Effects of Anxieties
On Students Is Studied
By PATRICIA McCORMACK
. new xorK - lUPU - Some col
tegt students tote a bundle of
anr.ieties back to school with
them. The
anxious ones
worriers -fret
about more
than academic
a c hievement.
E m o t i o nal
problems and
other private
concerns make
a foundat i o n
Patricia
McCormack
o n which is
heaped the usual school wor
ries - making a load full of
'mental and emotional dyna
;mite. When the load becomes too
Tmuch to handle, academic
"work skids. The drop - outs
-start when the skid hits a
Iplateau marked failure. A stu
rdent who wanted to be a
teacher, a nurse, an engineer
or an architect is put out of
the game.
Effects
.- A report in the current
Quarterly of the National As-
sedation for Mental Health
.dies new findings in research
concerning the effects of
anxiety on academic perform
"ance. The findings of Dr. Charles
;Fur Muffs
.'Are Large
United Press International
-. Designer Norman Norell's
'fall collection included a fur
"accent perfect for the woman
-wishing to hide love letters
Tor even a change of clothes.
The accent: a black fox muff
-that appeared to be at least
as large as a beach ball. These
.perfectly round warming ac
cessories ranged in diameter
3rom 18 inches on up. A re
placement for the overnight
.-bag?
.
" Fur touches in the fall and
"winter collections of the na
tion's top-notch designers are
so numerous that one can
conclude only that "they're
pelting us with pelts." Fur
-rims skirts, jacket hems, ends
if sleeves. Fur muffles the
Jieck so that sometimes it cov
'.ers the bottom part of mi
lady's ears.
The uniform on the home
front, the house dress, now
Tfeatures a bandana around
"the neck. This gives the basic
-popular silhouette, the shirt--waister,
a Western look. Mod
Tern Manufacturing, one firm
sold on the westernization of
-the housedress, puts Western
Ttype buttons and cowboy
Vbucklcs on the daytime frocks.
;.Many no surprise are
.saddle-stitched.
j An inside story: linings of
-fur coats in the Andre Fath
"collection featured lace tra--punto,
gold-brocaded silk and
: prints with the coloring of
lionet's famous "Water Lilies"
.'canvas.
'Texans Are Guests '
,Of Couple at Trail
'l Shady Cove-Trail Miss
"Mary Annette Rodgers, ac
companied by Miss Catherine
;-Middleburg, both of San An
Jtonio, Tex., recently visited en
"joute to the Seattle World's
!-Fair with Miss Rodgers' un
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Jan Rodgers. Trail. They spent
iouT days with the couple.
: Other recent houseguests at
"the Rodgers' home have been
their son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Steeves and fam
ily of Salem.
Employees Honored
At Al Fresco Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lizburg
entertained Sunday at their
summer home at Rocky Point
for employees of Burelson's
Ready-to-Wear store.
Families and friends of the
employees also attended the
event.
An al fresco dinner was
served by the hosts in the
summer home gardens.
Grandson Guest
In Central Point
Central Point A guest at
the home of his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Gordon,
746 Freeman road, is Roland
Pacey. Grenada, Calif. He
also plans to spend a week
at Diamond lake.
Visit
Mr. and Mrs. William Huck
ba, Portland, were week end
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Nichols. 232 Olwell
way. Mrs. Huckba has been
Instruc'ing a summer music
workshop at Southern Oregon
college.
Broaddus Family
Gutitt of Scottt
Illinois Valley - Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Broaddus and
children. Springfield. Ore., re
cently spent a week with
Mrs. Broaddus' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Scott. Ker
by. During their stay the vis
itors were guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman
Scott and family, Kerby, and
the Dclbcrt Scotts, Cave Junction.
D. Spielberger, of Duke uni-
versity, Durham, N.C., con
cern a collection of Joe col
lege types.
The associate professor of
psychology reported that in
some cases anxiety helps aca
demic performance; in some
cases, it hurts.
The differences in the in
fluence of anxiety hinged, to
some extent, on a student's
ability.
"It was found," Dr. Speil
berger reported, "that anxious
students in the middle ranges
of ability obtained lower
grades and a higher percent
age of academic failures than
non-anxious students of com
parable ability.
"Students of low ability
earned poor grades irrespec
tive of their anxiety level;
however, a higher percentage
of these students with high
anxiety were academic fail
ures than were the non
anxious students of limited
ability."
Also Found
The investigator found also
that for the very superior stu
dents, it appeared the anxiety
might have actually facili
tated academic performance.
"To the extent that anxious
students - likely to be under
achieves or academic failures
- can be identified early and
offered effective therapeutic
assistance, academic mortality
rates resulting from emotion
al factors can be reduced,"
Dr. Speilberger said.
"Ideally, such students
should be identified at the be
ginning of their freshman
year."
The psychologist noted that
perhaps the most important
implication of the findings is
that it appears possible to
identify members of the col
lege population who, because
of their emotional problems.
are not likely to function at
levels commensurate with
their intellectual potential.
Finding such students early
and helping them with their
problems gives such students
a chance to perform to the
uppermost limits of their abil
ity.
An even chance to succeed
that is.
Summer Socials
Sorority Events
A recent summer social of
Beta Upsilon chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority, was a
luau held Saturday evening,
August 4 at the home of Mrs.
Larry Rose, 2110 Corona
drive. Husbands and guests of
the chapter members were in
vited. The patio and gardens were
decorated in the Hawaiian
theme and Hawaiian type
food was served.
Entertainment was by The
Tropicales from Southern
Oregon college. Miss Theo
Chang played the ukulele
and sang. She also narrated
the history of the hula, with
the Misses Mae Fujiyoshi,
Michie Kohatsu and Jo Ann
M o r i I a demonstrating the
various types of hulas
through the ages.
Another summer social of
the chapter was a picnic and
water sports party held at
the private lake of Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Plumley, Hill
crest road. Swimming, water
skiing, and boating was on
the program.
Bulletin Tells How
To Make Slip Covers
Illustrated instructions for
making slip covers for various
styles of easy chairs are avail
able in a new bulletin from
Oregon State university.
"How to Make Slip Covers"
takes the seamstress through
basic steps of measuring, cut
ting and fitting fabric to the
chair. Most upholstered pieces
can be successfully slip cov
ered. However, chairs with
much wood trim around the
back or those with springs
and padding badly out of
whack may be better reuphol
stered, the publication notes.
The bulletin is free on re
quest at county extension of
fices or from the OSU Bulle
tin Clerk.
Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Orin Bartholo
mew and children, Douglas
and Gail, 2830 Elliott avenue,
vacationed last week in Van
couver, B.C., Canada, after
spending two days at the Seat
tle World's Fair. En route the
family also visited for a day
in Portland and made a trip
to the Portland zoo.
Child's Feet
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This C 1 e o p a 1 ra-inspired
dress is of velveteen, one of
the lush textured fabrics fea
tured in fall clothing. A red
abstract print colors the
frock, and a bib of beads
sparks the round neckline. It
is a Heiser design.
Berry Powder
Soon May Be
On the Market
How would you like a jar
of pure strawberry powder -to
add to milk shakes, sodas,
cakes, icings, or other des
serts - on your pantry shelf?
Although berry powder of
this type is not yet being pre
pared commercially, Earl M
Litwiller, Oregon State uni
versity food technologist, has
freeze dried less-than-perfect
strawberries into a fine pow
der that retains all the fresh
goodness of fresh picked
fruit.
Strawberries not quite per
fect enough for fresh market
ing are frozen and dried - in
an almost perfect vacuum -and
then are crushed and
seeded. End result is a pow
der finer than sugar, which
when kept in an air-tight jar,
makes a quick, easy, and de
licious flavoring agent.
Litwiller points out that
amount of sugar added to des
serts can be regulated when
berry powder is used. A thick
creamy, ice cream soda re
quires about two teaspoons of
powder and about a teaspoon
of simple syrup - plus milk
and ice cream. For the calorie-conscious,
the syrup
could be eliminated and ice
milk could be used to concoct
delectable desserts.
Processing and marketing
costs on freeze drying these
fruits have not yet been fully
determined, says Litwiller,
but they do hold promise for
the future.
Shady Cove Woman
Honored at Shower
Shady Cove -Trail Mrs.
Clayton Fields was honored at
a layette shower recently by
women of the Shady Cove
Gospel church, for which the
Rev. Mr. Fields is the minis
ter. Games were played and the
honored guest was presented
gifts.
Attending were the Mes
dames Delbert Spain, Claude
Hunt, Russell Elder, Raymond
Anderson. C. R. Cooper, Doris
Elder, Betty Surgeon, Sheldon
Jack, Marie Allen, Dean El
der, C. M. Wells, Don Shep
herd, Frances Mack, G. S. El
der, Mary Boatwright, Mrs.
Mary Harper, all of Shady
Cove: and Mrs. Lillian Han
son, Jacksonville.
Californians Guests
At Shady Cove Home
Shady Cove-Trail - Dinner
guests recently at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Watson
and family of Shady Cove,
were Mr. and Mrs. Marc Le
Due and daughter, Miss Fran
ces Le Due, Beverly Hills,
Calif. Miss Le Due, a gradu
ate of Beverly Hills high
school, will enroll as a fresh
man this fall at the University
of California, Los Angeles. 1
She plans to major in ento
mology. Miss Sheri Watson spent a j
week with Miss Le Due and
her parents at the Le Due
cabin at Union Creek.
A Problem?
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON
State Officers
Of FHA Meet for
Summer Session
The state officers of the
Future Homcmakers of
America convened August 7
in Delake for their summer
executive council meeting
which will run through Au
gust 10, according to Miss
Pauline Goodwin, supervisor
of home economics education
in the State Department of
Education and the State ad
visor of FHA.
The officers, headed by
President Ann Jones of Hepp
ner. will plan the coming
years FHA activities, which
include the 18th annual state
meeting of Oregon Future
Hnmemakers of America to
be held in Corvallis next
March. Also, a workshop in
volving both state officers
and 10 district officers from
the five FHA districts in Ore
gon will be held at Taft High
school during the year.
The Future Homcmakers of
America is a national non
profit organization for stu
dents studying homemaking
in high school.
The Oregon association has
110 chapters and 4,089 mem
bers. State officers and their
advisors include: president,
Ann Jones, and advisor, Mrs.
Grace A. Schmidt, both from
Heppner; vice president, Di
ana Smith from Halsey, and
advisor, Mrs. Genevieve
Overton from Brownsville;
secretary, Karn Ramcy, and
advisor, Mrs. Alice Waldron,
both of Klamath Falls; treas
urer, Nancy Baker, and ad
visor, Miss Mildred Peterson,
both of Pendleton; and edi
tor, Linda Hellberg, and ad
visor, Miss Janet Reilly, both
of Sherwood.
Former Resident
Plans Visit Here
Miss Sharon Ann Dixon,
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.
Melvin Dixon, Heppner, Ore.,
is to arrive this week end as
houseguest of several
friends. The Dixons lived here
until last May while the Rev.
Mr. Dixon was minister of the
St. Luke's Methodist church.
Miss Dixon will divide her
time as a guest of Miss Janet
Crawford, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Crawford,
1503 East Main street, Miss
Sandra Shugart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Shugart,
400 Barnes avenue, and Miss
Diane Paulsen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Paul
sen, 508 Hamilton street.
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Trip to Canada
Mrs. William (Barbara)'
Robinson, 512 Austin street,
a teacher in the Jacksonville j
Elementary schools, who has j
been attending the summer j
session at the University of
Oregon, Eugene, will be ,
joined there this week end
by her husband. I
The couple then will travel
to White Rock, B.C., Canada,
where their daughters, Mar
Jorie and Linda, have spent
the summer with a great
aunt, who conducts a summer
camp for young children.
Marjorie Robinson has
been a counselor at the camp
during the summer.
On the return trip the fam
ily will attend the Seattle
World's Fair and make a trip
to Rainier National park.
Mrs. Robinson was attend
ing the university summer
science session on a grant
which was awarded her.
Family Returns
From Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Harry R.
Goold and children, Lois Ann
and Charles Edward, 18 Myr
tle street, are home after va
cationing for two weeks in
Washington and Canada.
At Everett, Wash., they
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lewis. Mrs. Lewis is
the former Miss Jane Goold
of Medford and a niece of
Harry Goold. While with the
Lewises, the travelers at
tended the Seattle World's
Fair.
From Everett they "traveled
to Canada where they made
numerous boat trips and also
visited the cities of Vancou
ver, Victoria, Sidney and Na
naimo. They also saw the
Butchart Garden?, on Van
couver island.
On the return the family
spent five days on the Ore
gon coast.
Picnic Postponed
By Fifty-Plus Club
Because of inclement weath
er a picnic planned for Friday
by members of the Medford
Fifty-Plus club has been post
poned indefinitely. The group
will meet instead at the St.
Mark's Episcopal church guild
hall, West Fifth street and
North Oakdale avenue, Fri
day, August 10 at 12:30 p.m.
Those . who attend should
take sack lunches.
then baclk-to-schooll
a smile and
Acne Can Be
Dermatologist
(tailor s note: Post no
picking" tigni in the bath
room and bedroom of the
acne sufferer in your fam
ily. In the following dis
patch, the second of three,
there's other advice from
doctors expert in the man
agement of acne.)
New Y o r k lUPI) Acne
troubles four out of five
American teenagers.
For some it becomes a true
disease. The deep blackheads
become infected. Too often
they leave permanent marks,
both physical and emotional.
For many, however, acne
is only a passing sign of
growing up. With proper care
in the early stages, dermatolo
gists state, acne disappears
with little or no trace within
a year or two.
What is acne?
Tiny glands beneath the
surface of the skin secrete
oily and fibre-like substances.
These glands grow especially
active during adolescence.
Pores Clog
As a result, skin pores get
clogged. In more serious cases
the blocked pores become in
flamed, erupt and develop in
fections. If acne appears at an early
age, and there is a family his
tory of the condition, it is
more likely to be serious.
Some people suffer acne
through college age and into
middle age.
Acne can be controlled,
says Dr. Donald M. Pillsbury,
president of the International
Congress of Dermatology and
chairman of the dermatology
department of the University
of Pennsylvania School ot
Medicine, Philadelphia.
What should you do about
acne?
Offer Tips
Dr. Pillsbury and other
doctors offer the following
suggestions:
Affected areas should be
washed frequently with soap
and warm water. This curbs
the chance of infection.
Stronger cleansing agents are
recommended in more seri
ous cases. '
Don't Pick. Often scar
To Leave
Mrs. Icy Feige planned to
leave Medford today for her
home at Auburn, Calif., after
spending a month here with
her brother, Wallace Haskins,
228 North Holly street.
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ring can be prevented if
teenagers resist the urge to
pick. The blemishes should be
removed only after they have
come to a head and prefer
ably with a loop-type extrac
tor which dermatologists
recommend. The skin should
be softened first with hot
towels.
Watch Diet
Beware of too many cola
drinks, chocolates and nuts.
Doctors usually advise their
elimination for trial periods
of two to four weeks to see
the effect.
Dr. Pillsbury says a per-
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son's general physical and
emotional condition has a
lot to do with acne.
He observes that outbreaks
of acne frequently follow loss
of sleep, emotional tension,
improper eating habits and
excessive exercise.
Van To Preside
At Class Reunion
Ashland-Dr. Arthur Tay
dor and his daughter Georgia,
163 Meade street, accompan
ied by Dr. Taylor's sister-in-
law, Mrs. James Landrcth,
Salem, will leave this week
for Aledo, 111., where Dr.
Taylor will preside as master
of ceremonies at the 50th
anniversrv reunion of his high
I school class.
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Californians Visit
Relatives in Valley
Visitors this week at the
home of Mrs. Hilda Cook, 37
Winema way, include her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Sharp, and
their son, James E. Sharp Jr.,
Miss Betty Land and Miss Di
ane Routhier, all of Westmin
ster. Calif.
While here the group also
is visiting Mrs. Sharp's sis
ters, Miss Barbara Sample,
832 Summit avenue; Mrs.
Donald Mentzer, 1467 South
Stage road: Mrs. Alonzo
Lown, Orr drive, Central
Point, and her brothers, Dean
C.nnk and William Cook, of
I the Winema way address.