii ii i! . i. .,,,, 1111.1 -i in mm mm i I I 1 . ." . 14 A TUESDAY. MAY 2. U61 MEDFOn MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON I i It I J ' 1 i-' : I It' J 4 i n Educators Optimistic About Teaching Machine in Classes I'M LOU . r HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York - (BPO The ' teaching machine has' come a Ions way In our educational ayitem this past year. d U C 8' tlonal experts are enthuslas tie about these' m a chines which help students learn at a fast er pace than . .- Bechioia v ever before, Some people see teaching ma. chines in the not too distant future resulting In much col lege work being introduced at the high school level. ; The machines are proving their value every day. Tests carried . out at a Michigan high school by American Seating Co. showed the pace of language instruction has increased by a minimum of 25 per cent through these ma chines. Five and six year old chil dren have read second grade . primers after less than 100 hours of Instruction at differ ent types of teaching ma chines. And fourth and fifth grade students have been taught to, program the com plex electronic computers for- Ariiona Casting Ballots in Runoff 'Tucson, Arlz.-fllPB-Democrat Morris K. Udall and Republl . can Mac C. Matheson were matched today in a runoff election for the congressional seat Udall's older brother va cated to become secretary of the interior. A moderate turnout of vot ers was forecast for the race regarded by some observers as a test of the popularity of the Kennedy administration. merly reserved for college graduates with degrees in mathematics. Educators Optimistic Among the educators opt! mistic about the future of the machines is Kenneth Komos ki, president of the Center for Programmed Instruction, New York Komoski says his research Indicates that it may be ad. visable for educators to re examine completely the course content of different grade levels. The use of pro grammed Instruction opens new vista of possibilities in terms of cirriculum reorganl zatlon. There is a vast market yet untouched by the machine, including nearly 30,000 high schools alone. This great po tential has boosted the num. ber of firms in the business from 30 to 100 in the past year, The machines range from a Crater Test Results Said 'Gratifying' Central Point - Charles A, Meyer, superintendent of dis trict 6C schools, said results of Iowa Tests of Educational Development, which were tak- en by 169 juniors at Crater High school "showed gratify- ing results." ' The composite score for the class is the highest thus far recorded at Crater, he said. Based on a national average, the class had a composite score of 93 per cent. 1 The test measures develop ment in such areas as qualita tive thinking, science back ground, Interpretation of lit erature, vocabulary, social studies -and others. Six students, Meyer said, made outstanding scores, be ing in the 9t)th percentile. simple $20 box-type holder of quiz sheets to a sophisticated electronic instrument selling for $10,000. The simplest machine is one in which a series of les son sheets are placed in the middle of a box-type holder with a plastic view space at the top. In an open area the student marks his answer to a question visible in the view space. Then turning his pen cil around and using the eras er he pushes the lesson sheet upwards to bring the correct answer into view. At the other end of the range, American Seating has developed an integrated sys tem for foreign language in struction, speech therapy, stu dent tutoring, public speaking and voice training. stations of Various Behavior Types Pointed Out Editor'! not; Thli U the second of four dtfpatchei In which Dr. George B. tttevcnion, president elect of the World Federation for Mental Health, dltcuue what the layman should know about mental Ulnesi. . Medford Student In Speech Tourney Lynn Hales, 1508 South Joy st., Medford, and Charles Bush, Salem, represented Wil lamette university in the 15th national debate tournament at the U. S. Military Academy in West Point, April 26-29. . The tournament brought to gether the outstanding college and university debating teams in the country. Regional com petitions in the eight districts into which the U. S. is divided reduced the more than 600 schools bidding for the 38 in vitations to the national finals at West Point. , The two-man teams debated the topic "Resolved' that the U. S. should adopt a program of compulsory health insur ance for all citizens." The win ning team received the Sigurd S. Larmon trophy, symbolic of collegiate debating emin ence for the year, and entered the "hall of fame" for de baters. , i By GEORGE S. STEVENSON, M.D. Consultant, National Aisocia- - tion for Mental Health (Written for UPI) When is a symptom a symp tom? How can you draw the line between behavior that is normal, neurotic or psychotic? Normal. Perhaps it calls to mind a person who always is cheerful, yet invariable cheer fulness isn't normal. It's nor mal to feel sad when you hear bad news, and angry - when you're unjustly treated. Here is an illustration we sometimes use to dramatize three reasons for staying in bed cn a Monday morning: A normal person plays 'hookey sleeps an hour long- er and arrives at the office late. The neurotic thinks, can't sleep but what's the use of getting up? . . . It's too late anyway . . or maybe I should so to the office . . 'The psychotic stares through the window, says, Don t be ridiculous, the sun isn't up I blew it out yesterday." The normal person has a rare truant impulse and acts on it without feeling guilty, To go or not to go - that is the perennial question for our neurotic; - unconsciously he dreads doing a job and fail ing, hopes passing time will take, the decision out of his hands, then bolts out of bed. an effort of guilt that takes him to the office late; he is often late. The psychotic es capes to an unreal world, but blowing out the sun is very real to him. PRESCRIPTIONS ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESSI SP 3-7474 69? 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But there are symptoms of neurosis, less familiar and more serious. Let me describe them: . Anxiety: Extreme, mis- l..aced, frequent, long lasting; fastens . on the ' neurotic's health, his family, his job, his marriage; or may be free floating' - the conviction that 'something bad' is going to happen; Depression: A frequent and persistent - what s the U3e mood, not just 'the blues' we all experience occasionally; nor the intense depression and ' withdrawal into fantasy of the phychotic. Phobias: Unreasonable fears of open places, of - enclosed places, of high places, and un reasonable repulsion for ani mals people usually accept, like cats and dogs. Some vic tims ' of - agoraphobia don't leave the house for . years. while claustrophobics-f ush In panic from a small room, a subway train, an elevator. Normal people may feel panic when standing on a high un protected place; the neurotic feels it when safe behind an enclosure, or even when he imagines he is on a high place. Too Painful Amnesia: Lapses of mem ory that blank out an episode or the entire past. This 'dis sociative reaction' splits off from consciousness experi ences too painful to think about. . Physical Symptoms: Recur ring palpitations, headaches, stiff neck, indigestion, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, dizzi ness, or long-lasting colitis, ulcer, arthritis, asthma and other serious bodily illnesses that may be caused, at least in part, by emotional disor ders. They are called 'psycho somatic' or 'psychophysiolog- ic' disorders. Less common is the 'conversion reaction' which causes the temporary loss of the use of a limb, sight, hearing or touch, usually after a very painful experience. Neurotic symptoms . are found at any age, with varia tions that stem from the prob lems of each age group. Detected In Infant Emotional malaise can be detected in a tiny infant. It may cry too much or be too quiet; it may not answer smile with a smile. As the months pass emotional dis turbance may become more pronounced: it may be tran sient or the first sign of a neurosis or a psychosis. From the moment the baby leaves the womb, instincts and desires begin to conflict with the social environment it is born into - values and cus toms that vary with geogra phy and history: In some so cieties it is vulgar to belch; In others it is a polite way of saying thank you to the hostess. But wherever the child is born, it begins at once to develop as an individual and a member of society. fr tmtm HAH e COUNTERACTS DAMAGE e ELIMINATES TANGLES e RESTORES NATURAL BEAUTY Famous LIFE LOTION KAIft TREATMENT penetntts deep dowa te livi aw radiance, ntw luster, new manage ability to aN hak -no matter how badly damaged by bleaching, coloring, over-waving or txposura to sen, wind anJ water. Eliminates snarls and tangles, wonderful for children. Use LIFE LOTION HAW TREATMENT alter each shampoo! The first six years are vital ly important. 'This is the time when we learn to bend with the changing problems of re ality, and when we build im ages of self that accompany us through the. rest of life. Many severe disorders of later years could be prevenfed by the protection ot mental health among children of pVe school years. Sadly, such a preventive program isn't pos sible when our resources are barely sufficient to help the people in urgent need. Among them are the chil dren with schizophrenia, or shattered mind. This Illness in young children differs from schizophrenia in adolescents and young adults. The major ity of victims first appear in the 15-30 age group. Most common of the nsvehnsps it accounts for 23 per cent of new admissions to mental hospitals. Oregon Podiatry Sets Portland Meeting The Oregon Podiatry asso ciation will host the annual regional meeting of podiatrists May 3, 6 and 7, at the, Shera ton hotel in Portland. Among the , nationally known podiatrists who will come from out of state to at tend the meetings will be Dr. W. A. Pepin of San Diego, Calif. Dr. A. M. Depner of Medford is a member of the Oregon association's public re lations committee. But the rate of total or par tial recovery from this tragic psychosis of youth has dra matically increased from 20 to 60 per cent since 1920. This Is due to earlier and more effective treatment. There are several types of schizophrenia. The catatonic type may remain rigid for hours, or race and thresh about with repetitive move ment and speech. The simple type may be able to dress himself, but as his condition deteriorates, he becomes more or less a 'human vegetable.' The hebephrenic type does silly childish things,, talks mostly nonsense, giggles and neglects clothing and cleanli ness. The paranoid type is suspicious; he believes people are conspiring to kill him and is often hostile and violent. Few Dangerous , Which brings me to a com mon misconception about men tal illness. Very few mental patients, even the very sick ones, are dangerous. Violence, when it does occur, usually is the result of unnecessary re straint of the patient. And that is the reason for today's trend in patient care. Many hospitals - no longer use re straining devices, and more and more of them are remov ing window bars and door locks. Don't be afraid of these sick people. Try to understand and help them. All but a very few are quiet and harmless, and they suffer a great deal. (Next: Tools used in treat ing mental illness. Funeral Questions We Are Asked at MEMORY GARDENS MEMORIAL PARK & FUNERAL HOME "The Chapel of Memories" . "The Last Supper" 1395 Arnold Lane SP 3-7338 illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllil . m J How much doei a complete funeral coit? 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