MONDAY. AUGUST 20. 1962
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OHEGOK
tudents Train For
Northwest Summer
Social
Intern
Work in
Program
Eugene - An inmate's-eye
view of state penal and men
tal institutions was given to
a group of University of Ore
gon summer students recent
ly during the final week of
a work-study program in
mental health and rehabili
tation. Mary, a housewife and the
mother of four children, who
spent seven weeks in the
Oregon State hospital in Sal
em, and Chuck, who spent 11
of his 45 years in the Oregon
State penitentiary, outlined
for the students the events
leading up to their confine
ment, the conditions "inside,"
and the way in which they
had readjusted to life on the
'outside."
More than 50 students from
26 colleges and universities
In nine Western states are
completing the 10-week
course which included eight
weeks working as "interns"
in state institutions in Ore
gon and Washington. The pro
gram is designed to introduce
undergraduate students to
mental health and rehabilita
tion work.
Sponsor Count
The course is sponsored by
the Western Interstate com
mission for higher education,
the University of Oregon
summer sessions, the Oregon
State board of control, and
the Washington State depart
ment of institutions.
Although Mary praised the
doctor at the hospital and the
later care she received, she
considered her firrt . two
weeks in the hospital "a very
degrading experience."
Her chief complaint In
volved the fact that "I was
not respected as an adult. I
was treated as a raving man
iac for the first two weeks."
On being admitted, Mary
said, "I was absolutely fur
ious because there wasn't
anything wrong with me.
They put me in with crazy
people. I can laugh about this
reaction now, but it wasn't
funny at the time."
Later, througn regular in
terviews with the psych, a
trist, occupational therapy,
and group therapy, she was
ready to leave the hospital in
seven weeks. She was re
turned to the care of the Uni
versity of Oregon's child
guidance clinic, which treats
both children and adults.
Altitudes Chang
Although her family and
close friends treated her
"with kid gloves" hen she
first came home, this attitude
has disappeared during the
four years since she has been
out of the hospital.
However, she told the stu
dents, "it has taken me most
of the four years to convince
people in the community that
I'm not a raving maniac. It's
hard to convince them I
wasn't, I'm not, and I'm not
going to be."
She is still bothered by de
pression and uncontrollable
crying when small crises
build up in her life, but the
university clinic care has
helped her over these mild
relapses.
"Without the university's
help, I would be back in
Salem," she said.
Chuck served his last term
in prison-nine years of a 15
year sentence for armed rob-bery-in
the 1940's and early
1950's. When he was first re
turned to prison, he admitted
that he thought of escape,
"but then maybe an angel
came down and touched me
on the head, and I decided
I'd settle down, work, and
get out the right way."
Privileges Restored
Now his voting privileges
have been restored, he has
his own business, he is mar
ried and owns a home and
car, "which is a lot more
than I ever had before," he
said.
He is a firm believer in the
indeterminate sentence. "If I
had been given a heavy sen
tence to begin with, it might
have been different. It was
the heavy sentence (15 years)
that really started me think
ing," is said.
"If you are an adult, you
should get the whole sentence
to begin with and talk about
parole later. If you get only
three years, because you
pleaded guilty, when you
should be getting 20 years, it
gives you the wrong atti
tude." Most of his sentence was
served during the "tough"
period at the prison. He feels
that the introduction of priv
ileges, the work of sociolo
gists and psychologists, and
other relatively recent prac
tices have improved the al
titude of many prisoners.
The lack of work and the
fact that not enough money
is available to hire well-educated,
trained personnel were
among the worst problems
he faced in prison, although
he believes some situations
have improved since his re
lease 10 years ago.
Explains Motive
"I was just sort of lazy and
wanted something for noth
ing," is the way he explained
his fall into crime, although
he said that other factors
might have been the divorce
of his parents and the fact
that he "was allowed to get
away with things as a kid."
He believes lax parental
discipline and "seeing others
get away with something"
are among the factors contrib
uting to the development of
a criminal.
As for a solution, he said
"when one man gets out and
stays out, if he could help one
more person stay out, maybe
someday we could eliminate
this problem.'"
He has met little prejudice
since his release, although he
did quit one job and move
from the community "to save
my wife embarrassment,"
Four Oregon FFA Youths Nominated
Salem - Leonard E. Kunz
man, director of agricultur
al education for the state de
partment of education has an
nounced that four members
Future Farmers of America
from Oregon will be recom
mended to receive the organ
ization's highest degree, that
of American Farmer, at the
35th annual National Conven
tion of FFA in Kansas City,
Mo.. Oct. 10-12.
Kunzman said he has re
ceived information from FFA
headquarters in Washington,
D. C. stating that the boards
of student officers and di
rectors of the national organ
ization have reviewed the Ore
gon applications and will rec
ommend to the delegates at
the convention that the four
boys receive the coveted de
gree. Approval by the boards
usually is tantamount to elec
tion by the delegates.
The four Oregonians named
are Ellis Hester, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adin Hester, Can-
when it became known that
he was an ex-convict. "Peo
ple are getting educated
now," he remarked, "so prej
udices against ex-convicts is
not a real problem anymore."
by, member of the Canby FFA
chapter; Franklin Allen Hoeft,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hoeft, Pendleton, member of
the Pendleton FFA chapter;
Roger Kooch, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Kooch, Enter
prise, member of the Enter
prise FFA chapter; Rudolph
Leppin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Leppin, Dundee,
member of the Dayton FFA
chapte.-.
Local Man Commended
For Drive Participation
The Rev. George G. Rose
berry, 3310 Hollywood ave.,
Medford, has been commend
ed by Earl C. Wyatt, chair
man of the national alumni
fund campaign at Kansas
Wesleyan university.
Roseberry headed the cam
paign in this are. He report
ed 100 per cent participation
among alumni of the univer
sity here.
ROYAL COUPLE ARRIVES
Los Angeles - IUPII - Prince
Juan Carlos of Spain and his
bride, Princess Sophie of
Greece, arrived here by air
liner from San Francisco Sat
urday on a royal honeymoon
trip around the world.
Webb Returns from
Idaho Scout Event
Martin Webb, Boy Scout
leader from Yreka, Calif.,
has returned from Couer d'
Alene, Ida., where he repre
sented the Crater Lake coun
cil at the International Wood
Badge Training course.
Webb, who holds the Silver
Beaver award and has served
on the council's executive
board for several years, was
selected to attend the week
long course this spring.
Outstanding Scouters from
throughout the northwest
participated in the training.
The course was designed to
train Scouters to help train
volunteer leaders who direct
Scouting units.
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