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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1963
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. 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.
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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
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