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10 c SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON i&vv PifSlKi ill i . i8TH CENTURY COLONIAL has a unique expression In "Carriage Trade", a new collection crafted In cherry and pecan with an antiqued fruitwood finish. The handsome armolre and blanket chest shown are Just two of the many useful and attractive pieces in this group that offers accent pieces in rusty black and celadon green with irultwooa tops. Other interesting features are the stove legs on the niehtstand-chatt and custom-designed hardware. Kent- Coffey Mfg. Co. Armoire Useful In Home Child-Training Ability of Parents Studied By Research Team at University of Oregon Everv homcmnker who wages the battle against lack of storage space should con sider the attributes of an armoire. ; A tall cupboard or ward robe, the armoire actually predates built-in closets. The earliest armolres were paint ed and probably used for the storage of arms and armour. During the Renaissance in France they wore endowed with elaborate ornamentation and were a standard part of a girl's dowry, being used primarily for the storage of clothes. The Home Furnishings In dustry committee says sr moircs are quite big on the ' fashion scene today. Many manufacturers have added these traditional storage pieces to their new introductions. For the woman who ad heres to n everythlnR-ln-lls-place philosophy, there are armoires thai mark a spot for everything from hats to hand kerchiefs. Many are equipped with adjustable and slide-out shelves, allowing freedom to arrange the armoire for par ticular storage needs. ' Even television or complete music centers may be housed behind the tall doors of an armoire. As handsome as they arc useful, the new armoires ful fill their centurjes old purpose and add to the beauty of modern homes. Coffee "as is" has lis uses, too. Pulverized coffee or in stant coffee, combined with a bit of sugar, makes an ex cellent "sprinkle" for toast, cookies, or cakes. Coffee, pul verized or lnrtant, is a dec orative topping for ice cream, loo. CAILflMUMM.. Today) 1 p.m.-Mcdford Duplicate Bridge club Charily party, Girls Community club. Mondayi 12 noon - Jackson county unit, Oregon Federation of Women's Republican clubs, Ping's Gardon. 8:30 p.m. -Crater chapter, Grandmother clubs of Amer ica, Grange hall, Central Point. 7 p.m.-Sllmmer Yets TOPS club, social room, Sacred Heart hospital. 7:15 p.m. -Warren Assem bly, international Order ol Rainbow for Girls, Masonic temple, Jacksonville. 7:30 p.m.-Career night for gills in home economics, lec ture center, Medford High school. 7:30 p.m.-Parents Without Partners, Girl Scout Head quarters, 209 South Oakdale ave. 7:30 p.m.- Ruth Esther unit nl WrsloyHii Service Guild, First Mrlhndist church. 8 p.m.-Buckles and Bows Square dance club, Country Squares, Colver rd., Talrnt. B p.m. - Olive Rebekah lodge, lOOF hall. Tusiday: 9:30 a.mWeslminstcr Pres byterian church Women's as sociation circles: Ruth, with Mrs. William Wilson, 323 Lvnwood ave ; Elizabeth, with Mrs. Robert Cunningham, 24 North Groveland ave. and Martha, with Mrs. Ronald Cordon, 1517 Lcnora dr. 10 a.m.-Helirf society, Sec ond Ward of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 648 South Ivy st. 10:30 a.m.-Alba Home Ex tension unit, home of Mrs. John Asplund, 1456 Jasper st. 10:30 a.m. - Sams Valley Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Lester James. 11 45 a.m.- Mrdfurd chap ter. Woman's Council of Real Estate Boards, Town House. 12 noon- Jackson County Inter-Community council, Re habilitation Center for the Blind, 248 East Stewart ave. 12 noun- Kiwanlan Dames, home of Mrs. Adam Rlchter, 2509 Argonne dr. I p.m.- Ladies of Elks, Elks club downstairs lounge. 1:30 p.m.- Rogue Valley Herb society, Girls Communi ty club. 6:30 p.m.- Oregon chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Masonic temple, Jacksonville. 7:30 p.m.- Chapter BE of PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. Victor Sctlier, 1007 Queen Anne ave. 7:30 p.m.- Rogue Valley llandwcavert guild, home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wallin, 2019 East Main st. . I 8 p.m.- Pyihian Sisters, Py thian building. 8 p.m.- Westminster Pres byterian Church Women's as sociation circle: Esther, with Mrs. Hubert Patterson, 2432 Obispo dr. Wednesday 10 a.m.-Oregon federation of Women's Clubs, First Dis trict board of directors, Riv erside restaurant, Grunts Pass. 10 a.m.- Relief society, First Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Laller-day Sninls, 648 South Ivy st. 11 a.m.- Security Benefit club, Knights of Pythias hall. 12 noon- Great Decision dis cussion class, Wesley hall of First Methodist church. 12 noon- Ncvlta Past Ma trons, with Mrs. C. F. McKib- ben, 833 Hopkins rd. 12 noon- Realties Social club, Medford Masonic tem ple. 12:30 p.m.-- Chapter C,C, of PLO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. R. E. Mcncke, 2141 Ensl Jin k son st. 12:30 p.m.- Chapter CP of PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. Ray. W. McNair. 229 Valley View dr. 1 p.m. - Ella Deuel lltibbs tent, Daughters of Union Vet erans of the Civil War, home of Mrs. Andrew G. Severson, 604 Plum st. 1 p.m. - Junior Service League, Girls Community club. 1:30 p.m. - Contemporary Book club, home of Mrs. Mal colm Byers, 907 East Main st. Thursday! 10:30 a m. -Lone Pine Home Extension unit, with Mrs. Al bert L. Henderson, 1532 Ter race dr. 12:30 p.m. t Prospect Gar den club, home of Mrs, Rich ard Lowery, 1:30 p.m. - Women's Chris tian Temperance Union, fire place room nf First Presby terian church. 3:30 p.m. - Central Point PTA, Central Point Junior High school cafctoruim. 7:3(1 p m. The Lively Rogues, Rogue Valley Coun try club. 8 p.m. - Adarel chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Ma sonic temple. Jacksonville. Friday: 11 a in. - Women of Unity, Unity church. Holly and Ha ven sts. 12:30 p.m. - Electa Social club. Girls Community club. Saturday: 12:30 p in. AAUW, Med ford branch, fellowship lunch con, Rogue Valley Country club. 1:30 p.m. - Crater Lake chapter, DAR, Girls Commun ity club. Eugene- Contrary to a com mon American opinion, moth ers are no more effective in training their children than fathers, providing both par ents spend approximately the same amount of time with their children. This is one of the findings of Dr, Gerald R. Patterson, as sociate professor of psycholo gy at the University of ore gon, who has been studying the relationship of the rein forcement theory to the social ization of the child for the past four years at the Univer sity's Child Study center. A renewal of the supporting grant, in the amount of $24, 610, has recently been receiv ed from the National Institute of Mental Health of the U.S Public Health service and it is anticipated that the study will continue for several years. . Dr. Richard A. Littman, professor of psychology, is a consultant and co-investigator on the project, which is ab sorbing the attention of about eight graduate students. Make Experiments The researchers are trying to DinDoint through a series of controlled experiments the kind of home atmosphere, par ental discipline, and overall environment which produce the child who is responsive to social learning. "This is highly Important," Dr. P a 1 1 erson emphasized, "because our studies have shown that the child who is not responsive to his parents is viewed by his teachers and others around him as poorly adjusted." In a group of tests, many of which were conducted in an unusual mobile laboratory trailer taken directly to the children's homes, boys and girls aged 5 to 9 were asked to perform the simple mechan ical task of dropping marbles into two holes in a box, while one of their parents, on cue from the researcher, attempt ed to reinforce their actions by encouraging remarks. The mothers were then in terviewed concern Ing the home atmosphere, disciplinary techniques, and relationships within the family. Teachers were also asked to rate the children on a number of per sonality traits. Results Studied Among the preliminary tindings which have emerged from the study: - Bovs who did well nn the test when reinforced bv their fathers and girls who did well when reinforced by their mothers generally came from homes that were warm and permissive. -Boys effectively reinforced by thole mothers and girls effectively reinforced by their Coffee Once Was Item of Barter When unusual situations or crises render common cur rency useless, people tend to fall back on the age-old habit of bartering. History shows that coffee has often been an ilem of barter. Our early Ami lean pio neers frequently used coffee In clinch deals for blankets or beautiful skills brought to the trading posts by the In dians. During the Civil War when coffee was scarce, 10 pounds bought 200 bushels of corn. And in Texas, a cattle (arnilng family named Priiitt exchanged a pound of prec ious coffee fur a loiighorn heifer named Pecos. A Midnight Snack Welsh rarebit Is a favorite evening snack in many coun tries. II can be made quickly by heating a can of chedriar cheese soup with one quarter teaspoon mustard and one quarter cup of milk. (Home economists with the Gas Ap pliance association recom mend using a low gas flame for most cheese dishes be cause they scorch easily.) Serve the rarebit over crisp toast with thin slices of to maio and a garnish ol crisp bacon. fathers on the whole came from homes that were cool and restrictive. Although the more psycho logically sound situation of identification with the parent of the same sex seemed to emerge from the warm, per missive home, the problem is not that easy, Dr. Patterson pointed out. "Perhaps to begin with we oversimplified the problem of the home climate, assuming that the democratic, permis sive home would produce the child who was more respon sive to social reinforcers," he said. "This is not always so, how ever. It appears that either a warm, permissive home or a cool, restrictive home may, under certain circumstances, produce a well-adjusted child. Isolait Factors "In fact, research elsewhere has indicated that the permis sive home seems to produce a greater number of aggres sive children, who generally are less responsive to their parents. We are now trying to isolate some of the factors which cause this." 1 Other results emerging from the marble- dropping test: -Children rated by their teachers as- non- conforming ly on the test and did not appear to respond effectively to their parents. -Children who performed the test successfully and ap peared to be responding to the parent's encouraging remarks were generally evaluated by their teachers as happy, opti mistic, not prone to anger, stable, intelligent, and not easily distracted. The research involves a theory about the formation of personality which has been under intensive study In the U.S. only during the past ten years. . If the results continue to prove successful, "we and oth er researchers may be able within the next decade to give parents some specific help in raising Ihcir children. Dr. Patterson said. Simplify Techniques Already there are indica tions that the new theory may simplify the techniques used to treat some types of malad justed children and reduce the therapy time and effort ten fold, an important considera tion in view of the shortage of trained .therapists. The theory, or as Dr. Patter son prefers to call it, "a dif ferent way of looking at per sonally," denies that person ality arises soley from "the bubbling pot" of basic desires and drives within each person. We believe that personali ty is the product of a social learning process, involving in teractions with others, which begins in childhood and con tinues throughout life," Dr. Patterson explained. "Perhaps not all personali ty, but an important part of what we think of as personal ity traits - aggresiveness, hon esty, dependence, and so forth - is taught in the 6ame way that arithmetic is taught, with the difference that the teacher and pupil arc not aware that the process is going on." The process involves, ac cording to Dr. Patterson: the reinforcement theory of learn ing in which actions and alti tudes which arc reinforced by the parents in the form of in creased attention, love, praise and rewards become establish ed as part of the child's per sonality. Theory Summarised "Children's behavioral prob lems may not arise front loo much or too Utile love on the part of the parents, but what actions of the children thai love reinforces," Dr. Pat terson said, in summarizing the theory. In a simplified example, the mother who consistently shows extra love and attention to a child when he acts baby ish is "leaching" the child that dependent, infantile be havior Is rewarded and estab lishing those qualities in the child's personality. In the same way. the child's playmates, teachers, and oth ers with whom he comes in contact may mold him, and either socially desirable or un desirable traits may be in stilled in the child through the process. In therapy sessions now go ing on at the University Psy chology clinic, psychologists are meeting success in altering some of these traits by elicit ing a desired response from the child or waiting for one to occur, and then reinforcing it with praise, rewards, and encouragement. Parents Taught At the same time, parents are being taught to follow this same pattern of encourage ment at home. In some cases, effective results have been noted in a tenth of the time that would be expected with standard therapy. The clinical portion of the project is being carried on in cooperation with Dr. James H. Straughan, assistant professor of psychology and director of the clinic. "There are, of course, some cases of deep emotional dis turbance in children which re quire the traditional intensive, long-range analysis and thera py, but we feel that it is prob ably not called for in the ma jority of cases," Dr. Patterson said. "In these cases, standard approaches to therapy are somewhat akin to giving peni cillin for everything." The research is continuing along several different lines, including a study of the so cializing influences of the child's playmates. Mrs. Horn Returns Home Hornbrook Mrs. Marshall Horn returned Thursday from her annual winter visit in the San Francisco Bay area. In S-in Francisco, she was a guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. James Cobain, and in Marys ville of a niece and her fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Phil lips and children. She also visited in the east bay town of El Sobrante with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hornj son and daughter-in-law of her late husband. Returns Applegate Valley- Roy Hal bcrt has arrived home after a two-week business trip to Las Vegas, Ncv. He was accom panied here by James Scott of California City. While in the south Mr. Halbert was a guest of his brother, Shcrrill Halbert, federal judge in Sac ramento, Calif. HIHHMfflMllim The ONLY Time-Tested GLASS FIREPLACE SCREEN Enjoyed by Thousands in tht Rogua River Valley iv;vti 1 .rr?rlr:-7' PHONE A ITU II '.nl RADIATES MAXIMUM HUT HIMINAUS IOOM HEAT IOSS, SAVES tuet HOTECTS AGAINST HYING .VKS. ASHES. OUT AND DRAFTS TWIN DOOIS OMN WlDl EOI tAsr loadino o run CONltOl DHAfT WITH TWO SUO ING DOOS OI EAST Ol SlOW EKE SOtIO MASS CONSTRUCTION, HAUTt UNHfAlO Of THOUSANDS IN USE WINTER AND SUMMER IURN WOOD, COAl OR OAS 772-7166 SMITH LUMBER CO. Cornir 8th and Fir Sti. .Southern Oregon's Early American and Colonial Specialty Shop the COLONIAL HOUSE (at Trowbridge Electric) main and fir 773-6241 with free customer parking Zl I9t) VOLKSWAGEN 0 MlRltA, inc.wiiTOu-S OPTiQaa That's about the size of it. That special paint job is to make it perfectly clear that our Station Wagon is only 9 nches . longer than our Sedan. Yet it carries almost a ton of anything you like. (About twice as much as you can get into wagons that are 4 feet longer.) Or eight solid citizens, with luggage. Or countless kids, with kid stuff." The things you never think about are worth thinking about, too. You never worry about freezing or boiling; the rear engine is air-cooled.. You can expect about 24 mites per gallon and about 30,000 miles on your tires. And you can forget about going out of style next year; next year's model will look the same. The most expensive VW Station Wagon costi $2897.00 It comes in red and white or grey and white or green and white. And you won't ever have to go around paint ing sedans on it to show how small it is. Just park. MORSE MOTORS $ 6th and Ivy Medford mUSmm Phont 772-7155. V(2)Q0 Sti? SGQDffflDm)(S)ffl(5(o Every newspaper headline makes ft clear that" this is a testing time for Americans. The Cuban crisis is one of a long and con tinuing series of challenges we face. At a time of challenge, the American future depends upon the American people: what we think, what we do, how we rise as individuals to the task of meeting great challenge with great achievement. We each have a part to play. Yours is described in the timely new citizen action guide "Challenge to Americans'' of fered here which puts the crisis of tPte moment in the true perspective of the struggle which Is likely to continue for years. The world situa tion is far more complex than the emergencies of daily headlines. As President Kennedy says: "We are challenged by the revolution of communism. The , Communists seek power through conspiracy, terror, aggression and deceit. They exploit and corrupt legitimate revolutionary forces, scavenging on poverty, ignorance, despair. "And also we are challenged by the revolution of hope in con tinents long captive to stagnation and despair. "We are challenged by the revolution in science and tech nology bringing new boons and new dangers to humanity. "We a; e challenged by the revolution in international relation ships. Nation has begun to work with nation to solve mankind's common problems. New international bodies are exploring un charted paths of world cooperation in the interests of world wide peace, justice, and freedom." In an age of revolution, we dare not forget that we are heirs to "We must match great challenges withgreatachievements-with a con stant striving lor excellence in all things. With a mature understand ing of the magnitude, complexity, and probable long durat'on of the struggle we lace. Let each ol us re solve to do something extra lor our country in this period ol trial." President John F. Kennedy . a continuing, liberating rev&lution.We dare not fail to press that revolution forward, to perfect, democracy at home, to make it an example to the world. Only in earning our freedoms over again can we strengthen them. Only by extend, ing our freedoms to all mankind can we pre serve them. This we can and must do as individuals. Wa must accept our responsibilities as we do our rights, the two are today inseparable.Vie must look upon national challenge-whether it is an immediate challenge in Cuba, Berlin, or Asia, or the continuing longer range challenge-as a personal opportunity to do something inv portant for our country. We must seek to excel, to stand up, to stand out: in our private lives, our homes, our work, communities, schools, in all places, in all things! A good way to begin is with a mature understanding of what we are up against and what you personally can do about it You will find exactly that in the timely new booklet, "Challenge to Americans." Endorsed by Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower, approved by the Department of State, it is an indispensable information and action guide for the purposeful citizen. We need many such citizens. We need them now. We need you-your value as an individual, your power as the source of our national strength, your aid in deciding our common future. Your copy of "Challenge to Americans" is free. You can be learning from it and you can be acting upon it in a matter of days. Write CHALLENGE, Box 1776, New York 17, New York. FREEDOM IS NOT A GIFT BUT A TASK - "The important thing is to do soma, thing, and not to excuse oneself with the thought that 'I can do so little it will make no difference.' It does make a difference. America is people-not things. If each of us does his own particular job a little better, and raises his personal standards a little higher, our country will gain in strength and in character." Dtght D. Eisenhovtt K6 s MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
