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local Teachers Study Classroom
Practices In Mental Health
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By CLARA MAE HAYS
Dr. Frances Ross Hicks, head
of the Department of Psycho
logy. GSCW, Milledgeville, and
Dr. Lynn Shufelt, Associate
Coordinator of the Atlanta Area
Teacher Education Service,
Emory University, led the New
ton County teachers in thought
provoking discussions concern
ing “Classroom Practices in
Mental Health” during the In-
Service Education Program,
from 2:30 to 4:30 on Tuesday
afternoon, in the Newton Coun
ty High School.
Dr. Shufelt served as Consul
tant with the teachers of grades
one through six. Dr. Shufelt
gave each teacher a copy of
Nina Ridenour’s booklet: The
Children We Teach. The large
group was divided into ten
small groups, each group to re
view one chapter in the book
let in the light of important
points, suggestions that seem
practical, and some first steps
that a teacher might take in
working with these pupils. The
chapters concerned Children’s
Questions, The Troubled Reader,
The Shy One, The Show - Off,
The One Who Uses Bad Lan
guage, The Everyday Child,
Those Who Have Trouble At
Home, The Unpopular One, The
Pully, and Those With Severe
Emotional Disturbances.” Fol
lowing the small group study
and discussion, the findings
were reported to the large
group. IC was agreed that t h e
future is "in the classrooms —
th?t there is a need to provide
conditions for good mental
health: that to the degree which
a teacher knows and under
stands her individual pupils
can she recognize behavior pat
terns and come to conclusions,
that teaehers need to make
their guesses as educational as
possible, therefore they need to
read and, study: that teachers
need to “keep alive and grow;
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that teachers need to teach
I sensitively. James L. Hymes.
Jr., said in the Forewood of
। the booklet: “A brain alone
, n°ver really comes to school.
' Goo^ teachers sense this keen-
Iv. Brains and bodies, think
’ ing and feeling, living and
t learning the past and the pre
. sent, home and street and
t school: these mix together in
everv child and stay ever-mix
ed. The child comes whole, and
' each in his own uninue mix
ture. This is the complication in
teach'ng sensitively. To see
whole children as individuals,
to feel for them, to squeeze the
most out of the school program
so that everv youngster gets a
break — this is not easy. But
this is the great excitement in
teaching.”
This challenge was very im
pressively given bv Dr. Shu
felt. Dr. Shufelt was assisted
hv Mrs. C. C. Hood, Hostess;
Mrs. J. N. Dobbs, Recorder,
and Miss Merie Paden, Mem
ber of the Future Teachers of
America Club.
Dr. Hicks, Consultant with
teachers of grades seven
through twelve, led the discus
sion on Classroom Practices in
Mental Health for Young Peo-'
ole in the Junior and Senior
Hi ah School Grades. Since the
20th century is referred to as
the “aee of anxietv”. and men
tal health is the number one
problem of to-day. Dr. Hicks
stressed the teacher’s respon
sibility in teaching young peo
ple to handle their emotional
problems. She told of t h e
great strides that have been
made in endocrinology, sur
gery. and bio - chemistry in
the treatment of mental dis
orders. The greatest advance
ment in psychotherapy is com
ing through research in t h e
i field of showing the relation-
In-Service Teacher Program Held Here With Theme "Classroom Practices In Mental Health"
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EDUCATORS ALSO FOUND a lighter side to their problems at the Tcpsday after*
noon meeting of the "In-Service Education Program." the second of the series being
held at Newton County High School. Shown left to right are: Whitlow Richardson,
county school superintendent; Miss Louise Reeves, instructional supervisor-
ship between the physical de
velopment and mental health.
Dr. Hicks warned teachers to
watch for the too-quiet dream
er. If a child cannot compete
with his peers, he often with
draws into a fantastic world of
his own. She pointed out the
, importance of meeting a stu
dent on his own level when try
ing to interview him.
First of all, a careful check ,
should be kept on the physical ,
condition and health needs of a .
child, paying soecial attention
to the diet, and to the recrea- ,
tional program which should
include all children and not
just the teams. She also emoha
sized teaching control of
mind. body, and thought while
allowing freedom within a
framework. She snoke of the
fact that in her own field of
Psychology probably too much
emphasis has been placed on
removing inhibitions and rev
striefions. She said the happy
solution would be found in at
taining the right degree of
firmness, but not sternness.
And above all, give the stu
dent love, and heln him to know
that his feelings count, and
that he can depend on his
teacher.
She stated that narents are |
obligated to do something about
the “going steady” business and
the consequences that some
times follow.
In conclusion, she suggested
that teachers look at themsel
ves in the light of their rela
tionships with the principal, the
parents, the public, and the
1 students, and see if they like
what they see.
Dr. Hicks was assisted by
Mrs. D. C. Moore. Hostess: Mrs.
E. W. Strozier, Recorder: and
Miss Jack'e Latham. Member
of the Future Teacher of
- Club.
As the teachers gathered for
i the general session, which pre
ceded the study, they were
served coffee and cookies in
the school cafetorium. by Miss ,
: Nell Mitcham, assisted bv Miss
Harriet Dietz and Miss Marga-
I ret Rape, FTA members.
Miss Louise Reeves, Director ;
’of Curriculum for the Newton
County Schools, presided dur
! ing the general session. Miss
I Robbie Elizer, FTA member,
brought the inspiring devotion
al, using as the basis for her ।
remarks verses 39. 40 and ver
ses 46 through 49 of the sixth
chapter of St. Luke.
County School Superinten- (
। dent J. W. Richardson made an
; nouncements regarding legis- -
lative procedure which con
cerns salary schedules for
। teachers, and Miss Clara Mae ।
Hays, Visiting Teacher, intro
duced the visiting consultants.
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Marion Piper
Returns From
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Marion Piper, popular young
i businessman of Covington, has 1
■ returned to his Covington home !
I from Georgia Baptist Hospital
I where he underwent recent '
I surgery.
Mr. Piper has the best
wishes of his many friends and
neighbors for his immediate re- '
covery.
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A March of Dimes benefit
dance will be held at the Cov- ;
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night. January 28 from 9 un- I
til 12 midnight.
Music will be furnished by
Bob Jones And His Orchestra
■ of Atlanta.
I
Demand for timber, says The -
Progressive Farmer, should)'
come up some by next fall as I'
the current recession passes .
I and building increases. |,
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Mitchell Says 1%0 Was Banner
Year In Industrial Relations
Secretary of Labor James P.
Mitchell said in his annual
Year-End Statement that 1960
was “highly significant” in in
dustrial relations with the
fewest work stopoages since
1942 and the number of strik
ers and strike idleness lower
than in any postwar year ex
cent 1957.
The Secretary also expressed
satisfaction that “several im
portant steps were taken to
ward a better labor-manage
ment relationshin and a wiser
use of that relationship.”
He marked 1960 as the year
“the problem of inflation was
cut down to size” and cited a
relativelv stable price level
and a 1.0 percent decline in in
dustrial prices as evidence of
that.
The full text of the Secre
tary’s statement follows:
The year 1960 was a highly
significant one for American
industrial democracy. The re-
I cord bears witness to a growing
recognition and acceptance of
responsibility by both labor and
management. During the year
work stoppages numbered 3,-
300 — the lowest number sin
ce 1942. These involved about
1,400,000 workers, matching
the post - World War II low
reached in 1957. Idleness due
to work stoppages in 1960, at
.2 of one percent of total time
worked, was the lowest for any
postwar year except 1957.
But even beyond these re
vealing and encouraging sta
tistics several new and impor
tant steps were taken toward
a better labor - management
relationship and a wiser use of
that relationship in meeting
the problems of an evolving
domestic economy in a world
of challenge.
What this Nation hopes to
accomplish in the areas of
steady, stable growth and con
tinued individual well - being
rests greatly upon our ability to
work harmoniously toward
large mutual goals. Both labor
and management are recog
nizing the responsibility they
bear to the public in the ways
and means they use to pursue
their private objectives. Thus,
during 1960, the Nation’s rail
roads and the operating bro
therhoods agreed to submit
.their dispute over work rules
n nd practices to a Presidential
Commission. West coast shippers
and the longshoremen’s union
agreed to establish a fund to
ease the individual adjustment
to the rapid technological
change taking place in their
industry, as well as to relax
restrictive work rules. Steel
management and the Steel
workers, Union agreed as a
part of the terms of settlement
of the 1959 strike, to establish
committee to study responsi
bly and together the complex
questions of change and its ef
fect upon individual cases.
These notable achievements
have helped stabilize industri
al relations and have bolstered
the public’s confidence in the
ability of labor and manage
ment to resolve their differ
ences peacefully in the best
traditions of cooperation and
mutual understanding. As a re
sult the American people may
look to the future with assur
ances that labor - management
relations, that critical proving
ground of democracy in o u r
dynamic industrial society, can
be a steadying influence in our
society.
On the economic front, 1960
was a year of achievement, but
with emergent problems that
bear careful attention. Thus,
while employment in the Unit
ed States made new highs in
every month of 1960, unem
ployment rose above 1959 le
va’s m the last h^lf of the year,
and in November was 350,00 b ।
Miss Clara Mae Hayes, visiting teacher: Dr. Francis Hicks, head of the psychology
department at Georgia State College for Women; and Dr. Lynn Shufelt, associate
co-ordinator AATES.
'. j higher. This resulted from
] i slackening in manufacturing
J activity with large layoffs as
. ter mid-year, especially in
? steel and other heavy indus
» tries and their suppliers. The
. additional jobs which largely
r absorbed the new entrants into
. ‘ the labor force in 1960 were in
I the service industries and in
j State and local government.
As 1961 begins, we face a
. problem of growing unemploy
. ment, much of it among ex
r perienced men and women, one
million of whom have been out
r of work for over 15 weeks.
5 1 While it is my belief that
i the employment and unem
-1 ployment situation will im
. prove as 1961 progresses, it is
f important to remember that, in
a recovery, hours are first |
. lengthened, and only later are
employees taken back on to the ’
, payrolls. In such a situation,
j unemployment insurance is a
. first line of defense for indi
r viduals and for the economy:
f । unemployment compensation
I payments should be of suffi
• cient duration and amount to
meet the needs of the times.
In 1960, personal incomes,
; earnings, and per capita pur
, chasing power have risen to
■ new high levels and wage rates
. have gone up. These develop
; ments, together with an im
. proving inventory position in
many fields are favorable for
1961.
Industrial prices for both
raw materials and finished
goods edged downward 1 per- .
cent in 1960. This is not a large ■
decline in itself, but it is t he.
first drop in many years. The .
rise in consumer prices in 1960
was 1-1/2 percent, and chiefly
reflected the rising costs of
। services, and somewhat higher
. food prices. Thus there are
’good indications that in 1960
j the oroblem of inflation was
। cut down to size.
Agronomist Tells
How 4-H z er Grew
State Award Corn
Johnnv Darden, a Hancock
Countv 4-H Club member who
| won the state award in one of
] the 4-H corn - growin? pro
grams in 19 fi 0. could show a
lot o^ adults hnw to g r ow corn,
says W. H. Gurley, Extension
agronomist of the University
of Georgia.
Johnny won the state award in
the Georgia Power sponsored
4-H corn program by having
the biggest increase over the
countv average yield. His yield
of 139 bushels per acre was
610 percent over Hancock
County’s average yield of 23
bushels Der acre for the past
three years.
Johnnv started this project
bv selecting good corn land,
and he took a soil test to find
out how much fertilizer he
would need to produce a high
yield. He followed the soil test
recommendation of 500 pounds
of 5-10-15 fertilizer and 100
pounds of nitrogen per acre.
Using a well adaoted hybrid
and plenty of plants per acre
was another factor that help
ed add the high yield per acre.
Mr. Gurley said. Johnny used
14.520 plants per acre spaced
12 inches apart in 3-foot rows. I
“Receiving top award wa s i
। imnortant but producing 139
bushels per acre at a production
cost of 58 cents per bushel
means production practices
that need to be adapted by
farmers all over Hancock Coun
ty.” the Extension agronomist
continued.
Johnny worked very closely
with his countv agent. Jo? C.
Knox, in prod> ’ing this yield
Johnnv ♦he ’ r Mr. anj
I Mrs. George Darden, v». I_
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History Os Naval Aviation
Aviation was young - there
were many firsts.
During April 1919 Lieuten
ant Commander H. B. Grew
flew an Fsl flying boat to a
new endurance record, 20 hours,
19 minutes. During this time he
covered anproximately 1.250
nautical miles for an average
cruising sneed of aporoximate
ly 60 knots. The latest Navy
jet fighter could cover the
same distance in something un
der 1 hour.
The first Trans - Atlantic
flight was made by a Navy fly
! ing boat, the famous NC-4. dur
| ing May 1919. The route flown
| was Trespassey, Newfoundland
' to the Azores to Lisbon, Portu
gal.
The radio compass was used
for the first time by Navy air
craft in July 1920. An FSL flew
two 94 mile legs, one to inter
cept a ship at sea, the second
back to Norfolk to prove the
feasibility of the new naviga
tion system.
On 16 December 1921, the
U. S. S. WRIGHT, first naval
vessel constructed as a sea
nlane tender, was placed in
commission.
The first U. S. Navy aircrift
carrier. U. S. S. LANGLEY,
converted from the collier JU
PITER, was placed in com
mission at Norfolk, in March
1921. The ship was 11,500 tons,
had a flight deck measuring
64 X 534 feet. The U. S. S.
FORRESTAL, a modern attack
carrier haj a standard displace
ment of 54,600 tons, has a flight
deck measuring 252 X 1039
feet.
In October 1923, Navy Planes
swept the Pulitzer Trophy Race
at St. Louis taking the first
four places, all at faster time
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year. Both first and second
place bettered the world’s
speed of 243.68 mph. In No
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The Navy continued breaking
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Thursday, January 26, 1961
’ PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hays,
Artie, David and Mary Anne
have returned home from
Washington, D. C. where they
attended the Inaugural Cere
monies. Mr. and Mrs. Hays at
tended the luncheon on Wed
nesday given by the Georgia
' Society in honor of Mr. Dean
Rusk and Governor Ernest
Vandiver. Friday evening they
attended the Inaugural Ball at
the Sheraton Park Hotel.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mack Bishop of
East Point spent Thursday with
them parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
N. Moblev and family.
• • • •
Rev. and Mrs. S. S. Williams
of White Plains, Georgia and
Mrs. Bessie Williams of Por
| terdale visited friends in New
ton County Wednesday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomp
, son and their daughter. Mrs.
C. L. Durepo of Riviera Beach,
Fla. spent last week at t h e
Coquina Hotel in Ormond
Beach, Fla., where they were
among those attending a Spiri
tual Retreat.
♦ • • •
Mr. and Mrs. George Allen
and niece. Miss Cleo Carmi
chael of Atlanta, spent Thurs
day through Sunday in Lake
land. Fla., where they attend
ed the wedding of the- Allen’s
daughter, Miss Nina Allen to
Harold Merle Hendry, on Sat
urday.
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